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.
About
The IFCE-Rice-SENAI program is a US-Brazil collaboration between the following institutions: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
Team
Arlei Silva
Computer Science, Rice UniversityJames Doss-Gollin
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice UniversityGeraldo Gomes da Cruz Jr
Instituto SENAI de Inovação para Tecnologias da Informação e ComunicaçãoJorge F. M. Costa da Silva
Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do CearáProjects
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
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Location
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Rice University (Rice)
- 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, Estados Unidos
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Instituto Federal Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará (IFCE)
- Av. Treze de Maio, 2081 - Benfica, Fortaleza - CE, 60040-531
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Instituto SENAI de Inovação de Recife (SENAI)
- Av. Norte Miguel Arraes de Alencar, 539 - Santo Amaro, Recife - PE, 50100-000