AVESTA: Funding
- 2017
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(NSF, Principal Investigator (PI),
CyberCorps, Capacity Building in Social Engineering Penetration Testing, National
Science Foundation (NSF) (NSF
Project Summary), $500,000.00. This
research project is recently recommended for funding. The project is for three
years. Through this
project, the PIs will conduct research in penetration testing and social engineering attacks.
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(NSF, Principal Investigator (Co-PI),
SCC-Planning: Enhancing water resource management and infrastructure improvement through sensing, computation, and community engagement, National
Science Foundation (NSF) (NSF
Project Summary), $100,000.00. This
project is recently recommended for funding. The project is for one
years. Through this
project, the PIs will organize some workshops and focus group to study the Big Data problem in the context of water management.
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(TTU, Texas Tech Alumni Association, Principal Investigator
(PI), Go Tech, Texas Tech App Agumented with Reality, Texas Tech University
Alumni Association, Excellence Grant, Awarded July 2015, $10,000. The
project is for one year developing an augmented reality app for Texas Tech University.
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- 2016
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(NSF, Principal Investigator (PI),
SaTC: Medium: User-Centric Design of a Sonification System for Automatically Alarming Security Threats and Impact, National Science Foundation (NSF) (NSF
Project Summary), Close to $1M. This research project is for four. Through this
project, the PIs will build two repositories of cyber threats and sounds eagged with emotional impacts. The repositories are then linked to build a sonification system to assist end users in detecting and alarming cyber threats.
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- 2015
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(NSF, Principal Investigator (PI),
CyberCorps: Building Capacity in cyber Security through
Competition-based Training and Enhancing Defending Skill Sets, National
Science Foundation (NSF) (NSF
Project Summary), $348,732.00, The project is for two
years in collaboration with the Sandia National Lab. Through this
project, the PIs will conduct research in cognitive task analysis to
identify the skillsets of professional attackers and defenders.
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(TTU, Texas Tech Alumni Association, Principal Investigator
(PI), Texas Tech University Virtual Life, Texas Tech University
Alumni Association, Excellence Grant, Awarded July 2015, $10,000. The
project is for one year developing a virtual life system representing
TTU.
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(NSF, Principal Investigator (PI))
I-Corps: Developing Instructional Technology in Cybersecurity, National
Science Foundation (NSF) (NSF
Project Summary), Awarded January 2015, $50,000. This project is
for six months (extended to one more year). The project investigates
the needs of colleges in terms of cybersecurity related courses and
materials. Through this project the PIs receive training in
entrepreneurship.
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- 2014
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(TTU, CO-Principal Investigator),
Cluster Hire on Cyber Security, Texas Tech University, Co-Leader,
Budget $2M, Partially funded (~$200,000). Through the project a diverse
team works on various topics of cybersecurity with the goal of
developing competetive grants. This project hires a postdoc fellow who
works with the PIs.
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(TTU, CO-Principal Investigator),
Cluster Hire on Big Data, Texas Tech University, Co-Leader, Budget
$1.8M, Fully funded. Trhough the project two assistant professors will
be hired. The project's goal is to establish big data research in the
University.
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- 2013
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(NSF, Principal Investigator (PI)
) EAGER: Secure and Trustworthy Computing (SaTC): Sonifying
Cyber-Security Cues for Internet Users Who Are Visually Impaired,
National Science Foundation (NSF) (NSF
Project Summary). Awarded August 2013, $157,783.00. The project is
for one year. This project investigates the effects of auditory
perceptions of security cues on the Internet users who are visually
impaired.
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(NSF, CO-Principal Investigator
(Co-PI)) REU Site: Declarative Approaches to Knowledge Intensive
Applications, National Science Foundation (NSF) (NSF
Project Summary), Awarded December 2013, $360,000.00. This project
is for three years bringing undergradute students from different
colleges to the main campus of Texas Tech University. The students
conduct research with four facult members.
- Travel support for attending the Third Workshop on Integrating Software Testing into Programming Courses (WISTPC – 13) at Florida International University (FIU) sponsored by NSF funded project ($850) (By invitation).
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- 2012
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(NSF, Principal Investigator (PI))
SFS: Capacity Building: Collaborative Project: Cyber Security Education
for Community College Faculty in Texas, $266,648 NSF grant from the
National Science Foundation (NSF
Project Summary). The project is for two years. The project offers
a summer workshop for community college faculty in the area of Cyber
Security. More information can be found at http://www.depts.ttu.edu/cs/research/csecs/workshop/
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SEES (Software Engineering Education Symposium) $1,600 to attend the
SEES symposium in July 2012 to be held in Cary, NC, USA
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- 2010
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SEES (Software Engineering Education Sypmosium), $1,000 to attend the
SEES symposium in July 2010 to be held in Santa Fe, NM, USA
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- 2009
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TTU, Startup Grant, Texas Tech University, $50,000
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