Rochester Institute of Tech Launches Series on Artificial Intelligence -- Campus Technology

Today, the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is kicking off a new seminar series focused on connecting the campus's growing artificial intelligence (AI) community. The series has evolved out of a long tradition of AI research at the institution. There are 43 AI-focused courses and approximately 40 faculty-researchers in 27 lab groups across RIT involved in using AI and related areas, RIT News reported. This past February, RIT hosted the Move78 retreat, which brought together individuals from the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, Saunders College of Business, the College of Science and the College of Liberal Art. More than 200 faculty, students and staff members teaching or researching AI had a chance to learn more about the field, as well as the direction that RIT might take to expand its capabilities. "The retreat is to determine three things: What will RIT's role be in this arena and what role will we have in new AI discoveries," Provost Jeremy Haefner told RIT News.