DRACO Design of Resilient Architectures for Computing

Funding

DRACO research is made possible through the support of federal agencies, industry partners, and university programs.

$7.7M Total Awarded
$4.3M PI Share
6 Active Projects
43 Total Projects

Active

Trace-AI
Arctic Wolf Network  ·  02/26 -- 02/27
$100K PI
Trace-AI 2:1 Match
FL High Tech Corr.  ·  02/26 -- 02/27
$50K PI
Red Teaming
Leidos  ·  01/26 -- 12/26
$100K PI
Shadow AI
Arctic Wolf Network  ·  09/24 -- 05/26
$165K → $148K PI
Shadow AI 2:1 Match
FL High Tech Corr.  ·  09/24 -- 08/25
$80K → $72K PI
(Sub-award) Western Regional Noyce Network
NSF / Univ. of OR  ·  10/22 -- 09/25
$150K → $75K PI

Pending

Automation Tech. for Superconducting Logic
Northrop Grumman Corporation  ·  Submitted 03/2025
$2M → $1.2M PI

Completed

CS For All: RPP WySLICE (DRL#1923542)
National Science Foundation  ·  08/19 -- 07/25
$1M → $650K PI
GenCyberWY 2023
National Security Agency  ·  09/22 -- 03/24
$325K → $162K PI-LI
WySTACK
National Science Foundation  ·  04/21 -- 03/24
$600K → $360K PI
MilliporeSigma Outreach -- TACoS IX (Summer 2023)
MilliporeSigma  ·  2022 -- 2023
$17K → $8K Co-PI
Microsoft for Code.org Regional Trainer Support
Microsoft  ·  08/22 -- 07/23
$35K PI
Templeton Endowed Professorship
Uwyo Endow.  ·  07/22 -- 06/23
$45K PI
Kraken Research Support
Kraken  ·  07/21 -- 06/23
$150K PI
Secure Blockchain Initiatives
Kraken  ·  07/21 -- 06/23
$75K PI
Ripple XRPL Validator
Ripple  ·  02/22 -- 03/23
$45K PI
Ripple Smart Contracts
Ripple  ·  02/22 -- 03/23
$285K → $142K PI
IOHK Research Lab
IOHK  ·  02/22 -- 03/23
$337K → $168K PI
GenCyberWY 2022
National Security Agency  ·  09/21 -- 08/23
$175K → $88K PI-LI
Red Teaming Artificial Intelligence
INL/DoE LDRD  ·  10/20 -- 09/23
$1M → $400K Co-PI
MilliporeSigma Outreach -- TACoS VIII (Summer 2022)
MilliporeSigma  ·  2021 -- 2022
$17K → $8K Co-PI
Micro-Credentials
Wy Dept. Ed  ·  10/19 -- 09/22
$400K → $200K Co-PI
CAES Joint Security Cert.
INL-CAES  ·  01/22 -- 10/22
$12K PI
Lifelong Learning at the HTI Workshops
National Science Foundation  ·  08/21 -- 07/22
$100K → $20K Co-PI
code.org Regional Partnership
Microsoft  ·  08/21 -- 07/22
$50K → $25K Co-PI
GenCyber Wyoming (H98230-21-1-0122)
National Security Agency  ·  04/21 -- 05/22
$125K → $62K PI-LI
Next Gen Secure Digital Ecosystems
Uwyo Provost  ·  06/21 -- 05/22
$45K → $9K Co-PI
IOHK Research Lab
IOHK  ·  05/20 -- 02/22
$1M → $500K Co-PI
GenCyber WY (H98230-20-1-0086)
National Security Agency  ·  05/20 -- 04/22
$100K → $50K PI-LI
Grand Challenge: NextGen Sec. Digital Ecosys.
Uwyo Research  ·  04/21 -- 12/21
$20K → $4K Co-PI
CAES Joint Security Cert.
INL-CAES  ·  01/21 -- 10/21
$12K PI
Cryptographic Resistance to SCA
INL/DoE LDRD  ·  09/20 -- 08/21
$100K → $33K Co-PI
code.org Regional Partnership
Microsoft  ·  08/20 -- 07/21
$126K → $63K Co-PI
CAES Joint Security Cert.
INL-CAES  ·  02/20 -- 09/20
$44K PI
CAES Visiting Faculty Sum. Prog.
INL-CAES  ·  05/20 -- 08/20
$15K PI
code.org Regional Partnership
Microsoft, UW  ·  08/19 -- 07/20
$126K → $63K Co-PI
Async Cybersecurity
UWYo (Dist.Ed)  ·  08/19 -- 06/20
$35K PI
GenCyber WY (H98230-19-1-0095)
National Security Agency  ·  05/19 -- 04/20
$100K → $50K PI-LI
CAES Joint Security Certificate
INL-CAES  ·  07/19 -- 09/19
$10K PI
COWPOKES-CS (H98230-18-1-0095)
National Security Agency  ·  05/18 -- 04/19
$100K → $50K PI-LI
Teacher Extensions in Wy
Wy Dept. Ed  ·  09/18 -- 03/19
$75K → $22K Co-PI
CAES Joint Security Certificate
INL-CAES  ·  07/18 -- 09/18
$25K PI
RAMPED II
Wy Dept. Ed  ·  01/18 -- 09/18
$300K → $120K Co-PI