Funding

CAREER: Towards a Sensorless Internet of Things through Sensor Data Management Abstraction

$599,184|Jul 2026 – Jun 2031|PI: R. Yus
NSF #2542782

SFS AI + Cybersecurity: Preparing the Next Generation of Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Professionals

$969,645|Aug 2025 – Jul 2028|PI: A. Sherman; Co-PI: R. Yus
NSF #2438185

Travel: Fellowships for Students from U.S. Universities to Attend ISWC 2024

$20,000|Jul 2024 – Dec 2024|PI: R. Yus; Co-PI: K. Joshi
NSF #2432111

International Digital Trust Framework (Seed Funding)

$40,000|Jun 2022 – Dec 2022|PIs: R. Yus, N. Karimi, S. Kai, T. Kondo, M. Sel, N. Panteli, K. Mersinas

Optimizing AI Workflows for Reliable, Low-Cost Agentic Systems

$25,000|Aug 2026 – Aug 2027|PI: R. Yus
UMBC Strategic Awards for Research Transitions (START)

SPACES: Learning by Making UMBC Smarter — A Reusable Framework for Interdisciplinary, Service-Learning Projects

$24,500|Jan 2026 – Jan 2028|PI: R. Yus
UMBC Hrabowski Innovation Fund

Cybersecurity Graduate Fellows program

$45,500|Jan 2025 – Dec 2025|PI: R. Yus
UMBC Cybersecurity Institute

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Developing a Community-driven Framework for Sensorization in Assisted Living Communities

$20,000|Sep 2025 – Aug 2026|PIs: R. Yus, T. Reynolds
UMBC COEIT Interdisciplinary Proposal (CIP) Award

Evaluation of standards and methods that claim to prove the authenticity of electronic audio-visual content

$50,000|Jan 2025 – Jun 2026|PI: K. Kullman; Co-PIs: E. Golaszewski, R. Yus, A. Sherman
UMBC Center and Institute Departmentally-Engaged Research (CIDER) Grant Program

Supplement for Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE) award

$1,500|Sep 2022 – May 2023|PI: R. Yus
UMBC