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Summer Research Program for High School Teachers

Monday, July 7th–Friday, August 15th

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A program that aims to engage high school teachers in 

cyber security research experience and deploy them to 

introduce students to the challenges of cyber security.

The NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering CSAW Summer Research Program for High 

School Teachers provides a unique opportunity for high school educators to receive training 

and development in cyber security as part of a study sponsored by the National Science 

Foundation, in conjunction with the NYU School of Engineering’s Department of Computer 

Science and Engineering. 

Ten high school teachers from the metropolitan area will be selected for six weeks of cyber 

security training. During the two-week “Guided Training” portion of the program, teachers will 

receive intensive training in cyber security by means of lectures, discussions and hands-on 

learning exercises. During the four-week “Collaborative Research” portion, teams of teachers 

will be paired with a faculty member for a collaborative research experience. The goal of the 

program is for attendees to develop a computer science curriculum that includes cyber security 

research and clubs for at their school. (For more information about the Information Systems 

and Internet Security (ISIS) laboratory, visit: isis.poly.edu.)

In the Fall, the accepted teachers are also encouraged to register a team to participate in the 

nation-wide CSAW High School Forensics Challenge allowing their students to participate and 

get a first hand experience working on security related issues. For more information on last 

years CSAW event, visit: engineering.nyu.edu/csaw2013

Also in the Fall, all attendees will be required to attend RET Day at NYU to showcase their 

research to their colleagues and school district administrators for a wider adoption of the 

project’s activities.

The program takes place daily from 9:00am to 5:00pm. All participants are required to use 

their own laptops throughout the program. A laptop will not be supplied.

lEARN tO

tEAch AND MENtOR FutuRE

cYBER SEcuRitY lEADERS

n Risk, vulnerabilities and threats,

and attack trees

n cryptography, overview of public–and

private-key cryptography, hashing and

one-way functions

n Access control mechanisms, authentication

models and security models

nOperating systems security, virtualization.

software fault isolation, performance

isolation, security policy formation

and enforcement

n understanding of basic network protocols.

Network based attacks intrusion detection

systems including network mapping, port

scanning, sniffing, DoS, DDoS, reflection

attacks, attacks on DNS, and leveraging

P2P deployments for attacks. Firewalls and

perimeter security

n Secure networking protocols principles

and examples including PGP, SSl, iPsec,

and wireless security protocols

n Digital forensics, data and file-system

analysis, steganography, file carving and

memory analysis

clASSROOM tOPicS

APPlicAtiON REquiREMENtS

ideal applicants for the program will have:

n A minimum of 3 years teaching experience 

in math, science, computer programming or 

networking

n A capacity to organize a cyber security club 

at their high school

n Time to mentor a team in the CSAW 

High School Forensics Challenge

n A willingness to work with school officials to 

integrate cyber security into existing math (or 

equivilent) curriculums

BENEFitS tO tEAchERS

n Reinforce computer science and 

cyber security skills

n Learn to mentor a team to compete in CSAW 

High School Forensics Challenge 

n Network with other high school teachers

n Bring the latest theory and practice in cyber 

security instruction to your classroom

BENEFitS tO SchOOlS

n Develop teachers with a solid foundation in 

cyber security who will encourage students to 

participate in cyber security competitions

n Receive software needed for the competition

n Develop introduction to computer science 

curriculum

tEAchER RESPONSiBilitiES

to receive a full stipend, participants are required to:

n Attend and complete the six week-long summer 

research program

n Participate in academic year follow-up activities 

n Coach a CSAW team at their own school

n Serve as a CSAW mentor to a local high school 

educator to assist in starting a team

n If your high school’s team is selected as a finalist, 

participants in the all-expense-paid competition 

in New York City from Thursday, November 13th 

to Saturday, November 15th

APPlicAtiON DEADliNEWednesday, April 30, 2014

You will be notified of our decision by: Friday, May 16, 2014

FOR cOuRSE cONtENt iNFORMAtiON cONtAct

Nasir Memon memon@nyu.edu 718-260-3970

FOR ADDitiONAl iNFORMAtiON cONtAct

Joy colelli jc3760@nyu.edu 718-637-5917

StiPENDS FOR PARticiPANtS

n $9,000 stipend

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