Current Funded Research

• Hardening Cybersecurity for mmWave Massive MIMO 5G Networks at Physical Layer
  Kai Zeng (PI)
  Army Research Office (ARO). 2021 - 2024
• EPIC SWaPD: Energy-Preserving IoT Cryptography for Small Weight and Power Devices
  Brian Mark (PI), Kai Zeng (Co-PI), Sai Manoj Pudukotai Dinakarrao (Co-PI), Khaled N. Khasawneh (Co-PI)
  DARPA OPS-5G/Kryptowire LLC. 2020 -2024
• Advancements in Low-Latency, Resilient and Energy-Efficient 5G Network for Smart Warehouse
  Kai Zeng (Co-PI), VT-ARC (Lead)
  NSC. 2020 - 2023
• Privacy-Preserving and Trustworthy Spectrum Sharing
  Kai Zeng (PI)
  Microsoft Inc.. 2021 - 2022
• Enhancing the NOVA Node with 5G mmWave Capabilities
  Duminda Wijesekera (PI), Kai Zeng (Co-PI), Brian Mark, Yue Wang, Paulo Costa, Zoran Duric, CinDao Kan, Mingkui Wei, Chi Yang, Bo Yu, Ahmed Salman, Sammy El-Tawab, Ying Wang, Santos Jha
  Virginia Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI). 2021 - 2022
• Enhancing 5G Wireless Network Security with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
  Kai Zeng (PI), Brian Mark, Lingjia Liu, Changqing Luo
  Virginia Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI). 2021
• SmallSat Cybersecurity and Resiliency
  Piotr Pachowicz (PI), Krzysztof M. Gaj, Kai Zeng (Co-PI), Jens-Peter Kaps
  Virginia Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI). 2021
• Secure and Privacy Preserving 5G Network for Connected Vehicles
  Sachin Shetty (PI), Tan Le, Duminda Wijesekera, Kai Zeng (Co-PI), Cong Shen, Jeff Reed, Vijay Shah
  Virginia Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI). 2021
• Secure 5G Wireless Networks
  Kai Zeng (PI)
  Virginia Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) - CCI Fellow. 2020 - 2022
• Secure 5G Wireless Communications
  Kai Zeng (PI), Brian Mark (Co-PI), Zhi Tian (Co-PI), Veena Ravishankar (Co-PI)
  Virginia Commonwealth Cyber Initiative(CCI). 2019 - 2021
• Physically-Enforced Security for Vehicle Telematics
  Colin Dunn (PI), Kai Zeng (Co-PI)
  Virginia Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) NoVA Node. 2020 - 2021
• Cyber Security of Transportation Networks
  Duminda Wijesekera (PI), Cing-Dao Kan, James Jones, Paulo Costa, Zoran Duric, Kai Zeng (Co-PI)
  Virginia Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI). 2019 - 2021

Past Funded Research

• Best Practices in Cybersecurity for Utilities: Secure Remote Access
  Kai Zeng (PI)
  Protect Our Power. 2019 - 2020
• Conference and Symposia Grants: IEEE CNS Conference Student Travel Support Proposal
  Kai Zeng (PI)
  ARO. 2018 - 2020
• Cyber P3 Scholarship Program
  Peggy Brouse (PI), Kai Zeng (Co-PI), and James Jones (Co-PI)
  NSA. 2018 - 2020
• TWC: Small: Secure Near Field Communications between Mobile Devices
  K. Zeng (PI)
  National Science Foundation. 2016 - 2019
• COTS Approach to Information Security
  Sushil Jajodia (PI), Kai Zeng (Co-PI), and Kun Sun (Co-PI)
  Progeny Systems (DoD STTR, Phase II). 2016 - 2019
• USAR's Cyber Solider Development
  Peggy Brouse (PI), James Jones (Co-PI), Kai Zeng (Co-PI)
  NSA. 2016 - 2017
• Assessing Emergent Risks in Interdependent Transportation and Communication Systems
  Shanjiang Zhu (PI), David Lattanzi (Co-PI), Laurie Schintler (Co-PI), Qing Tian (Co-PI), and Kai Zeng (Co-PI)
  GMU Provost Multidisciplinary Research Initiatives. 2016 - 2017
• CAREER: Towards Reliable and Efficient Network Monitoring in White Space
  K. Zeng (PI)
  National Science Foundation. 2012 - 2017
• EARS: Collaborative Research: Intelligence Measure of Cognitive Radio Networks
  Kai Zeng (PI), Xiaohua Li (PI), Yu Chen (Co-PI)
  National Science Foundation. 2015-2018
• Secure Communications in Wireless Environments
  Bernd-Peter Paris (PI) and Kai Zeng (Co-PI)
  MITRE Cooperation. 2016 - 2019
• Securing Implantable Medical Device Communication
  K. Zeng (PI)
  University of Michigan - Dearborn, Faculty Research Initiation and Seed Grant. 2014
• Multipath Physical Layer Authentication in Multihop Wireless Networks
  K. Zeng (PI)
  Air Force Research Laboratory, Visiting Faculty Research Program (VFRP) Extension Grant. 2013
• Development of DSRC radios upon the IEEE 802.11p standard and physical layer security for automated and connected vehicles applications
  Weidong Xiang (PI), K. Zeng (Co-PI)
  Michigan Mobility Transformation Center (MTC). 2014 - 2015

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