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Newly Funded Research - Gaurav Sharma and Irving Barron
Professor Gaurav Sharma and Assistant Professor Irving Barron from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering are receiving $50,000 from the National Science Foundation for a project titled, “I-Corps: Translation Potential of Enhanced Barcode Technologies.”
Cybercriminals are finding increasingly cunning ways to scam people into unwittingly divulging their private information, but a team of researchers from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a promising safeguard against one of the latest trends—QR code-based phishing attacks known as “quishing.” Professor Gaurav Sharma and Assistant Professor of Instruction Irving Barron have engineered a new form of QR codes that can protect smartphone users from these types of attacks by signaling if users are being directed to a safe link or a potential scam. The technology is outlined in a new study published in the journal IEEE Security & Privacy. Gaurav and Irving have been exploring opportunities to commercialize the technology, working with UR Ventures to file a patent for their codes and securing a National Science Foundation I-Corps grant to explore industry applications. Learn more about the project at the News Center |
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