NSF supported Cybersecurity and Computer Science Education Projects

NSF supported Cybersecurity and Computer Science Education Projects at UH Maui College Debasis Bhattacharya, JD, DBA [email protected] http://maui.hawaii.edu/cybersecurity/ and http://maui.hawaii.edu/csp4hi Supported by NSF Award # 1700562 & 1738824 1 August 30, 2022

Background University of Hawaii Maui College Serves Maui County - islands of Maui, Molokai and Lanai 165,000 or so resident population 2 Million or so tourists per year Dropped 95% after March 2020! Currently back to pre-Covid levels 2000 full-time commuter students 20 or so Associate Degrees 2 Baccalaureate Degrees 60% or so women students Median age of students 26 years Non-traditional students Commuter island college 2

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UHMC - Cybersecurity CyberSecure: Extended Cybersecurity Education, Curriculum and Workforce Development (NSF ATE Award # 1700562, August 2017 to July 2021) Cybersecurity Across the Disciplines - targeting students across various disciplines Cyber Security Education, Curriculum, and Workforce Development (NSF ATE # 1204904, July 2012 to September 2015) Core Cybersecurity Program Development - creating curriculum, certificates, pathways Partners Pacific Disaster Center, HDEP International and many small business on Maui County Highlights - Details at project site: maui.hawaii.edu/cybersecurity UHMC was designated a Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Education (4/19) Most ABIT BAS graduates receive a Cybersecurity Certificate of Completion from NSA/DHS UHMC created and has sustained a Certificate of Competence in Cybersecurity since 2015 More than a 100 high students from Maui County have taken cybersecurity courses at UHMC 4

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Introduction to Bitcoins, Blockchains, Ethereum, Smart Contracts and NFTs Debasis Bhattacharya ([email protected]) 7 http://maui.hawaii.edu/cybersecurity/ Supported by National Convergence Tech Center and NSF Award # 1700562 July 26, 2022

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Source: https://maui.hawaii.edu/cybersecurity/ 9

Source: https://maui.hawaii.edu/csp4hi/ 10

UHMC - Computer Science Education CSP4HI: Deployment of Computer Science Principles Courses within Secondary Schools in Hawaii (NSF STEM C Award # 1738824, October 2017 to September 2021) Training teachers across the public high schools in Hawaii to teach computer science Research Practitioner Partnership project where teachers collaborate with researchers Partners - Hawaii Department of Education Highlights - Details at project site: maui.hawaii.edu/csp4hi Cohort 1 - Trained 17 HI DoE teachers, impacted 11 HI DoE high schools Cohort 2 - Trained 19 HI DoE teachers, impacted 14 HI DoE high schools Cohort 3 - Trained 24 HI DoE teachers, impacted 16 HI DoE high schools The CSP4HI project had a dramatic impact on the # of high schools which offered AP CSP between SY 2017 and SY 2021, and the number of female/underrepresented participants 11

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Submitted for SIGCSE 2019 Presented at HI-TEC 2018 Conference 13

HI-TEC Conference 2018 Presentation - Case Study Awareness of Malware in Small Medical Practices Location of Study - Maui Duration of Study - Spring 2018 Student Researcher - Lorraine Lopez-Osako Student in the Applied Business and IT program UH Maui College BAS graduate May 2018 Visited 15 small medical offices Sent out survey to all doctors Received 10 complete, valid responses Created a CyberSecurity poster for doctor’s office 14

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