Professors Samik Basu, Hridesh Rajan, Johnny Wong received funding for three separate projects from Center for Information Protection (CIP) to conduct fundamental research in software and network security.
The Information Assurance Center (IAC) at Iowa State University has partnered with other universities to form the Center for Information Protection (CIP), with the IAC at the helm. The center is an initiative of the National Science Foundation's Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) program whose goal is to create a strong working relationship between universities and industry. The CIP will provide opportunities for members of industry and universities to communicate with each other to discuss mutual research ideas and refine and strengthen security-related projects.
The first project entitled "Intrusion Detection & Response" will be led by Johnny Wong (Computer Science) and Samik Basu (Computer Science) and mentored by the Boeing Company. The funding received for this project will support graduate research assistant Natalia Stakhanova. The second project entitled "Security & Privacy Mechanisms in Wireless Mesh Networks" will be led by Professor Johnny Wong (Computer Science) and Professor Daji Qiao (Electrical & Computer Engineering) and mentored by Rockwell Collins. The funding received for this project will support graduate research assistant Xia Wang and Vinod Shukla. The third project entitled "Bootstrapping Trust in Service-Oriented Architectures" will be led by Hridesh Rajan (Computer Science) and also mentored by Rockwell Collins. The funding received for this project will support graduate research assistant Mahantesh Hosamani.