This $385,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program will establish a cyber training hub for cyber-physical energy systems at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, Florida. The project aims to provide students and researchers with hands-on training and mentorship in areas such as power engineering, communication networks, data science, and cyber/hardware security. Key objectives include: (1)...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems. The grant falls under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) and will fund the CAREER project "Risk-Sensitive Market Design for Power Systems: Scalable Learning and Pricing" from February 2021 through January 2026. The project aims to develop scalable algorithms for learning and pricing in power systems to account for risk factors...
This $480,000 Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, will establish a cybersecurity training hub focused on cyber-physical energy systems at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). The project aims to: Curate a comprehensive dataset of benign and malicious cyber-physical data from a remotely-connected testbed to enable hands-on training and research. Develop user-friendly cybersecurity modules in a...
This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), provides $280,000 to the University of Rhode Island to develop programmable in-network security measures for resilient smart grids. Specifically, the university will create an in-network cyberattack detection system with customizable packet inspection, a self-healing system to automatically...
This three-year, $110,851 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to develop a cyber resilient 5G-enabled virtual power system to address growing power demands. Specifically, the awardee, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, will design and implement a smart artificial intelligence-based microinverter for pole-mounted solar power systems with energy storage, connected to low-voltage distribution networks. Data from the...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant titled "ASCENT: BOOSTING CYBER AND PHYSICAL RESILIENCE OF POWER ELECTRONICS-DOMINATED DISTRIBUTION GRIDS IN ENERGY SPACE" to the San Diego State University Research Foundation under the NSF Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program. The project aims to develop an innovative sensing and control system to enhance the cyber-physical resilience of power distribution systems with a high penetration of power...
The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded $500,079 under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program to the University of Utah Office of Sponsored Projects. The five-year project grant will support the development of a scalable and secure control framework for distributed grid-edge energy resources to enhance power grid reliability. Specifically, the university researchers will design optimization, machine learning, and statistical...
This $375,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) funds research at Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station to develop a Strategic Holistic Framework for Intrusion Prevention using Multi-modal Data in Power Systems (SHIELD). The three-year project aims to strengthen national power grid protection against cyber-physical attacks through novel intrusion detection and prevention methods. Researchers will fuse cyber and physical power system...
The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $399,999 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Amherst Office of Grant & Contract Administration to support collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CPS MEDIUM: ENABLING DER INTEGRATION VIA REDESIGN OF INFORMATION FLOWS." The three-year grant running from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024 will fund research under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The five-year award will support research titled "CAREER: STRUCTURE-EXPLOITING OPTIMIZATION FOR POWER SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS TO LARGE-SCALE NETWORKS" from February 2021 through January 2026. The research focuses on developing optimization techniques to improve the...