Grants

Funded awards and active sponsored research proposals led or supported by Dr. Aryabrata Basu across cybersecurity, immersive systems, digital twins, scientific visualization, and responsible AI.

Dr. Aryabrata Basu’s sponsored research portfolio connects immersive computing with cybersecurity, digital cardiology, scientific visualization, digital twins, responsible AI, and workforce development.

  • 3Funded awards
  • 8Active proposal themes
  • PI + collaborativeResearch leadership

This portfolio reflects the grants and sponsored research activities documented in the curriculum vitae (PDF). Proposal statuses are shown separately from funded awards and may evolve.

Funded Awards

2024-2025Funded

Cybersecurity Consortium for Innovation

Sponsor
U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Role
Co-Investigator
Total funding
$5.0 million

Focus: Immersive industrial control systems cybersecurity training, workforce development, and cyber-physical simulation.

2023-2024Funded

Robust 2D to 3D Cardiac Arterial Mapping and Visualization for Surgical Preplanning

Sponsor
NSF/EPSCoR-DART
Role
Principal Investigator
Total funding
$100,000

Focus: Digital cardiology, conformal arterial mapping, 3D visualization, and surgical preplanning.

2025-2026Funded

Project Aria Research Kit Grant

Sponsor
Meta
Role
Principal Investigator
Support
In-kind hardware award ($6,000-$10,000 estimated market value)

Focus: Spatial AI, human-computer interaction, virtual reality, and secure telemetry data collection.

Active Proposal Portfolio

Pending and in-preparation activities are listed as proposals, not funded awards.

Advanced Air Mobility and Digital TwinsPending

NASA EPSCoR FY 2026 Basic Research: Human-in-the-Loop Digital Twin for Noise-Aware Regional AAM Fleet Planning

Role
Principal Investigator

Focus: Human-in-the-loop digital twins, Advanced Air Mobility/UAS corridor planning, noise-aware fleet scenario comparison, acoustic exposure and human-response modeling, telemetry replay, 3D geospatial visualization, and NASA-aligned regional aviation decision support.

Quantum and Nanotechnology InfrastructurePending

NSF NQNI: Arkansas Open-Access Quantum and Nanotechnology User Facility for Secure User Enablement, Digital Twin Workflows, and Workforce Development

Role
Co-Principal Investigator

Focus: Open-access nanotechnology and QISE user infrastructure, secure immersive user enablement, digital-twin onboarding, AI-enabled discovery workflows, workforce training, external-user support, and Mid-South regional research capacity.

Immersive AI and Human-Centered ComputingIn preparation

NSF CAREER: Persistent Virtual Reality Spaces; Secure Analytics for Immersive Environments

Focus: Persistent immersive environments, embodied interaction, privacy-preserving behavioral telemetry, responsible immersive analytics, human-centered AI, and AI-mediated learning.

Secure XR Training and Evidence-Based AssessmentPending

ORETTC / Y-12: SPECTRA - Secure Platform for Encrypted Content Transmission, Replay, and Analytics

Role
Principal Investigator

Focus: Secure real-time 3D mesh distribution, encrypted XR content streaming, distributed digital twin training, Unity-based immersive simulation, ELK telemetry ingestion, behavioral replay, usability analytics, after-action review, and evidence-based training assessment for national security, nuclear operations, cybersecurity, and emergency preparedness contexts.

Scientific and Medical VisualizationIn preparation

Digital Cardiology; Open Carbon Atlas; Remote Sensing-Assist Crop Phenology Detection and Immersive Visualization

Focus: AI-assisted scientific infrastructure, 3D medical visualization, carbon science, agricultural decision support, remote sensing, and immersive data interaction.

AI Assurance, Sensing, and Cyber-Physical AwarenessIn preparation

DARPA Young Faculty Award; AFOSR/ARO Conformal Augmented Reality for Passive Wireless Signal Decoding

Focus: Formal assurance, loss-of-control containment of AI, passive RF sensing, electromagnetic awareness, conformal mapping, and augmented reality visualization.

Society, Law, and Scientific CommunicationIn preparation

NSF Science of Science: Discovery, Communication, and Impact; NSF Law and Science: Spatially Queryable Crime Scene Simulation Platform

Focus: Computational analysis of scientific discourse, scientific correspondence, communication media, forensic simulation, spatial querying, and law-science research infrastructure.

Edge Intelligence and Immersive Infrastructure Digital TwinsIn preparation

NSF VINES Track 1: Augmented Reality and Edge-Aware Digital Twins for Multi-Utility Infrastructure Management

Role
Co-Principal Investigator / Senior Personnel

Focus: Edge-resident digital twins, multi-utility infrastructure modeling, Bayesian filtering, distributed and federated learning, resource-aware 3D visualization, augmented reality field interfaces, privacy-preserving telemetry, and human-centered evaluation for utility maintenance.