Duke University was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems. The grant is part of the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and information science and engineering.
Under this award, Duke University will conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SATC: CORE: SMALL: SECURING RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS AGAINST DATA POISONING ATTACKS." The research aims to develop techniques to secure recommender systems from data poisoning attacks. The grant period is from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The place of performance is Durham, North Carolina.