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      <title>Flood-resilient Transport System Through Integrated Modeling, ML &amp; Immersive AR/VR </title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Extreme rainfall events increasingly disrupt urban transportation systems by overwhelming drainage infrastructure and causing localized road flooding that impedes last-mile freight delivery, delays emergency response, and disrupts the broader multimodal supply chain. These disruptions limit access to essential services, delay emergency response, and threaten public safety. Building on the research team's previously developed framework (F25-26), this project advances a data-driven approach for high-resolution prediction of urban road flooding in Jackson, Mississippi, integrating geospatial databases, process-based H-H modeling (aligning with rigorous U.S. Army ERDC methodologies), and machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to identify flood-prone road and railway segments. The ML-based surrogate models will maintain computational efficiency, enable timely identification of vulnerable transportation networks, and support emergency response by feeding into JSU Water Lab’s broader web-based-visualization interfaces. This project introduces an interactive K–12 STEM module, age-appropriate hands-on activities along with STEM curriculum module designed for upper-level Civil Engineering undergraduate and graduate students at JSU. This initiative transforms research outcomes into the classroom to modernize workforce training using integrated Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) and will be tested with summer student exchange programs. Students can explore and 3D print several transportation infrastructure components, such as culverts, bridges, and urban drainage systems, and evaluate their performance under simulated flood conditions, and experience AR/VR based immersive simulators. Using AR/VR tools, including the Meta Quest platform, available in the PI lab, future transportation engineers will visualize flood scenarios in immersive 3D environments built from existing topographical assets in Unity or Unreal Engine. By combining advanced predictive modeling with experiential learning, the project promotes advanced STEM engagement, and high-tech workforce development, aligning with broader goals of improving multimodal transportation system resilience. While the primary focus is on urban road and rail flooding, these transportation corridors serve as critical connectors to Mississippi's inland waterway freight network, including facilities linked to the Pearl River system and regional multimodal freight movements. Roadway disruptions during extreme rainfall events can delay freight access to ports, intermodal terminals, water-dependent industrial facilities, and affect supply-chain resilience. By identifying flood-vulnerable roadway and railway segments, the proposed framework will support more reliable connectivity between surface transportation infrastructure and maritime freight operations]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:34:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Community Response Enhanced Education on Disasters (CREED): Virtual Reality Training to Enhance Transportation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence/Virtual Reality (AI/VR) simulation activities enhance critical emergency management functions—planning, forecasting, threat detection, security, and information sharing—ultimately improving the preservation of life and property. These tools create a safe, immersive environment where participants build problem-solving skills, decision-making ability, and confidence in disaster response. This project will deliver education, professional development, and continuous improvement in emergency preparedness for both aspiring and current professionals. The research team will invite high school and community college students to participate alongside university students and practitioners. Participants will engage in hands-on training and live demonstrations using advanced technologies such as virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven simulations. The program fosters multidisciplinary collaboration among disciplines: Emergency Management Technology, Meteorology, Computer Science/Engineering, Health Science, and Journalism, and Media Studies. Through classroom instruction, workshops, and interactive training demos, students will work directly with emergency management professionals, strengthening real-world skills, supporting school-to-work transitions, and enhancing career readiness.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:29:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Update Standardized Measurement Systems and Laboratory Test Procedures to Improve Motorist Safety</title>
      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/2727316</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The growth in construction and maintenance activities throughout the state has prompted an increase in the throughput for standardized measurements, laboratory tests, and similar processes performed by TxDOT on a routine basis. TxDOT, as well as its affiliated stakeholders, must meet this increased demand with a limited availability of trained workforce while ensuring high quality and consistent work products. While many of these processes have been developed and used for several decades, recent advances in technologies such as sensors, computing, logic controllers, machine vision, and actuators have now made it feasible to fully or partially automate several of the existing processes or, where feasible, replace some archaic processes with modern advanced and automated methods. The research teams will conduct one or more scouting tours of divisions and districts to create an inventory of processes and identify their potential to be automated. The research teams will use a scoring system with input from TxDOT to prioritize processes that can be partially or fully automated and benefit TxDOT. The research teams will develop, validate, and facilitate implementation of selected solutions with appropriate workflow integration and training of TxDOT’s personnel.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:52:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Two-Lane to Three-Lane Roadway Conversions: Active Transportation Safety Implications</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Land development patterns often shift two-lane collector roadways from serving primarily through traffic to accommodating a greater mix of through and local access traffic. In other cases, local destinations remain while downstream development increases through-traffic demand. In both scenarios, turning movements and through traffic increasingly conflict with each other. Where no alternative corridor options exist, through traffic remains on the road along with increased traffic volumes generated by new land uses. Prior to development, these roads may have included paved shoulders occasionally used by pedestrians and bicyclists, though active transportation activity was generally limited because fewer nearby destinations existed. As development intensifies, pedestrian and bicycle activity increases alongside turning conflicts, creating pressure on agencies to widen the roadway cross-section by adding center turn lanes, bicycle lanes, sidewalks, or shared-use paths.

While active transportation users benefit from dedicated facilities, they may not benefit from roadway changes that increase vehicle speeds, traffic volumes, or unprotected crossing distances. Meanwhile, motorists on two-lane roadways with frequent left-turning vehicles may experience more rear-end crashes, driver frustration, and risky drive-around maneuvers. Drivers making left turns under these conditions may also accept smaller traffic gaps or perform less thorough scans for pedestrians and bicyclists. When agencies determine that adding pedestrian and bicycle facilities alone is insufficient to meet operational needs, an important question remains: how can transportation agencies improve traffic operations while optimizing safety for active transportation users?

The objective of this research is to evaluate and compare the safety performance of two-lane roadway cross-sections without dedicated turn lanes and three-lane cross-sections with center two-way left-turn lanes along corridors that include bicycle lanes, sidewalks, and effective pedestrian crossing treatments. The research will identify the traffic, land use, and operational conditions under which each cross-section is more effective at improving pedestrian and bicyclist safety while balancing multimodal operational performance.

A secondary objective is to develop a guide with evidence-based recommendations, design considerations, and implementation strategies for improving multimodal safety along suburban and urbanizing corridors with current or projected high through-motorist travel and left-turn motorist demand.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:36:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Workforce Development in Digital Transportation and Infrastructure Technologies for State DOTs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[State departments of transportation (DOTs) are undergoing rapid transformation as digital technologies—such as data analytics, sensor networks, connected and automated systems, artificial intelligence, and digital asset management—become integral to transportation systems. While these tools are reshaping how agencies plan, design, and operate infrastructure, they require new technical and interdisciplinary skill sets beyond traditional engineering roles.

Many state DOTs face challenges in keeping pace due to workforce constraints, including skill gaps, an aging workforce, and difficulties recruiting and retaining talent with digital expertise. Legacy workforce structures and limited training capacity further hinder agencies’ ability to adapt, creating a gap between technological advancement and workforce capability.  

The objective of this research is to develop a framework and practical tools to help state DOTs plan, implement, and sustain workforce development strategies aligned with digital transformation. The research will assess workforce capacity and skill gaps and develop guidance to support recruitment, reskilling, retention, and long-term workforce readiness.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:10:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Louisiana International Terminal and the Violet Community: A Development Study &amp; Project Implementation Support Framework</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As the Port of New Orleans moves forward with $1.2 billion in investments for the development of the Louisiana International Terminal and associated road and rail improvements in St. Bernard Parish’s Violet community, this three-phase project engages transportation industry stakeholders and the Violet, Louisiana community to identify the need for education and workforce development, local infrastructure improvements and capital project opportunities to support future community and economic developments within the area. This research seeks to determine how to mitigate impacts and optimize community benefit whenever a new billion-dollar maritime project is constructed, using Violet as a case study.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 20:01:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Transit-Oriented Development Ridership Calculator - Phase 1</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) is the creation of compact, walkable, pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use communities centered around stations along transit priority corridors (rail, bus rapid transit). The State of California has established several policies to support TOD, as have local jurisdictions and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). There is a need for research on the quantifiable impacts of TOD on transit ridership to guide policy and investments in TOD for future transit plans. There is good literature on the impacts of various factors (fares, gas prices, service levels, TNCs, etc.) on ridership levels. There is also literature on the impact of land use generally (employment/population density, land use types) on transit ridership. TOD impacts on ridership, however, are not well researched to date because data on TODs and the residents that move into them is not available at a consistent level. Agencies and municipalities applying for state grants provide estimates of ridership impacts and new development catalyzed by the project, but producing well-supported, reliable numbers in their applications remains a challenge. Some regions have regional ridership models they use in service planning, but these models are generally not designed to forecast changes associated with a single building or neighborhood. Other regions do not have ridership models at all and must rely on ad-hoc approaches to estimate ridership impacts. There is also a need to provide consistent, transparent transit ridership estimates so that more-resourced agencies applying for grants do not out-compete less-resourced agencies that don't have their own regional ridership models. Different local or regional transit ridership model methodologies may not be transparent to audiences, including grant application evaluators. One way to standardize the process and level the playing field between agencies is through the creation of an easy-to-use calculator for estimating the ridership impacts of TOD projects. Through this tool, ridership estimates for applicants seeking funding or zoning variances for TOD projects will be able to document how the projects will impact ridership. These estimates will be comparable across projects thanks to using a standardized methodology. This project will lay the groundwork for creating such a calculator, by reviewing the existing literature on the topic and identifying an actionable plan and concrete model structure to implement the calculator.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:20:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Effects of Complete Streets Policies and Projects on Local Business Development and Growth in California</title>
      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/2696848</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This project aims to explore the effects of Complete Streets policies and projects on local business development in California. The project uses a mixed-methods research design and micro-level business databases to explore how Complete Streets influences job accessibility, business attraction, business survival rates, and the broader transformation of mixed land use surrounding Complete Streets project sites. It investigates the interplay between Complete Streets projects and local business dynamics, particularly focusing on the clustering or dispersion of businesses for the agglomeration economy. By comparing the range of Complete Streets policies adopted by different entities, such as state agencies, counties, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, and cities, within varying sociodemographic, environmental, economic, and physical contexts, the research assesses their influence on transportation improvement plans and economic development strategies. The primary objectives of the research comprise three major research tasks. First, it aims to evaluate how Complete Streets policies impact changes in travel demand and behavioral patterns, considering the allocation of various transport modes. Second, the research examines the effects of proximity to Complete Streets project sites on the growth and development of local businesses. Finally, the project seeks to understand the perspectives of transportation agencies and local governments regarding the urban environment modifications driven by Complete Streets initiatives, particularly their implications for local business growth and broader land use changes. By employing mixed methods, the research aims to provide comprehensive insights that inform policymakers, urban planners, and business owners of strategies to refine Complete Streets policies for better local business development.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Advanced Sustainable Transportation Workforce Development Initiative in California’s Inland Empire</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Spurred by significant government investments and regulatory landscape, advanced sustainable transportation (connected, automated, energy-efficient, and shared vehicles) and its supporting infrastructure is well underway in Inland Southern California. Not only are advanced vehicles becoming common among California’s Inland Empire residents, but the region is at the heart of medium- and heavy-duty vehicle programs associated with goods movement. As a result, many advanced transportation and infrastructure manufacturers are now locating to the Inland Empire due to its favorable economic landscape. What’s lacking is an advanced sustainable transportation workforce in the region that is needed for: (1) manufacturing, maintaining, repairing advanced vehicles; (2) setting up, deploying, and maintaining advanced vehicle infrastructure; and (3) responding to incidents associated with advanced vehicles and their supporting infrastructure. The project team will launch a comprehensive Advanced Sustainable Transportation Workforce Development Initiative for California’s Inland Empire, pulling together a variety of existing educational programs, developing these programs further into a cohesive vehicle/infrastructure training program, and creating a coalition of local manufacturers in this advanced vehicle space. This initiative seeks to position the Inland Empire as a national leader in advanced vehicle manufacturing and adoption. This bold vision positions the region as a model for sustainable growth, advancing the region’s goals while uplifting communities. The key goals of the initiative include: (1) Integrating workforce development, industry needs, and policy goals into a cohesive, impactful strategy. This project will deliver comprehensive training programs in advanced vehicle technology, associated infrastructure, and managing vehicle incidents across a wide range of technologies (light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles, buses, trucks, rail, aircraft). (2) Creating high-quality jobs in the region. The team’s plan is to fill the expected thousands of advanced transportation jobs with locally sourced talent, emphasizing pathways that promote societal advancement.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:12:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Foundations in Energy Systems for Transportation Certificate</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This project supports the transformation of transportation systems through changes in energy systems management by preparing a managerial workforce with knowledge in both energy systems management and transportation systems management. A transformed transport system will run on both existing and new energy systems. As a result, effective management of the transport system will depend upon a workforce that also has foundational knowledge in traditional and emerging energy systems. This includes knowledge of energy sources, basic economics, and the regulatory and policy environment that either supports or hinders development of those systems. This project plans to develop a certificate program that introduces case studies focused on planned or in-process energy systems case studies within public transit, supply chain logistics, personal vehicle traffic, and active transportation that draw from Center for International Trade and Transportation (CITT) expertise and guest speakers from industry leaders in its network. The certificate and corresponding curriculum development are informed by an assessment of workforce needs related to freight and transit sectors and related energy systems. The needs assessment includes both surveys and focus group meetings and will provide insights into workforce needs related to freight and transit sectors and related energy systems. Following the survey completion, the CITT team will organize focus groups to discuss the survey results and form the Curriculum Advisory Board. Concurrently, the CITT team, in conjunction with the Curriculum Advisory Board, will conduct outreach to form a pilot cohort for the first iteration of the certificate program. Module 1 of the program would provide a general overview of: energy systems foundations; including fuel types; infrastructure priorities; economic development; project lifecycle management; data needs; policy and regulatory requirements; and workforce development. Module 2 would provide modal focuses on freight and transit. For the capstone project, participants will work in groups to address a topic within the modal focus chosen in Module 2, which will be presented as the final step of the program.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:19:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Transforming Transportation with an Innovative and Talented Workforce: A Transportation Careers Workshop</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The proposed event will be a two-day workshop in Durango, Colorado, at both Fort Lewis College and another community site or high school, featuring several key presentations and a panel discussion. The first day will consist of speakers and presentations. The second day will consist of interactive feedback at separate locations regarding the results of vocational assessment inventories. The target population of workshop participants will be high school and college students interested in learning more about careers in the transportation industry. Participants will complete surveys and career-planning instruments and receive detailed interpretations of their results to help them narrow their career choices. Representatives from trucking, transit, state DOTs, and the supply chain industry will be invited to participate as experts, delivering presentations that describe careers and opportunities in the transportation industry. In addition, there will be an interactive session to help participants prioritize their vocational interests and preferences. Lastly, a networking event with presenters will also be arranged.

In addition to providing career information on activities, salaries, and other employment and career opportunities in the transportation industry, the proposed workshop will also address two main needs regarding the recruitment of potential entrants to the transportation industry. First, identify a transportation career profile for prospective applicants to target highly congruent candidates for the industry. This profile will provide researchers with an opportunity to develop an interest and preference profile of prospective students whose interests are congruent with the industry. Identifying those persons who are likely to be congruent allows outreach efforts to be tailored and targeted, and limited funds and resources to be used more effectively. Second, a short, easy-to-use web page that could assist students in obtaining information about transportation careers in general, with a brief survey or questionnaire to help narrow down interests in transportation careers, which then directs users to more targeted information. This web page could then be made available to other UTC programs that conduct transportation and career outreach events. The web page will be used to tally hits, and requests for applications will help more accurately measure the impact of the workshop's outreach efforts. This outreach project will also incorporate the development and implementation of a prototype webpage to evaluate the workshop and serve other UTCs.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:37:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Advanced Mobility Innovation Lab (AMIL) and Beyond</title>
      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/2666833</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As the United States navigates the Fourth Industrial Revolution - defined by the convergence of physical, digital, and biological technologies - STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education has become increasingly vital to preparing students for the future workforce. Transportation, a sector undergoing rapid technological transformation, is deeply intertwined with STEM and plays a critical role in shaping economic development, public safety, and access to essential services. Yet, many K-12 students, particularly in rural areas, lack exposure to high-quality STEM learning opportunities.  The Advanced Mobility Innovation Lab (AMIL) was established through funding from the CR2C2 REE program to address this gap by providing portable, hands-on STEM experiences that fuse transportation technology demonstrations with project-based learning. This project will expand AMIL’s effort in projects R-EWD-1 and R-EWD-2, and increases the reach and impact by partnering with the University of Alabama’s robust K–12 STEM Education Outreach program, creating a collaborative model for multi-university engagement and STEM education. Together, these programs will deliver enriched STEM experiences that emphasize emerging transportation technologies, autonomous systems, and the STEM principles behind their development and operation. The initiative will culminate in two regional events - one in Alabama and one in North Carolina - featuring autonomous vehicle demonstrations and showcasing student learning outcomes.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:46:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Center for Efficient Mobility (CEM) Innovation Accelerator</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This project will establish an “Innovation Accelerator” for the Center for Efficient Mobility (CEM)  to act as an incubator for commercializing technologies related to healthy and efficient mobility. The CEM consortium led by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) has already laid the groundwork for this effort through the identification of stakeholders and partners and the establishment of an innovation ecosystem to accelerate the development, adoption, and commercialization of new transportation technologies, in partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation.  This project will formalize the innovation ecosystem within CEM, supported by commercialization support and stakeholder engagement. It will include commercialization support from technology commercialization and licensing offices at TTI and the A&M System, with support from facilities at our partner institutions, and input and advice from stakeholders. Through support, seed funding, commercialization grants, and the necessary legal and business support, CEM will champion students, faculty, and researchers in their efforts to commercialize any intellectual property developed as part of the grant. CEM will leverage the support of Texas A&M’s Innovation Office (https://innovation.tamus.edu/). CEM will also work with their counterparts at other consortium members such as Georgia Tech's CREATE-X and Quadrant-i initiatives (https://commercialization.gatech.edu/ ) and work with researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors to spin off new companies based on CEM research.   The key aspects of this project include:  Stakeholder Engagement – CEM will formalize a stakeholder engagement and advisory function to identify needs and problems that can be solved through research and technology developed by CEM; Innovation Ecosystem – Students, researchers, and faculty will be supported as they advance research outcomes. The innovation ecosystem will connect them to experts, entrepreneurs, and business communities. Testing facilities and seed funding will also be made available as needed to support technology development.  Commercialization Support -  Commercialization experts from within the consortium  will provide education,  technical support, legal and business support   to researchers who develop technologies with potential for commercialization.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:56:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Statewide Innovative Corridor Planning Study</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This study will increase our knowledge of best practices for coordinated corridor planning and provide a reference guidebook for Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) planners. An improved corridor planning process would include approaches to harmonize transportation and land use. It would contribute to more efficient and sustainable urban development. The focus would be to improve planning for projects in CDOT’s 10-Year Plan pipeline.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:57:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Understanding Human-centered AI through Data Integration and Analytics</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This project intends to develop course modules and tools for students to understand human-centered artificial intelligence (AI) methods and data requirements, conduct specific mobility analysis using AI-empowered technologies, and build multimodal technology solutions to improve mobility. TRB Special Report 275: The Workforce Challenge highlighted data and analysis needs as critical for future transportation professionals. Therefore, this education project will help build the data component currently weak or missing in transportation curricula. Also, the USDOT RD&T Strategic Plan highlights AI as an important technology and skill set for the next-generation transportation workforce. Thus, this project can also help train the future workforce for effective use of AI technologies in their practice.

The project outcome will deliver AI-based data integration and analytics education and workforce development modules that provide the transportation workforce with the knowledge and tools needed to assist them in improving the safety and efficiency of the nation’s transportation system through innovative human-centered AI transportation applications. The project outreach and technology transfer plan will provide greater access to continuing education and workforce development opportunities to meet the evolving needs of the transportation community at the local, tribal, state, regional, and national levels. Additionally, as part of the project tasks, the research team will build coalitions with local, tribal, state, regional, and national collaborators, and AI vendors to ensure that the education activities address emerging issues in Machine Learning and human-centered AI applications.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:02:13 GMT</pubDate>
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