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NSF's Smart & Connected Communities EffortThe NSF S&CC program, started in 2016, supports foundational research to solve complex challenges faced by communities in the 21st century. It focuses on fostering deep collaborations between researchers, local governments, industry, and community…
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Spotlight: Branko Kerkez's S&CC Water Management Project is Making a SplashDr. Branko Kerkez, an associate professor at the University of Michigan, is spearheading a cutting-edge project that aims to revolutionize water management systems in communities across the country. His Smart and Connected Communities (SCC)…
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AI Tool Helps Improve Access to Healthy Restaurant OptionsAbigail Horn and her USC Viterbi team developed MINT, an AI-based model analyzing menus from 600,000 U.S. restaurants to predict nutritional quality. MINT highlights disparities in food access, showing less healthy options in low-income and predominantly…
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NSF Funds FHSU Research to Support Gender-Based Violence Survivors in Rural KansasFort Hays State University received a $74,446 NSF Civic Innovation Planning Grant to enhance health equity for gender-based violence survivors in rural western Kansas. The project focuses on bridging systemic gaps in services like transportation and…
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NSF Grant Supports Detroit Vacant Housing Rehabilitation InitiativeResearchers at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College, led by Sharon Haar, have secured a $75,000 NSF grant for the “Rehab for America” project, aimed at helping Detroit residents rehabilitate vacant homes. The initiative addresses the housing…
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Villanova University Receives NSF Grant to Address Urban Flood Risks for Vulnerable CommunitiesVillanova researchers have been awarded a $750,000 NSF grant, part of a $2 million project, to address the impact of urban flooding on transportation for underserved communities. Led by Dr. Chenfeng Xiong and colleagues, the study focuses on Philadelphia…
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University of Memphis Awarded Grant to Address Transit Needs for Future Blue Oval City WorkersThe University of Memphis, led by Dr. Sabya Mishra, has received a $75,000 National Science Foundation grant to study transit options for Ford’s Blue Oval City workforce in rural Tennessee. The project will assess fixed-line buses and on-demand micro-…
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NSF Smart and Connected Communities Visioning Workshop ReportThe National Science Foundation's Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) program held a visioning workshop in February 2024 alongside its annual PI meeting. This workshop brought together researchers and practitioners to identify priorities for…
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Purdue Launches Smart Crossways Operations Center to Drive UAV InnovationPurdue University’s Center on AI for Digital, Autonomous and Augmented Aviation (AIDA3) recently celebrated the opening of its Smart Operations Center (SOC) at Purdue Airport. As the hub of the new Smart Crossways air corridor—a 200-mile pathway for…
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NYU Tandon and May Mobility Launch MARS Dataset for Autonomous Vehicle ResearchResearchers at NYU Tandon, in collaboration with May Mobility, have released the MARS (MultiAgent, multitraveRSal, and multimodal) dataset, a groundbreaking collection of real-world driving data aimed at advancing autonomous vehicle (AV) technology.…
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PhD Positions Available – Cyber-Physical Systems ResearchThe University of Malaga, in collaboration with Prof. Ricardo Sanfelice (University of California, Santa Cruz, and Director of the Cyber-Physical Systems Research Center), invites applications for two pre-doctoral contracts funded by the Malaga…
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NSF-Funded Project Establishes Smart Community Cloud Platform in LafayetteThe University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL) and Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) have received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to establish a community cloud platform as part of the US Ignite Smart Gigabit Communities project. This…
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NSF-Sponsored Research at Iowa State Pioneers Rural Connectivity SolutionsWith funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Iowa State University and partners are launching the ARA: Wireless Living Lab for Smart and Connected Rural Communities. Led by Principal Investigator Hongwei Zhang, Professor of Electrical and…
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Protecting Homeless Populations Through AI and Community OutreachResearchers led by Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Erfan Goharian are developing a flood warning system to protect homeless populations in California, a state prone to both homelessness and natural disasters. Funded by an NSF…
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Spotlight on Hamed Tabkhi: Advancing Public Safety through AI/MLDr. Hamed Tabkhi, a professor at UNC Charlotte and keynote speaker for the 2024 Smart & Connected Communities PI Meeting, is at the forefront of revolutionizing public safety through innovative applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in…
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Position Opening: Cyber-Physical Systems Program Director (CISE/CNS)The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking a qualified candidate for an Interdisciplinary (Cyber-Physical Systems Program Director) position within the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Division of Computer…
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NSF Student Travel Grants for attending IEEE SmartComp 2023A limited number of student travel grants are available for students from US-based institutions to attend SmartComp 2023. The travel award typically covers up to $1,250 of expenses, including registration, airfare, and lodging. However, the final number…
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MSU leads new $1.7 million research project to help disadvantaged communities confronting wildfires and related cascading hazardsSTARKVILLE, Miss.—An interdisciplinary team led by Mississippi State researchers is receiving a $1.7 million grant to better equip emergency planners and other stakeholders to reduce the vulnerability of disadvantaged communities to the impacts of…
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Virginia Tech researchers garner NSF grant to connect AI with urban planning to improve decision making and service deliveryTom Sanchez, professor of urban affairs and planning, and Chris North, professor of computer science and associate director of the Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, have been awarded a planning grant from the…
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Digital City Testbed Center Lands NSF Grant to Study Climate Change Mitigation, Technology and Diverse CommunitiesPortland State University’s Digital City Testbed Center (DCTC) recently received a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s “Smart and Connected Communities” program to explore why diverse communities — including people with disabilities,…
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NSF Grant Will Support Creation of Chatbots to Gauge Pandemic’s Impact in Small TownsAn interdisciplinary research team has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to design and test a new generation of AI-driven conversational agents, or chatbots, for public data collection, with the goal of understanding the impact of the…
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Chattanooga to Explore Smart City Research with NSF FundsUsing a National Science Foundation grant, the city will expand on its connected transportation test bed. Chattanooga, Tenn., has already carved out a place for itself as a smart city focused on providing broadband connectivity to all of its…
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Engineer with novel approach to urban mapping is first woman awarded prestigious Schnabel AwardBROOKLYN, New York, Weekday, February 23, 2022 – The Geo Institute (G-I) of the American Society of Civil Engineers is awarding one of its highest honors to a researcher at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering whose innovative…
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How 3 Iowa Towns are Getting Smaller but Smarter through Iowa State ProgramA handful of Iowa communities and a group of Iowa State University researchers are trying to demonstrate that less can be more, and small can be vibrant. If you’re smart about it. In an outgrowth of community surveys begun a quarter century ago, ISU…
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Shrink Smart program assists Iowa’s Shrinking TownsA handful of Iowa communities and a group of Iowa State University researchers are trying to demonstrate that less can, in fact, be more, and small can, in fact, be vibrant. If you’re smart about it. In an outgrowth of community surveys begun a quarter…