Dr. Vir V. Phoha

Over the last five years I have generated over $ 16 M of research funds from federal and state agencies. The funding sources include NSF, ARO, ONR and Louisiana BoR. The following lists only the current funding.

• November 1, 2009 – September 31, 2012. “Obfuscation and Deobfuscating of Intent in Computer Programs,” PI Arun Lakhotia, Co-PI Vir Phoha, Co-PI Andrew Walenstein, Co-PI Bin Mai; DEPSCoR/$232,544 (my share). Prime Contract #  FA9550-09-1-0715.
  


• July   2009  through September 2011. “Remote Suspect ID” from AFRL through AIS.  PI Vir V. Phoha. Amount funded $800,000. Prime Contract # FA8750-09-C-0191.
  
  
• June 1, 2009-May 31, 2014  Science of Autonomy  from ONR amount $1.7 M for the first three years+ $1.5 M for the two option years (subject to the results of review after first three years). PI A. Ray, Co-PI Vir V. Phoha. Prime Contract # N00014-09-1-0688. 
  
  
• June 1, 2009- May 31, 2014. Cyber Security Laboratory  $2.8 M AFOSR. PI Les Guice, Co-PI V. Phoha, E. Karim. 
  
  
•  June 1, 2007- May 31, 2012. Center for Secure Cyberspace. Total amount $8 M (BoR amount $3.6 M). PI Vir V. Phoha, Co-PIs K. Varahramyan, P. Chen, S. Iyengar, G. Allen. Louisiana Board of Regents.   LEQSF(2007-12)-ENH-PKSFI-PRS-03.  
  
  
• June 1, 2008- December 31, 2011. "Secure and Survivable Cyber-centric Sensor Networks: Algorithms and Architecture Research," Total amount $760,000 Office of Naval Research.. PI S. S. Iyengar Co-PI Vir V. Phoha. Prime Contract # N00014-08-1-0856.
  
  
•  January 2007 through December 2008. “Faculty Development - Multi University Research and Training in Information Assurance and Computer Security” from National Science Foundation. PIs of the proposal are: Louisiana Tech University (Prof. Vir V. Phoha) and Louisiana State University (Prof. S. S. Iyengar).  Amount funded approximately $0.5 M.
  
  
• September  2008 through December 2009. “Cyber Weapons” from AFRL through AIS.  PI Vir V. Phoha. Amount funded $221,000.