Computing and Information Sciences News

  • 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 21, 2018

    Students standing in front of a white board while they work with different formulas.

    Program helps students succeed in ‘historically difficult’ classes
    RIT’s Supplemental Instruction program offers free sessions for students in historically difficult classes to study with other students outside of the classroom. The program recently became the first in the state to be certified by the International Center for Supplemental Instruction.

  • November 20, 2018

    Overhead view of MAGIC Spell Studios.

    MAGIC spells opportunity with new learning laboratory
    RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios opened the doors to its new home this fall, inviting students, faculty and industry professionals to experience a digital media development and publishing learning laboratory never before seen in the Northeast.

  • November 20, 2018

    MAGIC Spell Studios: Gaining exposure
    Barrington Campbell loved playing video games as a child, but he didn’t think there would be a future as a professional in the game design industry. “I was wrong,” he said.

  • November 20, 2018

    Improving ASL communication
    Matt Huenerfauth and his research team are developing animations of American Sign Language—a language that requires precise control of hand and body movement as well as facial expressions.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • November 20, 2018

    student Chris Robinson.

    MAGIC Spell Studios: Publishing a game
    The collaborative nature of MAGIC Spell Studios gives RIT students such as Chris Robinson the unique opportunity to create, develop and publish digital media projects alongside students and faculty from a variety of colleges and departments.