DARPA VeriPro Program

The PLAINTEXT Lab is now part of the DARPA Intrinsic Cognitive Security (ICS) program’s VeriPro project. This project is a collaborative initiative incorporating researchers from George Washington University, Northeastern University, University of Southern...

Exploring “The Expanse” and Agentic Autonomy

Jeff Schulman recently participated in a discussion in an Active Inference Institute livestream, examining how The Expanse serves as a narrative framework for understanding individual and group agency and shared purpose. The series, set in a complex sci-fi universe,...

NASA PA Space Grant Fellowship Awarded to Jeff Schulman

Jeff Schulman was awarded a NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium Fellowship for the 2024-2025 school year. This $5,000 fellowship will support his ongoing research in Human-Computer Interaction, Information Security, Explainable AI, and Active Inference, in line...