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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.
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.