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TRAILS Announces Third Round of Seed Funding
Seven grants totaling just over $750,000 were awarded to multidisciplinary teams representing all four of TRAILS’ academic institutions—the University of Maryland, George Washington University, Morgan State University and Cornell University.
TRAILS Announces Second Round of Seed Funding
Five interdisciplinary projects, funded with seed grants ranging from $115K to $150K apiece, will advance novel AI research and scholarship that can impact education, transportation, emergency preparedness and health care.
Designing Smart Robotic Pets to Aid Autistic Youth
UMD's Hernisa Kacorri and GW's Chung Hyuk Park and Zoe Szajnfarber are studying how families can use AI robotic pets to support autistic children.
GW’s Public Interest Technology Scholars Will Raise the Bar on Conversations About Tech and Civic Interest
GW’s Susan Ariel Aaronson is a member of the university’s inaugural Public Interest Technology Scholars cohort, which is committed to the study and application of technology that advances the public good by recognizing and empowering scholars contributing to that work.
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.
Szajnfarber Named Next Chief Scientist of the Systems Engineering Research Center
GW’s Zoe Szajnfarber will lead the SERC Research Council, which is composed of senior systems researchers across the country who inform and drive research and technical strategy.
Summer Boot Camp Seeks to Kickstart New Research on ‘Trustworthy’ Artificial Intelligence
GW’s David Broniatowski, Erica Gralla, Robert Pless, Ekundayo Shittu, and Zoe Szajnfarber host a summer boot camp for doctoral students studying trustworthy AI.