Virginia Tech · Computer Science

Trustworthy Cyberspace Lab (tClab)

Trustworthy AI. Resilient systems. Safer communities.

Sponsored research

Selected current and completed sponsored research projects at Virginia Tech.

Ongoing projects

  1. SPARK: Safe Parks And Roads for Kids - An AI-Driven Citizen Science Co-Design Approach

    Healthy Communities Action Team (HCAT), Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth (VFHY)

    Role: Co-PI · 05/2026 – 04/2029

  2. Intrusion Response Systems for Autonomous Vehicles with Human-Machine Teaming

    U.S. Army Research Office (ARO)

    Role: Single PI · 10/01/2024 – 9/30/2027

  3. Collaborative Research: SaTC: CORE: Medium: Using Intelligent Conversational Agents to Empower Adolescents to be Resilient Against Cybergrooming

    National Science Foundation (NSF), SaTC CORE Medium

    Role: Lead PI · 03/01/2024 – 02/28/2027

  4. Cybersecurity Research and Advanced Training of ROTC Students (CREATORS)

    OUSD(R&E), VICEROY program via the Griffiss Institute

    Role: VT Co-PI · 03/15/2022 – 08/09/2027

  5. Resilient AI-Powered Smart Livestock Monitoring and Decision Support

    Virginia Tech 4-VA Collaborative Research

    Role: Lead PI · 06/01/2026 – 06/30/2027

  6. Stephen and Cherye Tyndall Moore Computer Science Junior Faculty Fellowship

    Virginia Tech Department of Computer Science

    Role: Fellow · 08/2024 – 08/2029

Completed external projects

  1. Energy-Efficient Sensing and Resilient Explainable AI for Smart Livestock Health Monitoring

    CCI SWVA Research Engagement Program

    Role: Co-PI · 5/1/2026 – 08/31/2026

  2. Cyber-Resilient Teen LLM Interactions: Preventing Privacy Leakage and Harm Escalation via Rewrite-Based Guardrails

    CCI SWVA Research Engagement Program

    Role: Single PI · 5/1/2026 – 08/31/2026

  3. Intelligent and Secure Agricultural Systems: A Cyber-Physical-Social Approach to Precision Farming

    Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) Fellows Program

    Role: Co-PI · 08/2025 – 07/2026

  4. Supporting Military Family Cybersecurity with an AI-Infused OSINT Tool

    Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) SWVA

    Role: Co-PI · 7/1/2025–6/30/2026

  5. AI-Powered Solution for Cyber Scam Prevention: Empowering Community Support for Older Adults

    Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) SWVA

    Role: Co-PI · 03/2025– 02/2026

  6. Intelligent and Secure Wireless Sensor System for Monitoring Cattle on Farms

    Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) SWVA

    Role: Co-PI · 01/01/2025 – 12/31/2025

  7. Energy Centric Wireless Sensor Node System for Smart Farms — REU supplement

    National Science Foundation (NSF), REU supplement

    Role: VT Co-PI · 07/01/2024 – 10/01/2025

  8. MUDL: Multidimensional Uncertainty-Aware Deep Learning Framework

    National Science Foundation (NSF), III Medium

    Role: VT PI · 10/01/2021 – 06/30/2026

  9. Energy Centric Wireless Sensor Node System for Smart Farms — REU supplement

    National Science Foundation (NSF), REU supplement

    Role: VT Co-PI · 07/01/2023 – 12/31/2025

  10. From Data to Defense: Designing Social Cyber Vulnerability Measures to Protect Older Adults Online

    Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI)

    Role: VT PI · 05/01/2024 – 12/31/2025

  11. Using Intelligent Conversational Agents to Empower Adolescents to be Resilient Against Cybergrooming

    Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI)

    Role: Lead PI · 07/01/2023 – 05/30/2025

  12. Energy Centric Wireless Sensor Node System for Smart Farms

    National Science Foundation (NSF), CNS Medium

    Role: VT Co-PI · 10/01/2021 – 09/30/2025

  13. Trustworthy Services for Autonomous Mission Computing Systems

    Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI)

    Role: Lead PI · 06/01/2023 – 12/31/2024

  14. DALNIM: Dependency-based Assessment of Litigious Network events Impacting the Mission

    Agency for Defense Development (ADD), Republic of Korea

    Role: Lead PI · 05/01/2022 – 04/30/2023

  15. Foureye: Cyber Defensive Deception based on Hypergame Theory for Tactical Networks

    U.S. Army Research Office (ARO)

    Role: Lead PI · 05/2020 – 04/2023

  16. Uncertainty-Aware Deep Reinforcement Learning-based Defense for Resilient Cyber-Physical Systems

    U.S. Army Research Office (ARO)

    Role: Single PI · 05/01/2021 – 04/30/2024

  17. Deep Resilience for Multifaceted Federated Learning in Internet-of-Everything

    Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI)

    Role: Lead PI · 12/01/2021 – 11/30/2022

  18. Backdoor Detection and Mitigation in Deep Neural Networks

    Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI)

    Role: VT PI · 05/2021 – 04/2022

  19. 5G Enabled Smart Farms through Secure and Intelligent Wireless Sensors

    Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI)

    Role: VT PI · 01/2021 – 06/2021

  20. Secure Wireless IoT Sensors for Smart Farms

    Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) SWVA

    Role: VT Co-PI · 07/2020 – 12/2020

Completed internal projects

  1. Assessing Older Adults’ Perceptions and Human-Machine Interface Preferences in Autonomous Human-AI Transportation (HAT) Systems: An Experimental Mixed-Method Approach

    Virginia Tech ICTAS

    Role: Co-PI · 10/25/2024 – 06/30/2025

  2. Department Incentive Reward Fund (IRF) 2024

    Virginia Tech Department of Computer Science

    Role: Recipient · 2024

  3. College of Engineering Faculty Fellow Award

    Virginia Tech College of Engineering

    Role: Faculty Fellow · 2022 – 2024

  4. Department Incentive Reward Fund (IRF) 2021

    Virginia Tech Department of Computer Science

    Role: Recipient · 2021

  5. Building Youth Resilience to Cybergrooming: Transdisciplinary Prevention Approach

    Virginia Tech ISDA-ISERC

    Role: Lead PI · 07/01/2021 – 06/30/2022

  6. Secure Wireless IoT Sensors for Smart Farms

    Virginia Tech ICTAS

    Role: VT Co-PI · 01/2021 – 06/2021