Summer Research Program Intern 2027, Secure Resilient Systems and Technology (Group 05-53)

As a summer research intern, you will join a small team and work closely with a technical mentor to research, develop, analyze, and evaluate new cybersecurity technologies and approaches for mission-critical systems.

Depending on the project, you may:

• Design, implement, analyze, prototype, or evaluate new security technologies, methods, and tools.
• Analyze software and systems to understand threats, identify vulnerabilities, or evaluate security and resilience.
• Develop and apply software analysis, security testing, formal methods, cryptographic, or AI-enabled techniques to cybersecurity problems.
• Design and conduct experiments to evaluate new technical approaches.
• Present your results and contribute software, experimental results, or other technical artifacts to ongoing research.

Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, or a closely related field. BS candidates should have completed at least their sophomore year; rising seniors are preferred.
• Demonstrated hands-on technical experience beyond coursework, through research, internships, substantial projects, competitions, open-source development, or comparable experience.
• Strong technical problem-solving skills and hands-on experience in one or more of the followin
  • Software design and development in Rust (preferred), C/C++, Python, or another relevant language.
  • Secure software, operating systems, embedded systems, or network protocols.
  • Security testing and evaluation, including adversarial testing and experimental methods.
  • Software analysis and applied formal methods.
  • Applied cryptography and security protocols.
  • AI-enabled tools and techniques for software analysis, vulnerability discovery, security testing, threat analysis, or cyber defense