IS Doctoral Seminar in Systems and Technology Information Assurance James Joshi August 31, 2011

2 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

3 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 4

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 ?? 5

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? 6