Associate Professor of Computer Science Mark Bailey recently received a grant award from Microsoft Corporation's research division. The grant supports the development of a new computer security course titled Secrets, Lies, and Digital Threats. The course will provide background information on computer security issues for future leaders, including those who will shape public technology policy, to understand the nature of security threats and how they can be expected to evolve in the future. The course will include case studies and a service-learning component in which students will run a tutorial at local high schools.
The new course is the second in a series of courses designed to disseminate expertise in computer security, at the curricular level, across a wide range of educational institutions. The course will be developed and taught at Hamilton and the University of Virginia. Subsequently the materials will be distributed nationally. Through its External Research & Programs Group, the division that allocates this funding, Microsoft supports basic research and curriculum innovation across the computer science discipline. The entire grant is $100,000 of which Hamilton will receive $25,000.
The new course is the second in a series of courses designed to disseminate expertise in computer security, at the curricular level, across a wide range of educational institutions. The course will be developed and taught at Hamilton and the University of Virginia. Subsequently the materials will be distributed nationally. Through its External Research & Programs Group, the division that allocates this funding, Microsoft supports basic research and curriculum innovation across the computer science discipline. The entire grant is $100,000 of which Hamilton will receive $25,000.
