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Alexander Ororbia

A new National Science Foundation grant will allow 18 RIT students to travel to Sweden and conduct artificial intelligence (AI) research that enhances the industrial workplace. The students will take part in a program of AI research, professional development, and mentorship, which includes eight weeks at University West, near Gothenburg, Sweden.

The brain is a great source of inspiration for Alexander Ororbia, an assistant professor of computer science and cognitive science at RIT. By mimicking how neurons in the brain learn, Ororbia is working to make artificial intelligence more powerful and energy efficient. His research was recently published in the journal Science Advances.

This summer, Alexander Ororbia, CS Assistant Professor, will work as Visiting Researcher (Assistant Professor) at Google, working with Google Research.

Over the past month, teams of RIT students have been competing in the International Collegiate Programming Contest. In addition to taking top places at the regional qualifier, RIT’s top team placed 7th in the regional competition.

Tech Xplore talks to Alexander Ororbia, assistant professor, Department of Computer Science.