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UMN recently announced that it will receive a $20 million grant over five years from the National Science Foundation and the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to lead a new National Artificial Intelligence Research Institute. Researchers at the AI Institute for Climate-Land Interactions, Mitigation, Adaptation, Tradeoffs and Economy (AI-CLIMATE) aim to leverage artificial intelligence to create more climate-smart practices that will absorb and store carbon while simultaneously boosting the economy in the agriculture and forestry industries. MCAP joins a team of colleagues across the University of Minnesota as key leaders of AI-CLIMATE, along with collaborators from Cornell University, Colorado State University, Delaware State University, Purdue University and North Carolina State University. The researchers will also collaborate with the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) and the tribal nations it represents. The new institute is one of seven new NSF and NIFA-funded AI Institutes as part of a larger federal initiative — totaling nearly half a billion dollars — to bolster collaborative artificial intelligence research across the country. |
