Strategic Research Areas | College of Science | RIT

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Strategic Research Areas

Harnessing the Data Revolution

Data Science and Data Analytics
Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG)
Center for Quality and Applied Statistics
Data and Predictive Analytics Center (DPAC)
Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics
School of Mathematical Sciences
RIT Center for Human-aware AI (CHAI) (Affiliated Research)

Mathematical Modeling
Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG)
School of Mathematical Sciences
School of Physics and Astronomy
RIT Center for Human-aware AI (CHAI) (Affiliated Research)

Bioinformatics
Data and Predictive Analytics Center (DPAC)
Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences
RIT Center for Human-aware AI (CHAI) (Affiliated Research)

The Quantum Revolution

Materials Science
NanoImaging Laboratory
School of Chemistry and Materials Science
School of Physics and Astronomy
NanoPower Research Laboratories (Affiliated Research)
AMPrint Center (Affiliated Research)
Future Photon Initiative (Affiliated Research)

Quantum Information
School of Physics and Astronomy
Future Photon Initiative (Affiliated Research)

Molecular Quantum Mechanics
School of Chemistry and Materials Science
School of Physics and Astronomy
NanoPower Research Laboratories (Affiliated Research)

Complex Systems Science

Applied Cognitive Neuroscience
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Integrated Sciences Academy
RIT Center for Human-aware AI (CHAI) (Affiliated Research)

Vision
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Integrated Sciences Academy
Program of Color Science/Munsell Color Science Laboratory
RIT Center for Human-aware AI (CHAI) (Affiliated Research)

Color Science
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Integrated Sciences Academy
Program of Color Science/Munsell Color Science Laboratory

Earth Systems Science
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing (DIRS)
School of Mathematical Sciences
Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences
Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drone) Lab

Discipline-Based STEM Education
Center for Advancing STEM Teaching, Learning & Evaluation

Living Systems, Macro and Micro

Environmental Science
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing (DIRS)
School of Mathematical Sciences
Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences

Biotechnology/Biochemistry
School of Chemistry and Materials Science
Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences

Food and Agriculture
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing (DIRS)
Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences

Biomathematics
School of Mathematical Sciences
Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences

Biophysics
School of Mathematical Sciences
School of Physics and Astronomy

Imaging Science

Remote Sensing
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing (DIRS)
Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drone) Lab

Medical Physics and Imaging
School of Physics and Astronomy
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science

Windows on the Universe

Gravitational-Wave Physics
Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG)
New Frontiers in Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics
School of Physics and Astronomy
School of Mathematical Sciences

Astrophysics
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics
School of Physics and Astronomy
Center for Detectors

Space Photonics
Center for Detectors
Future Photon Initiative
School of Physics and Astronomy

While the College of Science has identified six strategic areas, each unit within our college conducts research related to their individual fields.

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