The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,701,447 Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Arizona State University (ASU) to research and develop a family of security solutions to establish a zero trust chain (ZTC) that enables end-to-end security and protection for the reliable use of 5G networks for Department of Defense (DoD) use cases. The project, called Zero Trust X (ZTX), aims to generate knowledge and research outcomes...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $749,999 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program. The grant will fund research to develop techniques enabling the Department of Defense to securely leverage commercial 5G wireless networks for mission-critical operations globally. The university will create three components. The first takes advantage of programmable data planes to facilitate path measurements and shift...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant award of $748,702 supports research under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop security services for 5G software-defined edge networks. The primary awardee, Sri International, will focus on creating an in-depth security architecture integrated into the 5G software-defined radio access network reference standard. This will introduce a cross-layer security approach leveraging the modularity of the new...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to the University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA #47.084) to develop secure solutions for 5G and beyond-5G wireless networks. The award period is from July 15, 2022 to June 30, 2023. Under the grant, the University of Kansas will work with subrecipients Wichita State University, Purdue University, Iowa State University, and The Pennsylvania State University to...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $540,000 Project Grant to the University of Michigan under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The three-year award runs from June 2021 through May 2024 and supports collaborative research to transform connected and automated transportation through intelligent networking, cooperative sensing, and edge computing. Specifically, the University of Michigan will work with Purdue University and the University of Minnesota to develop, deploy, and...
This $419,577 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research by the Regents of the University of Michigan to develop scalable and reliable coordination capabilities for embodied intelligent networks. The research aims to enable multi-agent networks, such as distributed autonomous systems, to self-configure their communication topology, adapt to unpredictable environments, and integrate external commands while managing the risks...
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded a $1,731,182.34 Project Grant to Michigan State University (MSU) under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program (CFDA 11.038). The grant funds MSU's research and development of AI-assisted methods for testing the interoperability, performance, and security of 5G Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) components, including radio units (RUs), distributed units (DUs), and central units (CUs). The key...
The Michigan State University was awarded an $870,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) to develop techniques and a testing platform for safeguarding next-generation emergency services over cellular networks. Over a three-year period from July 2023 to June 2026, the University will conduct three research thrusts. The first will develop a...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the CFDA 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering program to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) to develop an open cloud-based "CTF5G" platform for cybersecurity training and workforce development focused on 5G network security. The key products to be delivered through this 2-year project are: Automating the workflow for setting up 5G network-based...
The University of Michigan was awarded a $549,826 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) to support the research project "CAREER: ENHANCING TRUST-DRIVEN HUMAN-AUTONOMY INTERACTION: MODELING TRUST DYNAMICS AND SUPPORTING TRUST CALIBRATION" from May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2026. The grant funding will support investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications,...