{"667808":{"#nid":"667808","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New $20 Million NSF Award Paves the Way for AI Innovation in Cybersecurity","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOver the next four years a national team of researchers will establish the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2229876\u0026amp;HistoricalAwards=false\u0022\u003EAI Institute for Artificial Cyber Threat Intelligence and Operation\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(ACTION) through a $20 million award from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/new.nsf.gov\/news\/nsf-announces-7-new-national-artificial\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;with the intent of adapting artificial intelligence technologies to cybersecurity practices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWenke Lee, John P. Imlay Jr. chair and professor at the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, will represent Georgia Tech as one of the co-principal investigators for the project, which aims to improve how essential business technologies are protected from evolving cyber threats.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis NSF AI Institute is a really exciting opportunity because it enables us to explore new ideas and develop novel technical approaches and educational content at the intersection of AI and Cybersecurity,\u201d said Lee. \u201cOur team of researchers in multiple disciplines from several leading universities will be collaborating very closely and I expect to learn a lot from them throughout the project.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELee will collaborate with the second co-principal investigator from Georgia Tech,\u0026nbsp;Xiaoming Huo, A. Russell Chandler III professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. The two will jointly supervise several Ph.D. students and co-develop new course materials and projects to broaden the impact of their research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCybersecurity research ascends as a groundbreaking sphere in data science, encompassing a myriad of captivating and rigorous topics,\u201d said Huo. \u201cPioneering innovation remains crucial, and I am eagerly anticipating the opportunities that this grant will bring, ushering in a new epoch in the field.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers will work across disciplines to develop new approaches to artificial intelligence that is informed by and works with security experts. The AI tools developed by ACTION will perform security tasks quickly and accurately while anticipating potential moves made by adversaries. The AI will counteract the possible attacks in a way that protects computer network security and ensures people\u2019s safety.\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe work done by ACTION will also include an outreach component. The results from the project are anticipated to innovate education from K-12 to postdoctoral students. Many of the new AI and cybersecurity tools developed will be applied to workforce development, collaboration opportunities among academic organizations, and industry partners.\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara will take the lead on this project. They will collaborate with Georgia Tech, Purdue University, the University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of Washington, University of Virginia, Rutgers University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois Chicago, and Norfolk State University. Georgia Tech will receive $1.5 million from this grant.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo Georgia Tech professors are co-leading a new project funded by a $20 million NSF grant to improve how essential business technologies are protected from evolving cyber threats.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two Georgia Tech professors are co-leading a new project to improve how essential business technologies are protected from evolving cyber threats."}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2023-05-18 13:45:42","changed_gmt":"2023-05-18 20:40:24","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670833":{"id":"670833","type":"image","title":"2023_ai_whats_new_graphic_v2.jpg","body":null,"created":"1684417596","gmt_created":"2023-05-18 13:46:36","changed":"1684417596","gmt_changed":"2023-05-18 13:46:36","alt":"Graphic depicting robotic hand interacting with digital screen","file":{"fid":"253770","name":"2023_ai_whats_new_graphic_v2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/18\/2023_ai_whats_new_graphic_v2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/18\/2023_ai_whats_new_graphic_v2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":74376,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/05\/18\/2023_ai_whats_new_graphic_v2.jpg?itok=HNAKh-rY"}}},"media_ids":["670833"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1404","name":"Cybersecurity"},{"id":"362","name":"National Science Foundation"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJP Popham, Communications Officer I\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ejohn.popham@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}