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Institute for Artificial Intelligence & Computational Research<\/h1>

A University of Rhode Island Research Institute<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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IACR Team: Michael Puerrer, Cecile Cres, Kevin Bryan, Ian Bishop, Michael St. Pierre, Gaurav Khanna and Christian Vye<\/div>
Credit: Beau Jones<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n

Welcome to the Institute for AI & Computational Research<\/em> (IACR) at the University of Rhode Island — a collaboratively supported effort by central IT Services (ITS), the Vice President for Research’s Office, the Provost’s Office, and faculty contributions through research grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Institute’s mission is to support, promote and grow high-level interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary computational research \u2014 artificial intelligence (AI), data science (Data), high-performance computing (HPC), and quantum computing (Quantum) \u2014 across URI campuses, in the region, and beyond. The computational work of over 150 faculty researchers is supported by this Institute. A quick snapshot of IACR resources is available here: IACR at-a-glance<\/a><\/strong>. For details on the broad topic of Generative <\/em>AI, and the relevant university-wide efforts and guidelines, please visit the URI Provost’s AI page<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research Infrastructure <\/h2>

Research computing infrastructure, support and team.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Research Collaboration<\/h2>

Research activities and faculty affiliated with the Institute.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Edu & Outreach (AI Lab)<\/h2>

Events, seminars, workshops, consulting & more.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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The IACR has an internal advisory group<\/strong><\/em><\/em> of key URI faculty members: Drs. Chris Kincaid<\/a> <\/em>(Oceanography); Ying Zhang<\/a><\/em> (Life Sciences), Jason Dwyer<\/em><\/a> (Associate Dean, College of A&S), Chris Hemme<\/em><\/a> (INBRE Bioinformatics Core Coordinator, College of Pharmacy) and Drew Zhang<\/em> <\/a>(Alfred J. Verrecchia Endowed Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Business Analytics) and is led by Gaurav Khanna<\/em><\/a> (Asst. Vice President for Research Computing). The Institute partners closely with the Massachusetts High-Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC)<\/a>. IACR was formerly known as the URI Center for Computational Research<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drop by the IACR at URI Carothers Library 227<\/strong> or email us at iacr-group@uri.edu<\/strong> with questions, comments, suggestions — anything!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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