The National Science Foundation awarded a $314,818 project grant to San Diego State University Foundation doing business as San Diego State University Research Foundation under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The grant aims to develop an enhanced open networked airborne computing platform to facilitate design, implementation, and testing of airborne computing systems integrating control, computing, communication, and networking functions. Key...
The National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure awarded a $628,000 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation from June 2021 to May 2024. The grant supports the development of open-source hardware and software to evaluate unmanned aerial vehicle systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). This program aims to advance computing and communications technologies, including cyberinfrastructure to accelerate innovation....
This $300,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The grant supports a collaborative research project between California State University San Marcos (CSUSM), a Hispanic Serving Institution, and other partners to develop an integrated and extensible platform for investigating security vulnerabilities and countermeasures in the emerging paradigm of...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, under the CFDA Program 47.075 (Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences), provides $356,086 to San Jose State University Research Foundation for the project "Building a STEM Research and Education Network of GIS and Drone Mapping for Coastal Seagrass Monitoring". The project aims to advance fundamental research using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to map seagrass...
This $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program supports a collaborative research project focused on developing learning-assisted integrated sensing, communication, and security for 6G unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks. The project team from Auburn University, Florida International University, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, and International Institute of Information Technology,...
This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support a collaborative research effort focused on learning-assisted integrated sensing, communication, and security for 6G unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks. The key objectives are to develop deep learning-based UAV localization and wireless sensing, location-aided UAV millimeter wave (mmWave) communications, and joint UAV mmWave...
This $551,818 National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports Atlantic Cape Community College in developing an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree and stackable certificate programs focused on training Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) data technicians. The project aims to equip students with skills in collecting, processing, and securely managing data from advanced SUAS sensors, including LiDAR, laser methane detectors, ground...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) for $582,171 provides funding to North Arkansas College to develop and offer a comprehensive training program that prepares students to become proficient Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) operators. The program will result in students earning an FAA Part 107 Commercial Drone License and gaining skills in areas such as piloting, mission design, operational maintenance, and cybersecurity. Faculty will also be...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $322,886 supports the establishment of a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates site at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University focused on networking research for drone swarms in the age of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Over three years, the project will engage eight undergraduate students per summer in research activities under the guidance of experienced mentors. Key areas of focus include dynamic network management, network...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of Houston System, a Hispanic Serving Institution, for the project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CISE-MSI: DP: CNS: ENABLING ON-DEMAND AND FLEXIBLE MOBILE EDGE COMPUTING WITH INTEGRATED AERIAL-GROUND VEHICLES." The project aims to develop an innovative "Aerial-Ground Intelligent Vehicular Edge (AGILE)" system that...