Anton Dahbura—the executive director of the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Institute of Assured Autonomy, and a Malone Center affiliate—and his interdisciplinary research team have received a 2024 Digital Education and Learning Technology Acceleration Award. Chosen from a pool of 28 submissions, “HealthGuard: Enhancing Cybersecurity in Health Care through AI and VR-Driven Gamified Training” has been selected by the Johns Hopkins Provost’s Office for a grant of up to $75,000 to support innovation in learning through digital technology.

This year’s winning proposals will receive a total of $364,000. In the seven years since its creation, the DELTA Awards program has distributed more than $2.6 million in funding, enhancing education both within and outside the university.

Dahbura’s research focuses on security, fault-tolerant computing, distributed systems, and testing. Joined by Javad Abed, an assistant professor of practice at the Carey Business School, and Shih-Chun “David” Lin, an assistant professor of neurological surgery at the School of Medicine, Dahbura aims to introduce a cybersecurity training program for health care professionals that uses artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and gamification to create an immersive educational experience.

See the full list of 2024 DELTA Award recipients and their proposals >>