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| PNN | 2961 |
| Work Detail | This summer, the U.S. Military Academy hosted 13 ROTC Cadets for the months of July and August. Under the leadership of IID (USMA Chief Scientist) and the support of ACI (Army Cyber Institute) and CRC (Cyber Research Center), ROTC Cadets based on their majors or area of expertise, worked in three teams. IID (Institute for Innovation and Development) team worked on the Army Warfighting Challenges and Cyber Business Intelligence project. Under Lt. Col. Michael Lanham, CRC team worked on Cyber stakes and a Robotics Project. Under Eric Dean, ACI team worked on Big Data Infrastructure and Algorithmic Development Project. Here is how ACI team (Nicholas Celfo, Virginia Military Institute, Computer Science and Computer Engineering; Conrad Kress, University of Alaska, Mathematics and Statistics; Keenan Wresch, Purdue University, Computer Science and Physics; Zoe Schorr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Mathematics) summarized their research project: “As interns at the Army Cyber Institute, our team has been provided the opportunity to engage with many influential leaders in the Cyber community. Our primary task has been to research Hadoop, an open-source Distributed File System which implements the MapReduce algorithm structure. Our goal is to apply the Hadoop framework and its related projects to problems in Big Data. We have also had the opportunity to collaborate with the Chief of Staff of the ACI, Lt. Col. Ernest Wong, in writing a paper about the future of the FBI’s Cyber Division and its impact on law enforcement of the future.” IID Team (Jonathan Hixson, University of Virginia, Dual: Legal Studies & Strategic Intelligence; Sarah Koch, University of Virginia, Middle Eastern Languages & Literature, Minor –Inter Relations; James Korman, Shippensburg University, Political Science; Matteo Rubino, City University of New York, International Criminal Justice, Minor–Conflict Resolution) summarized their work as follows: “The novelty of cyber as a domain means that researchers have limited knowledge of the cyber research being conducted by other organizations and agencies. To foster collaboration between similarly focused agencies, we were tasked with creating a visual representation of this phenomena (lack of situational awareness and collaboration) via the visualization software Tableau. “Tableau, ideally, allows stakeholders to interactively visualize past, present and future research thus creating a higher level of situational awareness within the domain. Subtasks during this project included an in depth stakeholder analysis through several interviews, the collection of structured datasets and cultivating an understanding of the visualization software. “Stakeholders include organizations and agencies directly involved in cyber research or subsequently affected by its findings. Datasets were collected where possible in an attempt to properly display the advantage of the visualization software in a prototype manner. Once structured the datasets were successfully visualized on Tableau allowing for greater understanding of the datasets.” CRC team (Jisoo Seo, Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville, Computer Management and Information Systems; Theodore Mayer, University of Cincinnati, Business Administration–Information Systems; Randolph Solomon, Citadel, Electrical Engineering; Royce Kennerley, University of Nevada–Reno, Electrical Engineering) worked on a robotics projects. ROTC Cadets with their diverse educational education and expertise, during this internship have demonstrated the importance of collaboration in Cyber Space and have positively contributed to the respective research centers. As reflected on the summaries, the opportunity to interact with various cyber research experts and consult with other high ranking Officer’s, has augmented and stimulated ROTC Cadets to push the boundaries of cyber research and further develop their critical thinking skills, while at the same time introducing them to the nuances of Cyber and the new Army Warfighting Challenges. |
| Country | United States , Northern America |
| Industry | Defence |
| Entry Date | 03 Sep 2016 |
| Source | http://www.pointerview.com/2016/08/25/rotc-cadets-immersed-into-internship-program-at-usma/ |
