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Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science

  • November 20, 2018

    Teaching computers to learn
    While the technology has rapidly progressed, Christopher Kanan and his team are trying to make deep learning even more versatile.

  • July 16, 2018

    reflective-light solar sails attached to NASA’s Near-Earth Asteroid Scout.

    Developing solar sailing technology for NASA
    Grover Swartzlander, professor in RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, is taking solar sailing to the next level with advanced photonic materials. This new class of materials could be used to steer photons and enable near-Earth, interplanetary and interstellar space travel.

  • 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.

  • March 29, 2018

    Two people working on a astronomical imaging system.

    Using cinema technology for space missions
    RIT scientist Zoran Ninkov is developing and testing an astronomical imager inspired by an Oscar-award winning cinema projection system. The RIT astronomical imaging system is competing with other technologies for deployment on future NASA space missions for surveying star and galaxy clusters.