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Computational Methods, Resources, and Tools to Assess Transparency and Rigor of Randomized Clinical Trials

Time frame
2022-2025
Investigator
Halil Kilicoglu
Total funding to date
$1,328,502.00
Funding agency
National Institutes of Health

Randomized clinical trials are valuable in determining the effectiveness of health treatments. But problems with design, execution or reporting of the trial process can lead to unreliable findings, excessive costs, and, potentially, harm for patients. Associate Professor Halil Kilicoglu is leading a  team of computer/information scientists and clinical research methodologists in…

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Crowd-Assisted Human-AI Teaming with Explanations

Time frame
2024-Present
Investigator
Dong Wang
Total funding to date
$599,999.00
Funding agency
National Science Foundation

This project investigates the problem of information integrity, that is, identifying faulty or ungrounded information online. It focuses on a specific domain, that of information produced during the COVID-19 pandemic, and processes both text and image data. While significant efforts in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have addressed information integrity in this type of…

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Deception Awareness and Resilience Training (DART)

Time frame
2022-2025
Investigator
Anita Nikolich
Total funding to date
$200,000.00
Funding agency
National Science Foundation

As one of the most vexing problems of the century, we are witnessing the escalating speed, scale, and level of sophistication of online deception (spear phishing and catfishing scams, personal information hunting schemes, fake content, impersonation, and disinformation on social media) that have severe consequences (ransomware attack, financial loss, and breach of private information). The…

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

Time frame
2021-2025
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…

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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.

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

Time frame
2020-2025
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 Operations - Accelerating Innovation and Research

Time frame
2023-2027
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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HathiTrust Research Center Phase 2

Time frame
2019-2025
Investigator
J. Stephen Downie
Total funding to date
$1,208,599.00
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…

Illinois Cyber Security Scholars Program Renewal 2019

Time frame
2019-2025
Investigator
Masooda Bashir
Total funding to date
$4,000,000.00
Funding agency
National Science Foundation

Securing cyberspace is one of the most significant challenges confronting our society today. This award to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) will build on the Illinois Cyber Security Scholars Program (ICSSP). The initial program recruited, prepared, and placed top-notch undergraduate level engineers into the government’s cybersecurity workforce. With this renewal, ICSSP…

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Inclusive AI: A ChatGPT Plugin and DAO for Engaging Vulnerable Groups in AI

Time frame
2023-Present
Investigators
Yang Wang, Yun Huang
Total funding to date
$110,000.00
Funding agency
OpenAI

Associate Professors Yang Wang and Yun Huang are spearheading a project in collaboration with experts from the University of California-Berkeley and Stanford University to help ensure emerging artificial intelligence (AI) development proceeds in a democratic manner that is mindful of underserved groups. PhD student Tanusree Sharma is also leading this initiative as a critical component of her…

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