ICYMI: Research Highlights from the Golisano College of Computing at RIT July 2025 |
In this issue:
• Revolutionizing heart care with digital twins
• A new cyber threat intelligence benchmark for LLMs
• Alum leads game design for New York Times
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RIT Research Minute: Hybrid AI |
AI-powered digital twins are transforming industries, and RIT researchers are at the forefront of this revolution in healthcare. Led by Bruce B. Bates Endowed Professor Linwei Wang, our teams are using digital twins to improve outcomes for heart conditions, collaborating with experts nationwide in cardiology, oncology, and surgery. Watch our new video to learn more.
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Researchers develop cybersecurity test for AI being used by Google
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Developed by RIT cybersecurity and software engineering researchers, CTIBench is the first and most comprehensive benchmark in the Cyber Threat Intelligence space. The tool is already being used by Google, Cisco, and Trend Micro.
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Ph.D. student aims to make AR more accessible
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RIT computing and information sciences Ph.D. student Sanzida Mojib Luna is studying how diverse user groups—including people who are deaf and hard of hearing—use AR mobile games. With those findings, she hopes to enhance the accessibility and inclusivity of AR experiences for all people.
Her work is highlighted as part of a new feature on how RIT researchers are pushing the boundaries of immersive technologies.
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Researchers use AI to uncover surprising trends in media coverage of police
A new study from Rochester Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University experts is challenging a widely held belief about the media—that local news outlets have become more critical of the police in recent years.
The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), used advanced AI techniques to analyze a decade’s worth of local news reporting on policing across the United States.
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| Richard Zanibbi awarded highest RIT research honor
Computer science professor and Director of RIT's Document and Pattern Recognition Lab, Richard Zanibbi, was recognized with RIT's Trustees Award for faculty who have demonstrated a strong record of scholarship over a sustained period.
He recently presented at the AI + Theoretical Physics Symposium at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario. The symposium brought together leading physicists, including 2024 Nobel Prize winner in physics Geoffrey Hinton, Anthropic AI Chief Science Officer Jared Kaplan, and Stephen Wolfram. Zanibbi explores effective and usable tools for searching text and graphics in research papers and technical documents.
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| CS Chair edits new book on LLMs in Protein Bioinformatics
Dukka KC, Chair of Computer Science, edited the recently published book 'Large Language Models (LLMs) in Protein Bioinformatics.’ The book comprises 19 chapters, covering a wide range of topics—from introductory concepts in large language models (LLMs) and protein language models (PLMs), to structure-aware LLMs, and their diverse applications in bioinformatics. Reflecting the swift pace of LLM development today, the volume delves into numerous LLM-based tools to investigate proteins science, from protein language models to the prediction of protein-ligand binding sites.
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| Rohit Crasta '13: Lead Game Designer, New York Times |
Crasta, who was among the second cohort of game design and development program graduates in 2013, is lead game designer for The New York Times, helping to create digital puzzles that have quickly become conversation starters in break rooms and on social media.
“The crosswords were included in the newspaper during a time when people needed a break from the heaviness of World War II,” he explained. “So, even back then, puzzles and games were used as a way for people to destress and have fun, if only for a short while. I’m so pleased that I’m able to help further this mission.”
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RIT College of Computing researchers will be well-represented at DEFCON from August 7-10 in Las Vegas, where they will be showing off table top and digital games for cyber resilience.
Visit us in the Biohacking Village, where we'll be featuring Jack Voltaic, a game collaboration with the Army Cyber Institute at West Point, that educates critical infrastructure stakeholders about cyber defense.
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