National Science Foundation to Fund Blockchain Research for Cyber Infrastructure
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking funding to develop research that will consider how technologies such as blockchain and software tools can boost its cyber infrastructure. In a proposal from the NSF, the organization is aiming to achieve funding amounting to $8.5 million. The Resilient Security Architecture for Research Cyberinfrastructure awards will be supported at up to $1 million total per award for up to three years. While the Cybersecurity Enhancement awards will be supported at up to $1 million total per award for up to two years. The NSF is estimated to present....
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking to fund research into how technologies like blockchain can improve the resiliency of cyber-infrastructure. According to a grant proposal solicitation initially released last year and updated at the start of 2017, the NSF is looking to fund research to the tune of $8.5m. The agency is looking to grant between seven and nine awards of up to $1m apiece. While not explicitly focused on blockchain, the grant does invoke the technology as one topics of exploration once funds have been granted. The NSF is a US government agency that funds....
National Science Foundation Awards Research Grants on the Science and Applications of Cryptocurrency
The National Science Foundation has awarded research grants on the science and applications of crypto-currency, with approximately $1 million awarded to date. The NSF initiative is part of the "Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace" program for cybersecurity research and development to minimize the dangers of cyber technology, promote education and training in cybersecurity, establish a science of cybersecurity and convert promising cybersecurity research into practice. The NSF grant has been awarded to Emin Sirer at Cornell University (grant information here), Elaine Shi, Michael Hicks,....
In what is probably the institution’s broadest effort in the Bitcoin space to date, the American National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a three year grant worth US$3 million for research on the science and applications of cryptocurrency. The research project is led by Cornell University's Elaine Shi, and includes faculty members from Cornell, the University of Maryland, and UC Berkeley, hence combining crypto researchers with programming languages researchers and system builders. “Unfortunately, usage of crypto-currencies outstrips our understanding. […] This work aims to establish....
Smart contracts, a feature of "Bitcoin 2.0" technologies such as Ethereum, could empower criminals with sophisticated trustless collaboration means, the prestigious MIT Technology Review reports. Cornell University professors Ari Juels and Elaine Shi, with University of Maryland researcher Ahmed Kosba, present several cyber-crime scenarios enabled by smart contracts in the recently published paper "The Ring of Gyges: Using Smart Contracts for Crime." The Ring of Gyges is a mythical magical ring mentioned in Plato's Republic which grants its owner the power to become invisible at will. Of....
This article was written by Ruben Alexander and Brian Cohen. The NSF or National Science Foundation Office of the Inspector General (OIG) just posted on their website their March 2014 Semiannual Report to Congress (PDF with metadata create date of 5/27). This report contains a write-up on an "Administrative Investigation" by the OIG entitled "Government-wide Suspension Recommended for Researcher Who Used NSF-Funded Supercomputers to Mine Bitcoins" (full extract at bottom). The National Science Foundation according to itswebsiteis "an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950....