CT-ISG: New Directions in Reliability, Security and Privacy for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Systems

最近射频识别（RFID）设备成本的大幅下降，以及相应性能的提高和大众媒体的关注，已经引起了广泛的政府和企业对大规模部署RFID的兴趣。与此同时，隐私和安全问题开始主导公众的观点。无处不在的射频识别标签具有巨大的潜在经济效益：它将使新的发现、商业模式和经济活动成为可能，同时还将改善医疗保健、国家安全和整体生活质量。与这些基于rfid的功能和好处相反的是隐私权。有趣的是，有可能同时实现这两个截然相反的目标（信息透明与个人隐私），但可行的解决方案在数学上是微妙的，在技术上是复杂的。这个项目将解决一个基本问题，即在可靠的RFID技术背景下，如何解决信息无处不在和隐私的冲突目标之间的内在紧张关系。通过借鉴算法、数学、随机化、密码学和VLSI设计的丰富技术，本研究将开发出能够使RFID技术充分发挥其潜力的方法，同时仍能保护隐私和安全。该项目将在合理普遍和现实的条件下，调查和测试RFID安全性、隐私性和可靠性的新方法。本研究的广泛影响在于提高未来RFID系统的可信度和实用性，并探索其对社会、经济和国家安全的好处。

Recent dramatic drops in the cost of radio Frequency Identification(RFID) equipment, along with corresponding increases in performance and attention from the popular media, have ignited wide-spread government and corporate interest in massive RFID deployments.Meanwhile, privacy and security concerns began to dominate the public's views. Ubiquitous RFID tagging has enormous potential economic benefits: it will enable new discoveries, business models, and economic activity, as well as improve health care, national security, and the overall quality of life. Opposite these RFID-based capabilities and benefits is the fundamental right to privacy.Interestingly, it is possible to simultaneously realize both of these diametrically opposed goals (information transparency vs. individual privacy), but viable solutions are mathematically subtle and technologically complicated.This project will address the fundamental question of how to resolve the inherent tension between the conflicting goals of information ubiquity and privacy, in the context of reliable RFID technology. By drawing upon a rich set of techniques that lie at the confluence of algorithms, mathematics, randomization, cryptography, and VLSI design, this research will develop methodologies that will enable RFID technology to realize its full potential, while still preserving privacy and security. This project will investigate and test new approaches to RFID security, privacy, and reliability, under reasonably general and realistic conditions. The broader impact of this research lies in increasing the trustworthiness and utility of future RFID systems, and exploring their benefits to society, the economy, and national security.