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Ualbany Ibm Announce New Artificial Intelligence Research Projects

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ualbany ibm announce new artificial intelligence research projects

ALBANY, N.Y. (Nov. 18, 2024) — The University at Albany and IBM Research on Monday announced seed funding for five new joint artificial intelligence (AI) research projects. These projects will explore the use of AI for designing complex circuits more efficiently, optimizing large language models for use in mental health applications, improving next-generation wireless signal processing, developing advanced mathematical applications and... 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.

With the founding of CEAIS, UAlbany became the first university in the world to receive a cluster of IBM Artificial Intelligence Unit (AIU) chips designed to support AI computing with greater speed and energy... The projects funded will make use of the AIU cluster, containing prototype IBM Spyre chips, among other resources. “CEAIS was conceived as a research incubator that would pair creative minds at UAlbany and IBM on innovative approaches to AI software, hardware and applications, while leveraging the latest technology coming out of the... “I am so excited to see this first round of projects, in areas with tremendous social impact, take flight and eager to see the new knowledge and techniques that these explorations yield.” “We applaud UAlbany for being at the forefront of AI research by supporting advances in both hardware and software technology,” said Mukesh Khare, general manager of IBM Semiconductors and vice president, Hybrid Cloud Research... “These new projects reveal how AI models could help solve some of today’s most pressing challenges, while running on state-of-the-art IBM Research prototype chips designed from the ground up for AI workloads.”

ALBANY, N.Y. (Oct. 16, 2023) — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced the formation of the Center for Emerging Artificial Intelligence Systems (CEAIS) at the University at Albany, a $20 million collaboration between UAlbany and IBM that will power new AI... The new research collaboration was announced at the inaugural SUNY AI Symposium at ETEC, which convened leading AI researchers from across SUNY and featured a keynote address by Mukesh V. Khare, GM, IBM Semiconductors and VP, Hybrid Cloud at IBM Research.

“Researchers across UAlbany’s nine schools and colleges are employing artificial intelligence to power new discoveries about our world, and we are committed to giving them the best tools to develop critical new knowledge and... “The Center for Emerging Artificial Intelligence Systems will significantly expand UAlbany researchers’ access to AI supercomputing resources and make our University a leading academic test bed for some of the latest computing technology developed... Hochul, joined by SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr., also unveiled a new SUNY AI Research Group that will help guide SUNY’s strategy for pursuing AI research, education, policy, and workforce development. The group includes UAlbany Vice President for Research and Economic Development Thenkurussi "Kesh" Kesavadas and Associate Professor Jason D'Cruz of the Philosophy Department. Video of the announcement is available on UAlbany's YouTube page.

' Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a $20 million investment and collaboration between University at Albany and IBM to advance artificial intelligence goals, and a SUNY AI Research Group. Under the Governor’s direction, New York State is leading in AI research and development. Significant investment has helped attract companies to New York's state-of-the-art research centers and create jobs. “New Yorkers have a constant ambition to place ourselves at the vanguard of what’s driving change and offer opportunities no one else can,” Governor Hochul said. “AI is fundamentally changing the world we live in, and New York doesn’t just want to get in at the ground floor—we want to set the standard in AI development. With this investment and the creation of the SUNY AI Research Group, we are centering AI within education so we can incubate and foster a brilliant future for New York.”

SUNY Chancellor John B. King, Jr. said, “SUNY is at the forefront of the wave of development and application of artificial intelligence into higher education and the workforce through research and scholarship, and is proud of our role in supporting... SUNY’s AI Research Group brings together top experts and practitioners to cement SUNY as a global leader in AI-focused education, research, and workforce development. I would like to thank Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature for their ongoing investment in AI and, in particular, their investment in the first-ever New York State endowment matching fund, which... The UAlbany and IBM $20 million collaboration forms the Center for Emerging Artificial Intelligence Systems (CEAIS), which will power new AI research projects with the help of advanced cloud computing and emerging hardware out...

The announcement was made from SUNY’s inaugural AI Symposium at UAlbany. The center is the next evolution in UAlbany’s AI Plus initiative, which is integrating teaching and learning about AI across the university’s research and academic enterprise, from data science and semiconductor design to philosophy...

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