This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, CFDA 47.070, will provide $600,000 to the University of California, Merced to develop a usable and attack-resistant security framework for quantum emulators. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Characterizing the effect of cyberattacks on quantum Ising models used in quantum emulation to understand how induced noise and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program to Arizona State University (ASU) to develop TrustSAS, an innovative AI/ML-powered trustworthy Spectrum Access System (SAS). The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year grant include: 1) VERISS, a framework that uses graphical neural networks to analyze and evaluate the trustworthiness of crowdsourced spectrum sensing data; 2)...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems provides $1,009,600 to Arizona State University for research titled "Collaborative Research: SATC: Core: Medium: Foundations of Trust-Centered Multi-Agent Distributed Coordination." The funding period is from June 15, 2022 through May 31, 2026. The award supports the development of theoretical foundations for trust-centered resilience in distributed coordination and optimization of...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $133,487 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to conduct collaborative research towards developing distributed, secure, and resilient network security protocols and standards for next-generation mobile networks. The key focus areas include creating distributed public-key infrastructure (PKI) and...
This $265,022 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of South Florida. The grant aims to develop innovative, distributed network security frameworks that enhance the trust, resiliency, and performance of next-generation mobile networks. Specifically, the project will create public-key infrastructure (PKI) and symmetric-key alliances that leverage...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Project Grant award of $200,000 provides funding for a 3-year collaborative research project at the University of Delaware focused on developing TrustSAS, an innovative AI/ML-powered trustworthy Spectrum Access System (SAS) for dynamic spectrum sharing. The key products and services to be delivered through this grant include: Veriss, a framework for verifiable spectrum sensing using graphical neural...
This EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports research to explore the potential of quantum computing to revolutionize transportation networks and improve their reliability. The $299,986 award, effective May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2027, will fund the development of quantum simulation and optimization algorithms to model stochastic transportation networks and solve...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $732,023 to the University of Rhode Island to develop a new online quantum computing certificate program. The primary objectives are to establish a solid foundation in quantum algorithms for real-world industry applications and provide a comprehensive understanding of various aspects of quantum information science and technology (QIST),...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will provide $287,415 to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029. The award will support research to develop new trust models and protocols for consensus systems that can better capture the uncertain and dynamic nature of...
This $136,448 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at Arizona State University to develop a distributed quantum sensing network on a commercial metro-scale fiber optic infrastructure. The project aims to achieve sub-shot-noise-limited sensing capabilities by using continuous-variable entangled quantum states and deep learning techniques to suppress environmental noise. Key objectives include constructing a table-top...