https://www.brainlabresearch.org/news.html News and coverage from the Brain Lab. en-us https://attend.ieee.org/naecon-2026/ https://attend.ieee.org/naecon-2026/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Manali Dangarikar will present her research, “Understanding fault tolerance of adversarially robust pruned models,” at the 2026 NAECON conference in Cincinnati. https://www.rit.edu/brainlab/news/rit-researchers-build-funding-momentum https://www.rit.edu/brainlab/news/rit-researchers-build-funding-momentum Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT RIT researchers supported by internal and external funding sources help bring creative and innovative ideas to fruition. https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-machine-learning-predicts-suitability-of-hhl-algorithm-for-equations/ https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-machine-learning-predicts-suitability-of-hhl-algorithm-for-equations/ Fri, 30 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT Quantum Zeitgeist covers research by Sonia Lopez Alarcon and Cory Merkel, associate professors of computer engineering, with Mark Danza ’25 MS (computer engineering). https://www.rit.edu/brainlab/news/new-research-shows-ai-systems-are-getting-closer-processing-information-humans https://www.rit.edu/brainlab/news/new-research-shows-ai-systems-are-getting-closer-processing-information-humans Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT RIT engineering professor Cory Merkel was one of more than a dozen researchers in neuromorphic computing contributing findings published on Jan. 22 in… https://www.rit.edu/brainlab/news/student-spotlight-fulbright-students-research-applies-ai-real-world-problems https://www.rit.edu/brainlab/news/student-spotlight-fulbright-students-research-applies-ai-real-world-problems Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT Diana Velychko, a Fulbright master’s student in artificial intelligence, is paving the way for more intuitive artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Her work focuses on the intersection of human perception and AI, aiming to bridge the gap between how people see the world and how machines interpret it. https://www.rit.edu/brainlab/news/rit-professor-proposes-new-way-make-artificial-intelligence-smarter-and-greener https://www.rit.edu/brainlab/news/rit-professor-proposes-new-way-make-artificial-intelligence-smarter-and-greener Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT RIT Assistant Professor Alexander Ororbia published a paper on smarter and greener artificial intelligence in Science Advances. https://www.rit.edu/brainlab/news/computer-engineering-faculty-member-joins-national-initiative-neuromorphic-computing https://www.rit.edu/brainlab/news/computer-engineering-faculty-member-joins-national-initiative-neuromorphic-computing Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:00:00 GMT RIT computer engineering faculty member contributes system testing expertise to USC’s Center of Neuromorphic Computing under Extreme Environments. https://www.rit.edu/brainlab/news/computer-engineering-becomes-part-inaugural-program-focused-neuromorphic-technologies https://www.rit.edu/brainlab/news/computer-engineering-becomes-part-inaugural-program-focused-neuromorphic-technologies Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:00:00 GMT RIT recently became one of the inaugural academic partners in the BrainChip University AI Accelerator Program. As part of the partnership, RIT’s computer engineering program will receive hardware as well as lecture modules for classes detailing how the novel chips can be programmed and used to provide neuromorphic computing solutions to real-world problems. https://www.rit.edu/brainlab/news/engineering-faculty-member-wins-air-force-research-grant-work-improvements-neuromorphic https://www.rit.edu/brainlab/news/engineering-faculty-member-wins-air-force-research-grant-work-improvements-neuromorphic Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:00:00 GMT Faculty-researcher Cory Merkel recently received a grant from the Air Force Research Lab for developing more secure AI functionality including how it defends against system attacks, and, through training the system, how it could learn to anticipate triggers for possible system attacks.