Pending Grants:

  • Advanced SCADA Testbed for Security and Forensics Research”, Department of Defense (DoD) - Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP), PI (with Vassil Roussev, and Golden G. Richard III), Funding: $288,650, Project Duration: 1 year (2017 - 2018)

Funded Grants:

  • Using Virtual Machine Introspection for Deep Cyber Security Education”, National Science Foundation (NSF) - Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC), PI (with Zhiqiang Lin from University of Texas at Dallas), Funding: $299,913 (UNO portion: $150,000), Project Duration: 2 years (2016 - 2018)

  • Travel Grants for Emerging Faculty (TGEF)”, Board of Regents - Louisiana, Funding: $1,200, 2016

  • Gap Analysis of Digital Forensics on SCADA Testbed”, UNO Oce of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) - SCoRe (Stimulating Competitive Research), University of New Orleans, PI, Funding: $12,000, Project Duration: 1 year (July 2016 - June 2017)

  • Digital Forensic Toolkit for Machine Control Systems (TRACE)”, Oce of Naval Research - STTR Phase 1, PI (with Intelligent Automation Inc.), Funding: $80,000 (UNO portion: $24,000) Project Duration: 7 Months (2016-2017)

  • Fuzzing Infrastructure for the Cloud”, UNO ORSP Internal Grant Program funded by the Louisiana Working and Innovation for a Stronger Economy (WISE) initiative, PI, Funding: $20,000, Project Duration: 8 Months (2015 - 2016)

  • Automatic Run-time Mitigation of Kernel Exploits in Cloud Environments”, Department of Defense (DoD), PI (with Vassil Roussev, and Golden G. Richard III), Funding: $75,000, Project Duration: 1 year (2015 - 2016)

  • SCADA Testbed for Security and Forensics Research”, Department of Defense (DoD) - Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP), PI (with Golden G. Richard III, and Vassil Roussev), Funding: $96,310, Project Duration: 1 year (2015 - 2016)

  • Peer Instruction for Cybersecurity Education”, National Science Foundation (NSF) - Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC), PI (with Cynthia B. Lee from Stanford University, and Golden G. Richard III, and Vassil Roussev from UNO), Funding: $300,000, Project Duration: 2 years (2015 - 2017)) Award No.: 1500101

  • Towards E ective Vulnerability Analysis of Application Code in a Cloud-computing Environment”, LA Board of Regents (BoR) - Research Competitiveness Subprogram (RCS), PI, Funding: $146,700, Project Duration: 3 years (2015 - 2018) Award No.: LEQSF(2015-18)-RD-A-34 (awarded, but due to LA state budget cut, not funded)

  • Lightweight Environment for Network Security Education”, National Science Foundation (NSF) - Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC), Co-PI (with Vassil Roussev, and Golden G. Richard III), Funding: $299,846, Project Duration: 2 years (2014 - 2016) Award No.: 1419358

  • Integrating Cognitive and Computer Science to Improve Cyber Security: Selective Attention and Personality Traits for the Detection and Prevention of Risk”, National Science Foundation (NSF) - Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC), Co-PI (with Carl Weems, and Golden G. Richard III), Funding: $223,022, Project Duration: 3 years (2014 - 2017) Award No.: 1358723

  • Botnet Detection in Cloud-computing Environments”, UNO Oce of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) - SCoRe (Stimulating Competitive Research), University of New Orleans, PI, Funding: $12,000, Project Duration: 3 months (May 2014 - Aug 2014)

  • Travel Grants for Emerging Faculty (TGEF)”, Board of Regents - Louisiana, Funding: $1,200, 2014