In order to meet the growing technology workforce demands, computer science, engineering, and cybersecurity expertise will be necessary to fill relevant positions that address key societal problems
Ended Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- 60NANB24D216
- Recipient
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Midwestern State University UEI KNHTCUCMELZ5
- Awarding agency
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National Institute of Standards and Technology
Department of Commerce
- Obligated
- $1,200,000
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 11.617 Congressionally-Identified Projects
- Completion date
- Originally
- Place of performance
- Wichita Falls, TX 76308, USA
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Description
- Activities
- MSU-texas will invest in the cyberinfrastructure including forensic computing workstations with forensic computer investigation toolkit available to train the next generation students to identify criminal behavior, preserve cybercrime evidence, protecting corporate and national interests, assisting in cybercrime investigations, and supporting legal proceedings. A computing cluster will also be integrated into the education cyberinfrastructure to support big data analytics for addressing cybersecurity and engineering problems. The use of the cluster would be integrated into the MSU-texas undergraduate and graduate coursework and can also be used for research in collaboration with stem faculty in other science and engineering domains. The resources would be used to upgrade from 8 to 10 HPC nodes and from 1 to 2 gpus. A third component in evolving the stem education program is to build an IOT lab, which can include a myriad of distributed compute nodes from vehicles to drones to security systems, and enable students to innovate. Lastly, collaborative tools will also be integrated to support team-based learning and upgrading the computing systems in 4 laboratories and include programming tools for spatial analysis GIS projects and the programmable logic controller laboratory.
- Expected outcomes
- The results of the new cyberinfrastructure would enable the realization of new training programs to protect, analyze and respond to cybersecurity risks, deliver high performance for research projects leveraging big data analytics, creating a new IOT laboratory, updating outdated computing platforms in 4 industrial laboratories, and providing a collaborative virtual environment. The advance cyberinfrastructure has the potential to increase research output as well as the number of students in the computer and engineering programs.
- Intended beneficiaries
- NIST and the public can serve as potential research partners to explore cybersecurity risks and mitigation strategies in forensic computing and IOT. MSU-texas can also provide a pipeline for a future cybersecurity and cyberinfrastructure workforce. MSU will gain equipment and components necessary to build research laboratories to engage the next-generation computer science, engineering and cybersecurity workforce in areas of forensic computing, IOT cybersecurity, and high-performance computing. Research outputs and potential workforce job candidates from the proposed activities in developing forensic computing, IOT, and HPC cyberinfrastructures also have implications on solving complex scientific and national security problems.
- Subrecipient activities
- There are no planned subawards.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment | $0 | |
| Original award | $1,200,000 |
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Who received award 60NANB24D216?
60NANB24D216 was awarded to Midwestern State University by National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce) on October 1, 2024.
How much is award 60NANB24D216 worth?
$1,200,000 has been obligated on 60NANB24D216.
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