Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
1804 The University of Texas at El Paso (143692)
Principal Investigator: Tosh,Deepak Kumar
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 600,000
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): Yes
Start and End Dates: 8/1/22 - 7/31/25
Restricted Research: NO
Academic Discipline: Computer Science
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Computer Science
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: RET Site: Cybersecurity Research Experience for Educators through Data Science (CREEDS)
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
CFDA Link: NSF
47.070
Program Title:
Computer and Information Science and Engineering
CFDA Linked: Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Note:
This project aims to establish a Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Site at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) that will recruit Middle and High Schools (MHS) STEM teachers from El Paso County and engage them to conduct research in the field of cybersecurity and data science. With computing technology being tangled in all around our societal operations, the landscape of cybersecurity is expanding rigorously and therefore it is critical that the next-generation students should have the knowledge and understanding of different merits, and barriers of the cyber technology. Keeping this vision, the proposed Site will recruit a cohort of STEM-enthusiast MHS teachers to engage them in high-priority computer science (CS) research through a 6-weeks of summer research activity at UTEP with a pool of CS faculty mentors. The main objectives of the Site are to: (1) strategically select MHS teachers and offer high-quality research experience on both technical and ethical aspects of computer science with special focus on cybersecurity and data science; (2) provide a launchpad for the MHS teachers to gain experience in computing and problem-solving skills by getting exposed to the CS research areas focused by the CS faculties; (3) enable training the trainers/mentors to efficiently engage the RET participants in their research; (4) offer continuous mentoring support from CS faculties and local industry partners to the MHS teachers on planning and delivering the learnt educational modules in their classroom.
Discussion:
Withdrawn by Institution (Manuela Dokie) - Previously reported in 2022.