ASTAR Lab: Autonomous Systems TRust & Assurance
Our mission is to advance the security, resilience, and trustworthiness of AI-powered autonomous systems. We focus on safeguarding UAVs, autonomous vehicles, and smart transportation networks against cyber and physical threats through cutting-edge research in trustworthy AI, secure localization, multi-modal sensing, and resilient cyber-physical infrastructures.
Current Members
Students
- Dev Patel – Graduate Student, Focus: Vision-Based Navigation.
- Kowshik – Graduate Student, Focus: AI application on UAVs.
- Augusto – Graduate Student, Focus: Cyber resilience UAV Operations.
Grants Supporting ASTAR Lab
- [New] NSF, "CRII: SaTC: MUSE: MUlti-modal Security Enhancement for Cyber Resilient UAV Operation," Period: 10/01/2025 - 09/30/2027, $175k, Role: Sole-PI, Project Info: MUSE
- NRI, "TRUST-V2X: Enhancing Security and Trustworthiness of AI in Multi-Modal Collaborative Sensing for Autonomous Vehicles to Everything," $100K, 2025-2026, Role: PI, Project Info: TBA.