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Acknowledgments and Disclaimer

Our research has been made possible by funds from the CEDC, ORS, EUReCA at University of Colorado Denver, US Department of Education, Google, and the National Science Foundation.

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in our research results are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding agencies.

Funding Activities

PI: Ashis Kumer Biswas, EAGER: Building a Provable Differentially Private Real-time Data-blind ML Algorithm: A case study on Enhancing STEM student Engagement in Online Learning, Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Division: IIS, Award amount: $150,000, Awarded: 06/2023, Start: 06/15/2023, End: 05/31/2024.
PI: Ashis Kumer Biswas, co-PI: Geeta Verma, Pedagogical Intervention Recommender System (TABY 2.0): Examining STEM majors’ Attrition using Machine Common Sense Reasoning in Online Learning Environments, Sponsor: CRC, Office of Research Services, CU Denver, Award amount: $15,000, Awarded: 09/2021.
PI: Ashis Kumer Biswas, co-PI: Geeta Verma, Creating a pedagogical toolkit for remote teaching: Leveraging Machine Learning on student generated audio and visual data, CRC, Office of Research Services, CU Denver, Award amount: $15,000, Awarded: 08/2020.
PI: Jan Mandel, co-PIs: Carlos R Infante, Yaning Liu, Kannan Premnath, Amy L Roberts, senior personnel: Ashis Kumer Biswas, CC* Compute: Accelerating Science and Education by Campus and Grid Computing, Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Award amount: $399,938, Awarded: 06/2020.
PI: Ashis Kumer Biswas, Understanding difficulties in the current form of remote education during the COVID-19 pandemic and developing AI driven tools for an engaging, effective and inclusive learning experience, Sponsor: Google, Award amount: $17,000 (Google Cloud Credit), Awarded: 06/2020.
PI: Ashis Kumer Biswas, EUReCA! Research Assistant in Cyberlearning Technology Development, Sponsor: EUReCA! Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities, CU Denver, Award amount: $6,000, Awarded: 09/2020.
PI: Haadi Jafarian, co-PIs: Farnoush Banaei-Kashani, Ersin Dincelli, Keith Guzik, Ashis Kumer Biswas, Formulation, Development and Evaluation of Defensive Cyberdeception against Influence Campaigns in Online Social Networks, CRC, Office of Research Services, CU Denver, Award amount: $15,000, Awarded: 07/2019.
PI: Farnoush Banaei-Kashani, co-PIs: Haadi Jafarian, Ashis Kumer Biswas, Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) fellowship proposal on Data-driven Cybersecurity, Sponsor: US Department of Education, Award amount: $248,750, Awarded: 09/2018.