Project Grant 2618248
- Wesleyan University was awarded a $265,614 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will fund a research project titled "Improving Internet Privacy with Global Privacy Control" to be conducted from January 2021 through December 2023 in Middletown, Connecticut. The project aims to advance the development and use of privacy-enhancing technologies through...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded Massachusetts Institute of Technology $417,261 on January 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to conduct empirical research on the downstream implications of privacy-preserving analytics development and deployment. The project investigates the organizational, managerial, and real-world impacts of mathematical and statistical techniques—including differential...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $299,999 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to assess the relationship between privacy regulations and software development, with the goal of improving rulemaking and compliance. The grant, funded through the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), will support a multidisciplinary research effort combining legal and engineering expertise. The key products and services to be...
- This $538,133 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), funds research on privacy-preserving statistical analysis of continuously generated sensitive data. The project, which runs from August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028 and is performed at Rutgers University's Newark campus, develops novel algorithms that enable robust differential privacy...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded a $199,076 Project Grant to the FPF Education And Innovation Foundation for collaborative research titled "A Large-Scale, Longitudinal Resource to Advance Technical and Legal Understanding of Textual Privacy Information." The three-year award runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070). The grant will support the development of a...
- This three-year, $439,355 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will fund research into the impact of new privacy regulations on software development practices. The International Computer Science Institute will lead a collaborative effort to study how software developers discuss and implement privacy requirements from evolving laws and regulations. The...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded Swarthmore College $248,362 on June 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop privacy-preserving techniques for sharing network data. The project designs and analyzes differentially private mechanisms across three network data sharing scenarios. The first thrust develops methods for single network providers to share fine-grained workload traces with...
- The National Science Foundation awarded $349,079 under its Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to Stony Brook University for a collaborative research project titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SATC: CORE: MEDIUM: APP-DRIVEN WEB BROWSING: NOVEL RISKS, VULNERABILITIES, AND DEFENSES." The project, taking place from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026, will analyze security risks inherent in non-browser applications that enable web browsing. Researchers...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded Worcester Polytechnic Institute $369,231 on May 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop physical-security-first approaches for privacy-preserving neural networks deployed at the edge. The project addresses security and privacy risks in embedded neural network systems used in healthcare wearables, smart homes, and autonomous vehicles. WPI will develop a...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $161,673 Project Grant to the George Washington University under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) to support research on "Privacy and Fairness in Planning when using Third-Party, Heterogeneous Data Sources." Morgan State University and the University of Illinois received sub-awards to assist with delivering project services. The January 15, 2021 award provides funding through December...
The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded Wesleyan University $390,623 for research on enforcing privacy opt-out compliance under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), effective October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2030. The project develops methods for making opt-out rights enforceable on the internet, including when users interact with AI systems such as chatbots. The research team uses automated browsers to monitor network traffic and privacy signal propagation, applying statistical tests to identify compliance failures through differential analysis of served advertisement content. The team is building interactive visualization dashboards that translate complex technical evidence into actionable insights for organizations, informed by cognitive walkthroughs, interviews, and usability testing. The project also aims to define privacy signals for the agentic web by embedding privacy requirements into agentic protocols, with a focus on compliance measurement methodologies that scale across time and jurisdictions. No subawards are planned for this award. Work is performed in Middletown, Connecticut.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $390.6k | 8/5/26 |