This is a $5,672,990 cost-no-fee definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Vanderbilt University for the Assured Neuro-Symbolic Components and Systems (ANSCS) program. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, runs through August 1, 2027.
The ANSCS program aims to advance hybrid AI algorithms that integrate symbolic reasoning and machine learning to improve the assurance and performance of autonomous systems on dynamic defense applications. Under this contract, Vanderbilt will contribute to the sensor fusion, neuro-symbolic components, and assurance aspects of the program using probabilistic reasoning and mathematical logic. Vanderbilt has subcontracted with Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem, a Hungarian university, as well as Dynetics, Inc., a defense and aerospace company, to support the technical work.
This contract appears to be a component of DARPA's broader Assured Neuro Symbolic Learning and Reasoning (ANSR) program, which seeks to explore diverse hybrid AI architectures for mission-critical defense applications.
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