NRAO Part of New AI Institutes Launched by U.S. National Science Foundation and Simons Foundation

Credit: Photo by Bettymaya Foott/NSF NRAO/AUI, composition by U.S. National Science Foundation

Eric Murphy, an astronomer with the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory, adds, “We are excited to be a key part of one of the first Astronomy AI institutes. This opportunity will allow us to collaborate with leading experts in the field to drive key areas in foundational AI research while simultaneously identifying how these advancements can increase the efficiency and reliability of our instruments—the most in demand radio telescopes in the world for astronomy—for our existing facilities, like our partnership in the Atacama Large Millimeter and submillimeter Array, and future facilities, like the Next Generation Very Large Array.”

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