Virginia Tech partners with startup DeepSig to protect wireless devices
Summary
“This technology leverages a field of artificial intelligence called machine learning in a new way in order to design a next generation of powerful wireless communications systems,” said Virginia Tech researcher and DeepSig founder Tim O’Shea. “It will be faster, more cost efficient, more secure, and easier to deploy than today’s wireless systems.” The new technology can be applied to everything from personal cellphones and Bluetooth devices to vehicular communications, radars, and sensing systems. This groundbreaking technology is capable of threat identification that can be scaled to protect our nation’s infrastructure, as well as private businesses and individual homes,” said Theresa Mayer, Virginia Tech’s vice president for research and innovation. The partnership between DeepSig and the university not only resulted in groundbreaking work, but is also an example of the type of joint effort that can solve pressing global challenges and promote economic development in the commonwealth and beyond. Its aim is to catalyze research, innovation, and the commercialization of cybersecurity technologies and address the state’s need for growth of advanced degrees and professional training within the cyber workforce.