Project Grant 2552880
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded the University of Houston $299,861 on August 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop resource-efficient Byzantine agreement protocols for distributed systems. The project addresses the Byzantine agreement problem—a fundamental challenge in securing distributed networks against malicious actors—by designing new protocols that minimize latency,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. $285,952 on August 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop resource-efficient Byzantine agreement protocols and algorithms that improve the performance and security of distributed systems. The project addresses the Byzantine agreement problem—foundational to blockchain, federated learning, distributed...
- Federal Grant Award Summary New Mexico State University received a $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This award funds research to address fundamental challenges in Layer 2 blockchain scaling solutions, specifically focusing on Payment Channel Networks (PCNs) and state channels...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded $367,994 to Stony Brook University on August 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop an adaptive ecosystem for distributed transaction processing in untrustworthy environments. The research addresses three technical thrusts. Thrust 1 develops an adaptive Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus protocol using reinforcement learning to adjust rapidly to...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded the University of New Mexico $105,454 on December 1, 2025, to develop scalable formal verification algorithms and software tools for artificial neural network-controlled cyber-physical systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The project addresses the challenge of rigorously verifying the safety and reliability of autonomous systems—including autonomous...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of New Mexico received a $689,686 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative will develop MPI Advance, an open-source cyberinfrastructure solution designed to optimize message-passing interface (MPI)...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $399,441 Project Grant to The University of New Mexico under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The three-year grant will support the development of Bifrost, a CPU/GPU pipeline framework for high-throughput data acquisition and analysis. The framework aims to advance computational research by enabling and accelerating discovery through improved access to research cyberinfrastructure. The University of New Mexico...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) project grant (CFDA 47.070) awarded $160,493 to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to conduct collaborative research at the intersection of distributed cryptography and blockchain technologies. The key objectives are: (1) developing a common framework and language to bridge the gap between cryptography and distributed computing research on emerging technologies like blockchain; (2) investigating the...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the University of Arizona $500,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop a cross-layer framework for scalable blockchain sharding through coordinated innovations in algorithms, system design, and hardware architecture. The research addresses core scalability and efficiency barriers in sharded blockchain systems by developing a graph...
- This three-year, $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to develop scalable defenses against Sybil attacks in dynamic computer networks. The University of New Mexico will collaborate with cybersecurity practitioners and academia through two research workshops to design new defenses where the resource burning cost to legitimate participants grows slowly as a function of the adversary's resources and rate of...
The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded the University of New Mexico $402,603 on August 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop resource-efficient Byzantine agreement protocols for distributed systems. The project addresses fundamental Byzantine agreement problems that underpin modern applications including blockchains, federated learning, distributed AI agents, wireless networks, and cryptography. The research will design efficient algorithms to minimize latency, communication, and energy cost across classical and emerging Byzantine agreement models, including smoothed analysis variants for node inputs and adversary-controlled node identification. Investigators will develop new mathematical and algorithmic tools applicable to both classical and modern Byzantine agreement problems, with the goal of improving performance and security of distributed systems against attacks by malicious agents. The University of New Mexico's Office of Sponsored Projects, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the recipient. The award runs through July 31, 2030. As part of the project, in-person workshops will be organized jointly with Sandia National Laboratories staff to train junior researchers in cybersecurity.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $402.6k | 8/14/26 |