Project Grant N000142312639

This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computing and Communication Foundations, under CFDA 47.070 "Computer and Information Science and Engineering", funds research to develop fundamental theory and performance bounds for using machine learning approaches to enable more efficient data compression for applications like wireless communications and mobile devices. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Investigating...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project Grant award of $304,999 to Sea-Gal Technologies, Inc. seeks to develop a high-frequency, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) underwater acoustic communication system. The proposed technology aims to enable efficient, real-time data transmission while minimizing interference with marine life, particularly marine mammals. The project plan includes evaluating prototypes through ocean and lake...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) provides $579,943 to The Ohio State University to develop a comprehensive cyberinfrastructure framework called FZ to streamline the creation of specialized lossy data compression software for scientific applications. The key products and services include: Creating programming interfaces and a compressor generator to enable the development of new lossy compressors from...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to The Ohio State University to develop a "Novel Framework to Design Trustworthy Lossy Compressors for Scientific Data Approaching Lossy Compressibility Limits". This award, funded through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), will support fundamental scientific research to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative discoveries in...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award for $599,999 supports research at Cornell University from June 15, 2023 to May 31, 2026. The objective is to develop a "modern theory of data compression" to explain the performance of artificial neural network-based compression algorithms and identify avenues for future improvements. The research aims to advance the field of data compression, which has important implications for enabling more realistic and immersive...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program) provides $1,000,000 in funding to Tfwireless Inc. to develop a novel physical layer rateless codec technology for proximity space links. The project aims to create a high-throughput, low-latency, and energy-efficient wireless communications solution targeting the space communications market, including commercial and government space programs. Key innovations...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Sub Sea Sonics, LLC $399,168 under the Unallied Science Program cooperative agreement to demonstrate that ropeless fishing can be conducted at a scale representative of typical fishing operations while reducing risks to marine mammals. The work will involve establishing a pathway for large-scale adoption of ropeless fishing among Dungeness crab fishers in California through outreach, equipment provision, training, and at-sea trials. Sub...

This $198,234 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) supports research and development of advanced lossy data compression techniques that preserve topological features in scientific data. The project aims to develop algorithms to effectively reduce the size of large-scale scientific simulation data, such as from fusion and climate modeling, while preserving critical...

This $399,947 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (CFDA Program 47.041 - Engineering) will fund research to develop a new paradigm for efficient and reliable wireless communication in congested and contested spectrum environments. The key objectives are to: 1) Enable computationally lightweight time-frequency signal alignment to mitigate unpredictable interference; 2) Improve ultra-reliable low latency communications...

The National Science Foundation awarded Tfwireless Inc. a $276,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnership program (CFDA 47.084) to develop rateless codec technology for proximity space links. The award period runs from November 1, 2021 to April 30, 2023 in Burbank, California. Under this grant, Tfwireless Inc. will deliver physics-based rateless codec technology intended to enable reliable communication for proximity space links. The NSF Technology, Innovation, and...