Research News

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.

RIT’s new Research Building officially opened its doors Dec. 2, and inside, faculty and students are gearing up to usher in a new era of discovery on campus.

RIT is teaming up with Gallaudet University to prepare the next generation of artificial intelligence researchers and practitioners who will develop AI for everyone.

From satellite debris to artificial intelligence, double major students find research success by combining expertise in computer science and economics.

RIT researchers are zeroing in on quantum photonics, the creation, control, and detection of light. Photonics has long been a specialty of the university. RIT led the team that developed the first quantum photonic wafer, which is key to the future of mass-produced quantum communication systems.

Five iSchool faculty members and students helped organize this year’s ASSETS conference and presented research focused on accessibility.

Linwei Wang, professor in the Department of Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D, has been named the Bruce B. Bates Endowed Professor 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.

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.

Projects out of RIT's new media design program were recognized in an international competition for student and emerging motion designers as they were showcased at a summit in Prague, Czech Republic.

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.

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.