Project Grant 2049960

This three-year, $244,997 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to develop scalable methods for analyzing large-scale network traffic data to quantify internet-of-things (IoT) device insecurities and characterize malicious IoT campaigns. The awardee, San Diego State University Research Foundation, will work with collaborators to design algorithms and formal methods using supervised deep learning to fingerprint exploited...

This $237,859 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) supports research to enhance cybersecurity and privacy techniques for the integration of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence, known as the Artificial Internet of Things (AIoT). The key research tasks under this three-year project include: 1) Building a joint research testbed for integrating AI and IoT, 2) Investigating data...

This $399,972 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports research to develop secure and robust computing approaches for resource-constrained, intermittently-powered Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The project aims to discover vulnerabilities in these energy-harvesting devices and propose effective, lightweight defense strategies. The technical approach revolves around developing secure...

This $117,392 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund a 1.5-day workshop in 2023 to support aspiring principal investigators for the agency's Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace grants. The workshop will provide mentorship and guidance to help researchers strengthen proposal writing skills and develop comprehensive research plans through one-on-one mentor meetings, mock review panels, and drafting an executive summary....

This $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to enhance education and training in IoT software and systems security. The project will design and host a next-generation Capture-the-Flag (CTF) platform called "PwnIoT.Academy" that supports student-centered and inclusive pedagogy. Key activities include: Developing IoT-specific CTF and defensive challenges for different architectures and software platforms to...

This $336,352 National Science Foundation project grant supports research towards trustworthy and accountable internet of things (IoT) data marketplaces from July 2022 through June 2024. Funded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), the research investigates foundations and implementation of a decentralized marketplace to enable secure IoT data sharing and trading with flexible and enforced access controls as well as post-trading accountability. Key...

This Project Grant award of $174,975 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports research at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to develop an integrated framework for opportunistic computation offloading from battery-free Internet of Things (IoT) devices to persistently powered edge computing devices. The key objectives are to: (1) design a scheduling system to determine optimal communication and computation strategies...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a $299,905 Project Grant to Loyola University of Chicago to develop and evaluate a comprehensive 12-workshop experiential training program to raise awareness among AI practitioners of the cybersecurity and privacy risks associated with building AI-based systems. The project aims to provide knowledge and skills needed to build AI systems that are secure, ethical, and privacy-preserving. The workshop...

This $174,572 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports a research project at Saint Louis University focused on exploiting, modeling, and leveraging hidden features in heterogeneous Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices to improve the performance and security of IoT communications. The key objectives of the project are to develop models and optimization techniques to enhance network...

This $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to increase awareness and promote broader adoption of the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot. The two-year collaborative project between Oakland University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute will organize two 12-workshop series to provide hands-on training for emerging researchers on utilizing NAIRR's computational resources,...