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Columbia recently launched the Center for Innovation in Imaging Biomarkers and Integrated Diagnostics (CIMBID), a center that's leveraging AI and imaging data to revolutionize personalized medicine. Led by Despina Kontos, a distinguished faculty member in Biomedical Engineering,…

🏙️ What makes a city truly smart? At a co-design workshop led by the Center of Smart StreetScapes (@CS3_NSF), Harlem residents joined Columbia researchers to reimagine technology — connecting communities to the places they live, work, and play. Learn more :…
#Robots can now physically grow, heal, and adapt by integrating parts from their environment or other machines, marking a significant step toward autonomous, self-sustaining robotic systems. @CUSEAS @ScienceAdvances doi.org/g9tdjp techxplore.com/news/2025-07-r…
Scientists at Columbia University have developed robots that can physically grow, heal, and improve themselves "True autonomy means robots must not only think for themselves but also physically sustain themselves," explains Philippe Martin Wyder, lead author and researcher at…
Computer scientist Simha Sethumadhavan and his team have created a groundbreaking cybersecurity simulation tool that allows policymakers to safely experiment with regulations — before real-world implementation. His innovative testbed proves stronger security requires collective…

Last month, Columbia Engineering, the Columbia Global Center in Athens, and @ntua hosted a Joint Workshop on Infrastructure and Energy Sustainability in a Changing Climate at NTUA’s campus to discuss critical global challenges related to sustainability, climate adaptation, energy…

Improving capacity while reducing energy use are the major challenges facing today’s communications systems, says Keren Bergman, director of the Center for Ubiquitous Connectivity and a @ee_columbiaseas professor. CUbiC’s third annual review brought together principal…

New research 📣: Need a New 3D Material? Build It With DNA. A new approach from Professor Oleg Gang breaks down complicated designs into modular building blocks for easy assembly from the bottom up. Read: bit.ly/4eFmtgA

Today Columbia Engineering researchers present HyperQ, a novel development in quantum computing that allows multiple programs to be run at once, at the 19th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation in Boston. Read more: bit.ly/3GCJR1L

An MS student sent a cold email. A professor answered. Eighteen months later, the student-faculty duo launched a startup backed by Silicon Valley’s most storied venture capital firms. Meet Traversal, an AI-powered startup born from Columbia minds Assistant Professor Anish…

Professor of @ColumbiaBME Elisa Konofagou @ColumbiaUEIL has spent more than two decades advancing the science of focused ultrasound, a technique that uses sound waves to treat disease without surgery or radiation. In a groundbreaking collaboration, Konofagou and pediatric…

We’re honoring faculty members Adam Cannon, David Vallancourt, and Hardeep V. Johar as inaugural Teaching Professors — recognizing their transformative impact on education. Read more about our honored faculty: bit.ly/3GrrLzJ @columbia_biz @EE_ColumbiaSEAS…




We are just a few days away from welcoming high school students on campus for the Summer High school Academic Program for Engineers (SHAPE)! This pre-college summer program immerses students in college-level, project-based engineering courses led by our faculty. From programs…




OpenAI researcher and YouTube Shorts co-founder Shuchao Bi gave a talk at Columbia Engineering that explored AI's roots to its future frontiers. Bi traced the path to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), revealing what's needed to bring these models to reality —better data,…

So happy to see Computer Science Professor Christos Papadimitriou and his PhD student Oliver Korten featured in Quanta Magazine. The article explores how the seemingly simple "pigeonhole principle" led to breakthrough insights in computational complexity theory. Korten, who…

Our Vice Dean of Computing and AI, @vishalmisra, has been deeply involved with cricket and sports technology for decades. He serves as Dean of Cricket Analytics for the San Francisco Unicorns, a Major League Cricket team, and was recently in the Bay Area for the season opener.…
🚨 Only two weeks left to apply for the 6th Annual Rising Stars Conference! Don't miss the chance to be part of the event taking place October 3-4. We're seeking exceptional postdoctoral fellows, research scientists, and graduate students who plan to apply for faculty positions…

Santiago Correa, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has been named a 2025 Beckman Young Investigator — one of just 10 scientists nationwide selected from 300 applicants. With $600,000 in new funding across four years, Correa’s lab is working to advance cancer…

From AI agents to healthcare innovation: The Columbia Center of AI Technology (CAIT) marked five years of advancing artificial intelligence at its annual symposium. More than 100 researchers, technologists, and industry leaders gathered to discuss breakthroughs in AI…
