{"id":43782,"date":"2026-07-27T13:50:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/?p=43782"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:36:34","slug":"nsf-awards-boston-university-20-million-to-help-create-national-cloud-lab-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/nsf-awards-boston-university-20-million-to-help-create-national-cloud-lab-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston University Awarded $20 Million NSF Grant to Launch National Cloud Lab Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adapted from a story by Andrew Thurston for The Brink<\/em><\/p>\n

CISE faculty affiliate Yannis Paschalidis serves as co-principal investigator on the four-year initiative.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Yannis Paschalidis, Distinguished Professor of Engineering (ECE, SE, BME), Professor of Computing and Data Science, and Biostatistics, CISE faculty affiliate and Director of the Hariri Institute for Computing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Boston University has been awarded nearly $20 million National Science Foundation award<\/span><\/a>\u00a0from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the National Cloud Lab Network, a four-year initiative that will create a nationwide network of AI-enabled, remotely accessible cloud laboratories. Led by Douglas Densmore<\/span><\/a>,<\/strong> professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering and founding director of the DAMP Lab<\/span><\/a>,<\/span>\u00a0the project aims to expand access to advanced research infrastructure, accelerate scientific discovery, and strengthen U.S. leadership in automated science and engineering.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yannis Paschalidis<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>, Distinguished Professor of Engineering, professor of Computing & Data Sciences and Biostatistics, <\/span>CISE faculty affiliate, and Director of the Hariri Institute for Computing, serves as <\/span>co-principal investigator on the award. Keith Brown<\/span><\/a><\/span>, professor of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Physics and Division Head of Materials Science & Engineering, also serves as co-principal investigator.<\/span><\/p>\n

The National Cloud Lab Network will develop the technologies, standards, and workflows needed to connect cloud laboratories across the country, enabling researchers to remotely access sophisticated scientific instruments and AI-powered experimental platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n

The award builds on earlier work supported by the Hariri Institute\u2019s Focused Research Program, \u201c<\/span>From Self-Driving Labs to Community-Driven Labs<\/span><\/a>,\u201d led by Brown. The FRP demonstrated the feasibility of shared autonomous research infrastructure and helped shape approaches to developing community-accessible cloud laboratories. This work complements the DAMP Lab\u2019s longstanding leadership in laboratory automation and programmable experimentation.<\/span><\/p>\n

By connecting AI with remotely accessible laboratory infrastructure, the National Cloud Lab Network will broaden access to AI-enabled research, accelerate discovery, and strengthen U.S. leadership in automated science and engineering.<\/span><\/p>\n

Find the full story on The Brink:
\n<\/b>https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2026\/nsf-awards-20-million-establish-national-cloud-lab-network\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Read the NSF Announcement:\u00a0<\/b>
\nhttps:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/tip\/updates\/nsf-announces-400m-investment-new-national-network-ai\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Adapted from a story by Andrew Thurston for The Brink CISE faculty affiliate Yannis Paschalidis serves as co-principal investigator on the four-year initiative. Boston University has been awarded nearly $20 million National Science Foundation award\u00a0from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the National Cloud Lab Network, a four-year initiative that will create a nationwide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24994,"featured_media":43784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[127,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24994"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43782"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43832,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43782\/revisions\/43832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}