$1.2M DARPA Grant To Enhance Security of Mixed Reality Systems

ECE Assistant Professor Mahdi Imani was awarded a DARPA grant for “VeriPro: Verified Probabilistic Cognitive Reasoning for Tactical Mixed Reality Systems.” This collaborative, multidisciplinary effort includes partners from Penn State University (lead), Design Interactive Inc., Kennesaw State University, George Washington University, and the University of Southern California.

The project focuses on developing and validating a formal probabilistic reasoning framework to ensure the security and resilience of mixed reality (MR) systems against cognitive attacks. Professor Imani leads the development of compact cognitive models that can integrate seamlessly into MR systems, enabling real-time verification, diagnosis, and mitigation of potential cognitive vulnerabilities.