KFSCIS, in collaboration with FIU’s Institute of Environment (IoE), has received a new NSF award, “An AI/ML Collaborative for Southeast Florida Coastal Environmental Data and Modeling Center.” Dr. Jason Liu will lead the research team in conjunction with other KFSCIS investigators, Drs. Wenqian Dong, Scott Graham, Dongsheng Luo, and Cuong Nguyen. Research under the new Center will promote integrated research and education efforts to develop artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques for understanding and predicting the key processes affecting ocean, urban, agricultural, and natural systems, and for studying coastal environmental issues important to South Florida, such as sea-level rise, urban flooding, water quality monitoring, and harmful algae bloom detection.