Five Old Dominion University professors have been awarded nearly $1 million in Coastal Virginia Center for Cyber Innovation (COVA CCI) funding for several cybersecurity research projects, the university announced Monday.
Hongyi Wu, Chunsheng Xin, Sachin Shetty, Rafael Diaz and Kevin Moberly are the principal investigators working on the six projects. COVA CCI is led by ODU and is part of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, which also includes participation from George Mason University, Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia Tech.
“We are pleased to receive the funds to support interdisciplinary research aimed at improving the cybersecurity infrastructure in this region,” Austin Agho, ODU provost and vice president for academic affairs, said in a statement. “This funding allows us to draw upon the expertise of faculty and students to solve problems that affect the daily lives of residents in the coastal Virginia region.”
