This $731,058 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports research and development of an energy-efficient, near-memory CMOS+X architecture for hardware acceleration of deep neural networks (DNNs). The goal is to create a framework for on-chip DNN implementation that can achieve 10-100x reduction in energy consumption, with applications in next-generation wireless systems. The...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will support the development of a hardware-aware machine learning platform tailored for resource-constrained industrial devices. Ai Pow LLC was awarded $275,889 under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to create an automated model discovery platform that reduces manual efforts by generating complex machine learning models considering hardware speed and capacity constraints. The platform aims to produce advanced...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) project grant award provides $650,000 to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to develop energy-efficient optical brain-inspired (neuromorphic) computing devices. The project aims to establish a 3D nanofabrication platform that combines DNA-programmable assembly and conventional lithographic methods to create novel optical metamaterials and integrate them into neuromorphic...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $299,181 supports research and education efforts toward opportunistic, fast, and robust in-cache artificial intelligence acceleration at the edge for Internet of Things devices. Funded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), the award to New Jersey Institute of Technology from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025 aims to design and deploy new hardware-oriented AI algorithms for efficient image...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $252,210 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to Iowa State University of Science and Technology. This 5-year grant, effective January 15, 2025, will support the development of energy-efficient, scalable intelligent computing systems based on ensembles of stochastic processing elements. The project aims to integrate spintronics with deterministic silicon components to accelerate critical AI operations and enable...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), provides $159,979 to the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The grant supports the development of transformative machine learning and data analytics technologies to enable efficient and robust artificial intelligence (AI)-based applications on resource-constrained edge computing devices such as IoT sensors,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 to Xmize LLC aims to develop an AI-powered software for optimizing wire routing in the design of custom analog/mixed-signal integrated circuits, MEMS, and optoelectronics. The proposed innovations include applying graph search methods to identify routable layout regions, developing mathematical models of complex design rules, and deploying an AI-powered solver to generate...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070), aims to revolutionize artificial intelligence (AI) training through the development of a novel chip architecture called Co-FABPRO (Concurrent Forward and Backward Propagation). The $200,000 award, with a project period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, seeks to create a disruptive approach that will make AI...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program supports the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot. The $896,755 award, granted on February 15, 2025, aims to leverage lessons learned from the COVID-19 High-Performance Computing (HPC) Consortium to enhance the NAIRR pilot. Key objectives include developing efficient processes for allocating AI resources, improving...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $266,000 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Programs, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The grant supports the development of a compact and energy-efficient "compute-in-memory" accelerator for deep learning applications leveraging ferroelectric vertical NAND memory technology. Key objectives include designing and evaluating...