The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) on December 1, 2021 to fund research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FOUNDATIONS OF DEEP LEARNING: THEORY, ROBUSTNESS, AND THE BRAIN?" through November 30, 2024. The award is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the national scientific...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $529,462 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computing and Communication Foundations on June 1, 2021 to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CIF: MEDIUM: ANALYSIS AND GEOMETRY OF NEURAL DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS." The award is part of the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education in...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations on June 1, 2022 to support research titled "AF: SMALL: AN ALGORITHMIC THEORY OF BRAIN BEHAVIOR: CONCEPT REPRESENTATION AND LEARNING IN SPIKING NEURAL NETWORKS." The three-year project will investigate concept representation and learning in spiking neural networks through the lens of algorithmic theory. The award...
The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Princeton University from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024 to support collaborative research on probabilistic, geometric, and topological analysis of neural networks. This award falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to strengthen the Nation's scientific enterprise through advancing knowledge and understanding of major problems....
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $330,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program. The grant supports research from 2023 to 2026 on non-parametric estimation techniques to address challenges with covariate shift in machine learning models. Specifically, MIT researchers will characterize fundamental limits of estimation with covariate shift, develop efficient algorithms that achieve these limits,...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $531,494 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations on May 1, 2023 to complete work by April 30, 2026. Under this award, MIT will conduct research investigating low-degree methods for optimization in random structures and their potential and limitations. Specifically, MIT aims to verify if low-degree method-based algorithms can achieve state-of-the-art performance across a...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was awarded a $120,678.00 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The grant will fund research focused on the intersection of microlocal analysis and hyperbolic dynamics, with specific goals of understanding the behavior of waves and quantum states in chaotic systems, proving spectral gaps for open systems with...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems on October 1, 2021 to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CNS CORE: MEDIUM: INFERENCE AND CONTROL IN OVERLAY NETWORKS." The award will fund research from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025 under the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), which supports...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded a $331,902 Project Grant to the Trustees of Boston University on August 15, 2023 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The purpose of this 3-year grant is to develop rigorous mathematical analysis and theory for the training algorithms used in neural network models across various machine learning applications. The research will leverage stochastic analysis and weak convergence theory...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computing and Communication Foundations on June 1, 2021 to support research titled "AF: SMALL: SHORTEST PATHS AND DISTANCE PARAMETERS: FASTER, FAULT-TOLERANT AND MORE ACCURATE." The period of performance for this award is from June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2024. The award is being used to support investigator-initiated research under the NSF's...