The National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program awarded a $1,999,941 project grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration. The grant, awarded on October 15, 2023, will fund a partnership between the National Center for CS Education at the College of Saint Scholastica, Hermantown Community School, Fond du Lac Ojibwe School, St. Louis County Public Schools, and Duluth...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota received a $506,505 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure. The grant is part of the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and information science and engineering. Under the award, the University will develop open-source tools for analyzing block polymer phase behavior...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070), provides $174,998 to develop a set of educational modules called "courselets" focused on data systems. The University of California, San Diego will create courselets based on literate programming concepts that allow students to complete hands-on exercises exploring data acquisition,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) Project Grant award of $550,786 to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls (UW-River Falls) aims to improve computer science (CS) literacy among high school students in eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The grant will fund a seven-week summer research program over three years for 30 K-12 STEM teachers. The program will engage teachers in interdisciplinary CS...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure awarded a $299,587 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of California, Merced. This 2-year project aims to provide comprehensive cross-layer training on high-performance deep learning (HPC-DL) technologies and applications for a diverse research workforce in California's Central Valley region. The key products and services to be delivered...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to Colorado State University. This two-year planning effort aims to develop an inclusive vision for sustainable high-performance computing (HPC) at the university to support data-driven knowledge discovery. The award will fund campus workshops and planning sessions to foster stakeholder engagement, broaden participation in data-intensive...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $480,000 to the University of Missouri System to develop and deliver cloud DevOps training modules focused on modernizing scientific workflows in domains such as bioinformatics, healthcare, and agriculture. The goal is to increase the adoption of cloud DevOps tools and technologies within scientific application communities, which can help...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) awarded a $300,000 project grant to Texas A&M University for the "CYBERTRAINING: PILOT: PACES: PROVIDING ACCELERATED CYBERTRAINING FOR EMERGING SCIENTISTS" initiative. This 2-year project, commencing on September 1, 2024, aims to offer training opportunities to researchers, particularly those at minority-serving and emerging research institutions, to...
This $800,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to pioneer a computing system for massive AI workloads. The project will develop new architectural and design automation tools for a reconfigurable-on-package system using "tiny chiplets" - miniaturized composable computing components. This innovative approach seeks to address the challenges related to chiplet definition,...
This $749,994 National Science Foundation project grant will support networking and computing scholarships and student support services at the University of Minnesota Duluth over six years. Funded under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the project aims to increase retention and graduation rates among low-income computer science students to 90% through scholarships for 19 students annually and complementary activities including peer mentoring, networking opportunities,...