{"id":365,"date":"2020-07-09T16:56:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T16:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/farzad-yousefian\/?page_id=365"},"modified":"2025-09-12T13:43:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:43:58","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/farzad-yousefian\/research\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Funded Research Projects<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\"><strong>Project title<\/strong>: <em>Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning for Science: Building Sustainable and Trustworthy Foundation Models<\/em><\/span><\/span><em style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sponsor<\/strong>: Department of Energy (Advanced Scientific Computing Research Program, #DE-SC0025570)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Role<\/strong>: Co-Principal Investigator<\/li>\n<li><strong>Budget<\/strong>: $525,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>Performance period:<\/strong> from 9\/1\/2024 to 8\/31\/2027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Project title:<\/strong><em> Randomized Federated Learning for Nonsmooth, Nonconvex, and Hierarchical Optimization<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sponsor:<\/strong> Department of Energy (Advanced Scientific Computing Research Program, #DE-SC0023303)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Principal Investigator<\/li>\n<li><strong>Budget:<\/strong> $400,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>Performance period:<\/strong> from<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 1rem\"> 9\/1\/2022 to 8\/31\/2024<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Project title:<\/strong> <em style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-size: 1rem\">Hierarchical Programs Under Uncertainty: Risk, <\/em><em style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-size: 1rem\">Discreteness, and Distributed Resolution<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sponsor:<\/strong> Office of Naval Research\u00a0 (#N00014-22-1-2757)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Role:<\/strong> Principal Investigator<\/li>\n<li><strong> Budget:<\/strong> $300,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>Performance period:<\/strong> from 10\/1\/2022 to 9\/30\/2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\"><strong>Project title<\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><em style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0Advancing Mathematical Models and Algorithms for <\/em><em style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-size: 1rem\">Decentralized Optimization in Complex Multi-agent Networks<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sponsor<\/strong>: National Science Foundation (Faculty Early Career Development Program, ECCS, #1944500)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Role<\/strong>: Sole Principal Investigator<\/li>\n<li><strong>Budget<\/strong>: $500,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>Performance period:<\/strong> from 3\/1\/2020 to 2\/28\/2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funded Research Projects Project title: Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning for Science: Building Sustainable and Trustworthy Foundation Models\u00a0 Sponsor: Department of Energy (Advanced Scientific Computing Research Program, #DE-SC0025570) Role: Co-Principal Investigator Budget: &hellip; 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