CAII affiliate Aiman Soliman is helping drive a major breakthrough in cancer research through his long‑standing collaboration with University of Illinois professor Zeynep Madak‑Erdogan. Their work, supported by NCSA’s Health Innovation Program Office (HIPO), applies geospatial big data techniques…
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Present Your Work at AMS 2027 — CADRE Invites Abstracts
The Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation (CAII) is pleased to share information about two sessions being organized by CADRE at the 2027 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting, taking place January 10–14 in Denver, CO. Both sessions are part of …
Professor Mark Neubauer receives NVIDIA Academic Grant to advance quantum artificial intelligence research

Illinois Physics Professor and CAII Affiliate, Mark Neubauer, has received an award from the NVIDIA Academic Grant Program to support his project, “Early Cancer Detection through Extreme-Scale Anomaly Detection via Quantum ML.” NVIDIA will provide an RTX PRO 6000 Server
Another Illinois Chat Success Story
From LinkedIn
“I write with enthusiasm – maybe even delirium – on how successful this project has been.” says Prof. Jacob Sherkow, College of Law and Carle Illinois College of Medicine.
When Jacob Sherkow wanted to analyze years’ worth of
CAII Director Featured in WCIA Interview on Emerging AI Regulation in Illinois
In a recent segment examining a new package of bills aimed at regulating artificial intelligence in Illinois, WCIA called on the expertise of Dr. Volodymyr Kindratenko, Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation (CAII) to help explain some …
CAII Faculty Fellow Yudu Li Co-Authors Nature Paper on Multiplexed MRI
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a breakthrough magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology for omni imaging of the brain.

CAII Visual Nutrition Team Earns 3rd Place at Engineering Open House 2026

The Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation (CAII) is proud to celebrate the Visual Nutrition undergraduate research team for earning 3rd place in the Outstanding Undergraduate Research category at the University of Illinois’ Engineering Open House (EOH) 2026.
EOH—one of the …
Upcoming SciML Events of Interest to the CAII Community
Next week offers two valuable opportunities for the CAII community to engage with cutting‑edge developments in Scientific Machine Learning (SciML). These events highlight the growing impact of CAII affiliates across campus and provide multiple entry points for researchers at different …
Open OnDemand enables broad access to high performance computing at National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Browser-based access streamlines interactive workflows across diverse systems and user communities
Open OnDemand is expanding access to high‑performance computing (HPC) at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) by offering researchers a simple, browser‑based way to tap into powerful …
CAII to Showcase One of the First Significant Research Applications Built Entirely on the Illinois.chat Platform
The Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation (CAII) will join the Center for Digital Agriculture’s 2026 Conference on Generative AI in Agriculture, held March 9 at the iHotel and Illinois Conference Center. This year’s event highlights how large language models …