Project Grant 2302084
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $608,204 CAREER grant titled "Advancing Fairness in Biometric Systems: Towards Security and Privacy Enhancement" to the University of South Florida (USF). The 5-year project, which runs from Dec 2025 to Dec 2029, aims to investigate vulnerabilities in biometric recognition systems and develop countermeasures to enhance security and privacy. The research focuses on analyzing hardware and software attacks, such as side-channel and fault...
- This federal Project Grant award of $350,000 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). The grant aims to develop new techniques and protocols to protect sensitive biometric data against brute-force attacks. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing a novel protocol for biometric-based authentication and key reconstruction that is highly resistant to brute-force attacks....
- This $275,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development and evaluation of a novel biometric authentication system by Morphosis Inc., a small disadvantaged business in Berkeley, CA. The project aims to enhance digital security by integrating continuous biometric verification into human-computer interactions, using wearable neural interface technology to capture unique...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded a $187,723 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University from July 2021 through December 2022. The grant supports research titled "EAGER: BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION USING NONCONTACT CARDIOVASCULAR SIGNALS" under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). This program aims to advance computing and information sciences through investigator-initiated...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant, awarded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering CFDA program (47.070), provides $200,000.00 in funding to George Mason University to develop a new approach for secure and trustworthy human identity verification. The research aims to create a digital representation of human identity based on the chemical analysis of sweat using hyperspectral imaging, which can overcome limitations of current biometric technologies. The project...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $393,599 project grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York to support an REU Site: Frontier Technologies for Biometrics and Authentication from March 2021 through February 2024. The grant was awarded under 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. Through...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program provides $174,991 to the University of Dayton Research Institute Division to examine the feasibility of presentation attacks on photoplethysmography (PPG)-based continuous authentication systems in mobile and wearable devices, and develop methods for defending against such attacks. The research project aims to reduce impersonation risks, build trust in biometric...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) federal grant program provides $510,336 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to develop advanced physical probing models, scalable validation tools, and provably secure design methods to address critical side-channel vulnerabilities in cryptographic hardware. The research team will create new probing models reflecting real-world adversary capabilities, integrate...
- This $194,726 two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at Worcester Polytechnic Institute on machine learning techniques for assessing hardware security against side-channel attacks. The grantee will develop novel approaches using deep learning theoretical foundations to evaluate cryptosystems' resilience to machine learning-enhanced side-channel analysis on real-world implementations. The research aims to address...
- The University of South Florida received a $287,406 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The award will support research from April 2021 through March 2024 toward developing age-aware continuous authentication on personal computing devices. The Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to advance computing and communications research...
This $152,994 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) will fund research on physical side-channel attacks in biometric systems at West Virginia University from October 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The grantee will develop methodologies such as metrics, deep learning algorithms, protocols, and tools to analyze physical side-channel attacks and countermeasures in biometric systems. This includes a biometric protection scheme evaluated per international standards. The research intends to advance both attacks and defenses for biometric systems and inform future system designs. Outcomes could positively impact identity verification across various sectors involving biometrics.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $153.0k | 11/4/22 |