FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science

The Florida Atlantic University College of Engineering & Computer Science continues to advance research in autonomous systems, wireless communications, and edge AI through the Center for Connected Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (CA-AI). 🤖📡

Researchers at the center have received a $2.25 million grant from the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop autonomous systems capable of communicating, learning, and operating collaboratively in contested, dynamic environments.

Led by Dimitris A. Pados, Ph.D., the research focuses on enabling autonomous systems to process information, perform AI inference, and coordinate in real time across wireless networks without relying on cloud-based infrastructure.

The project advances secure networked edge-AI, intelligent wireless systems, and distributed autonomous technologies critical to next-generation autonomous operations.

FAU's CA-AI Secures $2.2M AFRL Grant for Next-Gen Autonomous Systems As autonomous technologies continue to expand their presence across commercial and defense applications, a critical limitation persists. While today’s machines can operate intelligently on their own, they often struggle to collaborate effectively as part of a network. This gap – where systems ar...