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AI research group working with CCI researchers Laura Freeman and Feras Batarseh.
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Led by CCI researchers, newly awarded grants are expanding the impact of the Virginia research community. George Mason University’s Sai Manoj Pudukotai Dinakarrao, CCI Fellow Kai Zeng, Khaled Khasawneh, and Brian Mark (shown left-to-right) are working on a $1.6 million grant from DARPA to address the tradeoff between 5G security and energy efficiency for IoT devices. They’re collaborating with Matthew Hicks, a Virginia Tech computer science assistant professor. Read more below about Marks's NSF CAREER Award that builds upon CCI-funded research.
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Old Dominion University's School of Cybersecurity and Center for High Impact Practices, in partnership with Tidewater Community College and Thomas Nelson Community College, recently received a $3.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help prepare cybersecurity professionals for the federal workforce. This influential project builds upon ODU's expertise in experiential learning and promises to increase our nation's cybersecurity workforce.
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Arlington Needs Your Expertise
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The Arlington County Privacy Pilot needs experts to ensure the project meets the cybersecurity, privacy, and data management requirements defined by Arlington County and supports research on pilot results. Proposals are due on March 3.
Arlington County is running a pilot project in coordination with Comcast, US Ignite, and CCI to test using sensor technology to meet public safety needs while maintaining citizen privacy. The pilot will use sensors on lampposts on one block in the Clarendon neighborhood in Arlington.
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Multidisciplinary teams within the CCI network are invited to submit proposals on how
cybersecurity and artificial intelligence tools and concepts help to limit, deter, or stop the
creation and spread of disinformation and misinformation. Proposals are due on March 15 for the Role of Cybersecurity in the Spread of Disinformation and Misinformation Research Projects.
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Experiential learning projects help give students the hands-on experience they need to launch successful careers in cybersecurity. CCI aims to give existing successful experiential learning programs a boost to the next level. Proposals are due on March 1.
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CCI, food deserts, agriculture and cyberbiosecurity
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 Cyberbiosecurity is an emerging discipline that focuses on securing life sciences data, including food and agriculture systems. A CCI Southwest Virginia Node grant supports efforts to encourage middle-schoolers in rural communities, especially girls, to pursue STEM careers that help secure our nation’s agricultural industry. This work is being conducted by an interdisciplinary team at Virginia Tech directed by Hannah Scherer, an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education. The CCI project complements a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant to help build this crucial STEM workforce pipeline.
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 Identifying “food deserts” is the goal of a new National Science Foundation pilot grant led by CCI researcher Sherif Abdelwahed, an electrical and computer engineering professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. Abdelwahed‘s multidisciplinary team will use sensor technologies, data analytics, and community engagement to help elected officials and nonprofits design systems and allocate resources to help ensure people have access to quality food.
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CCI Research featured in NSF Career Award
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 Congratulations to Matthew Hicks, assistant professor of computer science at Virginia Tech, for his recent NSF CAREER Award! Based on work Hicks conducted with the CCI Southwest Virginia Cybersecurity Research Grant, "Security Analysis of Hardware Security Primitives Employed by IoT and Cyber-physical Systems,” he will focus on designing and defending against novel hardware Trojans or hardware-based security attacks.
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I am excited to announce that Virginia Military Institute has joined the network! The new addition means we can now say with great pride that CCI’s network includes ALL Virginia public institutions of higher education.
Thank you for helping bring the importance of cybersecurity to the forefront through your involvement, research, and outreach.
Cheers,
Luiz DaSilva
Executive Director
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