National Science Foundation (NSF)
CAREER: Harnessing Graph Dynamics for Learning in Changing Environments
Grant No. IIS-2544353
Role: Sole PI
Funding: $499,928
Grants & Awards
Active Projects
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
AI-Enhanced Processing of HabCam Imagery to Improve Atlantic Sea Scallop Survey Products for Stock Assessment
Grant No. NA26NMFX063G0010-T1-01
Role: W&M PI
In collaboration with Ming Sun (VIMS Lead PI); Roger Mann (VIMS PI); David Rudders (VIMS PI).
Funding: $1,713,701 total; $158,279 W&M share
National Science Foundation (NSF) & Allen Family Philanthropies
PACSP TOOLS: EPICS — Explainable AI Driven Individual Photo-Identification and Tracking for Cost-effective Conservation Study
Grant No. IOS-2446522
Role: W&M PI
In collaboration with Xingquan Zhu (FAU Lead PI); Catherine Walsh (Mote PI).
Funding: $1,299,710 total; $269,740 W&M share
National Science Foundation (NSF)
III: SMALL — Taming Large-Scale Streaming Graphs in an Open World
Grant No. IIS-2505719, IIS-2236579
Role: Lead PI
In collaboration with Hongyi Wu (UAZ Co-PI); Xingquan Zhu (FAU PI); Laurent Cherubin (FAU Co-PI).
Funding: $600,000 total; $281,308 W&M share
National Science Foundation (NSF)
CRII: III — Pursuing Interpretability in Utilitarian Online Learning Models
Grant No. IIS-2441449
Role: Sole PI
Funding: $175,000
Previous Projects
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Student Travel Support for IEEE International Conference on Data Mining
Grant No. IIS-2440725
Role: Sole PI
Funding: $25,000
Supported 43 undergraduate and graduate student attendees across IEEE ICDM 2024 and 2025.
Science Center for Marine Fisheries (SCEMFIS)
AI-powered Underwater Optical Survey for Benthic Biomass and Sediments Assessment
Role: PI
Funding: $30,000
Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI)
Secure AI for Marine Ecosystems (SAME): Modeling Benthic Biomass with Image-Graph Fusion under Data Poisoning Threats
Grant No. HC-4Q25-048
Role: PI
In collaboration with Daniel Runfola; Roger Mann (VIMS).
Funding: $99,948
OceanicAI Fellowship: 35 undergraduate fellows selected; 26 students from five Virginia institutions completed the program.
Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI)
Mitigating Ethical AI Threats: Dynamic Benchmarks for Securing Multimodal Social Intelligence in Large Language Models
Grant No. H-2Q25-020
Role: PI
Funding: $15,000
Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI)
Spotlighting and Mitigating Cyber-Attacks in AIoT-enabled Maritime Transportation Systems
Role: PI
In collaboration with Rui Ning (ODU); Yuhong Li (ODU); Peng Jiang (ODU); Leigh Armistead (Peregrine Technical Solutions).
Funding: $100,000