An NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center Wayne M. Zage, Director February 16, 2017
S 2 ERC Mission Statement The mission of the Security and Software Engineering Research Center is to conduct a program of applied and basic research on software security, system security, cyber security and software technology problems of interest to its members. The goal of this research is to enable security and software technology gains within member organizations.
NSF-Funded S 2 ERC Sites Ball State Wayne Zage, Director Dolores Zage, Research Coordinator Michelle Brown, Center Coordinator Virginia Tech Charles Clancy, Co-Director Christine Callsen, Site Coordinator Kellye Richardson, Admin Assistant Georgetown University Eric Burger, Co-Director
S 2 ERC Universities Today BSU Phase II Virginia Tech Phase I, Phase II later this year Georgetown Phase I UT - Dallas Planning meeting today! Texas A&M writing an NSF proposal to join the S 2 ERC University of Oulu, Finland supplement being prepared
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S 2 ERC University Research Profiles Ball State software engineering Virginia Tech embedded systems and low-layer network protocols Georgetown policy, applications and highlayer network protocols UT - Dallas software testing and quality assurance
How Does S 2 ERC Work? Industrial Requests for Proposals (IRFPs) Research Proposals (solicited, unsolicited) Feedback Industry/Gov Funds $ Universities Research Results
S 2 ERC Current Research Portfolio 31 funded security and software engineering research projects in 2016 35 showcase research presentations 23 status and final reports and 12 new proposals 25 snapshots competing to earn a new proposal spot on the agenda Over 50 faculty researchers and many graduate/undergraduate students
S 2 ERC November 2016 Showcase New Proposal Snapshots Security (8) Both Security & Software Engineering (11) Software Engineering (6) (3) (6) (3)
S 2 ERC Researchers NSF Career Award winners Schwarzkopf Prize for Technological Innovation recipients Numerous editorial appointments Distinguished professors and conference best paper award winners Conference program chairs ACM and IEEE Fellows Patent holders
Center Success Stories Northrop Grumman wins DHS contract in 2015 to strengthen mobile security applications. Press release mentions in particular that one S 2 ERC project enhanced their work iconectiv used a project entitled Components of a Modern Quality Approach to Software Development to support their key process areas to win a major contract. A S 2 ERC project received a provisional patent for Systems and Methods for Malware Detection. U.S. Patent No. 8,763,127 The Design Metrics research won the Schwarzkopf Prize for Technological Innovation
Center Success Stories Vendor Truth Serum has resulted in numerous inquiries from government and industry; a Congressional visit is next Briefed three Congressional offices on Next Generation Caller Identification (how to kill robocalls) Results of the PSTN Transition project referenced in the Final Rule on ISP Privacy by the FCC Number Database Transition Analysis on track to save over a billion dollars for the American telecommunications consumer
Center Success Stories Spotlighting the Code project led to a paper voted best paper in a decade in software maintenance S 2 ERC funding support has increased 93.9% to $2,914,120 since Phase II began on May 15, 2015. Affiliates specifically stated that Center participation accelerated internal R&D or that it avoided new R&D costs. (Center Evaluator s Report) SERC and then S 2 ERC in operation for over 30 yrs The Zages are on a first-name basis with Mike Pence
S 2 ERC Financials Support for the S 2 ERC in its 7 th year: $2,914,120 $1,761,706 in affiliation fees and enhancement funding $686,000 from NSF for S 2 ERC Admin at university sites, managing director and other supplemental awards University support: $466,414 The I/UCRC concept is working!
Funding Opportunities for I/UCRCs (those in red have been received by the S 2 ERC) I/UCRC Clusters for Grand Challenges Fundamental Research Supplement Research Experience for Veteran (REV) and Undergraduate Students (REU) Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Fed Government Interagency Exchange of Funds International Collaboration/Projects Supplemental Opportunity for SBIR/STTR Memberships Managing Director Grant
S 2 ERC Collaboration Avenues IAB voting on research snapshots (25 research snapshots submitted for 12 newproposal slots on a typical agenda) Industrial Request For Proposal (IRFP) Executive summaries in advance Poster sessions Online LIFE forms for project evaluation IAB meetings and voting on new proposals Midterm online video conferences (new)
Benefits to Affiliates Applied research projects satisfying industry priorities Lower overhead rates 7-to-1 to a 10-to-1 return on investment Technical reports On-site short courses and seminars Direct access to researchers Summer interns, potential employees
Future S 2 ERC Showcases May 23-25, 2017 Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. November 7-9, 2017 Virginia Tech, Arlington, VA May 2018 Ball State University, Muncie, IN November 2018 Texas?
For More Information visit www.serc.net or contact Wayne Zage (765) 285-8664 wmzage@bsu.edu