TDC572: Guidelines of Selecting and Writing a Research Paper
 
Use http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/ or IEEE Digital Library to select TWO-THREE paper that discusses network security issues. The topic should not overlap with what addressed in the class lectures, books or handout. The purpose of the paper project is to show a depth in a research-oriented area in network security. The selected paper MUST be published in a well-known well-respected journals, conference, workshop, technical reports, technical white papers (means can not be just marketing or commercials material). Read the paper carefully and then create a summary of this paper as described in the following section.

 
SUMMARY PAPER OUTLINE

Your summary paper is maximum 8 pages long. The paper format is times Raman font, 11 points size and with single space. No direct copying is allowed from the paper. You need to read, understand and then put the summary in your won phrases. The paper must address the following sections/issues:

-         Your Title, your name and affiliation

-         What is the problem(s) addressed in this paper?

-         Why this problem is interesting?

-         Why the paper is important and what is the potential impact on industry practice?

-         What is the main contribution of this paper?

-         Summary the technical approach 

-         Summary of the author evaluation 

-         Your assessment and conclusion in this topic: how do find this paper useful and what you propose to improve on this work?

-         References: the original paper and other papers


Your paper proposal should include the paper name, authors, publication place and date, subject and length.   The paper might discuss one or different of the following topics:

 

SUGGESTED TOPICS

Wireless Security
P2P Security
Multimedia Security 
VoIP Security
Security of Pervasive Computing 
Security Polices: modeling, verification and management
Policy-based Security Management
Survivable Systems
Security and Mobility
Software and OS Security
Data Mining and Security
Distributed Firewall 
Distributed Intrusion Detection 
Defending against DDoS

			Guidelines for Selecting and Doing Projects

- Must be a programming or semi-programming project
- Must be directly related to security issues
- Must be selected and described by YOU 
- Must be approved by the instructor
- Must be demoed before the final to get a grade (submitting the code only does not help).


Professor Ehab Al-Shaer, CTI