New Jersey Institute of Technology has launched an AI-powered center to advance forecasting of violent solar eruptions, thanks to a $5 million grant from NASA. The AI-Powered Solar Eruption Center of Excellence in Research and Education will partner with NASA, New York University, and IBM to develop artificial intelligence and machine learning tools for predicting powerful solar flares and coronal mass ejections. Led by Haimin Wang, director of NJIT's Institute for Space Weather Sciences, and Bo Shen, associate director of the center, the project aims to harness AI-enabled tools to investigate the fundamental nature of space weather, enabling accurate and near real-time forecasting of major solar eruptions. The center will also establish education programs related to space science, providing research opportunities for students at all levels. By integrating NASA's solar eruption observations with advanced artificial intelligence methods, researchers hope to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanisms triggering these high-impact solar events, ultimately improving space weather predictions and mitigating their effects on Earth.
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