Key Generation Project

This paper summarizes key generation research projects.

Europe

1. A New Frontier For Internet of Things Security: Far-Flung Key Generation , £251k, link
   • Duration: July 2021 to June 2023
   • Funder: EPSRC New Investigator Award
2. Securing the Internet of Things, Group Key Generation From Wireless Channels (Project Link)
   • Duration: 10/2016 – 09/2017
   • Partners: Queen’s Unviersity Belfast, UK
   • Funder: Royal Society
3. FAST Physical Layer Security (Project Link)
   • Duration: 12/2016 – 11/2019
   • Partners: TU Dresden, Metratek, and IHP
4. Wireless Key Generation (Project Link)
   • Partners: Oxford University, UK, Carl-Zeiss Foundation, and Disco Labs, TU Kaiserslautern
5. PROPHYLAXE – Providing Physical Layer Security for the Internet of Things (Project Link)
   • Duration: 03/2013 – 09/2015
   • Funder: German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
   • Partners: Bosch, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Fraunhofer Institute for Information Technology, escrypt, and Technical University Dresden
6. PHYsical LAyer Wireless Security (PHYLAWS) (Project Link)
   • Duaration: 11/2012 – 11/2016
   • Funder: EU 7th Framework Programme
   • Partners: Celeno, Imperial College London, UK, VTT, Finland, Thales, Telecom Paris Tech, France

USA

1. CIF: Small: Collaborative Research: Secret Key Generation Under Resource Constraints
   • Duration: 10/01/2016 – 07/31/2019
   • Funder: National Science Foundation
   • Partners: University of California Davis (PI: Lifeng Lai, NSF Link), Syracuse University (PI: Yingbin Liang, NSF Link)
2. CCSS: Collaborative Research: Developing A Physical-Channel Based Lightweight Authentication System for Wireless Body Area Networks (Project Link, NSF Link)
   • Duration: 09/2014 – 08/2017
   • Funder: National Science Foundation
   • Partners: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (lead PI: Honggang Wang, USD155,912), Worcester Polytechnic Institute (PI: Lifeng Lai, USD148,416) and University of Arkansas Little Rock (PI: Shucheng Yu,USD120,268)
3. Is Wireless Channel Dependable for Security Provisioning? (NSF Link)
   • Duration: 08/2013 – 07/2017
   • Funder: National Science Foundation
   • Partners: North Carolina State University, USA
4. TC: Small: Collaborative Research: Exploiting Network Dynamics for Secret Key Generation
   • Duration: 09/2011 – 08/2015
   • Funder: National Science Foundation
   • Partners: Syracuse University (PI: Yingbin Liang, NSF Link), University of California Davis (PI: Lifeng Lai, NSF Link)
5. Collaborative Research: CT- ISG Key Generation from Physical Layer Characteristics in Wireless Networks
   • Duration: 09/2008 – 08/2011
   • Funder: National Science Foundation
   • Partners: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (PI: Bulent Yener, NSF Link), University of Connecticut (PI: Aggelos Kiayias, NSF Link)
6. Utilizing Physical Layer Properties for Key Secret Extraction in Mobile Environments (Project Link)
   • Funder: Army Research Office
   • Partner: Data Analysis and Information SecuritY (DAISY) Laboratory, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
7. CT-ISG: Opportunistic Secret Key Exchange Using Wireless Link Characteristics and Device Mobility (NSF Link, Project Link)
   • Duration: 09/2008 – 08/2012
   • Funder: National Science Foundation
   • Partner: Sensing and Processing Across Networks (SPAN) lab, Utah University, USA
8. Securing Wireless Applications and Networks (Project Link)
   • Partner: WINLAB (Wireless Information Network Laboratory), Rutgers University, USA

Asia

1. On Future Mobile Communication Physical Layer Security
   • Duration: 01/2017 – 12/2019
   • Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
   • Partner: Southeast University, China
2. Network Engineering Techniques for Wireless Security (Project Link)
   • Partner: Singapore University of Technology and Design