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Faculty and Student
Teams Program
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Project Descriptions
Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory
Risk and Decisions Sciences Group
Requesting applications from science, economics or engineering faculty
members at institutions serving students underrepresented in science,
engineering, mathematics and technology.
Project
Description
Research activities will center on constructing models and defining
measurement techniques with Intrinsically Secure ComputingTM (ISC)
environments. The scope of this work includes theoretical mathematics as
well as computer system risk assessment and national security. As there
are few models to evaluate or measure the collective risk of integrated
large scale networks, the potential for unique and important results is
excellent. The ISC(TM) work is also supported by the Information and
Infrastructure Integrity Initiative, a lab-level initiative intended to
improve the safety and security of information and command/control
infrastructures. Several projects would be open to FaST teams, including
but not limited to: insider threat researcher, gaming approaches to
representing security systems, and secure models of the power grid.
Applicants Responsibilities and Relationship to Project
Applicants will receive support under the
Department of Energy Faculty Student Team Research Program (FaST) to work
collaboratively with the project research team at the Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory for up to 10 weeks during the year starting in June of
2006. Summer and academic year visits to
Pacific Northwest
will be scheduled by mutual agreement between
the Systems Risk and Analysis Group and the successful applicant. Ideally
faculty will work at
Pacific Northwest
on the project for 10 weeks during the summer
in the first year. Faculty will be expected to identify students from
their campus to participate in the Undergraduate Research Participation
programs offered by the Department of Energy at Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory. Ideally Faculty will provide mentorship and/or advising
support to students during the summer research activities. It is expected
that the Faculty member will become an integral part of the research team
working on this project and will support the project through the academic
year on her or his campus.
Qualifications of Ideal Candidate
| Faculty: |
Specific capabilities required include background in theoretical
mathematics with interests in risk assessment. Willing to work at
PNNL for ten weeks in Summer 2008. |
| Student: |
Working towards a BS or BA. Works well in collaboration with
faculty, other students, and researchers. Willing to work at PNNL
for ten weeks in Summer 2008. |
Support and Financial Commitments
See Financial Information.
For More Information contact:
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