National Science Foundation launches artificial intelligence center at Duke
The National Science Foundation has announced the creation of an artificial intelligence research center at Duke. It is one of 11 new NSF institutes focused on AI.
The AI Institute for Edge Computing Leveraging Next-generation Networks—Athena for short—will be supported through a $20 million grant and five-year development plan from NSF and the Department of Homeland Security. The initiative is positioned to reshape the design, service, and operation of mobile systems. Athena will support a group of scientists, engineers, statisticians, legal scholars and psychologists from seven universities, including Duke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale, Princeton, University of Wisconsin at Madison, University of Michigan and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Shaundra Daily, professor of the practice in the department of electrical and computer engineering, will serve as the Athena education and workforce director. She said that the team will introduce hands-on opportunities through summer camps, industry tours and ethics training.