News by Topic: Artificial Intelligence

Cedric Bone wants to better understand how humans adapt to artificial intelligence systems. His research has led to a government scholarship award that fully funds his tuition and guarantees a research role upon graduation.

Multidisciplinary teams of RIT students collaborated on eight projects during the Studio 930 internship program, designing accessible healthcare solutions for children and adults with disabilities.

RIT alumni Nicholas Conn '11 '13 MS (electrical engineering) and Austin McChord '09 are featured inForbes for the launch of Casana's home-health monitoring Smart Seat.

Rochester Business Journal highlights the launch of Smart Seat, a toilet that monitors vital signs, created by RIT alumni Nicholas Conn '11 '13 MS (electrical engineering) and Austin McChord '09.

A research project that began with a student’s idea in an engineering laboratory at Rochester Institute of Technology is now Casana's Smart Seat, a commercial product that measures cardiovascular health metrics during one of life’s most routine activities.

RIT is hosting four Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) program sites this summer, which are designed for students to develop a passion for research and receive guidance for pursuing graduate careers. The university has a longstanding history hosting REU sites, which are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation.

Diplomacy & Commerce features an interview with Irena Guszak, president and dean of RIT Croatia, on how higher education is evolving to prepare students for an AI-driven future.

Rochester Business Journal highlights a $24 million commitment to advance artificial intelligence leadership, faculty excellence, and student success. (This content will require a subscription to read.)

Rochester Beacon reports on a $24 million commitment from Jeff Harris and Joyce Pratt to advance artificial intelligence leadership, faculty excellence, and student success.

The $24 million gift supports several strategic priorities, including the creation of a Harris-Pratt Directorship for the university's new artificial intelligence institute expected to launch in early 2027, expanded scholarship support, and strengthened endowments for three distinguished professorships.

A team of RIT researchers, led by Professor Linwei Wang, is improving healthcare by creating hybrid AI digital twins of patient’s organs and diseases. The work will lead to real-time, physics-integrated digital twins of the liver and improved AI models that could assist doctors with heart surgery.

The Christian Science Monitor examines how colleges are expanding artificial intelligence programs and features commentary from incoming student Remington Ochoa, who chose to pursue AI studies at RIT after seeing the technology as a tool that can augment human skills rather than replace them.