FUNDED PROJECTS
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Cyber Defence and Ethical Hacking – Advanced Training Course — Issac (PI); 2025–2026; funded by NATO, Belgium.
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Closed-Box Inference of Large Language Models: Dual-Channel Probing, Traffic Analysis, and Quantization-Aware Fingerprinting — Issac (PI); 2025–2026; funded by Alan Turing Institute, UK and US National Defence and Security.
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A Multi-Layer Structural Framework for Detecting LLM-Generated Text: Integrating Linguistic, Sequential, and Network Modelling with Transformer Fusion — Issac (PI); 2025–2026; funded by Alan Turing Institute, UK Defence and Security. NOTE: This is an extension of project - Model-Agnostic Detection of Synthetic Data Using Uncertainty-Enhanced Non-Conformity Measures: A Mixture-of-Experts Approach
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Empowering Girls through Ethical Hacking in North-East England — Issac (PI); 2025–2026; funded by DSIT / Innovate UK.
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Synthetic Data Detection for Text, Image and Video — Issac (PI); 2025; funded by Alan Turing Institute, UK Defence and Security. NOTE: This is an extension of project - Model-Agnostic Detection of Synthetic Data Using Uncertainty-Enhanced Non-Conformity Measures: A Mixture-of-Experts Approach
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Enhancing Resilience Against AI-Powered Cyber Attacks through Adaptive Threat and Anomaly Detection — Issac (PI); 2025; funded by The British Academy.
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LLM-Facilitated and Graph-Based Analysis of Relationships Between Organisations — Issac (Co-I); 2025; funded by Alan Turing Institute / National Cyber Security Centre; led by University of Kent.
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Model-Agnostic Detection of Synthetic Data Using Uncertainty-Enhanced Non-Conformity Measures: A Mixture-of-Experts Approach — Issac (PI); 2024–2025; funded by Alan Turing Institute, UK Defence and Security.
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Intelligent Vulnerability Scanner and Penetration Test Report Generator — Issac (PI); 2023–2024; funded by Lockheed Martin Space, USA.
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IoT Botnet and Malware Detection in Smart Buildings through Artificial Intelligence — Issac (PI); 2023–2026; Industry PhD Studentship/Collaborative PhD funded by Okana, UK.
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AI-Based Intelligent Multi-Stage and User-Centric Ransomware Attack Detection — Issac (PI); 2023–2026; funded by Office for Students / Pro:NE BAME PhD Studentship.
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Key2Kindness: An Adaptive Cross-Platform “In-the-Moment” Hate Speech Detection and Awareness Mechanism — Issac (Co-I); 2021–2022; funded by REPHRAIN Research Centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence Online, UKRI.