Enabling AI innovation via data and model sharing: An overview of the NSF Convergence Accelerator Track D. Issue 1 (31st March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Baru, Chaitanya; Pozmantier, Michael; Altintas, Ilkay; Baek, Stephen; Cohen, Jonathan; Condon, Laura; Fanti, Giulia; Fernandez, Raul Castro; Jackson, Ethan; Lall, Upmanu; Landman, Bennett; Li, Hai Helen; Marin, Claudia; Lopez, Beatriz Martinez; Metaxas, Dimitris; Olsen, Bradley; Page, Grier; Shang, Jingbo; Turkan, Yelda; Zhang, Peng
• Is Part Of: AI magazine. Volume 43:Issue 1 (2022)
• Page Start: 93
• Page End: 104
• Publication Date: 2022-03-31
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence -- Periodicals; Artificial intelligence -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; System design -- Periodicals; Artificial intelligence -- Technological innovations -- Periodicals; Artificial intelligence -- Industrial applications -- Periodicals; Artificial intelligence -- Educational applications -- Periodicals; Intelligence artificielle -- Périodiques; Intelligence artificielle -- Logiciels -- Périodiques; Conception de systèmes -- Périodiques; Intelligence artificielle -- Innovations -- Périodiques; Intelligence artificielle -- Applications industrielles -- Périodiques; Intelligence artificielle -- Applications en éducation -- Périodiques; Artificial intelligence; Artificial intelligence -- Computer programs; Artificial intelligence -- Educational applications; Artificial intelligence -- Industrial applications; System design; Kunstmatige intelligentie; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Periodicals; 006.305
• DOI: 10.1002/aaai.12042
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0738-4602

Abstract

Abstract: This article provides a brief overview of 18 projects funded in Track D—Data and Model Sharing to Enable AI Innovation—of the 2020 Cohort of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Convergence Accelerator (CA) program. The NSF CA is focused on transitioning research to practice for societal impact. The projects described here were funded for one year in phase I of the program, beginning September 2020. Their focus is on delivering tools, technologies, and techniques to assist in sharing data as well as data‐driven models to enable AI innovation. A broad range of domain areas is covered by the funded efforts, spanning across healthcare and medicine, to climate change and disaster, and civil/built infrastructure. The projects are addressing sharing of open as well as sensitive/private data. In September 2021, six of the eighteen projects described here were selected for phase II of the program, as noted in this article.