The National Science Foundation awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Lehigh University under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) to support collaborative research titled "A UNIFIED FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYZING ADAPTIVE STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION METHODS BASED ON PROBABILISTIC ORACLES" from January 15, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The grant funding will support Lehigh University, along with any relevant sub-awardees, in conducting...
Lehigh University received a $185,424 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The award will support the development of a computational framework and software suite for high-fidelity simulation of multi-material flows involving multiple interacting fluids and structures. Key deliverables include an embedded boundary method capable of performing...
Lehigh University received a $175,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) to conduct research towards improving the handling of heterogeneity and personalization in federated learning. The University will develop mathematical models and efficient algorithms to address issues in heterogeneous federated learning caused by data and device diversity. Researchers will design advanced...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $402,234 Project Grant to the University of Maryland Baltimore County under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The grant funds a Research Experiences for Undergraduates site focused on smart computing and communications from March 2021 through February 2024. As part of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program's goals of supporting investigator-initiated research and advancing the development of...
This $464,339 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at Lehigh University. The REU site will provide 10 undergraduate students each summer with 10 weeks of research opportunities across a diverse range of physics fields, including fundamental areas like string theory, nuclear physics, and astrophysics, as well as applied areas like condensed...
Lehigh University received a three-year, $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AF: SMALL: ON THE COMPLEXITY OF SEMIDEFINITE AND POLYNOMIAL OPTIMIZATION THROUGH THE LENS OF REAL ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY." The award falls under the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and information...
Lehigh University received a $389,917 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences on September 1, 2021 to complete the project by August 31, 2025. The grant supports the collaborative research project "MICROSTRUCTURE BY DESIGN: INTEGRATING GRAIN GROWTH EXPERIMENTS, DATA ANALYTICS, SIMULATION, AND THEORY" under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The project aims to advance understanding of major problems in...
Lehigh University received a $398,806 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on September 1, 2021 to support research titled "CAREER: COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN OF SUSTAINABLE HYDROGENATION SYSTEMS VIA A NOVEL COMBINATION OF DATA SCIENCE, OPTIMIZATION, AND AB INITIO METHODS." The award is part of the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and education. Under the award, Lehigh...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) award of $185,715 to Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) aims to provide undergraduate students, particularly those from underrepresented groups, with research experiences in the areas of wireless sensor networks, computer science, and convex geometry. The project, titled "REU SITE: GLUING COMPUTER SCIENCE AND CONVEX GEOMETRY: RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR...
Lehigh University was awarded a $769,298 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences on July 15, 2021 to complete work by June 30, 2024. The grant falls under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and understanding of major problems. Through this funding, Lehigh University will conduct molecular...