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I reserve my right to award some bonus points based on your outstanding performance and/or as an award to the winners of the competition, in which you will be encouraged to participate.
Undergraduate students may request inclusion of the research component in their curriculum and assessment. Upon confirmation, their assessment will be based on the same scale as applied for graduate students.
This assessment component includes undertaking some
research on a particular topic assigned. The student group will have to write a short
summary (1 page), prepare a research paper and give a presentation to the class. Undergraduate
students are strongly encouraged to include the research component in their curriculum and
assessment. Upon confirmation, their assessment will be based on the same scale as applied
for graduate students. The details could be discussed individually.
For this assignment the main assessment component will be producing a research paper
(10-12 pages). It should be submitted by week 9 in an electronic format (html, doc or txt
file). The paper should be presented to the class (25-30 min presentation) as scheduled
during weeks 9-10. A short summary stating your research topic and your research plan
should be submitted electronically by week 4.
Your research paper could be based on either of the following:
1. Research literature search,
analysis and synthesis of some conclusion. Here you have to find at least 3 papers
investigating a particular research problem in your topic (try to find the papers on the
SAME problem, however, they might offer different methods, solutions and results), study
them, analyze them and produce your conclusion.
2. Software tools search, analysis, testing and comparison. Here you have to find at least 5 software products available for download (not different versions of the same product), study them, compare their characteristics and produce your recommendations (positive and negative) on those products use and applications
3. Combination of points 1 and 2: e.g. a review paper and a few software products.
4. Educational research: to be discussed individually
Suggested topics:
1. Computer
system and network security modeling with intelligent methodologies: fuzzy logic, neural
networks, genetic algorithms
2. Network intrusion detection systems based on anomaly detection: review of the literature and methods
3. Network intrusion detection systems based on misuse detection: review of the literature and methods
4. Email spam protection: review of the methods and software
5. Spam Assissin software: study and modification
6. Computer Network Survivability Metrics
7. Intrusion detection using sequences of network system calls: literature review
8. Intrusion detection using sequences of network system calls: system development based on DARPA model
9. Software Environment Sensors in Computer Networks
10. Fuzzy
models in computer security measurement
11. Integration
of expert systems and neural networks to analyze the current demand for resources in a
computer network system
- Software products applied for evaluation of computer network security (pick up some division): comparison analysis
- Software products applied for enhancing security in computer networks (pick up some division)
- Sensor networks: features and realization
- Biological networks and microsystems network engineering
- Network security audit and testing: testing methodology
- Network security audit and testing: software tools
- Network security vulnerability analysis
- Typical attacks in network security testing