NSF award 2540851 · Trustees of Boston University

CAREER: Democratizing the Pretraining of Vision Foundation Models: A Developmentally Plausible Framework

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Award number: 2540851
Period of support: 1 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug 2031
Amount: $599,999
Awardee: Trustees of Boston University, Boston, MA
Program: Robust Intelligence
Directorate: CSE

Abstract

Vision foundation models (VFMs) are artificial intelligence systems for "all-purpose" understanding of images and videos. They are currently extremely expensive to create. This high cost restricts their creation to a few highly resourced institutions and leaves independent researchers and the public unable to fully explore how these systems learn. This project seeks to democratize this research by creating a highly…

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