About AI Plus CoRE
The AI Plus Collaborative Research Experience (AI Plus CoRE) supports interdisciplinary faculty-led research teams focused on the human and social dimensions of artificial intelligence. Each CoRE team is co-led by two faculty members from different disciplines, supported by a graduate assistant and joined by undergraduate researchers who contribute directly to active, publishable research projects. Meet our current teams.
Through a combination of a credit-bearing research internship course, guided mentorship, professional development workshops and summer research intensives, undergraduates play a meaningful role from concept to execution. Students’ work culminates in tangible scholarly and creative outputs such as publications, presentations and policy briefs, strengthening their academic and professional portfolios.
The CoRE model provides faculty with structured support for developing and sustaining cross-disciplinary research, while giving students an authentic entry point into research communities of practice.
By linking mentorship and inquiry across fields such as computing, education, the arts and social science, CoRE creates a pipeline for students to pursue graduate study, applied research and professional leadership in the ethical and societal dimensions of AI.
Future CoRE collaborations will expand this model across the SUNY system, building a statewide network for responsible, human-centered AI research and education. AI Plus CoRE is facilitated by UAlbany's AI Plus Institute and AI & Society Research Center.
Current AI Plus CoRE Teams
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AI Plus Medicine
Xin Wang, Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Penghang Yin, Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
One Graduate Assistant & Four Undergraduate Researchers
AI Plus Responsibility
E. Stefan Kehlenbach, Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Alessandra Buccella, Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy
One Graduate Assistant & Four Undergraduate Researchers
AI Plus Misinformation
Kimberly A. Cornell, Assistant Professor
Department of Information Sciences and Technology
Michael Young, Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
One Graduate Assistant & Four Undergraduate Researchers
AI Plus Solar Forecasting
Sukanta Basu, Professor of Empire Innovation
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
Nathan Dahlin, Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
One Graduate Assistant & Four Undergraduate Researchers