Funding Sponsors

The projects in ISCAAS lab have been sponsored by various funding agencies including the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)/National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation (NSF), and Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC). Below is a list of funding for ISCAAS lab’s projects.

Funded Projects

  • DOE-CESER: “PKC and PUF-Based Authentication and Secret Key Establishment in Smart Grid”, Lead PI: Arslan Munir, Co-PIs: Arif Sarwat (FIU), Sumit Paudyal (FIU), Mohammad Shadmand (UIC), Sudip Mazumder (UIC); Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE); Total Award Amount: $3,906,126; Award Period: 8/1/2024 – 7/31/2027
  • USDA-NIFA-A7302-CPS: “CPS: Medium: FogAg: A Novel Fog-Assisted Smart Agriculture Framework for Multi-Layer Sensing and Real-Time Analytics of Water-Nitrogen Colimitations in Field Crops”, Lead PI: Arslan Munir, Co-PIs: Naiqian Zhang (KSU), Ignacio Ciampitti (KSU), Mitchell Neilsen (KSU), and Paul R. Armstrong (KSU); Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)/National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA); Total Award Amount: $1,000,000; Award Period: 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2026.
  • KSU-CS: “Quantum Computing Initiative”, Lead PI: Arslan Munir; Source: Department of Computer Science, Kansas State University; Total Award Amount: $46,000; Award Period: 2/1/2023 – 12/31/2026.
  • KOAPF: K-State Open Access Publishing Fund (KOAPF) award , PI: Arslan Munir; Source: Kansas State University; Total Award Amount: $1,387.50; Award Period: 2022
  • FA9550-22-1-0040: “A Multimodal Attention-Based Deep Learning Framework for Real-Time Activity Recognition at the Edge”, PI: Arslan Munir; Source: Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); Total Award Amount: $149,900; Award Period: 11/15/2021 – 11/14/2024.
  • NASA-20-2020EPSCoR-0017: “Artificial Intelligence Assisted Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization and Planning”, PI KSU: Arslan Munir; Lead PI: Dr. Atri Dutta – WSU; Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Total Award Amount: $750,000; KSU amount: $262,500; Award Period: 08/01/2020 – 06/30/2024.
  • AFRL 20-RI-EP-19: “Education Partnership (20-RI-EP-19) Between the Department of the Air Force Represented by the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate and University Members of the Information Institute”, Lead PI/University Partnership Program Manager – KSU: Arslan Munir; Source: Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL); Agreement Period: 06/30/2020 – 06/29/2025.
  • NSF-DGE-19-521: “CyberCorps SFS Renewal: Strengthening the National Cybersecurity Workforce”, Lead PI: Eugene Y. Vasserman, Co-PIs: Arslan Munir, Scott DeLoach (KSU), George Amariucai (KSU), Daniel Andresen (KSU); Source: National Science Foundation (NSF); Total Award Amount: $3,000,262; Award Period: 05/31/2020 – 05/30/2025.
  • NSF-CRII-CPS-1743490: “Design of Secure and Dependable Next Generation Automotive Cyber-Physical Systems”, PI: Arslan Munir; Source: National Science Foundation (NSF); Total Award Amount: $159,234; Award Period: 6/1/2017 – 3/31/2019.
  • NSF-DGE-1241721: “Building the National Cyber Workforce: New SFS Program at Kansas State University”, Lead PI: Eugene Y. Vasserman; Co-PIs: Arslan Munir, Scott DeLoach (KSU), George Amariucai (KSU), Daniel Andresen (KSU); Source: National Science Foundation (NSF); Total Award Amount: $2,006,328; Award Period: 1/1/2013 – 12/31/2018.
  • NSF-CNS-1542465: “RET Site: Cyber Security Initiative for Nevada Teachers (CSINT)”, PI: Dr. Shamik Sengupta (UNR), Senior Personnel: Arslan Munir; Source: National Science Foundation (NSF); Total Award Amount: $540,000; Award Period: 9/1/2015 – 8/31/2018.
  • NSF-CRII-CPS-1564801: “Design of Secure and Dependable Next Generation Automotive Cyber-Physical Systems”, PI: Arslan Munir; Source: National Science Foundation (NSF); Total Award Amount: $174,440; Award Period: 4/1/2016 – 6/30/2017.
  • NSF-DGE-1516724: “Collaborative Research: Capacity Building in Cybersecurity-literacy: An Inter-Disciplinary Approach”, PI: Shamik Sengupta (UNR), Senior Personnel: Arslan Munir; Source: National Science Foundation (NSF); Total Award Amount: $262,534; Award Period: 9/1/2015 – 8/31/2017.
  • SRC-R65000: “Secure and Dependable Automotive Embedded Systems Design”, PI: Farinaz Koushanfar (Rice University), Co-PI: Arslan Munir; Source: Semiconductor Research Corporation, Global Research Collaboration (Industry); Total Award Amount: $180,000; Award Period: 9/1/2013 – 8/31/2016.