Explore a software security research topic

The goal of this activity is to practice with extending your knowledge about

engineering secure software.

You should communicate with your colleagues, e.g., through Piazza, to select a

partner. Then you should select a problem that you may work on. The research

activity must be on either one of the course topics as specified in the syllabus or on a

topic that I agree with you on. You may visit the following link to learn how to select

a research problem: https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/research problem (Links to

an external site.). Examples of research activities include:

1. Literature review

2. Tool evaluation

3. Algorithms and tools for a given problem

4. Questionnaire on a given problem

5. Interviewing experts on a given problem

The following are two examples of research problems related to the course:

- Evaluation of threat modeling tools.

- A case for limitations of secure coding standards.

What you need submit now

First, each pair of students prepares and submits a proposal of one page--IEEE

conference style. We will review the proposals and give feedback in Webex meeting

to each team.