Research Frontiers

The Artificial Intelligence Frontier

Harnessing artificial intelligence for intelligence augmentation

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The Health Frontier

Leading one health to achieve whole health

The Security Frontier

Innovating for secure and resilient communities

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Building Wireless Infrastructure

Virginia Tech researcher and wireless expert Lingjia Liu has worked for nearly two decades to maintain, secure, and expand the global wireless infrastructure.

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Solving challenges emerging in a rapidly changing world >>>

The university has invested in major research initiatives, bringing together diverse expertise that transcends traditional discipline boundaries. In partnership with industry, government, and foundations, these focus areas address emerging challenges and opportunities that seek to improve the human condition and create a better world for all.

These strategically focused areas are Virginia Tech Research Frontiers.

Decoding Mental Health

How hidden neural processes shape our choices, emotions, and psychological well-being.

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Counterintelligence work earns federal award

The university was among five of more than 12,000 eligible organizations in the United States to receive the 2023 Jack Donnelly Award for Excellence in Counterintelligence.

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How to build a quantum computer that’s actually useful

Quantum computers have yet to outperform today’s computers on problem-solving tasks, but a Virginia Tech research team has a plan to bring this next milestone closer: applying an algorithm that can be tailored simultaneously to different types of quantum computers and to specific problems being solved.

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Model of a quantum computer. Photo courtesy of AdobeStock.

AI can make transportation safer and more efficient

To support the future AI in transportation, a team of researchers led by Abhijit Sarkar of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) wrote a report published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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