October 19 - 20: Workshops
October 21 - 23: Main Conference
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Stony Brook researchers launch AI-powered recycling project to reduce waste contamination and improve sustainability.
Stony Brook, NY, July 6, 2025 — A new research initiative funded by Stony Brook University’s AI Innovation Seed Grant is reimagining how we tackle one of the most persistent problems in recycling: contaminated waste streams. By combining video footage and cutting-edge artificial intelligence, researchers aim to automate the analysis of recycling materials, reduce contamination, and lay the groundwork for smarter, cost-effective, and sustainable waste management.
News 12 photojournalist Brian Endres shows how doctors use Heartflow Plaque Analysis software to better understand what each patient needs.
Stony Brook Medicine is the first on Long Island — and one of a select number of healthcare systems nationwide — to implement an artificial intelligence (AI) technology, HeartFlow Plaque Analysis™, to enable its physicians to more accurately understand the blockages present in the coronary arteries of patients with suspected heart disease. This advancement, introduced at Stony Brook through a collaboration by the Division of Cardiology and the Department of Radiology, represents a significant milestone in the fight against heart disease, which remains the leading cause of death for adults in the United States.
With support from university seed grants, 10 faculty members will make Stony Brook a destination this year for researchers from a wide range of disciplines.
“The Spring 2025 Research Conference and Workshop Seed Grant Program is a strategic investment in our faculty’s capacity to lead, convene, and educate,” said Kevin Gardner, vice president for research. “By investing in faculty-led research events, we hope to create safe spaces for vibrant intellectual dialogues on some of the most innovative ideas across campus that will serve as launchpads for high-impact research. Our goal is to bring scholars together to explore ideas, form sustainable connections, and shape the future of research.”