CEIS Areas of Focus
The Center for Emerging & Innovative Sciences (CEIS) leverages the Rochester region’s unique strengths and expertise, with a focus on OPI (optics, photonics & imaging) semiconductors, intelligent sensing and imaging, media interfaces, and biomedical sensors.
Optics, Photonics, & Imaging
CEIS is at the forefront of impactful innovation from optics, photonics, and imaging (OPI) industries that employ close to 20,000 across more than 150 companies in the Greater Rochester region. New York state leads the nation in commercializing intellectual property in OPI industries.
Intelligent Sensing & Imaging
AI is revolutionizing everything, but nothing more so than imaging. Rochester is poised to be at the forefront of the application of AI to imaging with profound implications across the entire economy, including healthcare, manufacturing, defense, agriculture, and transportation.
Semiconductors
CEIS supports and promotes the Rochester and Finger Lakes region’s designation as a federal Tech Hub to drive and lead a major semiconductor supply chain cluster in the United States. Semiconductors power the technologies that shape modern life, from smartphones and AI to clean energy solutions.
Media Interfaces
CEIS is leveraging two University of Rochester transdisciplinary research institutes that align with our mission: Center for Extended Reality (CXR) and SoundSpace. CXR is dedicated to research that combines AR, VR, and AI. SoundSpace is an allied cluster focused on audio technologies, media production, and music performance.
Biomedical Sensors
Sensing encompasses a multitude of machine and medical applications, including biomedical diagnostics, remote imaging, and machine-health monitoring.