This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award in the amount of $274,627 to Infratie Solutions, LLC is for the development of a smart virtual assistant-enabled sewer infrastructure asset data management tool. The goal is to improve data-driven asset management practices in municipal wastewater divisions by creating a solution that can map natural language queries to SQL syntax, interpret data requests, and present results in a user-preferred format. The innovation involves integrating cloud-based large language models and local transformer-based models to enhance the virtual assistant's real-time responsiveness. The broader impacts include improved sewer infrastructure service, reduced rehabilitation costs, and promotion of public health through reduced sewer overflows. The project also aims to create jobs in sales, civil engineering, data science, and business administration, while cultivating the future STEM workforce through academic collaboration.
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