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NSF Awards $20M to USC and Collaborators to Renew AI Institute

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $20 million to the University of Southern California (USC) and collaborators to renew the AI Institute for Advances in Optimization (AI4OPT) for a second phase, with USC leading AI for Optimization research, expanding its interdisciplinary team, and hosting the Seth Bonder summer camp.

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With an expanded role in NSF AI4OPT’s second phase, USC will lead AI for Optimization research, bring together a larger interdisciplinary team and host the Seth Bonder summer camp

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