Projects (PI/Co-PI):1)Quantum Annealing-based Optimal Identification of Vulnerable Software Components in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, TraCR, January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025, Principal Investigator.2)Reinforcement Learning-Assisted Virtualized Security Framework for CAVs, TraCR, Jan. 2024 - May. 2025, Principal Investigator. Click here for Details3) Experimental Evaluations and Analysis of the Impacts of Denialof-Service (DoS) Cyber Attacks on the Performance of Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs), TraCR, January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025, Co-Principal Investigator.4)AI-Enabled Secure and Adaptive IoT System for Smart Farming, 1890 Research, USDA/NIFA, Jan. 2023 - Dec. 2026, Principal Investigator.5)National Center for Transportation Cybersecurity and Resiliency (TraCR), US DoT, 2023-2028, Co-Investigator.
6)Secure and Optimized Internet-of-Things Deployment for Smart Farming, 1890 Research, USDA/NIFA, August 16, 2019 - July 31, 2022, Principal Investigator.Collaborative Projects:
1)Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program, DOE/NNSA, 2023-2026, Collaborator.2)Modernizing South Carolina Manufacturing Assets to Enable Industry 4.0, SCRA, 2022- 2024,
3)Workforce Development Through Education and Research Activities, DOE/NNSA, 2022-2027.
4)Cybersecurity for Everybody – A Multitier Approach to Cybersecurity Education, Outreach, and Awareness in an Undergraduate Curriculum, NSF, 2019-2024.
5)NSF Engines Development Award: Advancing cyber security technologies for the maritime system, NSF, 2023-2025.