Project Grant 2552881
- 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 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,...
- 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...
- This Project Grant award of $263,443 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will fund research by Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. to develop scalable, message-efficient distributed algorithms. The overarching goal is to substantially improve the understanding of the message complexity of fundamental problems in distributed computing, including classical problems like maximal independent set, graph...
- This NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program Project Grant, awarded to Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. (doing business as Georgia Health Sciences), provides $175,000 to study how the initial knowledge available to individual computers in a distributed system impacts the performance and communication efficiency of distributed algorithms. The 2-year project, which commenced on April 1, 2024, will explore trade-offs between partial network knowledge and...
- 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...
- This Project Grant award in the amount of $165,000, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), aims to enhance eventual data consistency in large-scale, multidimensional scientific computing through the development of a lightweight in-memory distributed ledger system. The project, led by Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. (dba Georgia Health Sciences), a non-profit research organization, will...
- 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...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education awarded Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. (doing business as Georgia Health Sciences) $1,999,098 on August 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to design and operate a cybersecurity and artificial intelligence scholar preparation program. The recipient will deliver a focused-area cyber program that educates and prepares undergraduate and graduate students in cybersecurity, cyber operations,...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $399,438 project grant to Northeastern University for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SATC: CORE: MEDIUM: FROM DISTRIBUTED CRYPTOGRAPHY TO BLOCKCHAIN AND BACK." The grant was awarded on May 1, 2021 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to support investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and information science and engineering. Northeastern University will...
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 artificial intelligence agents, wireless networks, and cryptographic applications—by designing new protocols and mathematical tools that minimize latency, communication, and energy cost across classical and modern variants. Research objectives include developing efficient algorithms for Byzantine agreement in the classic model, solving Byzantine agreement in the smoothed analysis model for both node inputs and adversarial node control, and creating resource-efficient protocols across time, communication, and energy metrics. The investigators will organize in-person workshops jointly with Sandia National Laboratories staff to train junior researchers in cybersecurity. Work is performed in Augusta, Georgia. The period of performance runs through July 31, 2030. This is a project grant, a standard assistance mechanism for investigator-initiated research in computing and information science.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $286.0k | 8/14/26 |