Research Expertise

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.

The University at Buffalo is a leader in biomedical and life sciences research, innovation and application development. 

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.

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.”