{"slug": "nsf-awards-20m-to-usc-and-collaborators-to-renew-ai-institute", "title": "NSF Awards $20M to USC and Collaborators to Renew AI Institute", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "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\n\nThe post [NSF Awards $20M to USC and Collaborators to Renew AI Institute](https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/09/nsf-awards-20m-to-usc-and-collaborators-to-renew-ai-institute/) appeared first on [USC Viterbi | School of Engineering](https://viterbischool.usc.edu).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nsf-awards-20m-to-usc-and-collaborators-to-renew-ai-institute", "canonical_source": "https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/09/nsf-awards-20m-to-usc-and-collaborators-to-renew-ai-institute/", "published_at": "2026-09-04 19:37:53+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-09 20:42:12.206848+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-research"], "entities": ["National Science Foundation", "University of Southern California", "AI4OPT", "Seth Bonder"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nsf-awards-20m-to-usc-and-collaborators-to-renew-ai-institute", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nsf-awards-20m-to-usc-and-collaborators-to-renew-ai-institute.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nsf-awards-20m-to-usc-and-collaborators-to-renew-ai-institute.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nsf-awards-20m-to-usc-and-collaborators-to-renew-ai-institute.jsonld"}}