NSF and Simons Foundation Launched Two AI Institutes to Help Astronomers Understand the Cosmos!

Through the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (NSF-Simons CosmicAI) and NSF-Simons AI Institute for the Sky (NSF-Simons SkAI), researchers will build a new breed of AI-powered tools to find the needles of discovery lurking in vast haystacks of astronomical data.

Learn more aboutĀ NSF-Simons CosmicAI and NSF-Simons SkAI.

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Leading agencies NSF and USDA-NIFA, together with other partners, have fundedĀ 25 AI institutes, via the AI Institutes program that are carrying out a broad spectrum of research of critical importance to US competitiveness, food security, public safety and education, ethics, and myriad other targets. The Institutes also work to engage the public through various outreach and educational programs. This work can be found in the research from each participant and was recently summarized in this special issue of AI Magazine (PDF).

Map of Primary AI Institute Awardees across the Unites States: Dynamics AI and AgAID in Washington. AIFS, ACTION, and TILOS in California. iSAT in Colorado. AI-CLIMATE in Minnesota. AIIRA in Iowa. AI2ES in Oklahoma. IFML and NSF-Simons CosmicAI in Texas. INVITE, MMLI, NSF-Simons SkAI, and AIFARMS in Illinois. AI-EDGE, and ICICLE in Ohio. AI-ALOE, AI4OPT, and AI CARING in Georgia. AI-SDM in Pennsylvania. AI4ExceptionalEd and ARNI in New York. IAIFI in Massachusetts. TRAILS in Maryland, Athena, and Engage AI in North Carolina.
Map of the United States with primary awardees of AIVO
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grants 2231251 and 2332864 and a Google.org grant. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or Google.org.

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