Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions)

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking proposals for its Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) program, which aims to support ambitious, foundational research agendas in computer and information science and engineering. The program encourages investigators to come together to identify compelling, transformative research agendas that promise to define the future of computing and information. Some potential areas of focus include: • Fundamentally new architectures for intelligence and the hardware and compute substrates that make them possible • Rigorous physical and mathematical theories of how systems learn, generalize, and can be interpreted • Neuroscience-inspired approaches to learning, memory, reasoning, and behavioral steering • Intelligence embodied in the physical world through general physical intelligence, advanced robotics hardware, and novel architectures and learning paradigms for embodied systems • Transformative approaches to next generation communication and networking • High-risk, high-reward areas that no single discipline could pursue alone The program will provide funding of up to $15,000,000 over seven years for each award, and it is expected that 4 awards will be made.