Project Grant 2622694
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Arizona State University $150,000 on October 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop SODA (Self-Organizing Decentralized Agents), a framework enabling multi-agent artificial intelligence systems to coordinate through peer-to-peer interactions rather than central orchestration. The research addresses scalability bottlenecks and single points of failure in current centralized...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York $150,000 on October 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop SODA, a framework for decentralized multi-agent artificial intelligence systems that coordinate through peer-to-peer interactions rather than central control. The project develops theoretical and practical advances in self-organizing decentralized agents,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded The Regents of the University of Colorado, through its University of Colorado Colorado Springs division, $527,459 on May 1, 2026, under the Engineering CAREER program to develop theoretical frameworks and mathematical models for analyzing heterogeneous multi-agent learning in dynamic environments. The project runs through April 30, 2031, and is performed in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Research...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded The Regents of the University of Colorado $600,000 on June 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop mathematical and computational tools for reachability analysis of nonlinear cyber-physical systems. The project addresses verification and safety certification of complex, uncertain systems—particularly those incorporating artificial intelligence...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded The Regents of the University of Colorado one dollar on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for collaborative research on integrated communications and sensing systems for autonomous uncrewed aircraft operating over wireless networks along designated drone highways. The project develops hardware and software innovations addressing the coexistence...
- The National Science Foundation awarded The Regents of The University of Colorado $432,921 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to conduct theoretical and applied research on information elicitation and aggregation systems. The recipient will study how to evaluate the quality, correctness, and economic value of information, including the design of proper scoring rules and loss functions in machine learning contexts, and will write a...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded Arizona State University $250,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop graph-centric multi-agent systems powered by large language models. The project develops new graph-based methods for designing, executing, and adapting multi-agent AI systems in which agents are represented as nodes and their interactions as edges in a dynamic...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded the University of Southern California $871,225 on August 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop theoretical foundations for multi-agent learning systems in artificial intelligence. The project advances the theory of online optimization and learning within multi-agent systems through three research thrusts. The first thrust characterizes optimal...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded The Regents of the University of Colorado $528,146 on September 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The project develops mathematical theory describing how the brain maintains stable yet flexible memory by coordinating rapid electrical activity with slower processes that manage finite cellular resources, including the role of support cells called...
- 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 The Regents of the University of Colorado $200,000 on October 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop SODA, a framework for self-organizing decentralized multi-agent artificial intelligence systems that coordinate through local peer-to-peer interactions rather than central control. The research addresses scalability bottlenecks and single points of failure in current multi-agent AI systems by studying how groups of specialized agents assign roles, adapt to failures, preserve useful specialization, and avoid harmful collective behavior. Three research thrusts develop decentralized self-organization through peer-based task decomposition and role assignment; build a robust serverless training framework in which agents learn through peer collaboration and recover from failures; and introduce simulation-based training and inference treating agent roles as part of latent dynamics. The project has potential applications in healthcare, transportation, smart grids, smart cities, social simulation, and scientific discovery. The award also supports education through new course materials, tutorials, workshops, and graduate student training in machine learning, reinforcement learning, optimization, information theory, and responsible artificial intelligence. Performance occurs in Boulder, Colorado, with a period of performance from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $200.0k | 8/14/26 |