NSF Convergence Accelerator Track F: Online Deception Awareness and Resilience Training (DART)

NSF 融合加速器轨道 F：在线欺骗意识和弹性培训 (DART)

• 批准号: 2230494
• 负责人: Siwei Lyu
• 金额: $ 500万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Buffalo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-15 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2230494&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Convergence; Accelerator; Track; Online; NSF; Convergence; Accelerator; Track; Online

As one of the most vexing problems of the century, we are witnessing the escalating speed, scale, and level of sophistication of online deception (spear phishing and catfishing scams, personal information hunting schemes, fake content, impersonation, and disinformation on social media) that have severe consequences (ransomware attack, financial loss, and breach of private information). The most vulnerable demographic is older adults, who are disproportionately targeted for online exploitation, manipulation, and fraud resulting in significant financial loss and emotional distress. Deception Awareness and Resilience Training (DART) aims to equip older adults with the tools they need to recognize various forms of online deception and help others in their social circle avoid or mitigate harm. Designed by experts in education, psychology, communication, cybersecurity, and media studies, the DART curriculum contains high-quality and timely synthetic contents and real-world scenarios. The DART project team includes experts in psychology, communications and media, economics, cybersecurity, computer science, game design, synthetic media, and aging studies. DART deliverables will be developed by a professional development team and tested with older adults.The DART system consists of two complementary components: (1) DART Learn: a web-based structured, dynamic, and self-paced learning program on online deceptions. (2) DART Practice: an interactive social media simulation that provides a safe and realistic platform for the users to practice what they learned about online deception. (3) DART Play: a set of simple, fun mobile Games on mobile platforms (iOS and Android) designed to familiarize older adults with common deceptions.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

作为本世纪最令人烦恼的问题之一，我们目睹了在线欺骗的速度，规模和水平的升级（长矛网络钓鱼和cat鱼骗局，个人信息狩猎方案，虚假内容，对社交媒体的冒充和虚假信息）具有严重的后果（Ransomware攻击，金融攻击，财务损失，私人信息）。最脆弱的人群是老年人，他们针对在线剥削，操纵和欺诈的目标不成比例，从而造成了巨大的财务损失和情绪困扰。欺骗意识和弹性训练（DART）旨在为老年人配备所需的工具，以识别各种形式的在线欺骗，并帮助他人的社交圈子中的其他人避免或减轻伤害。 DART课程由教育，心理学，沟通，网络安全和媒体研究专家设计，其中包含高质量且及时的合成内容和现实世界情景。 DART项目团队包括心理学，传播和媒体，经济学，网络安全，计算机科学，游戏设计，合成媒体和衰老研究专家。 DART可交付成果将由专业开发团队开发，并与老年人进行了测试。该飞镖系统由两个互补的组成部分组成：（1）DART学习：基于网络的结构化，动态和自定进度的学习计划。 （2）DART实践：一种交互式社交媒体模拟，为用户提供了一个安全，现实的平台，以练习他们对在线欺骗的了解。 （3）DART PLAY：在移动平台（iOS和Android）上的一组简单有趣的手机游戏旨在使老年人具有共同的欺骗。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准通过评估来进行评估的。