The Insitute of Computing and Cybersystems, alongside ICC Centers CompEd and CyberS, funded $8,000 two seed grants to research faculty within the ICC to further cybersecurity and computing education research.
Starting this month, PI’s Bo Xiao and Feiyu E will lead seed grant projects as detailed below:
| Title | A Dynamic Cybersecurity Framework for Infrastructure Digital Twinning | Reducing Hallucination in Healthcare-related LLM Code Generation |
| PI’s | Bo Xiao | Feiyu E |
| Co-PI’s | Ronghua Xu | Jie Wu, Bo Chen |
| Amount | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| Abstract | The proposed project aims to develop a dynamic cybersecurity framework tailored for the digital twinning of critical infrastructure, focusing on buildings, bridges, roads, and other complex structures. In this context, digital twinning integrates BIM with real-time data to create virtual replicas that continuously synchronize with their physical counterparts. The primary objectives of this framework are to enhance the security measures protecting these vital infrastructure assets and to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of the data shared between the digital twins and the physical systems. | By integrating perspectives from cybersecurity and healthcare analytics, the project will connect technical properties of hallucinations with real operational risks in health information systems. The resulting insights and datasets will be shared with ICC members and can be incorporated into computing education modules, helping students learn about trustworthy AI, secure coding, and the risks of LLM-assisted programming. The proposed research directly supports MTU’s strengths in computing, cybersecurity, and data-intensive healthcare research. |
Pictured: from top left – Dr. Bo Xiao, Dr. Ronghua (Sam) Xu, Blizzard T. Husky. bottom row – Dr. Feiyu E, Dr. Bo Chen, Dr. Jie Wu