Federal Project Grant Award Summary

Southern Methodist University received a $2.15 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), awarded April 1, 2026, with a completion date of March 31, 2031. The project, titled "Framework for Advanced (Multi)Linear Infrastructure in Engineering and Science (FAMLIES)," delivers an adaptable, open-source software framework designed to optimize matrix and tensor computations across the entire high-performance computing hardware stack. This framework addresses computational bottlenecks in drug design, quantum computing development, and artificial intelligence (AI) architecture design by providing flexible, convenient tools that vertically integrate software layers while supporting both existing and future computational applications.

The FAMLIES project builds upon four decades of dense linear algebra software library development to modernize fundamental approaches and exported interfaces for contemporary scientific computing, machine learning, data science, and AI applications. By leveraging successful prior research and providing open-source licensing, the framework is designed to reduce barriers to entry for researchers, facilitate workforce training of next-generation computational and data scientists, and enable innovation across science and engineering disciplines. The software supports rapid development cycles required by cutting-edge applications while maintaining compatibility with established computational tools, thereby advancing the application of advanced computational models to real-world problems across multiple scientific domains.