REU Cybersecurity Scholar Wrap-Up: Summer 2013

Six undergraduate scholars spent nine weeks this summer conducting research and interacting with Maryland cybersecurity faculty as part of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program funded by the National Science Foundation.

The students, known as Cybersecurity Scholars, hailed from the University of Maryland, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Johns Hopkins University, Washington and Lee University, West Chester University and Bryn Mawr College.

At Maryland, they formed teams with faculty mentors from the Maryland Cybersecurity Center (part of UMIACS), Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science and UMD graduate students to conduct research in four areas: Securing PHP Web Applications via Settings; Analyzing Intruders’ Actions: A Command-Driven State Machine Approach; Building a Platform for Analyzing Intruders’ Actions; and Forensic Analysis Using Electric Network Frequency (ENF).

Their research projects culminated with a presentation of their work and an awards ceremony on August 2.