Original URL: https://news.uchicago.edu/story/nsf-simons-foundation-launch-20-million-national-ai-research-institute-astronomy
By Maureen Searcy (The University of Chicago, September 20, 2024)
A large multi-institutional collaboration, including the University of Chicago and led by Northwestern University, has received a $20 million grant to develop and apply new artificial intelligence (AI) tools to astrophysics research and deep space exploration. Jointly funded by the National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation, the highly competitive grant will establish the NSF-Simons AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI, pronounced “sky”). SkAI is one of two National AI Research Institutes in Astronomy announced Sept. 18. To read more, see https://news.uchicago.edu/story/nsf-simons-foundation-launch-20-million-national-ai-research-institute-astronomy
The SkAI Institute is one of the National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes funded by the US National Science Foundation and Simons Foundation.
Information on National AI Institutes is available at aiinstitutes.org.
