News:2021-04-23
AI Town Hall
Thursday, May 13, 2021, 9:00AM - 12:00PM via Zoom
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The next AI Town Hall, virtual via Zoom, will be Thursday, May 13, 2021, 9:00AM-12:00PM. The agenda will include updates in AI research, courses & programs, faculty and student training and the upcoming NVIDIA AI Technology Center. In addition, we will hear from speakers in short research presentations, and we will have a 1-hr breakout session (by discipline) to discuss research and training. The event is free, but registration is required. You will not want to miss this so sign up now! And, please spread the word.
Registrants will receive the Zoom link prior to the start of the meeting.
For more information and to register.
Engaging NASA Workshops Planned
May 24 and May 27, 2021 | Virtual Workshops
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Touchdown of Mars Perseverance rover (illustration by NASA/JPL)
On April 19, Ingenuity achieved the first powered flight by an aircraft on another planet. Perseverance is exploring the Jezero Crater and the Artemis Program is planning to return Americans to the moon.
The University of Florida currently has more than 150 UF faculty members involved in NASA-funded research projects, including a key experiment on Perseverance and an active role in the LISA gravitational wave mission. UF faculty also play key roles in developing state-of-the-art technologies for future space missions and figuring out how to feed and sustain astronauts on long missions.
But UF has significant untapped potential for NASA research, so UF Research and the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering are hosting two day-long workshops for faculty from across the institution where current NASA-funded researchers will share their experiences and familiarity with space-related research. Together, presenters and participants will brainstorm how researchers can add a NASA component to research already funded by other federal agencies like the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy.
On May 24, the focus will be on NASA’s current mission structure, its origins/history, and the Science Mission Directorate, which is the largest of the four directorates and the one that most overlaps with UF’s diverse research portfolio. A second workshop on May 27 will focus on the remaining three NASA directorates in separate tracks so participants can select the program that is the best fit for their research.
“Created by faculty for faculty, these workshops will present tried-and-true methods to grow and sustain a NASA-funded research program,” said Forrest Masters, professor and associate dean for research in the College of Engineering. “Teams of experienced PIs will share knowledge accrued over many years, even decades, to help attendees succeed with proposing research ideas, building teams and, ultimately, advancing NASA’s mission.”
This workshop will be followed by an in-person event in the fall that will bring faculty together to share their research, form teams, interact with NASA personnel, and explore opportunities to pursue future NASA solicitations.