Grants and Gifts

NSF CRII Grant

NSF CRII grant was awarded to Assistant Prof. Ethel Tshukudu for her research project titled “Understanding Conceptual Transfer from Imperative Rule-Based Programming to AI/ML Data-Driven Computation Approaches.” Funded in the amount of $174,979, Ethel aims to investigate how students transition from traditional programming to data-driven AI/ML paradigms and to develop effective teaching strategies that enhance conceptual understanding and learning outcomes.

WITH-Cyber: Cybersecurity Grant from the State of CA

California State Cybersecurity Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnership Pilot Program Award, (PI Melody Moh, co-PI Xiao Su), in the amount of $1,000,000, for 3 years, for promoting cybersecurity education programs that will result in the development of skilled workforce to address the shortage of cybersecurity professionals in the State.

NSF grant awarded for a collaborative research

NSF grant for a collaborative research was awarded to CS Prof. Faranak Abri, working with Dr. Namin and Dr. Jones (both Texas Tech. University) for a collaborative research project title: "SaTC: CORE: Small: Analytical Models for Conversational Social Engineering Attacks." , for 3-years (Oct/2023 - Sept./2026), in the amount of $200,000 (for each PI).

NSF grant for Women in Machine Learning-based Cybersecurity

NSF grant was awarded to Prof. Fabio Di Troia, (with Prof. Younghee Park of CMPE) on Undergraduate Research Experience for Women in Machine Learning-based Cybersecurity (3 years). The grant is over $370,000.

NSF grant awarded to empower low-income students

NSF grant for S-STEM: Empowering Low-Income Students to Succeed in Engineering and Computer Science, was awarded to Prof. William Andreopoulos, with Dr. Jetcheva and Dr. Rojas (both Computer Engineering) as PIs, and Dr. Wiggins (Sociology ) and Dr. Gutmann (Physics) as co-PIs, in the amount of $2,499,411 for 6-years (7/15/2023 - 6/30/2029).