"Center for Socially Responsible AI Awards Big Ideas Grants to Five Projects"
As part of its Big Ideas Grant (BIG) program, the Penn State Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (CSRAI) awarded over $212,000 to advance five interdisciplinary research projects. The high-risk, high-reward grant program helps Penn State faculty pilot cutting-edge research that advances the center's mission of promoting, studying, and practicing socially responsible methods of using, building, and deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. According to S. Shyam Sundar, director of the CSRAI, this year's funded projects cover a broad range of topics, such as mitigating the safety and security risks posed by adversarial attacks on autonomous vehicles. Among the funded projects is "Enhancing Situation Awareness of Adversary ML in Human-AI Collaboration for Safe Implementation of Automated Driving Systems." This article continues to discuss the Penn State CSRAI funding projects on AI that cover topics such as reducing security risks.