This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports research to improve wireless network security designs. The project aims to (1) create stronger, practical adversary models to understand the limitations of security for Internet of Things (IoT) systems that leverage wireless channel properties, and (2) design new defense strategies to advance the state-of-the-art in wireless network...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $133,487 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to conduct collaborative research towards developing distributed, secure, and resilient network security protocols and standards for next-generation mobile networks. The key focus areas include creating distributed public-key infrastructure (PKI) and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the University of Oklahoma, through its Office of Research Administration, under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076). The grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, aims to create a comprehensive training program in artificial intelligence (AI) for 5G and next-generation (NextG) wireless network security.
The project will develop two main educational components: (1) curriculum...
The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded a $177,840 Project Grant to the University of Alabama's Office for Sponsored Programs to support collaborative research towards sustainable, efficient, and secure Internet of Things. The award period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The grant is funded through the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and...
This Project Grant award of $365,361 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to develop a secure method for verifying message integrity in wireless relay networks. The project team at Iowa State University will focus on:
Designing a novel message authentication approach using non-orthogonal multiple access techniques to enable detection of message modifications, even if adversaries gain access to the...
This $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to enhance education and training in IoT software and systems security. The project will design and host a next-generation Capture-the-Flag (CTF) platform called "PwnIoT.Academy" that supports student-centered and inclusive pedagogy. Key activities include:
Developing IoT-specific CTF and defensive challenges for different architectures and software platforms to...
This three-year, $244,997 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to develop scalable methods for analyzing large-scale network traffic data to quantify internet-of-things (IoT) device insecurities and characterize malicious IoT campaigns.
The awardee, San Diego State University Research Foundation, will work with collaborators to design algorithms and formal methods using supervised deep learning to fingerprint...
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) awarded a $362,141 Project Grant to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) - York College. The three-year grant, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027, aims to enhance national resilience against cyber threats and advance secure artificial internet of things (AIoT) systems. The project will investigate data and model...
The University of Oklahoma will provide research services under a $279,833 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). Specifically, the University will conduct collaborative research to develop a machine learning framework and antenna design to enhance the ability of Environmental Sensing Capability sensors to detect naval radar pulses within concurrent 4G LTE and 5G signals in the Citizens Broadband Radio...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the University of South Florida (USF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to create a comprehensive training program in artificial intelligence (AI) techniques for 5G and next-generation wireless network security. The project aims to develop two main types of educational materials: (1) lab-based curriculum modules covering physical layer, MAC/network layers, and network applications, and (2) project-based...