This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $433,986 to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to advance the development of novel x-ray photonics technologies. The project aims to revolutionize x-ray science by producing highly directional, monochromatic x-rays with energies up to tens of keV through the quantum interference of electrons. This will enable the creation of extremely bright attosecond-duration x-ray pulses...
This $199,040 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), aims to develop new classes of computational algorithms that combine the benefits of direct computer simulations and the speed of machine learning predictions. The project, titled "XTRIPODS: HYBRID SCIENCE-MACHINE LEARNING SOLVERS FOR NANOPHOTONICS AND METAMATERIALS," will embed scientific knowledge into the machine learning...
This Project Grant award of $500,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) supports research focused on solving challenges in designing and improving optical resonators, which are essential components in technologies such as the internet, medical diagnostics, and advanced computing. The project aims to develop a computational framework that leverages high-performance computing to enable faster and...
This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure under the CFDA program "Computer and Information Science and Engineering" provides $372,000 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) from Sep 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2026. The project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CYBERTRAINING: IMPLEMENTATION: MEDIUM: CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR SYNCHROTRON X-RAY SCIENCE (X-CITE)", develops an innovative...
This $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) funds the development of an innovative computational electromagnetics (CEM) framework that leverages physics-informed artificial intelligence (AI) models. The project aims to enhance the analysis and design of on-chip optical interconnects, which are crucial for achieving ultra-high bandwidth and speeds in modern computing...
This $150,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will support the development of GPU-accelerated first-principles simulation techniques to model exciton dynamics in complex materials systems over three years. Led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the collaborative research effort will implement novel methods for describing quantum-mechanical...
This $259,995 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports the development of an open-source, GPU-enabled computational code for modeling the physics of compact object mergers, such as binary neutron star and black hole-neutron star collisions. The code will leverage advanced neutrino transport models and high-performance GPU computing to enable more accurate and scalable simulations of these...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure awarded a $179,319 Project Grant to Carnegie Mellon University from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The grant supports the development of highly-optimized software to evaluate baryon sources and sinks on modern GPU-accelerated supercomputer systems for lattice quantum chromodynamics (LQCD) calculations. This work will also develop...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, provides $440,000 in funding to the University of Rochester to investigate the coherence properties of radiation emitted when an ultra-relativistic electron bunch collides with a strong laser field. The project aims to develop methods to enhance coherence effects beyond X-ray frequencies and assess the feasibility of realizing a gamma-ray free electron laser. The research...
This $274,158 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) is funding the development of a novel high-brightness rotating envelope micro-focus transmission X-ray source by Reva X-Ray Systems Corporation. The goal is to significantly enhance the throughput, resolution, and sensitivity of X-ray metrology systems, with applications in semiconductor manufacturing, battery production, and...