Project Grant 2406647

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Project Grant award, funded under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, provides $130,155 to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) for a project titled "CRII:III:TOWARDS ADVANCED FILTERING AND POOLING OPERATIONS FOR GRAPH NEURAL NETWORKS." The aim is to conduct theoretical analysis and develop innovative algorithms to address limitations in the efficacy and efficiency of graph neural networks, particularly in the areas of graph filtering and pooling operations. The project will involve graduate and undergraduate students and integrate research findings into new and existing courses at RPI. The work is motivated by applications in computational social science, computational biology, and fraud detection. No sub-awards are planned under this grant, which commenced on October 15, 2023 and is scheduled for completion by June 30, 2024.