🏅DSU CyberAg Grant - $175,000
Funding: State of South Dakota / CyberAg Precision Agriculture Cybersecurity Partnership
Focus: Hyperspectral imaging · Federated learning · Crop anomaly detection · Trustworthy AI · Agricultural cybersecurity
🏅FIU 2022 Best Graduate Student in Research Award (Link)
ICMLA 2026 Travel Grant
Dr. Ahmed was awarded a travel grant from Dakota State University to present his collaborative research, “Leakage-Safe and Scheduler-Aware Machine Learning for Grid Job Runtime Prediction” at the ICMLA 2026 conference.
IEEE CARS Travel Grant
Dr. Ahmed was awarded a travel grant from Dakota State University to present his research at the IEEE CARS 2026 conference.
SCSP AI+ Expo
Dr. Ahmed was awarded a travel grant from Dakota State University to attend the SCSP AI+ Expo in Washington, D.C., June 2–4, 2025, and connect with leaders in artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and U.S. and allied competitiveness.