NSF National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 13:32:26 -0500
ai, nairr, nsf, resources

The NSF launched the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot on January 25. Its goal is to connect U.S. researchers and educators to computational, data, and training resources needed to advance AI research and research that employs AI. Federal agencies are collaborating with partners to implement the Pilot as a preparatory step toward an eventual full NAIRR implementation.

The NAIRR effort currently has several items relevant to the AI community:

Survey on Researcher and Educator Use Cases for the NAIRR. NSF invites researchers, faculty, and both graduate and undergraduate students who are struggling to access GPUs, data resources, know-how, and expertise to fill out this survey, which will inform directions for the pilot and demonstrate the need for the full NAIRR.

The first open call for NAIRR Pilot resources can be found on the nairrpilot.org. It targets a few NSF and DOE high-performance computing systems and testbeds and is focused on supporting safe, secure, and trustworthy AI research.

A webinar on the NAIRR Pilot will be held on Wednesday, February 21 at 3:00-4:30pm ET via zoom. The webinar will include a Q&A period with attendees.

Here are additional information and links:

NAIRR Pilot webpage hosted by NSF

The NAIRR Pilot portal provides the research and education community information on the latest NAIRR Pilot opportunities and usable resources.

NSF NAIRR press release

Join the NAIRR Pilot announcements mailing by sending an email message to nairr_pilot_announcements-subscribe-request@listserv.nsf.gov

Send questions about the NAIRR pilot to nairr_pilot@nsf.gov