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DeepCrowd: A Crowd-assisted Deep Learning-based Disaster Scene Assessment System with Active Human-AI Interactions

Time frame
2021-2023
Investigator
Dong Wang
Total funding to date
$499,786.00
Funding agency
National Science Foundation

Full title: CHS: Small: DeepCrowd: A Crowd-assisted Deep Learning-based Disaster Scene Assessment System with Active Human-AI Interactions

This project addresses the application of AI to disaster scene assessment (DSA). AI currently has limited success with DSA; this project…

DeepCrowd

Development of a Chatbot for Delivering Long-Term Motivational Interviewing for Improving Exercise Adherence in Hemodialysis Patients

Time frame
2022-Present
Investigator
Jessie Chin
Total funding to date
$75,000.00
Funding agency
Jump ARCHES

There are approximately 600,000 individuals in the U.S. with kidney failure undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (HD) therapy. HD patients have several co-morbidities, including muscle wasting, cardiovascular disease, and bone disorders, with very high medical costs, averaging ~ $93,000/patient/year. Lifestyle interventions such as exercise and nutritional modification are often prescribed to…

medical chatbot

Donna Haraway is our "Friend": Reconfiguring Friendship Bracelets and Bibliography

Time frame
2016-Present

This project uses the friendship bracelet as a way to "re-weave" the academic canon. Friendship bracelets are handmade macramé bracelets of embroidery thread, intended to be worn as a sign of lasting friendship. In this collaboration with Julia Pollack (MS '12), bracelets have been woven with bibliographical references to important work of women in the field of knowledge-production.

ECR Methods DCL: Advancing Computational Grounded Theory for Audiovisual Data from STEM Classrooms

Time frame
2019-Present
Investigator
Nigel Bosch
Total funding to date
$1,313,855.00
Funding agency
National Science Foundation

Video data are complex. They involve visual, acoustic, spatial, and temporal features that can be reduced in several ways. To date, analysis of video data of STEM classrooms has not been able to leverage computational power to take advantage of their richness. However, recent advancements in data science, coupled with existing speech analytics methods, make it possible to computationally…

STEM classroom

Exploring Algorithmic Fairness and Potential Bias in K-12 Mathematics Adaptive Learning

Time frame
2020-Present
Investigator
Nigel Bosch
Total funding to date
$987,015.00
Funding agency
National Science Foundation

Students in middle school and high school often use adaptive learning software as part of their math education experience. Adaptive learning software works by automatically measuring how much students have learned about the topic, as well as their learning process and experiences, and then adjusting the instruction accordingly. This project will investigate potential ways in which adaptive…

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FABRIC Across Borders

Time frame
2021-Present
Investigator
Anita Nikolich
Total funding to date
$60,958.00
Funding agency
National Science Foundation

Science is fast outgrowing the capabilities of today's Internet infrastructure. To fully capitalize on big data, artificial intelligence, advanced computation and the Internet of Things requires robust, interconnected computers, storage, networks and software. Uneven progress in science cyberinfrastructure has led to bottlenecks that stymie collaboration and slow the process of discovery.…

high speed computing

FABRIC Operations - Accelerating Innovation and Research

Time frame
2023-Present
Investigator
Anita Nikolich
Total funding to date
$1,240,000.00
Funding agency
National Science Foundation

The FABRIC project ensures scientific reproducibility of complex cyberinfrastructure experiments. It enables infrastructure programmability and interconnectivity and fosters experimentation with distributed systems at unprecedented scales. Its impact spans diverse domains, such as high-energy physics, astrophysics, cybersecurity, and scientific…

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FABRIC: Adaptive Programmable Research Infrastructure for Computer Science and Science Applications

Time frame
2020-Present
Investigator
Anita Nikolich
Total funding to date
$257,243.00
Funding agency
University of North Carolina

FABRIC is a unique national research infrastructure to enable cutting-edge, and exploratory research at-scale in computer networking, distributed computing systems, and applications. It is a platform on which researchers will experiment with new ideas that will become building blocks of the next generation Internet and address requirements for emerging…

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Federated Repositories of Accessible Learning Materials for Higher Education II

Time frame
2021-Present
Investigator
J. Stephen Downie
Total funding to date
$95,000.00
Funding agency
University of Virginia

By law, any material required for the education of a disabled student must be made accessible for them in a timely manner. In the United States, the legal obligation to provide accessible learning materials falls on individual educational institutions, and universities and colleges across the country are scrambling to meet their responsibilities to students with special information-access…

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HathiTrust Research Center Phase 2

Time frame
2019-Present
Investigator
J. Stephen Downie
Total funding to date
$535,292.00
Funding agency
HathiTrust

The HathiTrust has provided funding for the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC), colocated at University of Illinois and Indiana University, to serve as the research arm of the HathiTrust and create an agile, technology-rich service for researchers in the digital humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and informatics. This service will help researchers conduct nonconsumptive research on…