Project Grant N62909141C053

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $198,270.00 and provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), supports conceptualization, planning, and collaboration activities to develop a comprehensive research roadmap for a novel hybrid CMOS+X in-memory analog computing framework. The planning grant will catalyze multidisciplinary collaboration among experts in materials science, circuit design, neuroscience, and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $272,615 to Lab2701 LLC to develop an Oscillator Processing Unit (OPU), a novel analog computing device intended for edge computing applications. The OPU aims to overcome the Von Neumann bottleneck, enabling faster, more energy-efficient, and smaller form factor computing compared to traditional digital processors. The project leverages two...

This three-year, $402,690 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will fund research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University exploring brain-inspired computer architecture approaches. Specifically, the university will conduct experiments demonstrating problems that can be solved through multiple algorithmic solutions with varying...

This $100,000 federal Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Wisconsin System, through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division. The goal of the project is to design a new class of computer chips, called "Cognitive Computing Machines (C2M)", that are inspired by the cognitive functions of the hippocampus region of the brain. The project aims to leverage recent advancements in 3D...

This Project Grant award of $100,000.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports a high-impact workshop titled "AI + HW 2035: Shaping the Next Decade." The workshop will bring together experts from universities, government, and industry to chart a national vision for the co-evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) and computing hardware (HW) over the next decade. The goal is to identify pressing...

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070), aims to revolutionize artificial intelligence (AI) training through the development of a novel chip architecture called Co-FABPRO (Concurrent Forward and Backward Propagation). The $200,000 award, with a project period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, seeks to create a disruptive approach that will make AI...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Project Grant, award ID 2403723, provides $500,000.00 to Cornell University to develop novel algorithms and hardware designs for energy-efficient, memory-optimized spiking neural network (SNN) systems on edge computing devices. The project aims to advance the practical deployment of neuromorphic computing for applications like drones, autonomous robots, portable medical devices, and wearable...

This $255,999 National Science Foundation award under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will support Zenoleap LLC's development of novel superconducting neuromorphic computing circuits. The awardee will design, fabricate, and characterize atomic-tunable memristors and superconducting quantum interference device neurons to enable true biological brain-inspired deep learning network algorithms. This superconducting neuromorphic circuit aims to significantly improve energy...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), provides $173,894 to Kennesaw State University Research And Service Foundation, Inc. to develop a neuromorphic processing framework for spatiotemporal fusion of visual sensors. The awardee will design a hybrid neuromorphic framework composed of spiking neural networks and conventional artificial neural...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) project grant award provides $650,000 to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to develop energy-efficient optical brain-inspired (neuromorphic) computing devices. The project aims to establish a 3D nanofabrication platform that combines DNA-programmable assembly and conventional lithographic methods to create novel optical metamaterials and integrate them into neuromorphic...