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Almost every career encompasses some form of security and today’s students must be introduced to various aspects of security to be effective in their career and daily lives. South Carolina State University (SC State University) has an ongoing Target Infusion Proposal grant from National Science Foundation (NSF) to address the problem of the lack of awareness and participation in cyber security since 2019. The project vision is to create a successful model of institution wide reform for undergraduate cybersecurity education at SC State University using instruction, internships, and seminars. The student should be able to evaluate, make decisions, and take responsible actions in the context of cyber security. This project uses a multi-tier approach to increase capacity in cyber security education, training, and awareness in the undergraduate curriculum The objective of this poster presentation is to share our experiences with various project activities. The findings presented in this paper may be used by interested parties involved in STEM curriculum.
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Development of Undergraduate High-Performance Computing Capacity with the CIMUSE Consortium
The Computational Infusion for Missouri Undergraduate Science and Engineering (CIMUSE) consortium has been formed for integrating high-performance computing into the undergraduate curriculum at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs). This consortium is between Missouri Western State University, Southeast Missouri State University, Truman State University, and Webster University. The consortium has received an NSF CC* Regional Grant to purchase an HPC system to be hosted by the University of Missouri – Columbia. The plans, activities, and challenges of the consortium will be described.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2322084
- PAR ID:
- 10556544
- Publisher / Repository:
- ACM
- Date Published:
- ISBN:
- 9798400704192
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 1 to 3
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Location:
- Providence RI USA
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- https://doi.org/10.1145/3626203.3670574
