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!
news & announcements
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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.
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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.
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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.
upcoming events
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Nov. 06, 10:00AM
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Robert Gower
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CMSC Seminar - The Polar Express: Optimal Matrix Sign Methods and Their Application to the Muon Algorithm
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CIWW
Room
1302
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Nov. 06, 03:00PM
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Gabriele Farina (MIT)
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CDS Seminar: The Best Offense is a Good Defense: a fast, constructive minimax theorem
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60FA
Room
150
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Nov. 13, 11:00AM
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Thomas Hikaru Clark (NYU)
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Why is AI-generated language so hard to understand? A psycholinguistic perspective
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10WP
Room
104
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