TRUST Education and Outreach

1. TRUST Education and Outreach Kristen Gates, Ed.D.Executive Director of Education

2. Executive Director of Education • University of Southern California • Doctorate of Education (Ed.D.) • San Francisco State University • Faculty, College of Creative Arts • Faculty Coordinator for Technology Development • Senior Lecturer, undergraduate and graduate programs • Program design and curriculum development • Assessment and evaluation • Service-Learning curriculum • Public-private partnerships Dr. Kristen Gates Executive Director of Education, Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technologies "Education Overview", Kristen Gates

3. Education and Outreach Initiatives, 2nd Year "Education Overview", Kristen Gates

4. Education Objectives Combine push (bottom-up) and pull (top-down) strategies to maximize impact • Engage new generation of researchers and instructors in advanced research • Generate innovative learning material (learning modules, course syllabi, textbooks, broader curricula) and extract best of breed from existing learning material • Effective Dissemination Solutions (on-line repositories, summer schools, center-wide seminar series) • Establish Broad Educator Communities (through summer schools, WISE, conference participation) "Education Overview", Kristen Gates

5. Learning Objects and Modules Goal: Five Fast-Track modules; one module per TRUST research thrust. Audience: Educators, industry professionals and students-- TAO has open access. Metrics: Number of modules, frequency of access, user surveys, used as course materials, structured review by Subject Mater Experts (SMEs). Timeline: Seven Fast-Track modules completed and online. Ongoing as new modules are added to the portal. Current inventory: 13 modules. Evaluation in progress. "Education Overview", Kristen Gates

6. CAPE Authoring Environment Prototype learning modules for:Network Security :: Computer Security :: Chemical Network Plant Security Goal: leverage existing initiatives and infrastructure to provide effective contributions to the education community Audience: TAO has open access. Target audience are educators, industry professionals and students. Metrics: Number of modules, frequency of access, user surveys, use as course materials, structured review by SMEs Timeline: Ongoing– new project modules are added to the TAO as content is generated. Small scale evaluation is in progress. "Education Overview", Kristen Gates

7. Summer Programs… Goal: Education cuts across education levels… and becomes part of technological and social literacy. Audience: Undergraduates, grads, post-docs, junior faculty, under-represented communities and women Metrics: Student and participant evaluations, acceptance into college programs, tenure-track faculty positions, development of new course curriculum. Timeline: SUPERB end of program. WISE one, three and five years. "Education Overview", Kristen Gates

8. Summer Immersion & Internship Goal: Broadly influence security topics in curricula across the US. Increase participation in security study and research by under-represented communities and women. Audience: Graduate students (MS and Ph.D.) program nationally advertised with selection by industry. Industry participation by Silicon Valley firms (e.g., Yahoo, Cisco, Xlinix). Metrics: Assessment and evaluation: participants, company mentors, number of new employee hires. Timeline: Student–pre and post program student evaluation and one-year out, survey industry participants and mentors, and number of new hires. "Education Overview", Kristen Gates

9. Workshops, Symposiums, Communities… Goal: Education appears within domains from engineering to the social sciences… central to technological and policy-making professional competency…solutions = policy options + technology options. Audience: Researchers, academics, technology professionals, social scientist, artist, law and policy professionals. Metrics: Conference and workshop attendance, learning materials, learning communities, participant evaluations and longitudinal evaluations. Timeline: Variable depending program. IACBP & IACS are continuing. "Education Overview", Kristen Gates

10. Industry Collaboration Goal: Broadly influence the security topic presence in curricula across the US… Solutions = policy options + technology options… Central to technological and policy-making professional competency. Audience: Computer Security Industry professionals Metrics: Participation, active on conference panels, participation in speakers series, collaborations with academic partners. Timeline: Ongoing program. "Education Overview", Kristen Gates

11. Avenues for influence… Silicon Valley Industry Group Textbooks Educationconferences IACBP Curriculumstandards Policyrecommendations Internships & Service-Learning CSU SecurityCurriculumConsortium Curriculum Reform CSU Partnership Vanderbilt SJSU Cornell Berkeley Carnegie-Mellon Smith Mills Stanford "Education Overview", Kristen Gates

12. Education Plans • Learning Material Development • Each research project generates teaching modules • Curriculum Needs Assessment by Industry CSO group • Senior/Masters level security course for specialist CS majors • Senior level courses for non CS Engineering majors • CS course modules throughout CS curriculum for non specialist CS majors • News story driven seminar: yesterday’s science, today’s science, and tomorrow’s technology • Interdisciplinary curriculum for training next generation of science and technology policy makers in trustworthy systems "Education Overview", Kristen Gates

13. Education Plans (Continued) • Dissemination Structure • TRUST Academy Online (TAO) leveraging repository based infrastructure technologies developed by VanTH ERC: CAPE/eLMS • Summer and Winter Educational Workshops and Summer School • TRUST textbook series • Education Community Development • Making re-targetable courseware • Establishing broad community of educators that utilize resources provided through infrastructure • Establish a TRUST presence at education oriented conferences through panels, workshops and presentations "Education Overview", Kristen Gates