This $260,027 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will support the development of a new artificial intelligence tool designed to improve collaborative learning experiences for deaf students in university-level science courses. The project aims to address challenges around the lack of standardized American Sign Language (ASL) signs for many scientific concepts, which can hinder deaf students'...
This $239,973 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will support the development of a new artificial intelligence-based tool to improve collaborative learning experiences and outcomes for deaf students in university-level science courses. The project aims to address challenges around the lack of standard American Sign Language (ASL) terminology for many scientific concepts, which can hinder deaf...
Gallaudet University was awarded a $879,699 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems. The grant is part of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) and will support the NEW DIMENSIONS OF ASL LEARNING: IMPLEMENTING AND TESTING SIGNING AVATARS & IMMERSIVE LEARNING (SAIL 2) project from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Under this award, Gallaudet University will develop and test signing...
Gallaudet University received a $133,918 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems on September 15, 2021 to complete the project by August 31, 2024. The grant is funded through the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education across computing, communications, and information science and engineering. Specifically, the grant will support...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $401,324 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RF SUNY) to develop an innovative American Sign Language (ASL) learning platform. The project aims to design wearable devices integrated with artificial intelligence (AI) to continuously and accurately track facial expressions and hand gestures, develop advanced sensing technologies...
Rutgers, The State University was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop artificial intelligence-based tools to enhance access and opportunities for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. Specifically, the grant will fund development of tools for privacy protection for American Sign Language video communication and video search-by-example for accessing multimedia digital...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $549,999 to Georgia Tech Research Corporation to develop a framework for creating educational software that can recognize and work with multiple sign languages, including American Sign Language (ASL) and Indian Sign Language (ISL). The goal is to create educational games and tools to help deaf children and their hearing parents acquire sign...
This $1,300,059 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, under CFDA 47.076 STEM Education, will support the creation of a bilingual American Sign Language (ASL) and English documentary film titled "Deaf in Motion: A Documentary About Pioneers in Early Space Studies." The film will highlight the contributions of deaf individuals who participated in groundbreaking research that enabled achievements of the U.S. space...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $174,999 to Gallaudet University to develop principled methods for studying and designing American Sign Language (ASL)-based intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) that enable deaf ASL users to interact with computers. The project aims to conduct experiments with deaf users to understand how well ASL-based IPA interfaces that recognize limited...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $399,205 Project Grant under its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to Terc, Inc., a non-profit STEM education research organization. The 3-year project aims to develop a Signing Bioscience Lexicon (SBL) and supporting video tutorials to increase the fluency and accuracy of undergraduate student interpreters in conveying STEM content, particularly biology, to deaf and hard of hearing students. The project will evaluate the effectiveness of...
This $395,017 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development of a new artificial intelligence tool designed to revolutionize collaborative learning for deaf students in science education. The project, led by Gallaudet University, aims to address the lack of standardized American Sign Language (ASL) signs for many scientific concepts, which can hinder deaf students' ability to fully engage in classroom discussions. The tool will use augmented reality, signed animations, and sign recognition to provide real-time information about the signs used in class, helping to establish common ground and improve the collaborative experience and learning outcomes for deaf students. The project will also convene co-design sessions, conduct prototype testing, and implement an experimental study to assess the impact of the technology. This work aims to improve inclusive education strategies, advance human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence, and support professional and scientific opportunities for deaf scientists, students, and trainees.