Project Grant 2538305
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northeastern University received a $900,000 Project Grant award dated January 1, 2026, from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), administered through the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure. The REPAIRT (Reliable and Principled AI Red-Teaming) project addresses critical security vulnerabilities in Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) by developing scientific and engineering foundations to detect,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Nebraska at Omaha received a $150,000 Project Grant award dated August 1, 2025, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). This two-year research initiative, concluding July 31, 2027, will develop machine learning-driven network congestion control algorithms specifically designed for large-scale disaggregated storage systems...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Oklahoma received a $291,099 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems (CFDA 47.070: Computer and Information Science and Engineering program) effective October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2031. This project award funds research into domain knowledge-guided machine learning architectures specifically designed to enhance wireless network security. The initiative will develop specialized learning...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded $418,220 to the University of Nebraska at Omaha under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to establish REU@UNO, a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on security and artificial intelligence/machine learning for the Internet of Things. The award, effective from August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028, will provide 30...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded the University of Nebraska at Omaha a $175,000 Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) project grant effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This award funds research and development of the Multi-Modal Security Enhancement (MUSE) framework, an artificial intelligence-powered navigation and localization system designed to enable unmanned aerial...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Nebraska's Board of Regents received a $275,000 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030. This project grant supports research into novel electromagnetic wavefront technologies utilizing spin and angular momentum modes to advance next-generation...
- This Project Grant award of $285,694, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), aims to develop a safe online hierarchical learning framework for Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) mobile networks. The key goals are to enable online resource allocation at near-real-time RICs using safe deep reinforcement learning, and online service orchestration at non-real-time RICs through robust Bayesian learning. Additionally, the project will...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a $299,998 Project Grant to the University of Nebraska (Board of Regents) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) effective September 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027. This Exploratory (EAGER) research initiative seeks to develop a bio-hybrid computing system leveraging bacterial gene regulatory artificial neural networks (GR-ANN) for...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Northeastern University received a $755,040 Project Grant award dated August 1, 2025, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). The award funds research through July 31, 2029, focused on developing algorithmic techniques to enable robust machine learning (ML) at edge devices such as smartphones, sensors, and Internet-of-Things...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a $358,200 Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park, effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2031. This CAREER award funds the development of an approximation-first telemetry architecture for hyperscale networked systems that addresses the critical challenge of monitoring large-scale...
The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded $433,609 to the University of Nebraska Board of Regents (Computer and Information Science and Engineering program, CFDA 47.070) for a CAREER project commencing July 1, 2026, and concluding June 30, 2031. This project develops trustworthy artificial intelligence and machine learning innovations to enable safe, generalizable, and interpretable network autonomy in Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) for next-generation 6G mobile networks. The research deliverables include the development of novel online task-oriented digital network twin frameworks with fidelity, synchronicity, and tractability attributes; safe deep reinforcement learning frameworks to achieve verifiable safety for online resource allocation in real-world networks; and explanation-guided Bayesian optimization frameworks for interpretable safety in online network configuration under evolving network dynamics. The project integrates research with education objectives to develop next-generation STEM workforce capabilities and address digital divide challenges in Nebraska and rural America. The University of Nebraska, established as a comprehensive public land-grant research institution with demonstrated expertise in multidisciplinary research spanning engineering, quantum technologies, and federal contract execution, serves as the prime awardee with performance location in Lincoln, Nebraska. The initiative addresses a critical industry need to enable AI-assisted network automation by overcoming current limitations of domain-agnostic AI/ML techniques that fail to safely adapt under unpredictable network conditions.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $433.6k | 4/20/26 |