CSE 551 Introduction to Information Security 

- Survey Project Rules -

The goal of this project is to give you an opportunity to learn about smartphone applications of iPhone and Android Phone and study their potential security vulnerabilities; write a short survey paper on them.   There are three tasks: (1) choosing a category of  smartphone applications you want to study; (2) giving a 20-minute presentation; (3) writing a short survey paper on the category. The following are some details about the project team organization and the above three tasks :

Team Organization

Each team can have up to FOUR students. Each team will finish all the above tasks together (all the submissions and presentations will be team-based). Students in the same team will have the same scores. 

Proposal

Each team needs to select a category and have it approved by the instructor before it can start working on the category. Each team needs to submit TWO categories to the instructor (xuan@cse.ohio-state.edu) and CC to the grader (champion@cse.ohio-state.edu). The proposal should include the team member information such as names and majors. The proposal will be due  11:59PM, May 5, 2009.

Presentation

Each team will have 20 minutes to present its work in the class at the end of this quarter. The slides should be given to the instructor and CCed to the grader at least THREE days ahead of the presentation.

Report

The reports can be in MS word or PDF. It should be 5 single-spaced and two-column pages using 10 point size type on 8.5 x 11 inches pages.  See style files for details. The report will be due on 11:59PM (midnight),  June 4,  2009.  The report should be emailed to the instructor and the grader (champion@cse.ohio-state.edu) in a MS word format  or PDF by then (Subject: CSE551: group id, filename: 551_2009_group_id_rep.doc). 

iPhone and Android phone Application Links