Technology Innovation Institute’s Secure Systems Research Centre Partners with Purdue University on Game-Changing UAV Security Project

Technology Innovation Institute’s Secure Systems Research Centre Partners with Purdue University on Game-Changing UAV Security Project

Abu Dhabi-UAE: 10 March, 2021 – Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research pillar of the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), today announced that its Secure Systems Research Centre (SSRC) has partnered with Purdue University, a world-renowned US-based public research university. The two entities are collaborating on a three-year sophisticated cybersecurity project to ensure Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can be used safely and efficiently in urban operations.

The partnership announcement follows a series of rapid announcements at Technology Innovation Institute since first Advanced Technology Research Council board meeting in August 2020.

Secure Systems Research Centre is one of the initial seven dedicated research centres at Technology Innovation Institute. The research collaboration with Purdue University, titled ‘Cybersecurity for UAS Operations in Urban Environment', includes the study of security and resilience in cyber-physical and autonomous systems. The project will examine safety challenges that Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) experience in operating environments. These systems and vehicles are vulnerable to sophisticated cyberattacks in terms of communication, navigation, surveillance, and command and control. The outcome of this research will help other research at Secure Systems Research Centre in the future.

Speaking about the research partnership, Dr Shreekant (Ticky) Thakkar, Chief Researcher at Secure Systems Research Centre leading the Secure Autonomous Computing work, said: “Our world is