The Artificial Intelligence Frontier

Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Intelligence Augmentation >>>

Building on expertise in artificial intelligence, data science, systems engineering, neuroscience, human factors, robotics, immersive visualization, and education, among others, to accelerate human-technology partnerships toward seamless augmentation, ethically and sustainably.

A National Priority

The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative was established by the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 on January 1, 2021. The main purposes of the initiative are to ensure continued U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) research and development lead the world in the development and use of trustworthy AI systems in public and private sectors; prepare the present and future U.S. workforce for the integration of artificial intelligence systems across all sectors of the economy and society; and coordinate ongoing AI activities across all federal agencies, to ensure that each informs the work of the others.

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Tech for Humanity

Tech for Humanity is a university-wide effort that emphasizes the role of ethics, empathy, policy, responsible innovation, equity, human-factor design, human identity, creativity, global collaboration, societal values, inclusion and diversity, sustainability, and attention toward the future of work to ensure a viable outlook for human thriving amidst significant innovations in technology that will shape our world in the decades to come.

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Novel Artificial Intelligence Framework

Hongliang Xin, an associate professor of chemical engineering in the College of Engineering, and his collaborators have devised a new artificial intelligence framework that can accelerate discovery of materials for important technologies, such as fuel cells and carbon capture devices.

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Artificial Intelligence Research Areas

56 / 6G / Next G Communications
Autonomous Systems
Advance Driver Assistance Systems
Automated Driving Systems
Computer Vision
Crowdsourcing
Deep Learning
Expert Systems
Evolutionary Computation
Forecasting

Future of Work
Human Computation
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Neuromorphic Computing
Neural Networks
Smart Manufacturing
Smart Cities
Robotics

Artificial Intelligence Research Experts

From robotics to deep learning to computer vision, Virginia Tech researchers are making advances and shaping the future of artifical intelligence.

Luke Achenie

Laura Freeman

Naren Ramakrishnan

Daphne Yao

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Virginia Tech Artificial Intelligence Research Sponsors

Artificial Intelligence Research Teams

Talented faculty and students are developing cutting edge research that is leading to Virginia Tech’s rise as a global destination for artificial intelligence knowledge and discovery. Virginia Tech’s artificial intelligence footprint is growing — first with the Blacksburg campus’ capabilities with emerging Washington D.C. metro area strengths.

Commonwealth Cyber Initiative

Deshmukh Group

Hume Center’s Intelligent Systems Lab

Network Science, Wireless, and Security Laboratory

Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

Virginia Center for Autonomous Systems

Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

Yao Group

Artificial Intelligence News

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Virginia Tech researchers develop artificial intelligence to advance energy technologies , article
Researcher Hongliang Xin and his collaborators have devised a new artificial intelligence framework that can accelerate discovery of materials for important technologies, such as fuel cells and carbon capture devices.
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Virginia Tech researchers garner NSF grant to connect AI with urban planning to improve decision making and service delivery , article
Using cities' data collection and algorithm deployment, this project will develop creative solutions to urban planning processes that have previously relied on traditional, analog approaches and potentially catalyze AI startup activity in the urban planning field.
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Tapping into 5G and 6G cellular networks and artificial intelligence could make immersive technologies go further, faster , article
Immersive technologies have given rise to aspirations of countless applications in virtual education, entertainment, gaming, and health care. But to realize a future of vivid 3D gaming, crisp holographic meetings, and smooth remote surgical operations, we’ll need to think bigger than the setups we have now, according to electrical and computer engineering researcher Walid Saad.
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Sanket Deshmukh receives NSF CAREER award to study and design hybrid materials with aid of AI , article
Deshmukh, assistant professor of chemical engineering in the College of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to study and develop two-dimensional, hybrid nanosheets that combine thermo-sensitive polymers and metals.