Project Grant 2535920
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the CFDA 47.041 Engineering program to Oregon State University. The primary objective of the research is to inform real-time adaptive automation interventions in safety-critical system operations by leveraging cognitive workload predictions and integrating operator emotional state information. The project seeks to develop an integrated cognitive-emotional state assessment framework to enhance the accuracy of human state...
- This five-year, $673,782 National Science Foundation project grant in the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at Purdue University to develop a control-theoretic framework for modeling human cognitive state dynamics during human-automation interaction. The framework will define a human cognitive state space and characterize its dynamics in a model that can be used for control system design. A methodology will be created to estimate cognitive states and parameters in real time...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program provides $556,507 in funding to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2028. The award supports fundamental research to investigate human driving behavior and interactions among traffic participants, with the goal of enabling technological advances in autonomous and connected vehicles. The research will leverage an immersive virtual reality driving simulator to conduct...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $199,880 to the University of Michigan-Dearborn through February 2024 to investigate the role of affect in fostering trust in automated driving. Specifically, the awardee will pursue three integrated aims: 1) build real-time trust prediction models using psychophysiological measures; 2) investigate the relationships between affect and trust in automated vehicles; and 3) calibrate trust in...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $2,090,572 will fund research at Georgia Tech Research Corporation from June 2022 to May 2025 to develop next-generation advanced driver assistance systems. The research aims to increase safety and performance of deep neural networks operating within feedback loops that include human drivers. Specifically, the grant will support research to utilize reinforcement learning and formal methods techniques to design systems that can accommodate...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) has awarded a $400,000 project grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to accelerate the design of controllers for large-scale engineering systems, focusing on the application of artificial intelligence in transportation. The project aims to bridge the gap between simulated cyber environments and real-world physical operations by utilizing extensive offline datasets and offline reinforcement learning....
- This $482,972 National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) grant supports fundamental research at North Carolina State University (NC State) to understand the behavior and interactions of mixed autonomous and human-driven vehicle traffic streams. The project aims to: (1) characterize the driving behaviors of human-driven and connected automated vehicles in conflicting traffic, (2) analyze the collective impact of mixed traffic on traffic flow, and (3) develop robust...
- This $316,963 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program will support research to enhance the safety and reliability of autonomous vehicles. The project aims to thoroughly examine and improve the controller and machine learning components of autonomous driving systems through a combination of model-based and data-driven approaches. The research will focus on identifying spatial and temporal vulnerabilities that...
- Arizona State University received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The award is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research and education improving quality of life and economic strength. The two-year award funds a research project titled "EMBODIMENT OF HUMAN VALUES PROFILES IN THE CONTROL OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES." The project aims to advance understanding of how to...
- This Project Grant award of $550,199.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop specialized modeling, training, and adaptation techniques to ensure the safety and performance of vision-based autonomous systems subject to visual shifts, such as sun glares and seasonal changes. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year project, which runs from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028, include: Developing theories and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Louisville. The grant supports collaborative research to develop an integrated cognitive-emotional state assessment system to inform real-time adaptive automation interventions for advanced driving systems. The research aims to address limitations in current cognitive workload modeling by capturing multi-source physiological signals and context-dependent emotional state information to enhance the accuracy of human state assessment. The project involves high-fidelity driving simulator experiments to generate a multimodal dataset and train nonlinear deep learning models to predict optimal timing and forms of automation interventions. The primary technical outcome is a novel systems design framework for advanced driver assistance systems that achieves more accurate real-time state assessment and contextually appropriate automation interventions. The research is expected to run from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $300.0k | 8/25/25 |