San Diego Supercomputer Center Plays a Role in NSF’s New ICICLE Institute
July 29, 2021
While some areas of science know first-hand how cool artificial intelligence (AI) is, not all domains have had access to the technology. But, now, AI is on the verge of becoming accessible to more researchers with the AI Institute for Intelligent Cyberinfrastructure with Computational Learning in the Environment, or ICICLE. The new institute will focus on next-generation intelligent cyberinfrastructure that makes using AI as easy as plugging an appliance into an electrical outlet.
One of 11 new initiatives collectively funded with $220 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF), ICICLE, with its $20-millon share, is envisioned to result in AI-based technologies that bring about a range of advances—from helping better understand movement and behavior of animals, to creating solutions to improve agriculture and food supply chains, and supporting underrepresented students in kindergarten through post-doctoral STEM education to improve equity in AI research. It will advance “plug-and-play” AI across a wide range of domains, promoting the democratization of AI.