Faculty Grants

Verizon Foundation/Thinkfinity Initiative (2012)

Project: Enhancing the Interdisciplinary Curriculum in Cybersecurity by Engaging High-Impact Educational Practices
Award: $10,000
PI(s): Li-Chiou Chen and Andreea Cotoranu

Department of Defense/National Security Agency (2011)

Project(s):
  • Information Assurance Scholarship Program
  • Expanding the Outreach: Mobile Device Forensics
Award: $113,708
PI(s): Narayan Murthy, Andreea Cotoranu and Darren Hayes

Verizon Foundation/Thinkfinity Initiative (2011)

Project: A Web Application for Financial Trading Simulation
Award: $10,000
PI(s): Li-Chiou Chen, Padma Kadiyala and Lixin Tao

National Science Foundation (2010)

Project: An Interdisciplinary Scholarship for Service Program (DUE-1027400)
Award: $885,197
PI(s): Li-Chiou Chen, Picheng Lee and Chienting Lin

Department of Defense/Army Research Office (2010)

Project: A Multi-Scale Cognitive Approach to Intrusion Detection and Response
Award: $294,944
PI(s): D. Paul Benjamin

Department of Defense/National Security Agency (2010)

Project(s):
  • Information Assurance Scholarship Program
  • Computer Security and Digital Forensics Lab Development
Award: $131,782
PI(s): Narayan Murthy and Andreea Cotoranu

Verizon Foundation/Thinkfinity Initiative (2010)

Project: Security @ Web: Teaching Security with Alignment in Trust on the Web
Award: $15,000
PI(s): Li-Chiou Chen and Mary Long

National Science Foundation (2009)

Project: Collaborative Project: Secure Web Development Teaching Modules (CCLI-0837549)
Collaboration with Dr. Xiangdong Li, City University of New York
Total award: $149,900Pace University award (Lead Institution): $99,956
PI(s): Li-Chiou Chen, Lixin Tao and Chienting Lin

Department of Defense/National Security Agency (2009)

Project(s):
  • Information Assurance Scholarship Program
  • Information Assurance Curriculum Development
Award: $109,603
PI(s): Narayan Murthy, Li-Chiou Chen, Lixin Tao, Chienting Lin and Andreea Cotoranu

Verizon Foundation/Thinkfinity Initiative (2009)

Project: Development of IT Auditing Teaching Modules
Award: $15,000
PI(s): Chienting Lin, Li-Chiou Chen and Kaustav Sen

Verizon Foundation/Thinkfinity Initiative (2009)

Project:
Rule-based, Automated Control and Compliance Systems: The Strategic Alignment between Accounting and Data Mining
Award: $15,000
PI(s): Catherine Dwyer and Susan O'Callaghan

Verizon Foundation/Thinkfinity Initiative (2009)

Project: Understanding Terrorism Through the Use of GIS
Award: $15,000
PI(s): Daniel Farkas and Joseph Ryan

Department of Defense/National Security Agency (2008)

Project: Information Assurance Scholarship Program
Award: $142,834
PI(s): Narayan Murthy and Andreea Cotoranu

Department of Defense/National Security Agency (2007)

Project: Information Assurance Scholarship Program
Award: $74,865
PI(s): Narayan Murthy and Andreea Cotoranu

Department of Defense/DARPA (2007)

Project: Cognitive Support for Survivability against Sophisticate Attacks Collaboration with BBN Technologies, Inc.
Award: $120,000
PI: D. Paul Benjamin

New York City Department of Education (2007)

Project: Computer Forensics Curriculum Development
Award: $78,000
PI: Jonathan Hill

Department of Defense/National Security Agency (2006)

Project(s):
  • Information Assurance Scholarship Program
  • Security Lab Development
Award: $179,905
PI(s): Narayan Murthy and Andreea Cotoranu

StrikeForce Technologies (2006)

Project:
StrikeForce Technologies' software GuardedID and ProtectID is designed to help prevent the ever-growing problem of identity theft. The software will be utilized as an instructional tool in cyber security courses offered through the Seidenberg School.
Award: $50,000 (in-kind)

Department of Defense/National Security Agency (2005)

Project: Information Assurance Scholarship Program
Award: $29,658
PI(s): Narayan Murthy, Bernice Houle and William Bernhey

CISCO Systems, Inc. (2005)

Project: Pace University Information Assurance and Security Research Laboratory
Award: $125,360 (in-kind)
PI(s): Jean Coppola and Constantine Coutras