AI News

A man in a head-to-toe white cleanroom suit holds a silicon wafer while standing in front of a large metal-clad laboratory tool.
New Tool Takes UAlbany Chip Research to the Atomic Level
The system is manufactured by U.K.-based Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology and is one of three new Oxford Instruments semiconductor fabrication tools coming to the CNSE lab located at the NY CREATES Albany NanoTech Complex.
A student researcher points a green laser at a sample in the Lednev lab.
UAlbany Center for Biophotonic Technology and Artificial Intelligence Adds International Research Partner
University at Albany chemist Igor Lednev is adding another research partner to help develop laser-based technologies for forensics and medical diagnostics.  
Professor of Nanoscale Engineering Susan Sharfstein showcases a bio reactor in her lab at UAlbany. (Photo by Lori Van Buren/Times Union, used by permission)
CNSE Partnering with DeepSeq on Generative AI for Drug Research
University at Albany Professor of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Susan Sharfstein is partnering with the startup firm DeepSeq.AI on a new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to advance AI-driven drug discovery.
Three men and a woman stand shoulder-to-shoulder in front of a blue SUNY backdrop smiling and holding a blue t-shirt that reads "SUNY AI Symposium"
UAlbany, IBM Announce New Artificial Intelligence Research Projects
The projects are the first five funded through the Center for Emerging Artificial Intelligence Systems (CEAIS), a $20 million UAlbany-IBM research collaboration announced last year by Gov. Kathy Hochul that included the installation of state-of-the-art prototype IBM AI hardware at UAlbany.
Two men in dark suits stand facing one another between two long rows of computer racks.
Q&A: Designing and Building UAlbany's AI Supercomputer
The University’s new AI supercomputer wouldn’t be possible without the complex IT infrastructure that supports it. That infrastructure is built and maintained by UAlbany’s Information Technology Services overseen by Chief Information Officer Brian Heaton.
Nanobioscience PhD student Maria Belen Paredes-Espinosa, seated, with Associate Professor Janet Paluh, is one of four winners of the John J. Sullivan Professional Development Award this year.
Sullivan Award Supports CNSE Student Scholarship
Thanks to funding through the John J. Sullivan Professional Development Award, doctoral students Maria Belen Paredes-Espinosa, Shadi Omranpour, Ezra Pasikatan and Jeelka Solanki have been able to take part in prestigious conferences that further their research and scholarship.
UAlbany R&E Week panelists discuss the state of AI in the Capital Region during R&E Week in October, 2024 at ETEC.
R&E Week Highlights AI, Innovation and Creative Works
UAlbany's second annual Research and Entrepreneurship Week brought together scholars from throughout New York and beyond to put the spotlight on the explosive growth of artificial intelligence in the Capital Region, along with highlighting the substantial scholarly work of UAlbany researchers and inventors.
A man in a blue sport jacket and a woman in a dark business suit stand at a lectern next to an American flag. The sign on the lectern says: "Leading the Nation in Semiconductor Innovation"
Albany NanoTech to Host National Semiconductor Technology Center
The news is a major boost for the Capital Region’s high-technology sector and the industry-university partnerships that have helped fuel it for three decades.