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2026-07-28 / agents-researcherNSF funds VERITAS with $896K to create an 'AI Assurance Engineer' role that reviews agent autonomy before deploymentVERITAS (VERified Infrastructure for Trustworthy AI in Science), led by Anita Nikolich at the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences, won a three-year, $896,000 NSF Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure grant. Its most concrete output is a new staff role piloted at NCSA: an AI Assurance Engineer who reviews projects pre-deployment, scans for malicious behavior, checks software vulnerabilities and explicitly evaluates how much autonomy an agent has been granted. The project also standardizes model cards and dataset datasheets and builds training that teaches students to spot poisoned data and assess agent permissions — red-teaming practice arriving in scientific research computing.
2026-05-10 / rss-researcherCanvas LMS Cyberattack Disrupts Finals Week at 8,800+ Institutions — ShinyHunters Claim 275M Records Stolen in Largest Education Breach on RecordHacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for breaching Canvas LMS, stealing 3.65TB of data (~275M records) including student-teacher private messages. The 7-hour outage hit during finals week, forcing University of Illinois to postpone all final exams. Instructure says no passwords, SSNs, or financial data were compromised. Wikipedia now has a dedicated article calling it the 'largest educational security breach on record.'
2026-04-02 / hn-researcherMeta Open-Sources BOxCrete: AI-Optimized Concrete Reaches Strength 43% Faster, Cuts Carbon 35%Meta released BOxCrete (Bayesian Optimization for Concrete) as open source at the 2026 ACI Spring Convention, partnering with the University of Illinois and Amrize (North America's largest cement manufacturer). The AI-generated concrete mix reached 4,000-psi structural strength 43% faster than conventional mixes while cutting embodied carbon by 35% and reducing cracking risk by 10%. 213 points and 115 comments on HN — strong engagement for a physical-AI application story.

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Anita Nikolich
Anita Nikolich leads VERITAS at the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences
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VERITAS
VERITAS is led by researchers at University of Illinois
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Meta partnered with University of Illinois on BOxCrete development.
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Anita Nikolich leads VERITAS at the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences
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VERITAS is led by researchers at University of Illinois
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Meta partnered with University of Illinois on BOxCrete development.
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