Information and Computation Assurance Programs in the

Ohio State University

Neelam SoundarajanComputer Sc. & Eng. Dept.

Ohio State University

Two Undergrad Programs

BS-CSE in the College of Engineering

BS-CIS in the College of Arts & Sc.

Some Details

BS CSE = CS core + technical electives

+ general engineering

BS CIS = CS core + technical electives

+ science & other

Tech. Elec. Options for BS-CSE

Information and Computation Assurance

Software Systems Hardware-Software Information Systems Individualized

Tech. Elec. Options for BS-CIS

Information and Computation Assurance

Software Systems Advanced Studies Information Systems Individualized Option

ICA Option (BS-CSE)

15 cr. hrs. reqd. courses + 12 hrs. electives

Required Courses:551: Intro to Information Security (3 hrs)651: Network Security (3 hrs)677: Computer Networking (3 hrs)678: Internetworking(3 hrs)Course on linear algebra/math logic (3 hrs)

ICA Option (BS-CSE) (contd)

Elective Courses: At least 12 credit hrs:At least 3 hrs. of high-level CS courses;At least 9 additional hrs. of high-level

CS and other courses. Some suggested non-CS courses:

AMIS 627: Auditing Principles & Proc.AMIS 658: E-CommerceGEOG 607: Fund. of Geog. Inf. Sys.

ICA Option (BS-CIS)

13 cr. hrs. reqd. courses + 12 hrs. electives

Required Courses:551: Intro to Information Security (3 hrs)651: Network Security (3 hrs)677: Computer Networking (3 hrs)678: Internetworking(3 hrs)601: Soc. & Ethical Iss. in Cptg. (1 hr)

ICA Option (BS-CIS) (contd)

Elective Courses: At least 12 credit hrs:At least 3 hrs. of high-level CS courses;At least 9 additional hrs. of high-level

CS and other courses. Some suggested non-CS courses:

AMIS 627: Auditing Principles & Proc.AMIS 658: E-CommerceGEOG 607: Fund. of Geog. Inf. Sys.

Graduate Programs

Many MS and PhD students working on ICA topics

Some key faculty with ICA interests:Profs. Lee, Arora, Xuan,

Sinha, ...

Some Recent Undergrad/Grad Courses

Applied Information Security Projects(Practical, hands-on projects)

Introduction to Cryptography (Mostly conceptual)

Enterprise IT Architectures (I & II) (Conceptual & hands-on)

Some Recent Grad Courses

Wireless Sensor Networks Network Architecture, QoS and Security Seminars on Security:

Wireless/Sensor Network SecurityInternet SecurityNetwork Monitoring &

Measurement Applied Information Security Projects Introduction to Cryptography

Questions?

E-mail: lee@cse.ohio-state.edu neelam@cse.ohio-state.edu

URLs:ICA Center:

http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/caeiaeCSE Dept.: http://www.cse.ohio-

state.edu/OSU: http://www.osu.edu