Project Grant 2509636
- This $200,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program will support the development of an experimental testbed for research and evaluation to benefit both "AI for Wireless" and "Wireless for AI" applications. The project aims to create an integrated wireless and AI infrastructure that can be used by the research community to develop and evaluate novel solutions for advanced...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $121,650 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for the project "FLTEST: Testbed for Enhancing Privacy and Robustness of Federated Learning Systems". The project aims to develop comprehensive testing tools to ensure the reliable and secure deployment of privacy-preserving artificial intelligence systems,...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) provides $599,943 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to advance the concept of local 6G connectivity. The project focuses on developing a novel neural network-based method for wireless channel representation to enable controllable, resilient, and secure local 6G networks that leverage reflective intelligent surface technology. Key...
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a $148,781 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support research titled "THE PROSPECTS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN URBAN PLANNING." The award period runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The grant is being used to fund investigator-initiated research and education in computer and information science and engineering through NSF's Computer and Information Science...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $320,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) federal grant program to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2027. The grant supports the development of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) methods to create synthetic data for enhancing the performance of machine learning-based network and application security classifiers....
- This $2,159,268 Project Grant awarded by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program (CFDA 11.038) supports Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) in developing a new neural network-based methodology to optimize testing and performance evaluation for Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) systems. The key activities include: Analyzing the statistical relationships between...
- The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, known as Virginia Tech, received a $2,445,454 Project Grant award from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program (CFDA 11.038). The purpose of this 3-year grant is for Virginia Tech to develop a comprehensive cybersecurity testing framework and demonstrate its effectiveness using 5G Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) proof-of-concept testbeds....
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $165,200 project grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CNS CORE: SMALL: HIERARCHICAL FEDERATED LEARNING OVER WIRELESS EDGE NETWORKS: PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION." Under this three-year award beginning November 1, 2021, Virginia Tech researchers will analyze...
- This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) supports a collaborative research effort at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to develop a modeling framework that integrates limited radio measurements with spatial priors derived from environmental sensing. The goal is to enable accurate and timely Channel State Information (CSI) reconstruction for next-generation wireless systems, particularly those...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to North Carolina State University (NC State) to study the integration of aerial network elements (ANEs) such as drones and unmanned aerial vehicles into existing terrestrial wireless networks. The 3-year project, titled "NETS: SMALL: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NSF-NSERC: 3D HARMONY: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENABLED HARMONIOUS WIRELESS...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $199,636 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech). The grant will fund the planning of an AI-ready wireless network testbed to enable developing and testing AI-driven solutions for critical industries such as agriculture, transportation, unmanned aerial systems, and smart cities. The testbed will feature a large-scale indoor radio grid and an outdoor corridor spanning farm, urban, and drone environments, accessible remotely via secure cloud-native platforms. The planning project will organize stakeholder workshops to define use cases, access policies, and governance structures, ensuring long-term sustainability and responsiveness to community needs. Expected outcomes include a scalable, AI-ready testbed supporting end-to-end experimentation, new methods for adaptive and resilient wireless networks, and a foundation for future innovations in distributed AI applications. The award period runs from August 15, 2025, to July 31, 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $199.6k | 8/5/25 |