Project Grant 2537471
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded Rochester Institute of Technology $395,196 on August 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop novel methods for integrating large language model services with traditional service composition to enable pervasive awareness as a service—real-time environmental understanding and response by smart devices and applications through AI analysis of live...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Rochester Institute of Technology $154,723 on October 1, 2025, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a scalable deep learning architecture compatible with photonic and optoelectronic technologies for real-time optical signal processing. The project addresses the challenge that conventional electronic computing faces meeting the processing demands of artificial intelligence and machine learning, while...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded $155,000 to The Research Foundation For The State University of New York on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop data-centric artificial intelligence methods for proactive telecommunication network operations. The project runs through September 30, 2029, with performance in Albany, New York. The research organizes around three coordinated...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Rochester Institute of Technology $560,000 on April 1, 2026, under the NSF CAREER program (CFDA 47.041) to develop machine learning systems that learn continuously from new data without catastrophic forgetting of prior knowledge. The project, titled ADAPTTRUST: Adaptable, Trustworthy and Uncertainty-Aware Learning in Intelligent Sensing Technologies, will design learning methods that leverage...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded The Research Foundation For The State University of New York $550,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to advance distributed machine-learning tools for next-generation wireless networks through a paradigm called the Internet of Foundation Models (IOFM). The project develops scalable, resource-efficient, and privacy-preserving methods for deploying multi-modal...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded the University of Maine System $249,959 on July 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop an integrated learning framework for collaborative intelligence in networked multi-agent systems. The project, running through June 30, 2029, advances decentralized artificial intelligence by treating communication and decision-making as a coupled learning problem, enabling autonomous...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Rochester Institute of Technology $514,145 on May 1, 2026, under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop ionically gated transistors that combine memory and processing within a single material for energy-efficient artificial intelligence on edge devices. The research establishes the fundamental science and engineering of a dual-mode ionically gated transistor functioning as a...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded $344,911 to Rochester Institute of Technology on April 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to defend machine learning models from adversarial threats through unified interpretability and attribution methods. The research develops a layered defense framework across four technical thrusts: scalable attribution techniques that combine gradient-based influence...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Award Overview Rochester Institute of Technology received a $117,019 Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems, awarded August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for February 28, 2026. The award supports research toward developing data-effective and cost-efficient security attack detection systems that can operate effectively with limited or...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Rochester Institute of Technology received a $200,000 Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (CFDA 47.041) awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2027. The project develops a bilevel optimization framework to model and study uncertainties in snapshot compressive imaging (SCI) systems that integrate optical hardware encoders with...
The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Rochester Institute of Technology $276,479 on September 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to advance distributed optimization theory and algorithms that reduce communication overhead in collaborative artificial intelligence systems. The project develops methods enabling participating devices to exchange only single numerical values during distributed learning, making communication costs independent of model size rather than growing proportionally with parameter count. This approach addresses a fundamental barrier to scalable AI training across bandwidth-constrained environments including edge computing, mobile devices, and wireless networks. RIT will develop open-source software, simulation platforms, and experimental testbeds to support research adoption by academia and industry. The project integrates research outcomes into graduate curricula and expands research opportunities for graduate, undergraduate, and K-12 students through mentoring and hands-on experiences in distributed learning. Work is performed in Rochester, New York, with a period of performance from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $276.5k | 8/6/26 |