2 February 2022

SETI Institute Invites Applications for 2022 Frontier Development Lab

This announcement is adapted from the original press release on the SETI Institute website:

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Frontier Development Lab (FDL) is an applied artificial intelligence research initiative that pairs researchers from the science domains with data scientists for an intense eight-week sprint to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to challenges important to NASA’s science and exploration goals — and to all humankind.

FDL is now is looking for researchers at the PhD and postdoc levels with expertise in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and/or data science as well as those with expertise in astrophysics and space-related science domains. Research teams are supported by computer data and advice from private-sector partners for an intensive eight-week, paid research sprint over the summer between June and August.

The deadline to apply is 3 April 2022. Visit the SETI Institute website for more information and to apply.

Final 2022 challenges will be announced in March, but research areas include:

  • Lunar Exploration
  • Space Medicine
  • Astrobiology
  • Machine Learning Onboard Spacecraft
  • Climate Adaptation
  • Disaster Response
  • Energy Futures
  • Earth Science
  • "Live Twin," a Digital Twin of Our Planet
  • Heliophysics

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