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NSF Org: |
OAC Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) |
Recipient: |
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Initial Amendment Date: | May 3, 2022 |
Latest Amendment Date: | July 27, 2023 |
Award Number: | 2201536 |
Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
Program Manager: |
Deepankar Medhi
dmedhi@nsf.gov �(703)292-2935 OAC �Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) CSE �Direct For Computer & Info Scie & Enginr |
Start Date: | July 1, 2022 |
End Date: | June 30, 2025�(Estimated) |
Total Intended Award Amount: | $500,000.00 |
Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $516,000.00 |
Funds Obligated to Date: |
FY 2023 = $16,000.00 |
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Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
221 N GRAND BLVD SAINT LOUIS MO �US �63103-2006 (314)977-3925 |
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Primary Place of Performance: |
MO �US �63103-2006 |
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NSF Program(s): |
Special Projects - CNS, CISE Research Resources |
Primary Program Source: |
01002324DB�NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT |
Program Reference Code(s): |
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Program Element Code(s): |
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Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.070 |
ABSTRACT
Interdisciplinary research advances often require devices to collect, process, and transfer large scientific datasets over high bandwidth links. The overarching goal of this project is to build a wireless virtual network testbed at Saint Louis University, in collaboration with Northeastern University, to evaluate network management solutions that integrate the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence with programmable radios and programmable network switches. To evaluate the proposed innovation in computer networking, the cyberinfrastructure will be used to prototype network protocols and systems in support of a few interdisciplinary initiatives on campus.
In particular, this project's contributions will be developed around the integration of learning techniques with network mechanisms such as medium access control, routing, and transport services. First, the team will explore the design and implementation of effective transport and routing protocols that integrate the network stack at different scopes using recent advances in reinforcement learning. Second, novel network architectures will be proposed integrating edge network mechanisms with federated and split learning techniques. Third, cross-layer distributed learning protocols will be designed to create self-adaptive wireless networks. Such solutions will be tested on campus and on other network testbeds.
By combining synergies from the fields of data science and network virtualization protocols and architectures, this work will lay the foundation for further research in adaptive resource management for (wireless) edge computing applications that can improve the quality of life in our society. This project's results will be valuable for other fields interested in real-time prediction, such as robotics, medicine, anthropology, and finance. The research in this project will be impactful also thanks to the planned industry and international collaborations. Students from underrepresented groups will be involved with research activities and hackathon events on campuses in Missouri and Maine.
The project will have a web presence at: https://cs.slu.edu/testbed/. Such website will be maintained by the Computer Science Department at Saint Louis University, and will be active at least 5 years beyond the end date of this project. The website will contain links to datasets collected with the testbed, technical reports, scientific publications, and code repositories developed by students and collaborators.
This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.
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