The University of Hawaii at Manoa will conduct collaborative research on simulation-driven evaluation of cyberinfrastructure systems under a $284,973 project grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The research aims to advance the development and use of research cyberinfrastructure to enable and accelerate discovery and innovation in computing, communications, and information science and engineering. Specifically,...
The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded a $999,699 Project Grant to the University of Hawaii at Manoa under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to support the "SCC-CIVIC-FA Track B: Hoomalu Halelea - Community-led Innovation for Integrated Flood Resilience" project. The grant aims to advance community-led innovation for integrated flood resilience on the island of Kauai through investigator-initiated...
This $6,540,207 award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) supports the "SCIPE: CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE PACIFIC PROFESSIONALS (CI-PP)" project led by the University of Hawaii (UH) System. The project aims to enhance cyberinfrastructure (CI) professional training for science research, education, and practice in the Hawaii/Guam Pacific region. Key goals include forming a regional CI network...
The University of Hawaii (UH) received a $472,954 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) on August 15, 2023. This award supports upgrades to UH's networking capacity and infrastructure to improve research data transfer throughput and performance at key research locations across the state of Hawaii. Specifically, the project enables 100 Gbps connectivity upgrades at three locations - the Institute for Astronomy, the Pacific...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $648,169 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. This 3-year grant will develop a Cyber Data Analytics Technician Workforce Development Program to address the nation's need for skilled cybersecurity professionals. Key objectives include creating 4 new courses and a new online certificate in cyber data analytics, providing opportunities for students in non-computing degree programs to...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $288,995 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The grant will fund research to address the growing problem of "technical debt" in modern distributed and cloud-based software systems. Key objectives include: Creating a unified model to capture the complex relationships in these distributed systems. Empirically defining anti-patterns that identify...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $405,000 Project Grant to the University of Hawaii at Manoa through its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support collaborative research on human-robot sensory transfer for remote undersea inspection and construction tasks. The research aims to improve worker productivity, training, and quality of life for tasks such as undersea infrastructure inspection and maintenance through Dec. 1, 2025. The University of Hawaii Systems will oversee grant...
The University of Hawaii at Manoa received a $296,022 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The grant funds research to constrain trans-crustal magmatic systems along the Aleutian Island Arc through the use of receiver functions. The Geosciences program supports basic research in the earth sciences to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system. The three-year award period will...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,700,000 Project Grant under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The 5-year grant will support the development of an innovative graduate program that brings together engineering, computer science, social science, business, and medicine to harness the transformative power of data science. The program will train 61 graduate students, including 41 funded trainees, on...
This Project Grant award of $500,000 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CHIPS-UHWO & KAUAI CC PARTNERSHIP IN ADVANCING COMPUTATIONAL THINKING (PACT)" initiative at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The key objectives of this 5-year project are to: 1) increase the number of Native Hawaiian graduates from the University of Hawaii West Oahu (UHWO) and Kauai Community College (KCC) prepared for...