This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $400,000 in funding to Northeastern University to develop advanced algorithms and infrastructure for low-latency edge computing to support high-quality augmented/virtual/mixed reality (XR) applications on mobile devices. The key product deliverables include: (1) Algorithms to optimize wireless base station association, beamforming, and content...
This five-year, $2.25 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) will support the development of scalable design methodologies for distributed edge-cloud systems to enable multi-party augmented, virtual and mixed reality experiences. A team of researchers led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will advance computer architecture, programming languages, systems, security and privacy techniques...
This $125,540 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support research to develop techniques that enable emerging cellular technologies like 5G/6G to meet the stringent connectivity requirements of innovative societal applications such as augmented reality, telerobotics, and Internet-of-Things. The key focus is on advancing Radio Access Network (RAN) slicing, a 5G feature that allows...
This $170,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) supports research by Auburn University to develop an integrated wireless framework for extended reality (XR) applications. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year award include: Novel millimeter-wave sensing methods to detect full-body movements of multiple XR users, leveraging complex-valued channel state...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $715,369 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027. The grant will support research to develop scalable design methodologies for distributed edge-cloud systems to enable multi-party augmented, virtual and mixed reality experiences. Key products will include innovations across the system stack to improve quality of...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $300,000 to Purdue University from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. The project aims to develop advanced machine learning and optimization techniques to enable autonomous resource management in next-generation wireless networks, with a focus on improving quality-of-experience for augmented reality applications. Key objectives...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to develop the theoretical foundations and implementation of a system for providing personalized and scalable collaborative virtual reality (VR) experiences over wireless networks. The $145,209 award to the University of Southern California (USC) will integrate machine learning, wireless networking, and mobile computing to enable high-quality...
This three-year National Science Foundation project grant of $555,000 supports research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to develop virtualized millimeter-wave radio access network functions for 5G and beyond mobile networks. Funded through the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program, the award aims to reduce infrastructure costs by software-defining physical layer processing for commodity server clusters at network edges. Key objectives include low-latency...
This federal Project Grant award of $230,000 from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a collaborative research project titled "NEWSPECTRUM: Toward Untethered Extended Reality Through Wireless Sensing and Communications Co-Design" at the University of Miami. The project aims to develop a holistic wireless extended reality (XR) framework that leverages millimeter-wave (mmWave) technology for joint XR user movement detection and XR data...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Award (CFDA 47.070) for $272,372 supports the development of scalable artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions and network planning methodologies to enable large-scale cell-free massive MIMO (CFMMIMO) for beyond-5G wireless networks. The key products and services to be delivered under this 28-month award include: Developing scalable AI-based resource allocation solutions for...