Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences News
Department of Software Engineering
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June 10, 2025
Researchers develop cybersecurity test for AI being used by Google
A team of RIT experts has created CTIBench, a new tool that evaluates how much a large language model really knows about cybersecurity. CTIBench is the first and most comprehensive benchmark in the Cyber Threat Intelligence space. The tool is already being used by Google, Cisco, and Trend Micro.
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June 3, 2025
Senior project uses AI-powered tools to help local business expand across North America
A team of software engineering students is completing a senior project with KidsOutAndAbout.com, an event curation platform that helps families find local events.
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May 7, 2025
From Stereotype to Slur in Three Clicks: Inside AI’s Mental-Health Hate Machine
Mad in America references a study coauthored by Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, and second-year computing and information sciences Ph.D. student Arka Dutta about how AI language models can swiftly escalate from mild stereotypes to promoting harmful narratives about mental health.
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April 21, 2025
10 tips for early career software engineers, from industry veterans
Business Insider features advice for new engineers from Samuel Malachowsky, principal lecturer in the Department of Software Engineering. (This content may require a subscription to view.)
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March 28, 2025
RIT researchers use AI to uncover surprising trends in media coverage of police
A new study from RIT and Carnegie Mellon University experts is challenging a widely held belief about the media—that local news outlets have become more critical of the police in recent years.
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March 7, 2025
Experts don’t think AI is ready to be a ‘co-scientist’
Tech Crunch speaks to Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, about the risks associated with using AI to create hypotheses and research plans.
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March 6, 2025
Top 9 Latest AI News Updates Investors Shouldn’t Miss
Insider Monkey features Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, in a discussion about selecting AI stocks.
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February 14, 2025
DeepSeek launches AI revolution: Impact on Korea's IT industry
Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, appeared on Arirang News, a Korean broadcasting station, for a discussion about DeepSeek’s R1 generative AI model.
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February 7, 2025
Bloomberg Enriches Financial Education for 10,000 Students through Global Trading Challenge
Bloomberg reports on the RIT team that won the 2024 Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge.
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January 15, 2025
College of Computing to split Commencement into two ceremonies
To accommodate its growing number of graduates, the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences will hold two separate commencement ceremonies beginning in 2025.
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January 2, 2025
RIT trio triumphs in global trading challenge
The team, supported by faculty adviser and finance professor Hao Zhang, won the 2024 Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge.
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November 8, 2024
RIT professor proposes new way to make artificial intelligence smarter and greener
The brain is a great source of inspiration for Alexander Ororbia, an assistant professor of computer science and cognitive science at RIT. By mimicking how neurons in the brain learn, Ororbia is working to make artificial intelligence more powerful and energy efficient. His research was recently published in the journal Science Advances.