Howard University selected to lead 15th University Affiliated Research Center
From left: Mary Nwosu, Earl Tankard Jr. and Joed Ngangmeni work on a small-scale drone and tanker for implementing asynchronous federated learning for collaboration between platforms research Feb. 17, 2023, at the Department of Defense Center of Excellence for artificial intelligence and Machine Learning, or CoE-AIML, at Howard University, Washington, D.C. The DOD announced its selection of Howard University for the science research partnership as part of the 15th University Affiliated Research Center, or UARC. Howard is the first Historically Black College or University to lead a UARC, named Research Institute for Tactical Autonomy, or RITA. (Howard University photo / Dr. Desta Hagos)