The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 4-year, $252,007 Project Grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to Northeastern University. The grant supports the development and testing of AI-based programming tools to assist social and natural scientists with computer programming tasks. The research team is developing large language models and associated tools to support programming languages commonly used in the sciences, such as MATLAB and R, in order to make programming easier...
This $247,811 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) supports research at Oberlin College to develop and test AI programming tools to assist scientists in writing computer programs for scientific research. The goal is to create AI models and tools that can help scientists, who are not expert programmers, be more productive and improve the reproducibility of scientific work. Key products and services include developing large language...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $329,183 Project Grant to the College of William & Mary under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, will fund the development of a framework and methodology to enable researchers and software engineers to better interpret the behavior of AI-powered developer tools that leverage neural language models for source code. The project aims to generate global and local...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program, totaling $399,436, will fund the "Pathways to Ethics of Technology in the Liberal Arts Curriculum" project at Wellesley College from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025. The project aims to educate future data scientists and software engineers to implement technical expertise informed by sound ethical principles. It will investigate integrating ethics of technology into liberal...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $461,597 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to establish an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on applied artificial intelligence (AI) research. The project, running from April 2024 to March 2027, provides undergraduate students, particularly those underrepresented in STEM, the opportunity to participate in AI research...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $300,000 to Rutgers, The State University to lay the groundwork for new paradigms of responsible design, development, and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered writing tools. The key products and services to be delivered include: Clear and accessible articulations of the research methods and challenges for design-oriented AI as it applies to writing...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $299,999 Project Grant to the College of William & Mary under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The grant, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CNS CORE: SMALL: A COMPILATION SYSTEM FOR MAPPING DEEP LEARNING MODELS TO TENSORIZED INSTRUCTIONS (DELITE)," will fund research to develop a compilation system that can optimize deep neural network (DNN) workloads for emerging tensorized instruction...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, aims to integrate accessible, hands-on artificial intelligence (AI) learning activities into existing computer science (CS) courses. The project seeks to demystify AI for undergraduates by presenting algorithms and models in an engaging manner, with the goal of promoting deeper understanding,...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $474,227 over three years to Atlantic Cape Community College to develop new academic programs in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The key products and services delivered through this funding include: Establishing a new Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree and a one-year certificate program in AI and ML, building on the existing computer programming degree. The...
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...