This $174,995 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program supports research to understand and optimize the role of human intelligence in data integration and discovery pipelines, especially in the context of emerging large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. The project will investigate fundamental questions about human involvement in these data processes, uncover relevant human biases, and...
This $292,237 National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) project grant will support research to empower non-computer science researchers to more effectively utilize modern hardware with massive parallelism to train advanced AI models for scientific discovery. The key components of the project are: 1) Developing novel memory-efficient and hardware-friendly computational kernels to capture high-order, long-range interactions in scientific data,...
This $299,776 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program focuses on the creation of an open digital research notebook ecosystem called "Knowledger". The project aims to develop a suite of components for an open digital research notebook that can serve all research communities, putting control in the hands of the research community as much as possible. The goal is to promote data...
This $550,000 award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a hybrid, scalable data management system to improve access to scientific knowledge in data science. The project aims to create an intelligent, user-friendly interface that can extract, organize, and provide deep access to relevant concepts from peer-reviewed scientific literature. Key objectives include: Building a comprehensive knowledge...
This $207,737 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will fund research to develop a new class of machine learning models called "Programmatic Foundation Models" that can efficiently analyze large-scale satellite, aerial, and ground imagery. The goal is to create interpretable, robust AI models that can understand global and local phenomena from images, providing insights...
This $550,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered products that enable humans to interact and converse with books and other documents. The key products being developed include: Technology to represent the informational content of books and document discussions as a knowledge graph, which will then be used to ground large...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 4-year, $252,007 Project Grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to Northeastern University. The grant supports the development and testing of AI-based programming tools to assist social and natural scientists with computer programming tasks. The research team is developing large language models and associated tools to support programming languages commonly used in the sciences, such as MATLAB and R, in order to make programming easier...
This $599,411 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports the development of a trustworthy toolbox for improving the accuracy, validity, and scalability of predictive modeling using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The project aims to enhance the reliability of AI/ML systems in critical scientific domains, ensuring predictions are both precise and...
This $400,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The objective of the award is to leverage and evaluate large language models (LLMs) as "tools for thought" that can support creative, open-ended, and collaborative work across various applications such as scientific writing, text analysis, and design ideation. The key products and services to be developed and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 EAGER (EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) on April 15, 2025. The project, titled "NAIRR PILOT: Applying NAIRR Pilot Resources to Optimize AI-Ready Data Investments," will demonstrate how the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot...