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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Let us not lose heart and instead keep trying!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Caice-csse <caice-csse-bounces@mailman.eng.auburn.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gerry Dozier<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 13, 2025 12:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> caice-csse@eng.auburn.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Caice-csse] Unfortunately, our whitepaper did not win the E-RISE internal competition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">Dear CAICE:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">Unfortunately, our whitepaper did not with the E-RISE internal competition. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">However, let's get ready for NSF 25-523 EPSCoR CORE (with the UofA) and the upcoming NSF MRI internal competition
</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:black">🙂</span><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">Best Wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos;color:black">gerry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Gerry Vernon Dozier, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Charles D. McCrary Eminent Chair Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Director, Auburn University Center for AI & Cybersecurity Engineering (AU-CAICE)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Samuel Ginn College of Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Auburn University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Auburn, AL 36849<br>
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