Saturday, January 22, 2011

Golden Opp for Undergrad Research Program in Cybersecurity

Here's something too good to pass up if you're eligible - It's an 8-week summer research experience in Cybersecurity for undergraduates, sponsored by a grant from the National Science Foundation. It gives you a chance to work on a project directed by faculty at top universities (Stanford, UC Berkeley, Cornell, Vanderbilt and Carnegie Mellon) and it costs nothing - they 'pay' you a $4,000 stipend and they even provide room & board! It's crazy.

One of my former students got into this program a couple of years ago and said it was just awesome. But you have to be a US citizen or permanent resident and have a GPA of 3.0 or above 'with an upward trend.' If you've got that I would strongly encourage you to apply. (Deadline: March 1st)

Take a look at this web page that describes the program and has links to a flyer and the application. It's part of the TRUST site (Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology) which is a partnership that SJSU is part of. I've worked with the team for years, along with Sigurd Meldal, the chair of the SJSU Computer Engineering Department, and they do all kinds of terrific programs but this is the one you can take advantage of as an undergraduate. Don't miss out. Seriously. Don't.

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