Gautam Kamath Wins 2026 Gödel Prize

Courant faculty member Gautam Kamath and his co-authors have been awarded the prestigious Gödel Prize for their groundbreaking paper on robust high-dimensional learning. The work introduces polynomial-time algorithms that allow AI and machine learning models to accurately learn from datasets even when they contain adversarial corruptions.

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Gautam Kamath Wins 2026 Gödel Prize

NYU faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Professor Eero Simoncelli has been named to the NAS for 2026. Prof. Simoncelli, a leader in AI and neural science, is honored for his work in the representation of information in biological and artificial systems.

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NYU faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences

NYU authors have 127 papers at the NeurIPS 2025

NYU authors have 127 papers at NeurIPS 202 5 conference. To see a list of papers, please click here.

NYU authors have 127 papers at the NeurIPS 2025

NYU authors have 127 papers at the NeurIPS 2025

Yann LeCun awarded Queen Elizabeth prize for Engineering

Professor Yann LeCun has been awarded the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering by HM King Charles III, recognizing his “seminal contributions to the development of Modern Machine Learning.” He shares this honor with Yoshua Bengio, Bill Dally, Geoffrey Hinton, John Hopfield, Jensen Huang, and Fei-Fei Li. Congratulations to all the laureates!

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Yann LeCun awarded Queen Elizabeth prize for Engineering

Welcome new AI Faculty!

Ben Riviere, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Computer Science

Greg Durrett, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Data Science

Sherry Yang, Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Romain Lopez, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Biology

Welcome new AI Faculty!

Lerrel Pinto awarded Samsung AI Researcher of the Year — Congrats!

Lerrel Pinto has been awarded Samsung AI Researcher of the Year!

Lerrel Pinto awarded Samsung AI Researcher of the Year — Congrats!

Ernest Davis Elected AAAI Fellow

NYU Professor Ernest Davis has been named a 2025 AAAI Fellow for his work in automated commonsense reasoning, spatial and physical reasoning, and making AI accessible through his writings.

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Ernest Davis Elected AAAI Fellow

NYU authors have 88 papers at the NeurIPS 2024

NYU authors have 88 papers at NeurIPS 2024 conference. To see a list of papers, please click here.

NYU authors have 88 papers at the NeurIPS 2024

NYU authors have 88 papers at the NeurIPS 2024

NYU Opens Global AI Frontier Lab

NYU and representatives of the Korean government officially opened the Global AI Frontier Lab, which will be run by award-winning AI scientists Yann LeCun and Kyunghyun Cho and draw top AI researchers from the US, Korea, and around the world to advance fundamental AI research. The lab is housed in 1 metrotech center on the NYU Tandon campus in Brooklyn.

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NYU Opens Global AI Frontier Lab

NYU Opens Global AI Frontier Lab

Korea and NYU Establish Global AI Frontier Lab

Republic of Korea Minister of Science and ICT(Information and Communication Technology) Lee Jong-ho and New York University President Linda G. Mills announced the establishment of the Global AI Frontier Lab. The lab will be headed by Prof. Yann LeCun and Prof. Kyunghyun Cho of the Courant Institute and Center for Data Science.

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Korea and NYU Establish Global AI Frontier Lab

NYU Authors Publish Breakthrough in AI Models of Infant Language Acquisition

New research by Dr. Wai Keen Vong, Wentao Wang, Dr. A. Emin Orhan, and Prof. Brenden Lake has resulted in the development of a new AI model for infant language learning that suggests that the underlying mechanisms for learning language might be simpler than previously thought. The work was published in Science (link) and reported on by Scientific American (link).

NYU Authors Publish Breakthrough in AI Models of Infant Language Acquisition

NYU authors have 73 papers at NeurIPS 2023

NYU authors have 73 papers at the NeurIPS 2023 conference. To see a list of hyperlinked papers, please click here.

NYU authors have 73 papers at NeurIPS 2023

NYU authors have 73 papers at NeurIPS 2023

NYU Joins Gov. Hochul’s ‘Empire AI’ Initiative to Make New York a National Artificial Intelligence Leader

The University will be one of several New York-based research institutions that promote responsible AI research focused on serving the public interest. Read more here

NYU Joins Gov. Hochul’s ‘Empire AI’ Initiative to Make New York a National Artificial Intelligence Leader

Welcome new AI faculty!

David Fouhey - Assistant Prof. of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering

Eugene Vinitsky - Assistant Prof. of Civil and Urban Engineering

Matus Telgarsky - Assistant Prof. of Computer Science

Pavel Izmailov (starting Fall 2024) - Assistant Prof. of Computer Science and Engineering

Sai Zhang (starting Fall 2024) - Assistant Prof. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Welcome new AI faculty!

Kyunghyun Cho recognized as a "Leader Changing Healthcare in 2023"

KyungHyun Cho, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Data Science, has been named one of the "30 Leaders Under 40 Changing Healthcare in 2023" by Business Insider. Congratulations to Professor Cho and the rest of this year's honorees!

Kyunghyun Cho recognized as a "Leader Changing Healthcare in 2023"

Lerrel Pinto named one of MIT Technology Review's "35 Innovators Under 35"

Prof. Lerrel Pinto (Assistant Professor of Computer Science at NYU Courant, CDS) has been named one of MIT Technology Review's "35 Innovators Under 35". Congratulations!

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Lerrel Pinto named one of MIT Technology Review's "35 Innovators Under 35"

Denis Zorin named ACM Fellow

Prof. Denis Zorin (Silver Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, Chair, Computer Science Department) has been named an ACM Fellow "for contributions to computer graphics, geometry processing, and scientific computing". Congratulations!

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Denis Zorin named ACM Fellow

AI Initiative

We are in the middle of an Artificial Intelligence revolution. Its impact is already great in many spheres of human undertaking and across disciplines, from social sciences to new material and drug discovery, to better decision-making in health, business, and government. NYU researchers play a major role in the AI revolution; we are the home of many stellar faculty in both AI research and AI applications.

The AI Initiative at NYU - encompasses the many activities in AI at NYU. Please browse the various sections of the site and reach out to us with any questions!

Mengye Ren Receives Google ML and Systems Junior Faculty Award

NYU Professor Mengye Ren has received the 2nd Annual Google ML and Systems Junior Faculty Award.
Romain Lopez and Juan Carlos Perdomo Named 2026 AI2050 Fellows

NYU faculty Romain Lopez and Juan Carlos Perdomo have been selected as AI2050 Early Career Fellows by Schmidt Sciences.
Noah Amsel, Professor David Persson, and Professor Christopher Musco Receive ICLR 2026 Outstanding Paper Honorable Mention

At ICLR 2026, PhD candidate Noah Amsel and NYU faculty members David Persson and Christopher Musco were recognized with an Outstanding Paper Honorable Mention for their research on "The Polar Express," which introduces optimized matrix sign methods for the Muon optimizer.

Event date, time, and location	Event title	Link to event page
Oct. 23, 10:45AM	Jean Yves Delannoy (Arkema)	From Molecules to Plants: AI and Multiscale Simulation for Specialty Materials Discovery	JABS Room Maker EventSpace, 1st Floor	Learn More
Oct. 23, 02:00PM	Sam Gunn (MIT)	CDS Seminar: Efficient deletion of data from trained AI models	60FA Room 7th Floor Open Space	Learn More
Oct. 26, 03:45PM	Rebecca Willett (University of Chicago)	Mathematics Colloquium: How do simple rotations affect the implicit bias of Adam?	CIWW Room 1302	Learn More
Oct. 26, 06:00PM	Saeyoung Rho (Columbia University)	Global AI Frontier Lab Seminar Series: Causal Inference with Time-Series Panel Data	1MTC Room Global AI Frontier Lab (Floor 22)	Learn More
Nov. 02, 05:00PM	Kyunghyun Cho, Hong Li, Dmitry Malioutov, Tim Schwider, Marc Pavese	Global AI Frontier Lab Panel Discussion: AI in Finance	1MTC Room Global AI Frontier Lab (Floor 22)	Learn More

AI Foundations

   Empirical Machine Learning
   Machine Learning Theory
   Cognitive Science and Neuroscience
   Foundation Models

Typical example of a Foundation Models Application

AI Methods and Technologies

  Computer Vision
   Natural Language Processing
  Multimodal AI
   Embodied AI and Robotics
   Data Mining and Predictive Analytics
   Technology for Responsible AI

Typical example of a Computer Vision Application

AI Systems and Human Interaction

Systems and Security for AI
User Interfaces for AI

AI User Interface Example

AI for Domains

  AI for Healthcare and Medicine
   AI for the Arts
   AI for Science and Engineering

Healthcare application of AI