The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant totaling $248,011 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) with a start date of March 1, 2024 and an end date of February 28, 2029. The award supports research to develop technologies that can secure electronic computing hardware against sophisticated physical attacks along the microelectronics supply chain. The key focus areas...
This 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), provides $612,648 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute to develop new methods for securing embedded software. The awardee will shift security enforcement from developers to compilers using static analysis, runtime instrumentation, and hardware support. Enhancements will enable customization and promote longevity....
This $347,792 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports the development of an end-to-end framework for designing, analyzing, and securing fine-grained hardware security primitives for resource-constrained embedded devices. The research aims to enhance the effectiveness of hardware-assisted security solutions, leading to lightweight and robust design-for-security capabilities for embedded...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $299,635 Project Grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) for a project titled "POSE: PHASE I: SCOPING AND PLANNING FOR AN OPEN-SOURCE ECOSYSTEM OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS THAT SELECT TEXTS FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES". This grant supports scoping and planning activities to transition an academic research artifact - machine learning software that identifies...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant titled "POSE: PHASE II: A SUSTAINABLE OPEN SOURCE CONSORTIUM FOR THE TOCK SECURE EMBEDDED OPERATING SYSTEM" to The Trustees of Princeton University. The grant, which runs from Sep 15, 2023 to Aug 31, 2025, aims to sustain the Tock open-source operating system for microcontrollers through the development of documentation, developer tools, security audits, and educational resources. The project involves subawards to...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $206,645 Cooperative Agreement under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to provide experiential learning opportunities in sensor technology. The project, called BEGINNINGS: SENSOR TECHNOLOGY AS A VEHICLE TO CULTIVATE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING FOR EMERGING AND NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES, aims to train a skilled workforce to meet the growing technology needs outlined in the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. Through a...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will fund the development of a scalable, remote hardware security education platform. The $267,999 award to the University of South Florida will create an innovative learning tool that provides open access to physical hardware security development boards, enabling students to conduct hands-on experiments in hardware security from remote locations. Key components of...
Worcester Polytechnic Institute received a five-year, $708k Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will support the development of new scientific instruments for classroom observation using a multi-modal machine learning approach. The goal is to advance the development and use of research cyberinfrastructure to enable and accelerate discovery and innovation in computing, communications, and...
Purdue University was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to develop an open-source ecosystem around proactive software supply chain monitoring. Funded through the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), this 12-month project aims to engage stakeholders in emerging applications like artificial intelligence, internet of things, and critical infrastructure to build a sustainable community focused on providing usable security...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,498,856 Project Grant under its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) to the University of Illinois to develop an integrated, open-source ecosystem called OpenAD for anomaly detection. The project aims to unify existing open-source anomaly detection systems into a comprehensive platform that supports diverse data types and application domains. Key goals include establishing a standardized development environment,...