FANGZHENG LYU LEADS NSF PROJECT TO BRING AI AND ADVANCED COMPUTING TO URBAN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

BLACKSBURG, Va., Aug. 11 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:

Fangzheng Lyu, an assistant professor in Virginia Tech's Department of Geography, is leading a three-year, nearly $500,000 National Science Foundation project to help urban researchers and practitioners take advantage of artificial intelligence and advanced computing resources.

The project, "CyberTraining: Implementation: Small: CITY-AI: CyberTraining for AI-Enabled Intelligent Urban Informatics and Smart City Innovation," is supported through the NSF's Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure program. The program is led by the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure and works to expand the scienti...