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AI4AI Fall Retreat
Tues. Oct. 27, 2026 @ Cornell Tech, NYC
The AI4AI Fall Retreat is a one-day convening of researchers and industry partners advancing the Assured Integrity for AI-Based Software (AI4AI) initiative. Bringing together collaborators from Cornell and across industry, the retreat focuses on sharing research progress, shaping emerging priorities, and accelerating real-world impact in AI security. The event is designed to foster deeper collaboration between academia and practice, with an emphasis on advancing trustworthy, secure AI systems and translating research into tools and approaches that benefit the broader community.
Alums launch company to streamline cash flow processes
The newest podcast from Entrepreneurship at Cornell features the founders of Tabs.
AI research team could streamline clinical trial design
An artificial intelligence system that operates like a collaborative team of medical experts could accelerate clinical trial design, one of the most difficult steps in drug development.
Inside baseball: AI-enabled enforcement tech takes time, testing
Training artificial intelligence to enforce even seemingly straightforward rules – like balls and strikes in Major League Baseball – is a messy, dynamic process that takes time and careful evaluation of the technology.
Speeding up a manual process helps Cornell recover $100,000
A two-semester collaboration between the Cornell AI Innovation Hub, graduate students and the Cornell Treasury Operations team transformed a time‑consuming, manual investigation process into a tool that helps staff process cryptic payments.
Can AI plan for heat emergencies better than simple rules? It depends
For consequential decision-making, the benefits of a simple index score vs. a less-interpretable predictive AI algorithm depend, researchers from Cornell found, on the desired outcome as well as the decision’s intended audience.
Matt Marx named vice provost for entrepreneurship, innovation and external engagement
Marx will establish and serve as inaugural director of the Cornell Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, to boost university efforts to commercialize breakthrough scientific discoveries.
AI is changing expectations for MBA graduates
While MBA job prospects are expected to remain stable in the near future, new hires will be held to higher standards inside rapidly evolving workplaces.
Duffield Engineering SPROUT Awards for emerging research reach new high
The 16 grants are the most the SPROUT program has awarded in a single cycle and support a broad range of promising projects in AI, medicine, semiconductors, sustainability and more.
Smart drones, safe skies: Student’s system tests, coordinates drone fleets
Doctoral student’s project devises an autonomous airspace coordination system built around a real-time simulation and validation technology.
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