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Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D.
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December 4, 2025
RIT computing Ph.D. graduate honored for contributions to supercomputing
Dr. Avinash Maurya, a recent computer science Ph.D. graduate, has been recognized with the ACM SIGHPC Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention award for his dissertation which advanced HPC simulations and AI computations in supercomputers.
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November 24, 2025
RIT partners with Gallaudet University to launch research traineeship program in Universal AI
RIT is teaming up with Gallaudet University to prepare the next generation of artificial intelligence researchers and practitioners who will develop AI for everyone.
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November 11, 2025
Linwei Wang installed as Bruce B. Bates Endowed Professor at RIT
Linwei Wang, professor in the Department of Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D, has been named the Bruce B. Bates Endowed Professor at RIT.
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November 4, 2025
Undergraduates nationwide to explore human-centered AI at RIT
Over the next three years, the Research Experience for Undergraduates Site in Computational Sensing for Human-centered AI will welcome nine undergraduate students each summer to RIT’s campus. The site is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
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October 6, 2025
RIT researchers use machine learning to better understand the pathways of disease
A new project funded by the National Institutes of Health is using artificial intelligence to map the full journey of illnesses and discover entirely new disease pathways.
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September 12, 2025
Digital media projects take shape with help from MAGIC Spell grants
The new MAGIC Spell grants, earmarked for digital media projects in art, games, interactivity, and creativity, provide RIT researchers in any college with funding up to $5,000 to help in their pursuits to secure additional external grants in their fields.
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June 17, 2025
Rochester-area collaboration drives global scientific progress: LLE and RIT look to unlock the secrets of extreme matter using AI/ML
A collaboration between RIT's Machine Learning and Data Intensive Computing (Mining) Lab and the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) was featured in LLE in Focus Issue 6. Qi Yu, professor in RIT's School of Information, and computing and information sciences Ph.D. students are bringing artificial intelligence expertise to research in high-energy density (HED) physics.
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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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May 13, 2025
RIT showcase offers glimpse of early tech innovation cycle
TechTarget speaks to Paloma Hamilton, fifth-year mechanical engineering student; Geoff Twardokus, electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. student; and Christopher Collison, director of RIT's AI Hub and Initiatives, about the innovative developments featured at Imagine RIT.
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April 22, 2025
Virtually endless possibilities: RIT researchers push boundaries with immersive technologies
RIT researchers are pushing the boundaries with immersive technologies, including augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), extended reality (XR), and mixed reality (MR).
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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 24, 2025
Deepfakes: What to Know About AI Images and Videos
CNET interviews Matthew Wright, Endowed Professor and department chair in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the fight against deepfakes. Ph.D. students John Sohrawardi and Kelly Wu also break down tips on how to spot deepfakes.