AI Institutes Virtual Organization (AIVO): Expanding the Network

人工智能研究所虚拟组织 (AIVO)：扩展网络

• 批准号: 2332864
• 负责人: Stephen Brown
• 金额: $ 257.34万
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2332864&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: AI; Institutes; Virtual; Organization; AIVO

The National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes program is a multi-agency and multi-sector effort implementing the U.S. federal government strategy to advance a cohesive approach to AI-related opportunities and risks. Launched in 2019, the program now includes 25 AI Institutes. Each Institute is a large-scale effort involving a network of multiple funded organizations, many research professionals, and community partners working together to advance and apply AI knowledge and methods and build new platforms for AI research infrastructure and innovation. In this project, the AI Institutes Virtual Organization (AIVO) builds a community hub activity that connects these individual Institutes into a network of networks that is greater than the sum of its parts. The key activities of AIVO in this project include the planning and hosting of annual meetings of the Institutes for knowledge exchange, coordination of public engagement with the Institutes and their work, and a range of new programs for building new collaborations among the Institutes and with the broader research community. The nine interrelated efforts under this project establish excellent conditions to form communities and address topics across Institute boundaries.AIVO is an NSF-funded, community-led activity for coordination, collaboration, and community building in the AI Institutes program community. In this project, AIVO will expand community engagement in nine interrelated projects: 1) planning and conducting the program-wide leadership conference, Summit for AI Institutes Leadership (SAIL 2023); 2) planning and conducting a public engagement event co-located with SAIL 2023 for the exposition of AI Institutes to broader society and the exploration of new collaborations; 3) planning for future such leadership and public engagement conferences; 4) development and integration of dynamic and collaborative features for the AIVO web site to deliver a live look at Institute activity, implement collaborative features, and make the projects and personnel of the Institutes accessible to the public; 5) a program to support Institutes in developing new international collaborations; 6) the hosting of intra-Institute collaboration platforms to facilitate community growth; 7) a program to provide travel assistance grants to Institutes to increase attendance of early-career researchers at key AI conferences; the formalization and support to special interest groups (SIGs) to bring together personnel from diverse institutes around priority topics; and 9) development and hosting of AIVO Workshops to build inter-institute community around common themes of interest. Together, the efforts of this virtual organization represent a robust suite of Institute support programs and expertise to enhance the impact of a key national investment in AI and reach a much wider audience through diverse engagement mechanisms.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.

国家人工智能 (AI) 研究所计划是一项多机构和多部门的努力，旨在实施美国联邦政府的战略，以推动对人工智能相关机遇和风险采取统一的方法。该计划于 2019 年启动，目前包括 25 个人工智能机构。每个研究所都是一项大规模的工作，涉及多个受资助组织、许多研究专业人员和社区合作伙伴组成的网络，共同努力推进和应用人工智能知识和方法，并为人工智能研究基础设施和创新建立新平台。在这个项目中，人工智能研究所虚拟组织（AIVO）建立了一个社区中心活动，将这些单独的研究所连接成一个大于各部分之和的网络网络。 AIVO 在该项目中的主要活动包括规划和主办研究所知识交流年度会议、协调公众与研究所及其工作的参与，以及一系列在研究所之间以及与更广泛的研究界建立新合作的新计划。该项目下的九项相互关联的工作为形成社区和解决跨研究所边界的主题创造了良好的条件。AIVO 是一项由 NSF 资助、社区主导的活动，旨在在 AI 研究所项目社区中进行协调、协作和社区建设。在该项目中，AIVO 将扩大社区对九个相关项目的参与：1）规划和举办全项目领导力会议，人工智能机构领导力峰会（SAIL 2023）； 2) 与 SAIL 2023 同期举办公众参与活动，向更广泛的社会展示人工智能机构并探索新的合作； 3) 规划未来的此类领导力和公众参与会议； 4) 开发和集成 AIVO 网站的动态和协作功能，以实时查看研究所的活动，实施协作功能，并使公众可以访问研究所的项目和人员； 5）支持研究所开展新的国际合作的计划； 6) 托管机构内协作平台以促进社区发展； 7）一项向研究所提供差旅补助的计划，以增加早期职业研究人员参加重要人工智能会议的人数；对特殊利益团体（SIG）的正规化和支持，将来自不同机构的人员聚集在一起，围绕优先主题； 9) 开发和举办 AIVO 研讨会，围绕共同感兴趣的主题建立机构间社区。总之，这个虚拟组织的努力代表了一套强大的研究所支持计划和专业知识，以增强国家人工智能关键投资的影响，并通过多样化的参与机制吸引更广泛的受众。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。