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
Oded Regev named ACM Fellow
Oded Regev has been named ACM fellow for his contributions to computational complexity, lattice-based cryptography, and quantum computing.
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Oded Regev named ACM Fellow
NYU authors have 127 papers at the NeurIPS 2025
NYU authors have 127 papers at NeurIPS 2025 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!
Lerrel Pinto Wins 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship — Congrats!
Lerrel Pinto has been awarded a 2025 Sloan Research Felllowship. Congratulatons!
Lerrel Pinto Wins 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship — 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
He He Named AI Researcher of the Year
Prof. He He of NYU has been named the 2024 AI Researcher of the Year by Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology for her groundbreaking work in machine learning, NLP, and AI, including coaching in imitation learning and societal impacts.
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He He Named AI Researcher of the Year
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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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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