AI Innovation Institute

The Provost’s Spotlight Talks feature eminent visitors to the university as well as Stony Brook faculty members who have recently been recognized for outstanding contributions in their field.

Research project supported by NIH uses AI to predict how much trust individuals and communities have in U.S. counties.

Stony Brook, NY, Oct 12, 2024 - In the United States, public confidence in institutions has been declining over the past several decades. It is easy to imagine how these low levels of trust might lead to negative social, political, and economic outcomes, especially in the heat of the 2024 presidential elections. This is why measuring trust consistently and at scale is crucial.

Stony Brook University professor Robert J. Harrison, founding endowed director of the Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS), has been appointed interim executive director of New York State’s first-in-the-nation Empire AI Consortium.

Collaborative research to test method in opioid use disorder.

Eleven endowed Stony Brook University faculty members will be formally installed on Friday, October 25, at a ceremony held at the Charles B. Wang Center Theater.

Novel research supported by NCI could lead to more specific predictive disease models.

A team of Stony Brook University researchers — led by two scientists in the Department of Biomedical Informatics in the Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) and College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) — is developing a new way to analyze breast cancer imaging that incorporates mathematical modeling and deep learning. The approach will be much more interpretable and robust compared to previous methods. Their goal is to improve disease diagnosis and chart a treatment plan specific to the biomarker imaging and modeling findings.

The Office of the Vice President of Research (OVPR) recently announced the winners of the Spring 2024 OVPR Seed Grant Program. This round marks the 10th cycle of the internal seed grant program, with the OVPR awarding $1 million in total funding to 20 research projects.

Stony Brook, NY – October 3, 2024 – Stony Brook University Professor Heather J. Lynch, PhD, a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution in the College of Arts and Sciences, and the first Endowed Chair for Ecology and Evolution at the university’s Institute for Advanced Computation Science (IACS) has been awarded the 2024 Golden Goose Award for Unconventional Research that Yielded Unexpected and Impactful Discovery.