Project Grant 2626044
- This $149,888 two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) supports research at the Santa Fe Institute to develop an understanding of how physical features of distributed computational systems affect their performance and heat dissipation. Specifically, the awardee will investigate tradeoffs between time, memory, heat costs and computational capabilities based on communication rates and accuracy between...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded Georgia TECH Research Corp $386,963 on July 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to conduct research treating artificial intelligence data center infrastructure as a cyber-physical system that responds to hardware thermal and power constraints during distributed training. The project addresses a fundamental gap in AI training systems: current software...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the National Academy of Sciences $733,067 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to conduct independent analyses, convenings, and studies advancing computing research. Over the three-year performance period through September 30, 2029, the National Academy of Sciences will convene leaders from academia, industry, and government to examine...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded Massachusetts Institute of Technology four hundred thousand dollars on August 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop computing frameworks based on nanobridge Josephson junctions operating at cryogenic temperatures. The project establishes scalable superconducting electronics with simplified fabrication processes to overcome density and integration...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070), provides $325,965 to the University of Massachusetts Amherst for research on managing electrical and thermal energy in sustainable computing systems from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. Specifically, the award funds fundamental research to develop methods for understanding, modeling, and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Massachusetts Institute of Technology $350,000 on August 15, 2026, for collaborative research on wide-area control architectures for electric power systems serving large electronic loads including AI data centers, crypto mining centers, and high-performance computing facilities. The project develops optimal control algorithms, termed FRELCO (fast, resilient, load-aware, and cost-optimal), to dampen...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the University of California, Merced $343,966 on July 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The award funds research into contactless power monitoring of computing hardware through analysis of naturally emitted electromagnetic signals. The project develops three integrated research thrusts: generalizable contactless power monitoring combining...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska $782,358 on August 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop artificial non-neural networks inspired by bacterial gene regulatory mechanisms for energy-efficient artificial intelligence on edge computing devices. The research unfolds across three interconnected thrusts. The first thrust investigates...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded Massachusetts Institute of Technology $850,000 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to investigate whether AI agents can assist in the expert-level design of networked systems. The project studies how large language models and AI systems capable of experimentation, reasoning, and hypothesis formation can participate in the design work currently...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded $384,296 to the University of California, San Diego on August 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop a disaggregated, heterogeneous context mixing plane for scalable generative AI systems. The research addresses inefficiencies in current transformer-based AI architectures by separating memory-bound context mixing computation from compute-bound...
The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded Santa Fe Institute $697,301 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to investigate the thermodynamic effects of network topologies in distributed computing systems. The project develops a theoretical and computational framework for quantifying the energy dissipation cost of distributed computing systems, with emphasis on how network topology determines thermodynamic cost. The research employs nonequilibrium statistical physics techniques, including mismatch cost (MMC)—a hardware-agnostic lower bound on thermodynamic cost derived under prior NSF funding. The work aims to provide scientific foundations for designing more energy-efficient computers, artificial intelligence hardware, and telecommunications networks, while potentially yielding insights into how the human brain operates with minimal energy consumption. Work is performed at Santa Fe, New Mexico. The period of performance extends from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $697.3k | 7/30/26 |