Project Grant 2534376
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded the University of Houston System $240,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop semantic communication systems that transmit only task-relevant information rather than reproducing all original data. The project establishes an integrated framework for analog, digital, and hybrid digital-analog communication using large pretrained artificial intelligence models as...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded the University of Miami $600,000 on April 15, 2026, for research on AI-native semantic communication networks under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The project develops a novel wireless semantic communication framework that shifts from conventional bit-accurate message reconstruction to a knowledge-driven paradigm where transmitters and receivers exploit shared understanding to anticipate...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded the University of California, Merced $210,000 on January 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop an innovative radio frequency signal propagation modeling framework using neural radiance fields and advanced generative models for next-generation wireless technologies including Wi-Fi 7 and sixth-generation cellular networks. The research generates high-fidelity synthetic RF...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Clemson University $551,585 on September 1, 2026, under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct research on wireless communication foundations for swarm artificial intelligence. The project establishes a semantic-centric wireless architecture that prioritizes the meaning and task relevance of transmitted information over raw bit accuracy, enabling distributed agents to share...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded the University of California, Los Angeles $210,000 on January 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop generalizable and adaptive radio frequency signal generative models for next-generation wireless communication and sensing. The project creates an innovative RF signal propagation modeling framework to advance Wi-Fi 7 and sixth-generation cellular networks for applications...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA #47.041) awarded a $360,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) to develop advanced "neurally-inspired" technology for seamlessly integrating communication and machine learning. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year grant are: (1) Designing rigorous communication schemes that leverage redundant and holographic neural representations to achieve...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the University of Washington $196,920 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for collaborative research on AI-enhanced terahertz CMOS transceiver technology for next-generation wireless communications. The project, titled "VINES: Track 1: AI-Enhanced Reconfigurable and Scalable Terahertz CMOS Transceiver Panel for NextG Communication Systems...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems Project Grant, awarded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $250,000 in funding to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The project aims to develop novel transceiver architectures, circuit blocks, design techniques, and communication strategies to enable energy-efficient millimeter wave wireless networks. The research effort...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the University of Utah $120,260 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop AI-enhanced reconfigurable terahertz CMOS transceiver panels for next-generation wireless communication systems. The collaborative research effort, which runs through September 30, 2029, and is performed in Salt Lake City, Utah, brings together investigators from...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the University of California, Davis $600,000 on September 1, 2026, through the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for research rethinking the role of CPUs in machine learning systems. The project investigates methods to expand CPU involvement in managing communication, data movement, and memory-intensive operations across artificial intelligence infrastructure, with the...
The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded $270,000 to the University of California Santa Cruz on September 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop analog and digital semantic communication frameworks using pretrained large artificial intelligence models. The project addresses data transmission efficiency in wireless applications including autonomous systems, augmented reality, and collaborative sensing by transmitting only task-relevant information rather than complete data reproduction. The research establishes an integrated framework for analog, digital, and hybrid digital-analog communication that adapts wireless resource use to changing application needs and network conditions, drawing on large pretrained AI models as a shared knowledge base between transmitter and receiver to identify and represent critical information across diverse applications. Research activities include examining reliable communication of high-dimensional semantic representations generated by large pretrained AI models, with intellectual merit centered on creating a general and adaptive foundation for extracting, compressing, transmitting, and protecting information according to both application importance and available communication resources. Broader impacts encompass more efficient and resilient wireless services in bandwidth- and resource-constrained environments, plus advances in education and workforce development through student research mentoring, curriculum development, high school outreach, and open dissemination of software, experimental platforms, research findings, and educational materials. Performance of work occurs in Santa Cruz, California. The award period runs from September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $270.0k | 8/10/26 |