Welcome to AIIRI

The UF Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Research Institute (AIIRI) aims to advance AI and informatics research at the University of Florida. AIIRI brings together preeminent researchers that explore many contemporary application areas from our institution. From science and medicine, or humanities to engineering, UF experts develop the tools and technologies to support and complement these studies. These collaborative efforts result in important conclusions across many fields.

A Vision for the Future

The institute aims to build a stronger UF AI research community, enhance our external AI visibility, and support AI research across campus with a focus on four major areas:

ONE

AI and Informatics Techniques and Technologies

Research into the hardware, software, algorithms, and mathematical approaches needed to develop the next generation of intelligent techniques and technologies. This also includes supporting infrastructure for computation, bandwidth and storage.

TWO

Biomedical and Life Science Informatics and AI Applications

Use of AI and informatics to address fundamental questions in genetics, genomics, biodiversity, environment, agricultural science, as well as its application for improved human health outcomes.

THREE

AI and Informatics for Engineered Systems and the Physical Sciences

Application of intense computation and complex AI and informatics to understand and design complex engineered systems, and to uncover the fundamental nature of our physical world and universe.

FOUR

AI and Informatics in Social Science, Humanities and Education

Leveraging the explosion of data in understanding people, cultures, political development, education, and human behavior.

I believe one of the best ways to carry out research with impact is to tackle big challenges with a team that spans disciplines.

– Alina Zare, Director

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College News

Knowledge Should be Accessible to All

As AI continues to revolutionize all industry sectors, students at the University of Florida are breaking barriers to create opportunities for increasingly accessible, hands-on learning using advanced data science tools […]

UF Health researchers propose AI model to predict mortality in coronary artery disease patients

An interdisciplinary team led by University of Florida College of Pharmacy researchers has proposed an artificial intelligence, or AI, model to predict long-term mortality in patients with coronary artery disease.

Digital twin technology simulates strawberry farm, boosts AI tools and cuts costs

Digital twins are virtual replicas of objects, systems or processes that can predict system behavior as they interact in a simulated environment. Scientists have now shown it is accurate and […]

Third-grade ‘mini researchers’ at UF design AI-based app to improve Florida literacy

Most 8-year-olds spend their school days mastering multiplication, perusing prose and studying the solar system. But through a multi-disciplinary research project in UF’s College of Education, a handful of third-grade […]

UF hosts AI in Education Fair, showcasing the future of learning

More than 150 educators, administrators and tech innovators from across Florida convened at the University of Florida’s College of Education on May 20-21 for the AI in Education Fair — a two-day […]

With hands-on AI activities, UF-taught summer camps inspire young engineers across the state

This summer, more than 20 UF student mentors will fan out across 16 Florida counties to help lead 39 engineering summer camps for nearly 400 students. High school and middle […]

AI is transforming gambling—A UF researcher explores ethical risks 

As gamers and spectators prepare for the 2025 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, a cultural conversation around AI and ethics in gambling is brewing, with a growing concern […]

Drones, AI help farmers save money, protect the environment

Researchers at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC) in Homestead used drone-based imaging to help determine how much nitrogen fertilizer hemp plants need for optimal growth and flower […]

The fourth-gen model of UF’s HiPerGator is built to reshape AI education and research

UF is set to introduce the long-awaited, upgraded, fourth-generation version of the supercomputer HiPerGator. Half of the system with the new technology — the first of its kind in higher […]

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