The goal of the Center\u2019s Collaborative Research Program is to stimulate economic growth in New York State by promoting technology transfer from our universities to companies operating in New York State. If you\u2019re interested in participating in a collaborative project with the Center, you must be a business\/organization in New York State and be prepared to be actively engaged with the project, financially sponsoring the research, and\/or providing assessment of its economic impact.<\/p>\n
Collaborative projects can be initiated by either an interested organization or a faculty member seeking an industry partner. Organizations interested in starting a project can browse areas of expertise from the Center\u2019s distinguished\u00a0researchers<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Goergen Institute faculty<\/a>. You are encouraged to contact faculty members directly using email addresses provided in their respective bios. If required, the Center can help connect organizations with data science experts from other universities in New York.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The goal of the Center\u2019s Collaborative Research Program is to stimulate economic growth in New York State by promoting technology transfer from our universities to companies operating in New York…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-11502","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"","display_title":"","subtitle":"","call_to_action":"","hero_image_placement":"full_image","hero_media":"images","hero_pattern_option":"","hero_video":"","hero_image_landing":1696,"hero_image_landing_two":"","hero_image_landing_three":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"media_text","anchor":"","css_class":"","leadin":"","title":"How to Apply<\/strong><\/h2>","subtitle":"","description":"
Spring 2026 Call for Proposals<\/h3>\r\nPrincipal Investigators wanting to apply for funding should download and complete the forms below by May 15, 2026.\u00a0 If you have any questions about the forms or the program, please contact Nick Koziol at n.koziol@rochester.edu<\/a>.\r\n\r\n[icon name=\"file-download\"] Forms<\/strong>\r\n
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High-Performance Computing for PI Teams<\/h2>","content":"Through a strategic investment by the Center of Excellence in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (CoE-DSAI), Principal Investigators will now have priority access to a dedicated BlueHive computing partition featuring new high-performance nodes equipped with NVIDIA Hopper H100 GPUs. This partition is reserved exclusively for CoE PI\u2019s and their CoE project teams to work on research related to your CoE-Funded projects. It is important to note that the priority access will be provided to those teams during the duration of your CoE project and PIs should be prepare to cover the associate storage costs with your CoE project budgets.\r\n
More About BlueHive:<\/h3>\r\nThese state-of-the-art nodes, each configured with four H100 GPUs and operating on RHEL 9.4, significantly expand the computational capabilities available for advanced AI, machine learning, deep learning, and data-intensive research. This dedicated partition is reserved exclusively for CoE PIs, their student research teams, and affiliated industry partners. BlueHive, managed by the Center for Integrated Research Computing (CIRC), remains the University of Rochester\u2019s primary high-performance computing cluster and now offers enhanced support for next-generation AI workloads through this CoE investment.","background_color":"#f4f4f4","width":"width-medium"},{"acf_fc_layout":"card_grid","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"","description":"","background_color":"#FFFFFF","width":"width-large","columns":"1","cards":[{"card_title":"
Current CoE-funded Projects<\/h2>","card_text":"View the projects that the CoE is currently funding. We look forward to seeing the results of these partnerships and the positive economic impact they will have on New York State and the world of data science.","card_background_color":"#f4f4f4","card_hover_color":"#ffc70a","card_link":{"title":"Past CoE-funded Projects","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coe\/work-with-us-old\/current-projects\/","target":""},"card_hover_arrow":"hover_arrow","card_image":"","card_image_size":"","card_image_placement":"","card_image_hover_state":"hover_fade","card_image_link":""},{"card_title":"
Past CoE-funded Projects<\/h2>","card_text":"The CoE funding has allowed data science researchers to produce innovative and visionary approaches in various areas and industries. Here are some examples of past partnerships that have resulted in advances in the field and significant positive economic impact in New York State.","card_background_color":"#f4f4f4","card_hover_color":"#283faf","card_link":{"title":"Past CoE-funded Projects","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coe\/work-with-us\/past-coe-funded-projects\/","target":""},"card_hover_arrow":"hover_arrow","card_image":"","card_image_size":"","card_image_placement":"","card_image_hover_state":"hover_fade","card_image_link":""}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"media_text","anchor":"","css_class":"","leadin":"","title":"
Collaboration Success Story<\/h2>","subtitle":"","description":"In this video<\/a> listen to how Dr. Zhiyao Duan,<\/a>\u00a0 Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Computer Science at the University of Rochester, and Pete Soufleris,<\/a>\u00a0the CEO of voice biometrics company,\u00a0IngenID<\/a> benefited from collaborating in CoE Research Partnership Program. This program also provides significant implications for economic growth in New York State.","call_to_action":{"title":"View Video","url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0CIT-SWrn_4","target":""},"image":"","video":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0CIT-SWrn_4","layout":"layout_left","background_color":"#00205b"}]},"yoast_head":"\n