Stable formulations and numerical discretizations of loss functions for generative AI with applications to model reduction

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Abstract

Artificial intelligence is increasingly used to model complex scientific and engineering systems. Maintaining leadership in this area over the long term depends not only on larger models and more data but also on mathematical methods to enhance training and to make training more stable, reproducible, and mathematically well-founded. This project will develop mathematical principles for designing training objectives and methods for generative artificial intelligence that remain stable under realistic training conditions, such as finite data, rather than producing misleading updates or fragile models. This project directly advances artificial intelligence as an area of federal strategic interest by strengthening the foundations needed for reliable artificial intelligence models in scientific and engineering applications. More broadly, this project will strengthen the scientific and industrial artificial intelligence ecosystem in the United States by developing reliable methods for discovery, design, and decision-making in complex systems. The project will also support education and workforce development through graduate student training, integration of project ideas into courses, open source software, and public benchmark problems. The project will develop stable formulations and numerical discretizations of loss functions for generative artificial intelligence models of time-dependent stochastic processes. These models often use training objectives involving time and space

Key facts

NSF award ID
2608887
Awardee
New York University (NY)
SAM.gov UEI
NX9PXMKW5KW8
PI
Benjamin Peherstorfer
Primary program
01002627DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
All programs
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning Theory, COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE & ENGING
Estimated total
$397,458
Funds obligated
$397,458
Transaction type
Standard Grant
Period
09/01/2026 → 08/31/2029