Transcript TRUST:Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technologies

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SIPHER : Summer Internship
Program in Hybrid and
Embedded Software Research
William H. Robinson
ISIS
Vanderbilt University
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Increasing Minority Graduates
“Minority students suffer from the absence of minority role
models in the classroom. But too few minority students
are encouraged and guided into graduate education so
that they can ultimately become faculty members who can
inspire and educate even more minority students.”
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Dr. John Brooks Slaughter
President and CEO
Chief Operating Officer
National Action Council for
Minorities in Engineering (NACME)
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SIPHER Mission
We will design the program to motivate the best
undergraduate students from women and minority groups
to go to graduate programs in CS and EE.
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SIPHER Overview
Ingredients:
• Funding: NSF and cost sharing from university
• Size: 7 students (full NSF stipend) 4 intern students
(VU funding) and 2 faculty (50% summer support)
• For faculty: summer school on how to teach new
courses with provided courseware material
• For students: research experience on project
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Website:
http://fountain.isis.vanderbilt.edu/fountain/Teaching
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Research Experience for Students
Participants:
7 students (4 females, 5 minorities) + 4 interns
All from HBCU’s
Schedule:
Study model-based design for embedded systems
Project first stage
Midterm-report
Project second stage
Final report (oral, paper, demo)
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Other activities:
Visit to companies (Dell, Saturn) & NASA
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Student Research Projects
1. Visual tracking of flying objects
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Blimp/Vectron saucer, tracking camera connected to PC
2. LEGO robot navigation
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Sensor-based navigation of LEGO’s, exploration and rescue
3. Maze solving robot
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Robot learns/solves the maze, builds map, retraces path
4. Control of smart structures
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Vibration sensing and damping using a piezo device
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Course Development for Faculty
Participants:
2 faculty from Tennessee Tech University (CS,EE)
Schedule:
Bi-weekly meetings
Discussion on a fundamental course for embedded systems
Review of Content Authoring and Packaging Environment
(CAPE)
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Course Development for Faculty
Proposed course:
– Modeling and Simulation of Embedded Systems
Intended audience:
– Advanced undergrads from EE and CS program
Results:
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– Detailed course syllabus
– Course material compiled, some of it electronic form
– Course will be formally offered at Tennessee Tech next year
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Summary
• Need to encourage more minority students to
pursue graduate education
• Embedded systems research provides opportunities
for active experimentation
• SIPHER combines faculty and student components
to promote embedded systems research
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