Research
Cutting-Edge AI Research
On pace to be classified as an R1 research institution in 2025, UNC Charlotte regards artificial intelligence both as an exciting and rapidly growing research area and a tool with exceptional possibilities for deepening our impact when applied in ethical and societally relevant ways.
Now and moving forward, UNC Charlotte aims to:
- Foster a culture of AI research and innovation
- Appraise AI’s societal impact with keen attention to ethical use
- Embrace opportunities for operational efficiency in research administration
Charlotte AI Institute
The Charlotte AI Institute at UNC Charlotte is a leading research hub dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence across disciplines. It fosters innovation through AI-driven research in health care, education, leadership, manufacturing and ethics. The institute collaborates with industry and community partners, providing educational opportunities, research initiatives and professional development programs to shape the future of AI responsibly and effectively.
AI Research Council: Connected to the efforts of the UNC Charlotte AI Steering Committee, the work of the AI Research Council will center on evaluating and, where determined it is necessary, strengthening the University’s research infrastructure to support the use of artificial intelligence in all forms of research.
AI Research at UNC Charlotte:
A Center for Leadership Science interdisciplinary research team is receiving a $692,881 federal grant to discover new ways to enhance leader and…
A project co-led by Dr. Mona Azarbayjani, associate professor of architecture, and Dr. Hamed Tabkhi, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering,…
Srijan Das and Xiang Zhang, two first-year faculty researchers in the College of Computing and Informatics, have received funding from the…
Women researchers who manage, interpret and apply big data
A team at UNC Charlotte’s Center for Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks (CIPHER) and Tuple, a Charlotte-based genomics consulting firm,…
In Hollywood, powerful evil artificial intelligences take over governments, destroy planets and predict our every move. In real life, the…