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CAREER: Designing EdgeAI Tools With and For Communities in Low-Resource Settings — NSF Award to University of Tennessee Knoxville

Across many rural and resource-constrained communities in the United States (including agricultural regions, Appalachian and coal country areas), resident-led groups and civic organizations work to address local concerns ranging from water safety and soil health to food production and land conditions. Yet gathering and

Award titleCAREER: Designing EdgeAI Tools With and For Communities in Low-Resource Settings
Award ID2543328
AwardeeUniversity of Tennessee Knoxville
CityKNOXVILLE
StateTN
Amount obligated$376,586
Principal investigatorSai Swaminathan
ProgramHCC-Human-Centered Computing
Start date08/01/2026
AbstractAcross many rural and resource-constrained communities in the United States (including agricultural regions, Appalachian and coal country areas), resident-led groups and civic organizations work to address local concerns ranging from water safety and soil health to food production and land conditions. Yet gathering and acting on local data remains a persistent challenge. Existing tools for such tasks often assume reliable internet connectivity, use data platforms owned and managed by outside com
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