Project Grant 2410693

This $192,006 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of Florida. The grant will fund the development and deployment of a semiconductor research and education cyberinfrastructure (CI) in the form of an integrated device database and machine learning models. This CI will provide semiconductor researchers with a powerful tool to lower entry barriers and facilitate broad participation in research and education on semiconductor devices and design. The project aims to understand how to efficiently obtain accurate device data for database deployment, interface the data with machine learning methods to produce accurate and reusable semiconductor device models, and develop accompanying learning modules to self-sustain the CI. By establishing this accessible semiconductor device data and ML model infrastructure, the project will empower semiconductor research and education, contributing to the strengthening of the U.S. semiconductor ecosystem. The award period runs from August 15, 2024 to July 31, 2027.