A K-State University engineer recently received a $560,000 National Science Foundation grant to enhance the security of AI in bioinformatics.
Assistant professor Xiaolong Guo is working on cybersecurity tools to discover and optimize antimicrobial peptides, or AMP, which are essential for improving food safety, livestock health and agricultural productivity.
Along with its goal of making security checks easier and more efficient through automation, Guo said the project aims to use the online platform to raise awareness about the need to secure data while promoting community engagement and education on cybersecurity.
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