Ross Maciejewski (pictured), a Fulton Schools assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has a leading role in a major computational research endeavor expected to produce advances in social network analysis, neural science, intelligent transportation systems, critical infrastructures, blockchain networks and related areas — and to develop useful open-source tools and publicly available datasets. Maciejewski is teaming with Hanghang Tong, a computer science professor at the University of Illinois, on the project that’s part of the National Science Foundation’s Fairness in Artificial Intelligence program, aimed at creating trustworthy AI systems to devise solutions to some of society’s biggest challenges.