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CMU News: NIST Awards \$6M to Carnegie Mellon University
webThis news item documents a significant U.S. government investment in institutional AI safety research capacity, relevant to those tracking public funding for AI governance and evaluation infrastructure.
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NIST awarded Carnegie Mellon University $6 million to establish an AI Cooperative Research Center (AI-CRC) focused on advancing trustworthy AI systems. The center aims to develop standards, benchmarks, and tools to evaluate and improve AI safety, reliability, and transparency. This initiative supports NIST's broader mandate to build measurement science and standards infrastructure for responsible AI development.
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- •NIST awarded $6M to CMU to create an AI Cooperative Research Center focused on trustworthy and reliable AI systems.
- •The AI-CRC will develop evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and measurement tools to assess AI safety and performance.
- •The center aims to bridge academic research and practical standards development to support responsible AI deployment.
- •CMU's expertise in AI, robotics, and computer science positions it to contribute to NIST's AI Risk Management Framework goals.
- •This funding is part of broader U.S. government investment in AI safety infrastructure and standards-setting institutions.
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September 30, 2024
NIST Awards $6M to Carnegie Mellon University To Establish AI Cooperative Research Center
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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo (opens in new window) announced Sept. 24 that the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (opens in new window) (NIST) has awarded $6 million to Carnegie Mellon University to establish a joint center to support cooperative research and experimentation for the test and evaluation of modern AI capabilities and tools.
The CMU/NIST AI Measurement Science & Engineering Cooperative Research Center (AIMSEC) will seek to advance measurement science for modern AI systems, using stakeholder partnerships in a wide range of application domains — including human services, education, finance, transportation, energy and more — to test approaches and translate assessment capabilities and methodologies into practice.
“Artificial intelligence is the defining technology of our generation, and at the Commerce Department we are committed to working with America’s world-class higher education institutions, like Carnegie Mellon University, to advance safe, secure and trustworthy development of AI,” Raimondo said. “I am excited to announce this NIST award of $6 million for Carnegie Mellon to boost research of AI systems and support a new generation of scientists and engineers that will help advance American innovation globally.”
“Carnegie Mellon University is looking forward to partnering with NIST on research and development that will enable the trustworthy deployment of AI-driven decisions and systems," said CMU president Farnam Jahanian (opens in new window) . “The work of the center will lead to the development of standards and tools and by filling in this critical missing piece in the nation’s emerging technologies landscape, we will be equipping American businesses, researchers, leaders and consumers to better understand and trust emerging technologies and better utilize AI tools to their full, transformative potential.”
“AI is revolutionizing industries across the board, and it’s critical that we ensure these advancements are safe, reliable, and equitable,” said Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12), whose district includes CMU. “This $6 million grant will help Carneg
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