Research at RIT
The world needs collaborative thinkers who seek pressing problems and propose innovative, game-changing solutions. RIT’s researchers explore galaxies and help set the pace for a future in photonics. They are the creativity behind discoveries to sustain the planet; they provide medical technologies designed to help individuals overcome obstacles. They are solving some of the current challenges in cybersecurity and imaging to protect people and organizations.
Through research, RIT is making an impact.
$103M
Sponsored research awards in 2024 fiscal year
16
Faculty members who have received prestigious CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation since 2014
94
Current researchers who have achieved $1 million or more in funding since 2000
Latest Research News
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June 18, 2025
RIT plays big role in new black hole discoveries
RIT scientists were involved in a published paper about new evidence of intermediate-mass black holes, or black holes with masses between 100 and 100,000 times the mass of the sun.
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June 18, 2025
New RIT technologies help minimize global textile waste
RIT-GIS research engineers develop automated system to dismantle used clothing for high-quality textile recycling.
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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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June 6, 2025
NASA to release most detailed images of the universe ever captured
ABC News interviews Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in RIT's School of Physics and Astronomy, about COSMOS-Web. Kartaltepe served as the lead researcher for COSMOS-Web, the largest General Observer program selected for Cycle 1 of the James Webb Space Telescope.
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June 5, 2025
James Webb Space Telescope reveals largest-ever panorama of the early universe
Space.com interviews Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe about COSMOS-Web, the largest General Observer program selected for Cycle 1 of the James Webb Space Telescope. Kartaltepe served as the lead researcher for COSMOS-Web.
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June 5, 2025
COSMOS-Web opens window into universe for scientists and citizens
Supported by RIT Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe, COSMOS-Web—the largest James Webb Space Telescope Cycle 1 observation program—has made its full data set publicly available.
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May 30, 2025
Quantum Machine Learning Predicts Suitability of HHL Algorithm for Equations
Quantum Zeitgeist features research by Sonia Lopez Alarcon and Cory Merkel, associate professors in RIT's Department of Computer Engineering, and Mark Danza '25 MS (computer engineering).