The University of Illinois was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) to conduct research measuring, validating and improving upon app-based privacy nutrition labels for smartphones. Over a three year period ending in May 2026, the University will apply mixed methods including usability testing, comprehension studies, and multivariate regressions to study how privacy...
This three-year, $439,355 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will fund research into the impact of new privacy regulations on software development practices. The International Computer Science Institute will lead a collaborative effort to study how software developers discuss and implement privacy requirements from evolving laws and regulations. The...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) Project Grant award of $166,924 aims to enhance privacy leak detection in mobile applications by identifying and analyzing sources of domain-sensitive user data. The key products and services to be delivered include: Conducting a crowdsourcing study to categorize domain-sensitive data within mobile app user interfaces. Developing a novel approach using static and...
The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a $880,923 project grant to the International Computer Science Institute to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SATC: CORE: MEDIUM: FOREGROUNDING BYSTANDERS AS STAKEHOLDERS IN SMART HOME PRODUCT DESIGN." The period of performance for this award is from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2025. The research is being conducted under the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering...
This three-year, $110,645 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), supports research into the implementation of privacy in software systems by software developers. The Stanford University research team will examine discussions among developers in response to new privacy regulations and laws, related code updates in public repositories, and developer reactions to...
This $292,844 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will fund the development of a new organizational structure for envisioning new research directions in CISE that is informed by representatives across various disciplines. The International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), a non-profit research organization, will lead this effort by conducting interviews and workshops to elicit...
The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded a $199,076 Project Grant to the FPF Education And Innovation Foundation for collaborative research titled "A Large-Scale, Longitudinal Resource to Advance Technical and Legal Understanding of Textual Privacy Information." The three-year award runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070). The grant will support the development of a...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $299,999 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to assess the relationship between privacy regulations and software development, with the goal of improving rulemaking and compliance. The grant, funded through the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), will support a multidisciplinary research effort combining legal and engineering expertise. The key products and services to be...
This $150,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems under the CFDA Program 47.070 "Computer and Information Science and Engineering". The award, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, supports collaborative research on safeguarding the emerging "miniapp" paradigm within mobile "super apps". The research aims to investigate new security and privacy threats, design secure miniapp APIs, and...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems provided $214,072 to the International Computer Science Institute for research titled "EAGER: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: TOWARDS AN EXTENSIBLE INTERNET" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. The award was made under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education in all areas of computing,...