The National Science Foundation awarded a $472,060 project grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of North Texas for the period of May 15, 2023 to April 30, 2026. The grant supports the development of an enhanced open networked airborne computing platform to facilitate design, implementation, and testing of integrated control, computing, communication, and networking capabilities for airborne applications. Key deliverables include...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $799,204 Project Grant to Purdue University to develop a collaborative cyber-physical learning system (CCPLS) that utilizes unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to facilitate distributed, learning-based processing tasks. The project, funded through the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), will establish a framework for integrating UAV-assisted CCPLSs to address challenges with large-scale, high-dimensional,...
This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports a planning effort to explore foundational requirements and constructs for enabling safe, reliable interactions between users and uncrewed aerial systems (drones) in diverse work environments. The goal is to develop an initial conceptualization, planning, and collaboration activities to inform the design of future large-scale...
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 awarded a $314,818 project grant to San Diego State University Foundation doing business as San Diego State University Research Foundation under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The grant aims to develop an enhanced open networked airborne computing platform to facilitate design, implementation, and testing of airborne computing systems integrating control, computing, communication, and networking functions. Key...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Award (CFDA 47.070) provides $339,691 to North Carolina State University to develop lightweight techniques and software tools that help mobile robot system developers build safer and more capable robots in a cost-effective manner. The 5-year project aims to create: 1) a software tool to help developers detect and track the physical units co-occurring in robotic software, 2) a tool to...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $177,560 to San Diego State University Foundation to develop a new training program that will equip students with essential skills needed for conducting and potentially transforming foundational research on unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The project involves four training modules focused on key aspects of UAS cyber infrastructure, including control,...
This $315,369 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports the development of a novel learning-based control framework to improve the autonomy and adaptability of heterogeneous drone systems. The project, led by Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), aims to equip drones with the ability to learn from the experiences of other drones, reducing the design, testing, and certification...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $149,904 Project Grant to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte under the NSF Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program. The project aims to develop novel algorithms that enable multiple aerial robots to collaboratively build spatial maps of complex urban wind fields and exploit this information to plan safer and more efficient flight paths at building-level altitudes. This research...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $214,391 Project Grant to the University of Alaska Fairbanks under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The grant funds collaborative research on adaptive multi-robot configurable teams to investigate changing Arctic ecosystems. Specifically, the grant supports the continued development of teams of complementary flying, floating, and underwater robots to perform observations and measurements above...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $229,309 Project Grant under CFDA 47.070, the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program, to North Carolina State University (NC State). The grant will fund the development of a new class of control and planning algorithms capable of adjusting performance as computing resources are continually reallocated. This will provide a blueprint for making use of adjustable performance algorithms, which can be adapted to various robotic platforms, vehicles, and systems. Specific to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), the project aims to improve their agility, targeted intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities, as well as their flexibility and adaptability to changing environments and mission objectives. The project will also include outreach and educational activities focused on increasing the understanding of rural populations on the value of investing in scientific and technological research, particularly in the Midwest region.