AMHERST, N.Y. — University at Buffalo announced on Thursday that four health care projects will each be awarded $50,000 to use for artificial intelligence.
The funding, which totals $200,000, comes from a partnership with UB Office of the Vice President for Research, Economic Development and the Office of the Vice President for Health Sciences.
There were 40 submissions total and 12 were presented in person at UB's first research in AI and health care symposium which was held last winter.
“With UB as the home of Empire AI, our Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, and our six health sciences schools plus engineering, UB clearly has the talent and experience to lead AI in health,” vice president for research and economic development at UB Venu Govindaraju, PhD said. “As these four projects demonstrate, our researchers are actively innovating across all disciplines to leverage AI for the common good.”
Governor Hochul and state lawmakers approved Empire AI, a program to put New York State ahead in Artificial Intelligence research, earlier this year. The initiative plans to make New York a leading component for artificial intelligence research and innovation.
The Empire AI computing center will be located at UB and used by New York institutions to promote research and development, create jobs and advance AI for the public.
“As medical professionals, we are enthusiastic about harnessing the power of AI to tackle some of society’s most urgent health challenges,” vice president for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB Allison Brashear, MD said. “The creativity and innovation these researchers have demonstrated reflects the potential of AI to bring truly game-changing innovation to the clinic and the bedside to provide tangible benefit to patients and their caregivers. Their cross-disciplinary approaches harness the many strengths of UB and will bring forward creative and impactful solutions.”
The purpose of the first round of funding is to give UB researchers an opportunity to test out their projects, calculate results and eventually attract more funding from the National Institutes or Health and other federal agencies.
The four teams will present their findings at the next health and AI symposium which is being held on October 4.
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