NVIDIA is participating in the U.S. National Science Foundation’s State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs program, which launched today to expand access to AI resources for research and education. The initiative supports state and multistate groups of colleges and universities to strengthen America’s AI ecosystem through collaboration with private industry, philanthropy, and local governments. The program will provide shared AI computing resources, accelerate scientific discovery, and prepare students for the AI economy. Source: nvidia
The State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs program will bring shared resources closer to institutions and communities. State or regional consortia can pool expertise, focus on local priorities, and achieve economies of scale. Flexible approaches, including on-premises infrastructure, cloud computing, or a combination, will allow consortia to design resources around their regional needs. The hubs will resemble the public-private partnership between NVIDIA, Chris Malachowsky, and the University of Florida in 2020, which turned UF into the country’s first true AI university. Source: nvidia
Since 2020, the University of Florida has grown to more than 300 AI-focused faculty and embedded AI education and research across all 16 colleges. UF faculty and units have received over $511 million in AI research awards since 2017. NVIDIA has also expanded academic compute access through its contributions to the NSF-led National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot program. Source: nvidia
