College of Engineering News
Department of Computer Engineering

  • March 21, 2019

    professor and student in front of poster presentation.

    Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 11: Artificial intelligence and deep learning have many research applications. Ray Ptucha, assistant professor of computer engineering in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering, talks with computing doctoral student Robert Jimerson from the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences about a project using deep learning systems to help preserve the Native American Seneca language.

  • December 4, 2018

    Headshot of Andreas Savakis

    RIT researcher working to improve aerial tracking

    Andreas Savakis, a professor of computer engineering, is developing the technology for improved visual tracking system that can more accurately locate and follow moving objects under surveillance.
  • November 20, 2018

    Giving computers a better brain

    Next-generation computing systems modeled after the human brain’s information processing capability and energy efficiency are becoming a reality through work by Dhireesha Kudithipudi.
  • October 15, 2018

    A group of three researchers stand together in a line and smile at the camera.

    Researchers use AI to preserve Seneca language

    Using deep learning, a form of artificial intelligence, RIT researchers are building an automatic speech recognition application to document and transcribe the traditional language of the Seneca people.
  • June 18, 2018

    student and professor talking.

    Mapping artificial intelligence at RIT

    Researchers in RIT’s Center for Human-Aware Intelligence believe their work could lead to breakthroughs in everything from health care to energy management to cybersecurity.
  • April 30, 2018

    Three Clockwyse team members hold up a large check while the CPSI director talks to a crowd about their first-prize accomplishment.

    Emergency mass notification clock wins STEAM contest

    A team of three computer engineering majors has developed a prototype for an emergency mass notification clock, which won the top prize and $5,000 in RIT’s first STEAM competition, sponsored by RIT’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives.
  • April 27, 2018

    Dhireesha Kudithipudi converses with a student in her office, a research poster hanging behind them.

    Professor named Technology Woman of the Year

    Dhireesha Kudithipudi, a computer engineering professor at RIT, was honored April 26 as the 2018 Technology Woman of the Year by Digital Rochester during a reception at Locust Hill Country Club.
  • November 14, 2017

    RIT Access Technology IdeaLab lead Dan Harel instructs during the event that ran Nov. 4-5 at RIT.

    Multidisciplinary teams apply problem-solving skills during IdeaLab event

    Rochester Institute of Technology students and faculty from various disciplines put their creative problem-solving skills to good use earlier this month. Working collaboratively, they examined challenges faced by client organizations and then presented conceptual solutions to them during a two-day event.