Project Grant 2552259
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded the University of Illinois $360,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop Performativity-Aware Intelligent Autonomous Systems (PIAS), a framework enabling autonomous vehicles to anticipate, monitor, and safely respond to behavior changes caused by their own actions. The project addresses a safety challenge inherent in real-world autonomous...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education (operating as University of Nevada, Reno) $300,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop Performativity-Aware Intelligent Autonomous Systems (PIAS), a framework enabling autonomous vehicles to anticipate, monitor, and safely respond to behavior changes caused by their own actions in...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded $255,000 to North Carolina State University on August 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop a semantic communications framework for cooperative perception in connected and autonomous vehicles. The project develops machine perception-guided data processing techniques to compress and fuse sensor data while retaining information essential for...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded Clemson University $300,000 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop technologies for identifying, monitoring, and verifying information flows among vehicular components in connected and autonomous vehicles. The project will establish a scientific foundation for information flow verification in complex vehicular systems through three...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $132,605 project grant under its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Southern California (USC) Department of Contracts and Grants. This grant will fund research to advance the state-of-the-art in connected and automated vehicle (CAV) systems through innovations in networking, sensing, and edge computing. The research team will develop an integrated platform that strategically aggregates wireless communication technologies,...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure awarded $900,000 to the University of Alabama on July 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop data integrity, provenance, and recovery methods for learning-enabled autonomous vehicles. The project addresses trustworthiness and resilience of AI systems in autonomous vehicles by developing an integrated framework that operates across the sensor-to-decision...
- This federal Project Grant award of $289,374 from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program supports research and development for a "Connected Autonomous Driving as a Service" (CADAAS) system. The project, led by the University of Nebraska, aims to enhance autonomous vehicle performance and safety by integrating information from nearby vehicles and roadside infrastructure. Key technical objectives include designing new...
- This $272,238 Project Grant, awarded on July 15, 2024 by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), supports research to enhance the safety and reliability of autonomous vehicles. The project aims to identify vulnerabilities in the software and machine learning components of autonomous vehicle systems, and develop mitigation techniques to improve their overall resilience. The research will combine model-based and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded Kennesaw State University Research And Service Foundation, Inc. $356,782 on August 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop methods for efficient and secure execution of multiple intelligent services on vehicle computing systems. The research addresses resource management and safety challenges in modern autonomous and connected vehicles, which must...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded the University of South Carolina $282,156 on September 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for a CAREER grant to develop novel artificial intelligence algorithms that solve pathfinding problems based on high-level goal specifications. The project addresses the challenge of pathfinding in domains where goal states can be described by their properties...
The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded the University of South Carolina $240,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for research developing performativity-aware intelligent autonomous systems (PIAS). The project addresses a safety challenge in autonomous vehicle deployment: the phenomenon of performativity, in which autonomous systems' own decisions reshape their operating environment in ways that shift conditions away from those under which the systems were trained and validated. Current approaches to managing new or unexpected driving situations—collecting additional data, building new simulations, retraining models, and revalidating—are slow, costly, and difficult to scale across the range of complex traffic scenarios autonomous vehicles encounter. PIAS develops a framework enabling autonomous vehicles to anticipate, monitor, and safely respond to behavior changes caused by their own actions. The technology predicts how the environment will respond to autonomous decisions, plans safe actions within this evolving landscape, and learns stable behavioral models under changing policies, maintaining reliability as autonomy reshapes its surroundings. The work supports broader applications in intelligent systems and advances education and workforce development in autonomous technologies. Performance runs through July 31, 2029, with work conducted in Columbia, South Carolina.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $240.0k | 8/9/26 |