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Through these seven clusters, UT supports transdisciplinary collaboration to help solve grand challenges that affect people everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Foundational Artificial Intelligence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Pursuing a once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape AI development and build UT\u2019s leadership as we close the gap to human intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Foundational AI cluster<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Science-Informed Artificial Intelligence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Developing foundational multiscale, multimodal models for AI that respect the physical laws and chemical properties governing underlying processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Science-informed AI Cluster<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Yeole<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Resilient Agriculture
and Forest Systems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Developing models and tools based on experimental data to promote deeper and broader understanding of strategic climate-smart practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RESILIENT AGRICULTURE
AND FOREST SYSTEMS cluster<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Plant Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing Environment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Applying cutting-edge technologies to develop climate-resilient crops and enable long-term food security at the household, national, and global scales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plant Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing Environment cluster<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Alhagie<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Food and Nutrition Security<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Understanding food availability, accessibility, and utilization to improve food and nutrition security and ultimately support improved health outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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food and nutrition security cluster<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Precision Health and Environment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Leveraging machine learning and a wealth of data to understand links between environmental conditions and six significant types of human health problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Precision Health and Environment cluster<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"College<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Future Mobility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Inventing and testing new mobility technologies, materials, processes, and policies that will create social, environmental, and economic benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Future Mobility cluster<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Professor<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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