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ERI: A Foundational Framework for Sustainable Generative AI Agents — NSF Award to University of Minnesota Morris (MN, $200,000)

This Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) project aims to establish a foundational framework for modeling and reducing the environmental impact of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. By mitigating the massive energy demands of advanced computing, this project serves the national interest by ensuring energ

Award titleERI: A Foundational Framework for Sustainable Generative AI Agents
Award ID2553490
AwardeeUniversity of Minnesota Morris
CityMORRIS
StateMN
Amount obligated$200,000
Principal investigatorWenkai Guan
ProgramERI-Eng. Research Initiation
Start date06/01/2026
AbstractThis Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) project aims to establish a foundational framework for modeling and reducing the environmental impact of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. By mitigating the massive energy demands of advanced computing, this project serves the national interest by ensuring energy infrastructure resilience and sustaining United States leadership in AI innovation. The project will bring transformative changes by enabling engineers to predict and minimize AI
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