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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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Improving results and conclusions about harms in systematic reviews of drugs

Time frame
2024-2029
Investigator
Halil Kilicoglu
Total funding to date
$1,918,852.00
Funding agency
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This project is a collaboration with University of North Carolina (main site) and University of Colorado. Halil Kilicoglu serves as a co-PI and the lead at the University of Illinois. 

Systematic reviews are used to develop clinical guidelines, to set research priorities, and to help patients and clinicians make healthcare decisions. Systematic reviews of drugs should identify harms…

assortment of pills

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…

Inclusive AI

Information's Allure

Time frame
2016-Present

One of the enduring attractions of books is their ability to stand witness to their own presence through time and space. A history of social interaction is marked on the pages of a book; a folded corner, a stain from a careless reader's cup of coffee, and a thoughtful comment in the margin accrue and transmit something of where the book has been, with whom, and under what circumstances.…

Internet Sensor Network Testbeds

Time frame
2024-2026
Investigator
Anita Nikolich
Total funding to date
$20,000.00
Funding agency
National Science Foundation

Monitoring ground motion caused by human activity (e.g. ships, rail and vehicular traffic, explosions, civil infrastructure), biological activity (e.g. marine and terrestrial animal migrations and behavior), and natural disasters (e.g. earthquakes, tsunamis, lightning) is critical for research, public safety, and security. The key considerations for sensors used in these monitoring…

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Machine Learning Modeling for the Reactivity of Organic Contaminants in Engineered and Natural Environments

Time frame
2021-2025
Investigator
Dong Wang
Total funding to date
$150,001.00
Funding agency
National Science Foundation

With support from the Environmental Chemical Sciences Program of the NSF Division of Chemistry, the researchers will develop machine learning models to predict the reactivity of thousands of organic contaminants (OCs) in engineered (water) and natural (soil and sediment) environments. To assess and mitigate risks associated with this vast number of OCs, accurate predictive models are needed to…

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MAIDR: Multimodal Access and Interactive Data Representation

Time frame
2023-Present
Investigator
JooYoung Seo
Total funding to date
$649,921.00
Funding agency
Institute of Museum and Library Services

This project will research the needs of professional data curators and blind patrons. In partnership with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Posit Public Benefit Corporation, the Chart2Music open-source project team, the Data Curation Network, and the National Federation of the Blind, JooYoung Seo will develop a multimodal data representation system. Through needs assessments…

reading Braille

Novel Algorithms and Tools for Empowering People Who Are Blind to Safeguard Private Visual Content

Time frame
2021-2025
Investigator
Yang Wang
Total funding to date
$315,931.00
Funding agency
National Science Foundation

People who are blind regularly use personal devices to take pictures and videos and share them with others. However, they often have no easy or independent means of assessing whether an image or video they are about to share inadvertently contains private information. For this project, an interdisciplinary team will design and evaluate an automated assistant that alerts users of privacy…

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Proactive Community Health Protection Against Airborne Diseases through Intelligent and Timely Pathogen Monitoring and Communication

Time frame
2024-Present
Investigator
Dong Wang
Total funding to date
$150,000.00
Funding agency
National Science Foundation

Infectious airborne pathogens and their spread have caused increased incidences of outbreaks and pandemics, which challenge our society with severe impacts on public health, economies, and social well-being. Controlling airborne pathogens is challenging because they are transmitted easily via respiratory aerosols, spread quickly over large distances, and can mutate to become more infectious…

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