The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative presented a $5.5 million grant to the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Center for Data Science to support a project that uses artificial intelligence to improve science and medicine research.
The project, titled Computable Knowledge, aims to "create an intelligent and navigable map of scientific knowledge using a branch of [AI] known as knowledge representation and reasoning," according to a press release. More specifically, the project will foster ways for scientists to explore, navigate and discover connections between new and historical scientific research articles.
"We are excited for the opportunity to advance our research in deep learning, representation and reasoning for such a worthy challenge," said Andrew McCallum, PhD, director of UMass' Center for Data Science. "We believe the result will be a first-of-its-kind guide for every scientist, just as map apps are now indispensable tools for navigating the physical world. We hope our results will help solve the mounting problem of scientific knowledge complexity, democratize scientific knowledge and put powerful reasoning in the hands of individual scientists."
This marks the first donation from CZI — the initiative run by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg.
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