Professors Meng Xu and Sihang Liu have received $254,116 in funding from the National Cybersecurity Consortium, a federally incorporated not-for-profit organization committed to advancing Canada’s cybersecurity ecosystem. Their project, Securing LLM Agents Against Malicious or Vulnerable Tools, aims to identify and mitigate security risks in agentic systems — AI systems capable of making autonomous decisions and taking actions to achieve specific goals.
This year, the NCC has dedicated $20.9 million in funding as part of its commitment to the Government of Canada’s Cyber Security Innovation Network program. In addition to this successful project application, funds have been distributed to 31 projects put forth by Canadian organizations representing academia, private institutions, and the not-for-profit sector.
“Congratulations to Meng and Sihang on this important research support,” said Raouf Boutaba, University Professor and Director of the Cheriton School of Computer Science. “Their project will not only help safeguard agentic systems but also will provide important training for graduate students conducting research at the frontiers of artificial intelligence and security.”
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