The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $134,303 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) on October 1, 2024. The grant funds a 3-year research project titled "Collaborative Research: SATC: CORE: SMALL: Towards the Security of Immersive Multimedia Systems." The project aims to investigate and address security challenges in volumetric video, virtual reality, and augmented reality systems by developing: 1) advanced face spoofing attack techniques leveraging real-time environment lighting estimation and generation, and 2) an effective countermeasure that injects protective perturbations into 3D content to invalidate spoofing attacks while maintaining quality of experience. The proposed research seeks to fill critical security gaps in immersive multimedia systems and enable broader adoption of these technologies in sensitive applications like teleconferencing, remote education, and healthcare.
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