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Jung, Peng and Gao Receive AI Seed Funding
Cornell’s Malte Jung and UMD’s Huaishu Peng and Ge Gao were awarded a TRAILS seed grant to explore trust building in embodied artificial intelligence systems.
TRAILS Announces First Round of Seed Funding
The eight funded projects, totaling just over $1.5 million, will advance cutting-edge research and scholarship that spans AI design, development and governance.
Grand Challenges Grant Launches Values-Centered AI Initiative
Hal Daumé, Katie Shilton, Hernisa Kacorri, Jordan Boyd-Graber, Furong Huang and Huaishu Peng are members of UMD’s new Center for Values-Centered Artificial Intelligence, which is focused on developing conceptual and technical frameworks to advance AI in a way that is not only ethical, but also places the well-being of people at the forefront.