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Protecting Proprietary Designs via Adversary-Aware Decoy Generation
SHORT DESCRIPTION
A computational tool that safeguards proprietary protein designs by generating biochemically plausible decoy proteins to mislead adversaries.
INVENTORS
V.S. Venkatramanan Subrahmanian, PhD*
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering,...
Published: 5/1/2026
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Updated: 5/1/2026
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Keywords(s): Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Biotechnology
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Software & Services, Physical Sciences > Engineering & Technology, Life Sciences > Biomarkers & Biomedical Research Tools, Life Sciences > Healthcare Devices, Tools & IT
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Northwestern Startup: HIDDEN-AI
Founded: 2021
Northwestern Inventor:
Wing Kam Liu
McCormick School of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering & Civil and Environmental Engineering
HIDENN-AI is developing convolution hierarchical deep-learning neural networks to simultaneously train, solve, and calibrate any advanced materials and manufacturing system, reducing solution...
Published: 5/5/2026
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Updated: 4/27/2026
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Keywords(s): Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Startup with Northwestern IP
Category(s): Physical Sciences > Software & Services
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ScarNet: AI-Powered Automated Myocardial Scar Quantification from Late Gadolinium-Enhancement Images
SHORT DESCRIPTION
ScarNet is an AI-powered foundation model that automates myocardial scar detection from cardiac MRI images with high accuracy and rapid processing for clinical decision-making.
INVENTORS
Daniel Kim*, PhD
Knight Family Professor of Cardiac Imaging & Professor of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg...
Published: 2/5/2026
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Updated: 1/29/2026
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A Precise Geolocation Method for Internet Hosts to Enhance Targeted Digital Services
NU 2010-027
INVENTORS
Aleksandar Kuzmanovic*
Daniel Burgener
Marcel Flores
Yong Wang
SHORT DESCRIPTION
This technology offers a new method to accurately determine an Internet host's location. It leverages automated web data extraction to improve geolocation for online advertising and network diagnostics.
BACKGROUND
Determining the geographic...
Published: 12/9/2025
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Updated: 11/21/2025
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STATE: Safe and Threatening Adversarial Trajectory Engine
NU 2025-140
INVENTORS
Venkatramanan Subrahmanian, PhD*
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University
Co-Director of Northwestern Network for Collaborative Intelligence
Faculty Fellow at the Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Chongyang...
Published: 4/28/2026
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Updated: 10/21/2025
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Category(s): Physical Sciences > Software & Services
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CADD: Context-based Audio Deepfake Detection on Real-World Audios of Public Figures
NU 2025-031
INVENTORS
Sarit Kraus*
Venkatramanan Subrahmanian* (McCormick School of Engineering, Computer Science)
Julian Baldwin
Natalia Denisenko
Chongyang Gao
Marco Postiglione
Chiara Pulice
SHORT DESCRIPTION
CADD integrates audio analysis with contextual data to detect deepfake audio targeting public figures. It delivers improved detection...
Published: 12/9/2025
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Updated: 10/21/2025
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Category(s): Physical Sciences > Software & Services
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GLAMP: Generative Learning for Adversarially-Robust Malware Prediction
NU 2025-002
INVENTORS
Venkatramanan Subrahmanian* (McCormick School of Engineering, Computer Science)
Cristian Molinaro
Lirika Sola Or Sholla
Saurabh Kumar
SHORT DESCRIPTION
For cybersecurity firms, GLAMP is a framework that proactively generates novel malware variants to train detectors and improve defense against future attacks.
BACKGROUND
Traditional...
Published: 12/9/2025
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Updated: 10/21/2025
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Category(s): Physical Sciences > Software & Services
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BotFarm: Automated Covert Social Media Influence Operations
NU 2025-001
INVENTORS
Venkatramanan Subrahmanian* (McCormick School of Engineering, Computer Science)
Andrew Pulver
Andrea Pugliese
Jiazhi Zhang
Saurabh Kumar
Valerio La Gatta
Youzhi Zhang
SHORT DESCRIPTION
This technology automates covert influence campaigns on social media. It leverages reinforcement learning to balance user impact with...
Published: 12/9/2025
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Updated: 10/21/2025
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Category(s): Physical Sciences > Software & Services
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GODDS: The Global Online Deepfake Detection System
NU 2024-251
INVENTORS
Sarit Kraus*
Venkatramanan Subrahmanian* (McCormick School of Engineering, Computer Science)
Chiara Pulice
Chongyang Gao
Julian Baldwin
Marco Postiglione
Natalia Denisenko
SHORT DESCRIPTION
GODDS offers journalists a robust deepfake detection system that quickly analyzes audio, video, and image artifacts. It delivers...
Published: 4/27/2026
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Updated: 10/21/2025
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Category(s): Physical Sciences > Software & Services
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GEM: Optimized Framework for Engaging Multimodal Digital Content Generation
NU 2023-124
INVENTORS
Venkatramanan Subrahmanian* (McCormick School of Engineering, Computer Science)
Chongyang Gao
Natalia Denisenko
Soroush Vosoughi
Yiren Jian
SHORT DESCRIPTION
For digital advertisers and social media platforms, GEM generates engaging image-text pairs using an iterative, engagement-guided algorithm. It improves content...
Published: 11/6/2025
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Updated: 9/29/2025
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Category(s): Physical Sciences > Software & Services
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