Project Grant 2106463

Award Date 10/1/21
Completion Date 9/30/24
Dollars Obligated $600K
Federal Grant Program
47.070
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Amherst, MA 01003, USA

The University of Massachusetts was awarded a $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems. The grant falls under the official federal Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) and will fund research related to "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CNS CORE: MEDIUM: MIVIRTUALSEAT: SEMANTICS-AWARE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION FOR IMMERSIVE MEETING ENVIRONMENTS" from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024.

Specifically, the University of Massachusetts will leverage the funding to research and develop semantics-aware content distribution technologies to enhance immersive virtual meeting environments. The three-year project aims to advance the use of research cyberinfrastructure to enable more intuitive, collaborative digital meetings through improved content sharing and semantic analysis of discussion topics and participant interests.

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