Summary
CATEGORY I: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN AI/ML COMPUTING DEMANDS AND TODAY'S CAPABILITIES -ADVANCES IN COMPUTING HARDWARE AND IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) RESEARCH HAVE LED TO AI-FOCUSED SYSTEMS THAT HAVE TRANSFORMED THE LANDSCAPE OF COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH AND OF SOCIETY ITSELF. MUCH OF TODAY'S AI RESEARCH RELIES ON ACCESS TO LARGE VOLUMES OF DATA AND ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL POWER, WHICH ARE OFTEN UNAVAILABLE TO RESEARCHERS NOT LOCATED AT WELL-RESOURCED TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES AND UNIVERSITIES. THIS DIVIDE LIMITS THE ABILITY OF RESEARCHERS TO LEVERAGE AI TO TACKLE THE BIG CHALLENGES IN OUR SOCIETY. IT FURTHER CONSTRAINS THE DIVERSITY OF RESEARCHERS AND THE BREADTH OF IDEAS INCORPORATED INTO AI INNOVATIONS, THEREBY CONTRIBUTING TO EMBEDDED BIASES AND OTHER SYSTEMIC INEQUALITIES FOUND IN AI SYSTEMS TODAY. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SUPERCOMPUTING APPLICATIONS (NCSA) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN WILL DEPLOY AND OPERATE DELTAAI, AN ADVANCED COMPUTING AND DATA RESOURCE THAT WIL
