This $299,839 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the New Jersey Institute of Technology to develop authority distribution techniques for resilient communication networks. The Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to advance computing and information sciences through investigator-initiated research and education.
Specifically, the grant will fund three interrelated research thrusts over a 30-month period ending January 2025. The first thrust examines fundamental security and privacy guarantees of distributing authority among multiple nodes to prevent single points of failure. The second develops low-complexity coding schemes for authority distribution operating at finite block lengths based on error control coding and cryptography methods. The third enables a universal deep learning framework for authority distribution independently of data statistics. Together, the research aims to explore how distributing critical task launching authority among network nodes and users enhances resilience against compromised devices before identification and harm.