Syllabus

We are co-ordinating with other universities, all of which are on the semester system. Because of the spread of omicron COVID, some of these have pushed their semester start date back a week, and others are expected to. So all due dates are tentative, and we will update them when the official dates are released. They should be close to these.

Week 1:Dates: Jan. 3–7
Introduction and orientation to class and to INSuRE (Agile Research; expectations); bid process
Reading: S. Keshav, How to Read a Paper; R. Anderson, Why Information Security is Hard; Handout on security design principles
Due on Jan. 7: List of projects you are interested in, upload to Canvas
                          200 word summary of each reading, upload to Canvas
Week 2:Dates: Jan. 10–14
Discussion of articles; detailed discussion of bid assignment; practice bid
Due on Jan. 14: Project bids, upload to both INSuREHub and Canvas
Week 3: Dates: Jan. 17–21     [Note: no class on Jan. 17 (Martin Luther King Day)]
Doing a literature review
Due on Jan. 19: Select a paper in one of the topics you are interested in and prepare a 5 minute presentation on it; upload paper and presentation to Canvas
Presentation on Jan. 21, in class: 5 minute presentation of the papers
Week 4:Dates: Jan. 24–28
Discussion of writing technically and critically; managing tasks, data
Due on Jan. 28: Draft proposal; upload to Canvas
Week 5:Dates: Jan. 31–Feb. 4
Due on Feb. 4; Final project proposals; upload to both INSuREHub and Canvas
                          Project proposal presentation; upload to Canvas
Presentation on Feb. 4, in class: 10 minute presentation of project proposals
Week 6:Dates: Feb. 7–11
How to do a dashboard presentation
Week 7:Dates: Feb. 14–18
Due on Feb. 15: Literature review; upload to Canvas
Presentation on Feb. 16, in class: 10 minute presentation of literature review
Week 8:Dates: Feb. 21–Feb. 25     [Note: no class on Feb. 21 (Presidents’ Day)]
Discuss literature reviews
Due on Feb. 24: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas
Presentation on Feb. 25, in class: Dashboard presentations
Week 9:Dates: Feb. 28–Mar. 4
Discuss progress report assignment
Due on Mar. 3: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas
Due on Mar. 4: Draft progress reports; upload to Canvas
Presentation on Mar. 4, in class: Dashboard presentations
Week 10: Dates: Mar. 7–11     [Note: Mar. 11 is the last class]
Discuss draft progress reports
Due on Mar. 11: Final progress reports, upload to both INSuREHub and Canvas
                            Progress report presentation, upload to Canvas
Presentation on Mar. 10, in class: 10 minute presentation of progress reports

Course continues through Spring Quarter 2022; syllabus continues for that quarter below

Week 1: Dates: Mar. 28–Apr. 1
Due on Mar. 31: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas
Presentation on Apr. 1, in class: Dashboard presentations
Week 2: Dates: Apr. 4–8
Due on Apr. 7: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas
Presentation on Apr. 8, in class: Dashboard presentations
Week 3: Dates: Apr. 11–15
Due on Apr. 14: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas
Presentation on Apr. 15, in class: Dashboard presentations
Week 4: Dates: Apr. 18–22
Due on Apr. 21: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas
Presentation on Apr. 22, in class: Dashboard presentations
Week 5: Dates: Apr. 25–Apr. 29
Due on Apr. 28: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas
Presentation on Apr. 29, in class: Dashboard presentations
Week 6: Dates: May 2–6
Due on May 5: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas
Presentation on May 6, in class: Dashboard presentations
Week 7: Dates: May 9–13
Due on May 12: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas
Presentation on May 13, in class: Dashboard presentations
Week 8: Dates: May 16–20
Due on May 20: Draft final report; upload to Canvas
Week 9: Dates: May 23–27
Due on May 24: Final reports and presentations; upload to both INSuREHub and Canvas
Presentation on May 25, 27, in class: Final report presentations
Week 10: Dates: May 30–June 2;     [Note: no class on May 30 (Memorial Day)]
Presentation on June 1, in class: Final report presentations}

Posters: Dates: to be arranged
Poster presentations during the final examination period


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Phone: +1 (530) 752-8060
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ECS 289M, Introduction to Research in Computer and Information Securityy
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