ECE faculty Yingying Chen received a DURIP grant from Department of the Army on Developing Infrastructure for Securing Dynamic Tactical Networks: Research and Education

ECE Distinguished Professor Yingying Chen has received a DURIP grant from Department of the Army titled "Developing Infrastructure for Securing Dynamic Tactical Networks: Research and Education”. The grant is $250,000 for two years.

The rise of sophisticated AI-based threats, such as stealthy jamming, adversarial attacks against AI models, and backdoor attacks, present severe risks to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of AI-enabled tactical wireless networks, potentially undermining mission-critical tasks. To ensure trustworthy tactical networking in the AI era, the proposed infrastructure aims to support Department
of Defense (DoD) missions and enable new research capabilities by (1) enabling the development and validation of innovative security frameworks across diverse wireless interfaces (e.g., WiFi, mmWave, Bluetooth) with anti-jamming techniques, localization methodologies, and collaborative secret key extraction protocols; (2) emulating realistic tactical environments and mobility scenarios by leveraging a wide range of edge devices representing mobile tactical endpoints in battlefields such as mobile robotic platforms, unmanned aerial vehicles, and soldier-wearable systems; and (3) integrating research outcomes into educational programs, providing students with valuable practical experiences.