{"id":1809,"date":"2024-11-09T14:40:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T19:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/?p=1809"},"modified":"2025-11-24T10:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:28:10","slug":"career-parp-mislead-physical-disruption-attacks-by-preemptive-anti-reconnaissance-for-power-grids-cyber-physical-infrastructures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/career-parp-mislead-physical-disruption-attacks-by-preemptive-anti-reconnaissance-for-power-grids-cyber-physical-infrastructures\/","title":{"rendered":"CAREER: PARP: Mislead Physical-Disruption Attacks by Preemptive Anti-Reconnaissance for Power Grids&#8217; Cyber-Physical Infrastructures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The University of Rhode Island, led by Prof. Hui Lin, has been awarded an NSF CAREER grant to develop the PARP (Preemptive Anti-Reconnaissance for Power grids) system. This project advances smart grid cybersecurity by preventing adversaries from gathering intelligence to launch attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Highlights:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>AI\/ML Innovation:<\/strong> Develops an electrical-model-guided Generative Adversarial Network (EleGAN) to generate decoy power grid data, misleading attackers and exposing malicious behaviors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Virtualized Network Security:<\/strong> Uses Control Function Virtualization (CFV) with Software-Defined Networking (SDN) to simulate control operations and create misleading network traffic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Real-World Testing:<\/strong> Implements PARP in a high-fidelity hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testbed at the URI CYPHER Center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Impact and Value:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>For Industry &amp; Leaders:<\/strong> Enhances the resilience of smart grids, protecting critical infrastructure from advanced cyberattacks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>For Students:<\/strong> Provides opportunities to research cutting-edge AI applications in cybersecurity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>For National Security:<\/strong> Contributes to national cybersecurity resilience through advanced AI-driven defense techniques.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This NSF CAREER-funded project integrates AI, ML, and cyber-physical security to safeguard critical infrastructure while fostering future cybersecurity experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funding Source: National Science Foundation (NSF)<br>Amount: $499,998.13<br>PI: Hui Lin<br>Funding Period: September 1, 2022 \u2013 August 30, 2027<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Rhode Island, led by Prof. Hui Lin, has been awarded an NSF CAREER grant to develop the PARP (Preemptive Anti-Reconnaissance for Power grids) system. This project advances smart grid cybersecurity by preventing adversaries from gathering intelligence to launch attacks. Key Highlights: Impact and Value: This NSF CAREER-funded project integrates AI, ML, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5280,"featured_media":2560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1809"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1898,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809\/revisions\/1898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}