The National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program awarded a $226,901 Project Grant to the University of Illinois for the "Collaborative Research: Cybertraining Implementation Medium: Broadening Adoption of Cyberinfrastructure and Geospatial Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Management" project. The primary goal of this 4-year project is to establish a cybertraining network that will enable disaster management...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $1,200,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems. The grant is part of the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070) and will support the creation of knowledge through all-novel-class computer vision research from September 2021 through August 2025. As part of the grant, the University will conduct investigator-initiated research and education in computer...
This $207,737 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will fund research to develop a new class of machine learning models called "Programmatic Foundation Models" that can efficiently analyze large-scale satellite, aerial, and ground imagery. The goal is to create interpretable, robust AI models that can understand global and local phenomena from images, providing insights...
This $200,000 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program, supports the development of an AI-guided framework named AIMCI (Artificial Intelligence for Managing Cyberinfrastructure). The key research thrusts include: (1) developing new AI models for predictive analysis of resource usage patterns and user behavior, (2) applying reinforcement learning methods to optimize resource management in a...
This $799,368 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) will support the University of Illinois in developing AI systems that can learn from and exceed the capabilities of human demonstrations. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year award include: Reformulating imitation learning methods for AI systems that are more capable...
This Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), funds the development of a federated meta-learning framework to enhance AI-driven crime analytics across interconnected environments. The $167,500 award to Southern Illinois University Carbondale aims to create novel data labeling and rebalancing algorithms to promote fairness in AI systems, integrate efficient meta-learning techniques to reduce...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) award, totaling $299,392, aims to build a collaborative mechanism for academia, industry, and the public sector to co-design research and development (R&D) directions for data systems and artificial intelligence (AI) to address scientific and societal challenges. The project, led by the Regents of the University of Michigan, will bring together data science and...
This $999,664 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) supports the development of a novel framework for extracting spatio-temporal features from integrated remote sensing data to create a comprehensive knowledge base for monitoring and mapping flood events. The research aims to enable rapid response and recovery efforts by providing real-time communication between human and robot agents...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), supports research to develop a distributed learning system called "United Learning" that enables efficient data sharing and model training across heterogeneous computing devices, including personal computers, smartphones, and IoT devices. The key products and services to be delivered under this $175,000 award include: 1) Designing...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $405,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The three-year award will support an Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site focused on training students to build and apply open source machine learning models and tools from April 2021 through March 2024. As the place of performance, the University of Illinois will deliver programming to educate...