Faculty at NC State are deeply engaged in AI-related research. Below are selected projects from the College of Sciences, which has been awarded more than $5 million in AI research funding over the past several years.

Integrating Sequence, Structure, and Dynamics for Predicting and Designing Nucleic Acids
Xingcheng Lin, Keith Weninger, Yi Xiao
Comparative Medicine Institute seed fund support from 09/2024 to present, and currently in the process of an NSF funding application

Effective Computational Methods for Training of Neural Networks via Exploration-Exploitation-Determination Framework
Yeonjong Shin
NSF DMS Computational Math (DMS-2513966), 09/2025-08/2028

Data-free Operator Learning via Physics-Informed Deep Operator Networks for Fast Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Simulations in Home Appliance and Air-conditioning
Yeonjong Shin
LG Electronics, 07/2024-07/2025

Developing Responsible AI Agents for Interpreting and Enhancing Access to Large Environmental Datasets
Paul Liu, DK Xu, Alice Cheng, DSA, 12/2024-6/2025

Advancing AI in Earth System Science Research
Roy He
NSF

Incorporating AI in Hurricane Modeling and Risk Communication to Save Lives and Reduce Economic Losses from Hurricanes
Lian Xie
Lenovo. 1/1/2025-12/31/2026

Phase I Center of Chemical Innovation, Center for Accelerated Photocatalysis (CAPs)
F.N. Castellano
NSF, 9/1/24 – 8/31/27

Video: Our AI Research

Learn more about some of our research in artificial intelligence through short videos produced by our faculty.

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