+May 2022 Article on Traffic Optimization published in the Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems

Paper titled “Traffic optimization using a coordinated route updating mechanism* by Di Mei*, I-an Huang Anita Raja, Mohammad Rashedul Hasan, and Ana L. C. Bazzan published in Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations (Impact Factor: 4.277 (2020))

+Apr 2022 Raja is invited speaker and panelist at Technology and Society multi-disciplinary conference

Prof. Raja’s invited talk was titled “Artificial Intelligence: Current frontiers and challenges”. More information on the Hunter College-UC Berkeley conference.

+ Dec 2021 Hunter College-Columbia University Team Win NIH Data Challenge

The DAIR lab team along with our Columbia University colleagues won one of the seven prizes of the NIH NICHD Decoding Maternal Morbidity Challenge. See Hunter News story here.

+ Nov 2021 Alisa Leshchenko selected for MIT’s QMW 2022

DAIR Member Alisa Leshchenko selected to attend MIT’s annual winter Quantitative Methods Workshop 2022! Congratulations Alisa!

+Open Research Assistant Positions

The Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research (DAIR) Lab has open Ph.D. research positions starting in Fall 2022. Students, with a strong background in mathematics and computer science, who are interested in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are encouraged to apply. Email Prof. Raja with your cv, personal statement and copy of your transcript with a note about your interest in working in the lab.

More information including the application to the Ph.D. program can be found here: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/Computer-Science/Program

+ Sep 2021 DAIR transportation research team presents paper at EWGT 21

Paper titled “Multiagent Meta-level Control for Adaptive Traffic Systems: A Case Study“ co-authored by DAIR undergraduate students Yaroslava Shynkar* and Marin Marinov*, Prof. Raja and collaborator Prof. Bazzan was presented at the 24th Euro Working Group on Transportation Meeting, Alveiro, Portugal, September 2021.

+ Sep 2021 Anita Raja chairs TAPIA 21 Workshop on undergraduate research

The workshop titled “How to Engage in AI Research as an Undergraduate?” is targeted to undergraduate students to expose them to research and get them engaged in research at their own University or in a Summer research program.

+ Aug 2021: DAIR member Anton Goretsky (B.A. ’21) joins University of Maryland CS Ph.D. program!

Congratuiations Anton and wish you success!

+ June 2021 Masters student Daniel Mallia and undergrad Jack Kruse join DAIR lab. Welcome!

+ Summer 2021: DAIR Lab members Anton, Marin, Nigel, Yaroslava, Owen and Ajani graduate! Congratulations and Best Wishes!