IS 3350 -Doctoral Seminar in Systems and Technology

Information Assurance

James JoshiAugust 31, 2011

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Goals

Develop research skills required for PhD. dissertation Critical assessment of current state-of-the

art Develop skills for carrying out original

research Develop technical review and presentation

skills Develop writing proposal and planning

research

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Grading Presentation of assigned papers: 25%

Conference like presentation - prepare for questions Prepare slides by Tuesday night for review

Paper review: 25% (sometimes quiz)

Class participation/Discussion: 10%

Final project: 40% (<= 2/group) Write a proposal (will use NSF guidelines) Progress report (1-2) - Final write-up and

presentation I plan to organize a peer review process

Tentative Plan 4-5 Weeks

Initial Readings Presentations and reviews Group Discussions

3-5 weeks Proposal and project definition

Reviews and Group/Subgroup discussions continue Finalize project

LERSAIS Seminars – expected to actively attend

Remaining time Project work – Weekly progress report Review continues

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Some Focus Areas Security issues (My interests)

Access Control and Authentication Trust Management Privacy Survivability

Target environments of interest Cloud/Grid Computing Cyber Physical Systems, Smart Grid/ Smart City Social Networks / Socio-Computational Systems Wireless and Ad hoc networks Healthcare Others ??

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Introduction Name and background

Who is your advisor? Security background? (Courses taken in security) Research publication experience?

Research Interests and goals Theory? Practical? System development and Experimental?

Proposal writing experience?

Any particular goal related to this course? Why are you taking it?

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