Researchers and Research Computing Resources at URI: A Powerful Symbiosis While URI researchers need not require exceptional computational power to benefit from its research computing resources, sometimes it is downright essential to have a bit more oomph. That is the case for Dr. Roxanne Beinart, an Associate Professor of Oceanography at the Graduate School of […]
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/11/launching-the-genesis-mission/ The White House issued a new Executive Order launching the “Genesis Mission,” a large-scale national effort led by the Department of Energy to accelerate AI-enabled scientific discovery. New Website: https://genesis.energy.gov/
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A detailed AI Lab — Fall ’25 Report is available here: https://web.uri.edu/iacr/ai-lab-projects-fall-25/
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Dr. Yang is an Associate Professor of Quantitative Health Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Rhode Island and co-director of the Behavioral Science Ph. D. program. Her research interests focus on the development and adaptation of quantitative methods and analysis tools (1) to handle missing data, especially for longitudinal studies and […]
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Decoding the Tree of Life: How Research Computing Enables Large-Scale Genomics at URI At the University of Rhode Island, the push to answer fundamental questions about evolutionary history increasingly relies on massive computational power. For Dr. Rachel Schwartz, an Associate Professor who runs a “dry lab” focused on computational evolutionary genetics, access to URI’s research […]
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Here are some potentially interesting opportunities for IACR students. The Microsoft one is also open to faculty. 1. SIParCS Summer Internships: Summer Internships in Parallel Computational Science (SIParCS) applications are open with a deadline of January 20, 2026. This year undergraduate and graduate students have the opportunity to work with technical projects ranging in topics from machine learning, […]
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Exploring the Cosmos Through Computation: How URI’s Research Computing Fosters Discovery Here at the University of Rhode Island, research computing isn’t just about high-performance computing (HPC) and powerful servers – it’s about enabling and fostering discovery. For Dr. Rob Coyne, Teaching Professor and a researcher, access to URI’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence & Computational Research […]
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https://www.uri.edu/news/2025/10/university-of-rhode-island-faculty-members-named-to-stanford-universitys-top-2-scientists-2024-list/ Congratulations, Michael Puerrer!!
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Discovering AI @ URI Day December 10 | 4:00 – 7:30 p.m. Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering, Rooms 040 & 045 The University of Rhode Island community is invited to join us for a dynamic recognition of the diverse and creative work of our faculty, students, and staff exploring artificial intelligence in research, teaching, and innovation. This AI @ […]
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I’m really happy to report that over FY ’25, ~70 submitted proposals included the CCR as an affiliated Center/Institute and historically we have averaged a ~50% acceptance rate. Thank YOU for your strong support. Today, we are continuing one of our key programs that invests these indirect cost return funds back into the URI computational […]
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