The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $540,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to Emory University. The grant, titled "SATC: CORE: SMALL: TOWARD ADVERSARIALLY ROBUST AND PRIVACY-PRESERVING EHR SYSTEMS: DATA COMPLEXITY AND NEW TRAINING PARADIGMS," aims to address adversarial robustness and privacy concerns in modern electronic health record (EHR) systems. The project will focus on two key challenges: (1) the complex correlations in EHR data, including cross-feature, temporal, and cross-modality correlations, and (2) the security and privacy vulnerabilities introduced by the increasing use of pre-trained models in healthcare. The grant will explore attack strategies and defense mechanisms to enhance the robustness and privacy of EHR systems, including leveraging data correlations, backdoor attacks, and privacy amplification attacks. The project will also investigate the synergy between robustness and privacy, with real-world validations using predictive models for sepsis and critical care syndromes. The project period is from June 15, 2025, to May 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | Reason For Modification | Federal Obligation (Click to sort descending) | Date (Click to sort ascending) |
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| Not listed | $540.0k | 6/10/25 |