NSF AI Institute for Societal Decision Making

We develop AI to augment human decision-making in societal domains such as public health and disaster management that require complex, often life-saving, decisions to be made under uncertain, dynamic, and resource-constrained circumstances, while also accounting for people’s perceptions of risk and trust. Using data-driven recommendations, counterfactual reasoning, and personalized interventions, we enable public health and emergency management organizations to make effective and ethical decisions that are socially accepted. We are also training and upskilling the workforce at the intersection of AI and social sciences through targeted engagement with high schools, community colleges, universities, corporations, and government partners, all while creating public awareness about AI's potential to positively impact society.