The National Science Foundation awarded Yeshiva University (doing business as Yeshiva College) $203,014 on October 1, 2025, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for collaborative research on cybersecurity and privacy enhancement techniques for Artificial Internet of Things (AIoT) systems.
The project investigates data and model attacks, defenses, and secure computation offloading schemes on AIoT devices across four research tasks: building a joint research testbed for integrating AI and IoT; investigating data poisoning attacks and defenses on AIoT devices; enhancing model privacy and robustness for federated learning in AIoT; and empowering AIoT through secure computation offloading. The work will establish long-term cross-department and cross-institution collaboration platforms, including a new cybersecurity and AI lab at York College, a summer visiting student research program at Stevens Institute of Technology, and a joint AIoT research testbed. The project will generate novel research discoveries on AIoT attacks and countermeasures while recruiting students from minority groups.
Performance runs through January 31, 2028, with work conducted in New York, New York. The source indicates Stevens Institute of Technology participates as a partner in the collaborative effort, though the specific funding pass-through to that institution is not detailed.