This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $174,592 to the University of Dayton Research Institute to develop an AI-powered educational game platform for collaborative decision-making. The key objectives are to: 1) Create a cognitive tutor enhanced by large language models to provide personalized feedback and adapt to improve teamwork; 2) Leverage gamification to design a...
This $227,619 National Science Foundation Project Grant will support the development of a culturally relevant immersive virtual learning environment to advance spatial computational thinking skills and career awareness among upper elementary Latinx students. Funded through the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the project aims to design Minecraft: Education Edition experiences that incorporate bilingual visual programming functions and culturally aligned content. Participants will...
This NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070) Project Grant, awarded to Arizona State University in the amount of $598,123 on July 15, 2024, will develop new algorithms to enable AI systems to autonomously learn hierarchical world models and high-level actions. The goal is to create AI systems, such as hospital robots and disaster-recovery support systems, that can plan reliably and efficiently to accomplish complex user-desired tasks, without requiring...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $199,999 RAPID grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to develop and evaluate a generative AI-powered robot design assistant for educational robotics. The project aims to investigate the potential of a task-oriented generative AI tool to support lower-performing learners and advance educational equity in robotics. The key planned activities include the development and testing of a prototype...
This $849,964 Project Grant 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 development of an innovative artificial intelligence-based approach to ethics training. The University of California Santa Cruz will create an educational game that uses AI techniques to generate realistic interactive ethical scenarios tailored to individual player choices. This...
This $149,971 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will support the development and evaluation of a Comprehensive Personalized Programming Practice Environment (C-3PE) that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance computer science education. The primary awardee, the University of Massachusetts (UMass), will collaborate with Carnegie-Mellon University, University of Massachusetts, and North Carolina State...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $6,999,294 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program to the University of Texas at Austin for the CHISHIKI.AI initiative. This 5-year project aims to build a sustainable, diverse, and integrated community of computational infrastructure (CI) professionals working at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and civil/environmental engineering (CEE). The project will foster collaboration between...
This Project Grant award of $200,000 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (47.076) program aims to promote AI readiness and democratize AI technologies for a broad spectrum of advanced cyberinfrastructure users and researchers. The key products and services provided under this 4-year award, which began on September 1, 2023, include: Developing a comprehensive suite of experiential learning modules, including flexible micro-modules and immersive extended reality experiences, to...
This $249,960 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development and evaluation of a Comprehensive Personalized Programming Practice Environment (C-3PE) that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance computer science education. The project, led by North Carolina State University in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Massachusetts, aims to provide...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $280,000 Project Grant through its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to develop and evaluate a Comprehensive Personalized Programming Practice Environment (C-3PE) that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance computer science education. The collaborative project, led by Carnegie Mellon University in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh, University of Massachusetts, and North Carolina State University, aims to provide...