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IFCE-RICE-SENAI GOOGLE EXPLORECSR-100K PROGRAM

Artificial Intelligence for Urban Sustainability and Resilience to Natural Disasters in the Americas

The IFCE-Rice-SENAI program is a tripartite alliance integrating research and development (R&D), education, and local partnerships to improve infrastructure systems to better handle hydroclimate extremes.

Funding

This program is one of the winners of the 2021 U.S.-Brazil Innovation Fund Grant Competition, which is supported by:
  • The United States Department of State
  • Brazil’s National Service of Industrial Training (SENAI)
  • The Partner of the Americas
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The program is also partially funded by a Google Research exploreCSR award.
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Team

Headshot Arlei Silva.

Arlei Silva

Computer Science, Rice University
Headshot James Doss-Gollin

James Doss-Gollin

Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
Headshot Geraldo Jr.

Geraldo Gomes da Cruz Jr

Instituto SENAI de Inovação para Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação
Headshot Jorge Silva

Jorge F. M. Costa da Silva

Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará

Projects

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A major goal of this program is to train a new generation of Brazilian and American students on AI for infrastructure, climate, and urban data. These are examples of completed and ongoing projects:
  • Arnav Burudgunte (Rice). Sensor Placement for Learning in Flow Networks. Summer 2023
  • Archit Gupta (Rice). Evaluating the Impact of Flooding on Mobility across the Harris County. Spring, Summer 2023
  • Chima Adiole and Gia Braddock (Rice). Flood Simulation using Convolutional Neural Networks. Spring 2023
  • Aaron Chang and Cheng Peng (Rice). Efficient Estimation of the Resilience of Power Grids. Spring 2023

Location

6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, Estados Unidos
Av. Treze de Maio, 2081 - Benfica, Fortaleza - CE, 60040-531
Av. Norte Miguel Arraes de Alencar, 539 - Santo Amaro, Recife - PE, 50100-000