Research Expertise

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  • Expertise in Artificial Intelligence
    5/21/25
    The University at Buffalo is a leader in pursuing artificial intelligence for social good. From research and application to educational programs, UB continues to make strategic investments in people, programs and facilities to enhance the university’s national leadership in AI — including courses that highlight intersectionality between AI and education — to prepare the next generation of students for success. As a flagship university of New York State, UB is home to Empire AI, a $400 million statewide consortium and supercomputing center to be located on the North Campus that aims to make the state a national leader in AI research and innovation.
  • Expertise in Biotechnology
    12/18/24
    The University at Buffalo is a leader in biomedical and life sciences research, innovation and application development. 
  • Expertise in Semiconductors
    4/30/25
    The University at Buffalo is a leader in research and innovation for the semiconductor industry, from manufacturing technologies to application development. UB is fueling breakthroughs in advanced materials and processes.
  • Case Study - AI at Lockheed Martin
    12/18/24
    Innovative solutions for the postal industry
  • Case Study - AI at USPS
    12/18/24
    Artificial intelligence technology enables efficiency
    Venu Govindaraju's work in handwriting recognition was at the center of the first handwritten address interpretation system used by the United States Postal Service (USPS). USPS issued a contract to researchers at the University at Buffalo to develop the handwriting recognition technology. One year after implementation it saved the USPS 90 million by automatically processing, and barcoding for precise delivery, more than 25 billion letters. The 2009 Computing Community Consortium dubbed the project as “one of the most successful applications of Machine Learning for developing a real-time engineered system.”
  • Forming and Funding Interdisciplinary Research Centers
    12/18/24
    Academic, discipline-based research is key to the university's mission. Interdisciplinary research centers expand on that mission by addressing social issues and new learning from multiple perspectives. 
  • Research Centers and Institutes
    5/21/25
    UB researchers discover new knowledge to solve problems and answer questions. With more than 100 active research centers, institutes and collaborative projects, topics range from the environment to evolving materials and technologies in applied manufacturing, and from big data analytics to addictive behaviors.