The National Science Foundation awarded a $499,997 project grant to Northeastern University under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will support research into new approaches for complexity theory lower bounds from June 2021 through May 2024. The Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to advance computing and communications research and education, including development of cyberinfrastructure to accelerate...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $460,755 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of Wyoming. The 3-year project, starting on October 1, 2024, will develop new tools for investigating the computational complexity of total function problems in theoretical computer science. The research aims to extend resource-bounded measure techniques, which have been successful for studying decision problems, to the more...
This $571,919 Project Grant award to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). The goal of this 3-year project is to leverage algorithms and computer science knowledge to prove new complexity lower bounds, which will help elucidate the limits and possibilities of computing. The research aims to establish mathematical connections between algorithms and lower...
The University of Washington was awarded a two-year, $165,949 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will support collaborative research on natural language (variety) processing from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. The Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to advance computing and communication sciences and technologies through...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $581,783 Project Grant to the University of Washington under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) to support research titled "CAREER: NEW APPROACHES TO MANAGING LIFECYCLES OF DIGITAL KNOWLEDGE COMMONS" from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2026. The grant funding will support the University of Washington's investigation into new techniques for managing the lifecycles of digital materials shared...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $499,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research titled "AF: SMALL: LOWER BOUNDS IN COMPLEXITY THEORY VIA ALGORITHMS" under the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The three-year award beginning October 1, 2021 provides $499,999 in funding for MIT researchers to develop new algorithms aimed at establishing theoretical lower bounds in...
This Project Grant award of $600,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) focuses on advancing the understanding of quantum computing and improving methods for translating computational tasks between quantum and classical computing systems. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Analyzing the trade-offs between time and quantum memory required for various computational tasks, in...
The University of Washington was awarded a three-year, $599,995 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CNS CORE: MEDIUM: RECONFIGURABLE KERNEL DATAPATHS WITH ADAPTIVE OPTIMIZATIONS" to be conducted between October 1, 2021 and September 30, 2024. Specifically, the University will investigate...
This $262,269 award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program will support a project at Georgetown University to advance research in circuit complexity and cryptography. The project aims to develop new techniques for proving lower bounds against shallow circuits and constructing weak one-way functions. The work will include developing new courses and online offerings to educate students on circuit complexity and theoretical...
The University of Washington was awarded a $316,356 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will fund research from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025 to develop novel algorithms and tools that empower individuals who are blind to safely manage private visual content. The goal is to advance computing and information sciences research...