Ronald E. McNairInternship Experience

By:Lemonteh’ Horne

Overview

Program History Program Information

Research Project Professional Growth Questions

Program History

Created in the Higher Education Amendments of 1986.

A memorial to Dr. Ronald E. McNair

Established to increase numbers of underreprested students in graduate school.

Program Information Geared toward exposing scholars to graduate school

environment.

Scholars selected mentors -Content Experts

Scholars Attended Classes:a. Analytical and Communication Skillsb. Statisticsc. Educational Technology

Graduate School Sessions:a. Graduate School Environmentb. GRE Test Preparationc. Presentation Skills

Research ProjectBiometrics Security

-Examined area of behavioral characteristic.a. Keystroke Dynamics1. Latency

-Research sought to strengthen user verificationa. Examined user profile.b.Analyzed data to detected possible intrusion.

Research Project (cont’d.)

Biometric Security

Project Purpose: help network administrators examine each login profile and verify legitimate users from non-legitimate users

Primary Method: to identify the abnormal typing pattern from the normal ones.

Tools: C program, PC, SPSS (statistical software) utilizing 65 and 90 percent confidence intervals.

Program Design

Program used in the research was in the C programming language.

a. calculated timing of every character typed in password

Program created a log filea. contained all user information during execution

Project Deliverables Mentor/Mentee Biography

Project Abstract

Introduction/Hypothesis/Methodology

Results/References

Discussion

Charts/Tables/Graphs

Project Timeline

Program lasted from May 8th to June 12th.

Last week in July dedicated to revisions of journal article.

SAEOPP/UTK McNair Scholars National Conference a. July 6th – July 9th b. Location: Knoxville, TN

Professional Growth Knowledge in

development of Biometric security applications.

Strengthen Writing Skills

Knowledge in research depth

Overcoming technical shortcoming.

Questions???