A significant part of the course grade will be devoted to a research project in the field of IoT security. Projects will typically be done in groups of 3-4 students with one “mentor'' (e.g., Vyas or another faculty member or a senior PhD student). Start thinking of project ideas early – it’s never too soon to get started! And be ambitious, the goal is to get something to the point where it is a workshop quality publication, or a stepping stone toward a conference-quality paper, like the ones you read.

Ideas

The scope of the project is quite broad and can be any idea of your choosing that advances the state of art in IoT security, not necessarily the papers we have covered in class. Note that the advances can come in many forms; e.g., in terms of developing new attacks, new defenses, new measurements of vulnerabilities, or theoretical/architectural solutions to long standing problems. You can develop your own project ideas, but to help you we will provide a curated list of potential project ideas and assigned mentors
  • Project descriptions (CMU only access)

    • Typical schedule

  • Early Sep -- Read project blurbs, start forming teams
  • Late September -- Project discussion in class
  • Mid Oct -- Project proposal due
  • Oct--Nov -- Weekly project updates and meetings with mentors
  • Early Nov -- Project milestone due. Template here
  • Early Dec -- Project report + presentations
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