Project Grant 2324865
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program, CFDA #47.070, provides $600,000 to Duke University to develop a hardware/software co-design framework for sustainable computing systems. The framework aims to generate optimal hardware and algorithm designs that meet constraints of functionality, performance, sustainability, and other requirements. It will guide future sustainable hardware design and establish a holistic...
- This National Science Foundation project grant of $600,000 supports research through June 2025 at the University of Notre Dame under the Office of International Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.079). The grant funds a partnership between researchers at Notre Dame and Ecole Centrale de Lyon in France to study the impact of emerging information processing technologies on computer architectures and applications. Specifically, the researchers will examine how new architectures enabled by...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $268,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of Notre Dame DU Lac's Notre Dame Research Division for a 4-year collaborative research project on developing a compact and energy-efficient compute-in-memory accelerator for deep learning using ferroelectric vertical NAND memory. The objective is to design, evaluate, and prototype a novel vertical NAND memory technology based...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $536,019 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of Notre Dame's Notre Dame Research division. The grant funds the development of new software that can significantly reduce computational time and storage requirements for climate and weather modeling, which are critical for understanding future climate change impacts. The software will leverage advancements in applied...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program awarded a $400,000 project grant to Arizona State University to develop sustainable design techniques for very large-scale integrated (VLSI) systems with heterogeneous integration. The 3-year project, which commenced on October 1, 2023, aims to measure and reduce the carbon footprint associated with the design and manufacturing of these complex integrated circuits. Key objectives include: (a)...
- This $200,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports research by the Regents of the University of Minnesota to develop sustainable design and manufacturing approaches for very large-scale integrated (VLSI) systems using heterogeneous integration (HI) technologies. The key objectives are to: (A) build simulators to measure the carbon footprint of HI VLSI systems across the design,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $587,749 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU) to improve the sustainability of edge data centers used for artificial intelligence (AI) computing. The project aims to mitigate the environmental impact and boost the efficiency of data processing in edge data centers through multi-layered optimizations, including harnessing renewable...
- This National Science Foundation award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) provides $300,000 to Cornell University from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025 to develop shared community infrastructure and tools for quantifying the carbon footprint of computing platforms across their entire lifecycles. The project aims to create models and simulators that can assess the environmental impact of hardware manufacturing, operational power/energy usage, and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $249,957 project grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program to the University of Florida (UF) for the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DESC: TYPE 1: SOFTWARE-HARDWARE RECYCLING AND REPAIR DATASET INFRASTRUCTURE (SHREDI) FOR SUSTAINABLE COMPUTING" project. This 3-year collaborative effort aims to enhance electronic waste (e-waste) recovery by transforming electronics design practices and optimizing e-waste...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $522,995 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program to the University of Pittsburgh to develop novel lifespan-aware strategies for reducing carbon emissions from distributed computing infrastructures. The project aims to design a "lifetime management system" that incorporates principles of "safe computing" to maintain the longevity of computing systems while minimizing their...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the University of Notre Dame a $500,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) for the period of October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2027. The project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DESC: TYPE II: REFRESH: REVISITING EXPANDING FPGA REAL-ESTATE FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABILITY HETEROGENEOUS-SYSTEMS," aims to develop innovative approaches to minimize the environmental impact of computing systems. Key efforts include recycling decommissioned chips, integrating them to extend their lifespans, and achieving near state-of-the-art performance with the newly integrated chips. The project will also explore methods to accelerate a wide range of applications from machine learning to genomics. This work is expected to significantly reduce carbon emissions from manufacturing and mitigate environmental risks associated with electronic waste.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $500.0k | 9/7/23 |