The National Center for State Courts received a $149,962 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities on October 1, 2021 to study the impacts of artificial intelligence and remote conferencing on work practices and equity in state courts. The grant is part of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education in computing,...
This $350,000 Project Grant was awarded on August 1, 2023 by the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The grant supports the development of new tools for fair and explainable machine learning-based scheduling systems for court case management, with the goal of reducing non-appearance by defendants and ensuring equitable scheduling. Key areas of research and development...
This $166,500 Project Grant was awarded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The purpose of the grant is to conduct research examining the intersection of legal and technical concepts of fairness in artificial intelligence (AI) used for criminal risk assessment, with a focus on recidivism prediction models. The key research questions include: 1) At which technical stage of...
This $112,441 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program supports a collaborative planning initiative to facilitate the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in research and administration at emerging research institutions (ERIs). The primary recipient, Ithaka Harbors Inc., will convene administrators and research support staff from universities in two regions (New Jersey and California) to identify...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) award provides $274,574 to Lifelab Studios, Inc. to develop and test an AI-powered platform that assists justice-involved youth in developing protective factors for positive life changes. The project will use advanced machine learning and large language models to optimize the platform's effectiveness in providing tailored, strengths-based feedback to help break the cycle of recidivism and support...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports research on the state of AI ethics education interventions across diverse higher education institutions in the United States. The $111,984 award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027, will fund a collaborative research effort to: (a) map existing AI ethics education interventions, (b) develop a framework for understanding faculty...
This $199,503 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will fund a large-scale, mixed-methods study to understand perceptions and use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in K-12 education. The one-year project will survey a nationally representative sample of parents, teachers, and youth to identify opportunities, risks, and supports needed for integrating AI-driven learning tools. The study will employ both...
This $298,882 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program will fund a collaboration led by the University of Wyoming, in partnership with the Computing Research Association, Loyola University of Chicago, and the College of Charleston. The goal is to increase Artificial Intelligence (AI) education capacity and community at research-emerging institutions with small-to-medium computing programs. The project will...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $106,451 to Northeastern University to conduct research on the supply-side factors that shape the Supreme Court's docket. The project aims to collect and analyze data on all petitions for writ of certiorari submitted to the Supreme Court, including their geographic origin, temporal distribution, and issue areas. It will also examine how external...
This $100,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) program (CFDA 47.075) supports the North Carolina Central University (NCCU) School of Law's third annual Law & Technology Summit. The two-day conference will focus on examining the equity and justice implications of generative AI, particularly in healthcare applications. The summit will feature keynote speeches, panel discussions, workshops, and roundtables involving a...