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Simon School of Business Administration, University of Rochester

University of Rochester Centers and Institutes
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Rochester Institute of Technology
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New York State Center of Excellence in Infotonics
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Monroe Community College
MCC Corporate College 

University of Rochester Centers and Institutes

Laboratory for Laser Energetics
The Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) of the University of Rochester is a unique national resource for research and education in science and technology. The Rochester area has a history of innovation and provides a unique setting for LLE within a technologically sophisticated community. Established in 1970 as a center for the investigation of the interaction of intense radiation with matter, the Laboratory has the five-fold mission

A. To conduct implosion experiments and basic physics experiments in support of the National Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) program.

B. To develop new laser and materials technologies.

C. To provide graduate and undergraduate education in electro-optics, high-power lasers, high-energy-density physics, plasma physics, and nuclear fusion technology.

D. To operate the National Laser User's Facility.

E. To conduct research and development in advanced technology related to high-energy-density phenomena.

Rochester Center for Economic Research

Biomedical Science Research Centers
The list below outlines some of the university's biomedical centers. To view the full list, click here.

Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences
The Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences enhances the University's strong biomedical research program by creating an organizational structure and professional environment that foster outstanding interdisciplinary research. The institute structure allows scientists to focus their efforts on research by minimizing the academic and administrative responsibilities that often distract academic scientists. Researchers within the institute will benefit from close associations with colleagues within the institute and throughout the University.

Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound
The Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound at the University of Rochester was created in 1986 to unite professionals from both the medical and engineering communities. The Center provides a unique environment where professionals can join together to investigate the use of very high frequency sound waves in medical diagnosis and treatment along with other medical imaging bioeffects endeavors.

Center for Future Health
The Center for Future Health is a focused research program that develops the needed technologies for a Personal Health System. This multi-disciplinary team of physicians, health practitioners, bio-organic chemists, computer scientists, informaticists, engineers, and behavioral scientists is working towards inventing smart technology that allows consumers, in the privacy of their own homes, to maintain health, detect the onset of health problems and manage disease.

Center for Visual Science
CVS was founded in 1963 by Robert M. Boynton to bring together scientists from a variety of disciplines with the common goal of pursuing excellence in vision research. CVS consists of more than 25 research laboratories. These laboratories represent a diverse range of studies that span the development of the visual system to the interaction between visual perception and memory. Our investigators employ an equally diverse set of approaches, from molecular genetics and cellular biology to neurophysiology and psychophysics.

Sciences and Engineering
The list below describes some of the university's science and engineering research centers. To view a full list of centers, click here.

Center for Electronic Imaging Systems
CEIS is one of 15 NYSTAR sponsored Centers for Advanced Technology (CATs) devoted to promoting economic development in the greater Rochester region and New York State. CEIS carries out its mission by developing and transferring technology to industry for commercialization and by educating the next generation of leaders in the fields of electronic imaging and microelectronics design. CEIS is one of the only 5 CATs which are enhanced or expanded to provide additional research in a specific area.

Center for Optics Manufacturing
The Center is a partnership of the American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association (APOMA), several universities (Rochester, Central Florida and Arizona) and the U.S. Army. This award-winning cooperative effort is developing real-world technology solutions that are redefining industry manufacturing capability. University scientists work with industry partners to optimize shop floor productivity, promote continuous improvement, and deliver quality. This joint effort advances technology, expands the skill base, fosters education, and maximizes the potential of the U.S. precision optics industry.

Wireless Communications and Networking Group
Our research spans many layers of the network protocol stack, from media access control (MAC) protocols to routing and transport layers and middleware for mobile systems. We develop communication and networking solutions for both sensor networks and mobile ad-hoc networks.

Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer
The Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer (CPCT) was founded in 1989 as one of the eleven original NSF Science and Technology Centers with a mission to pursue fundamental research in the area of photoinduced charge transfer through a unique university-industrial collaboration involving the University of Rochester, Eastman Kodak, and Xerox. Photoinduced charge transfer is the fundamental process by which light energy is converted to potential energy associated with separation of electrical charge. It is the key step in photography, xerography, solar energy conversion, and photosynthesis. The CPCT is dedicated to understanding the underlying chemistry and physics of photoinduced charge transfer processes.

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RIT Centers and Institutes

The Center for Biotechnology Education and Training
The Center for Biotechnology Education and Training at RIT has been established to study and foster the development of Biotechnology in Western New York. Our current project, entitled "Assessing Workforce Needs in the Biotechnology Industry" and generously supported by the Empire State Development Corporation, is directed at studying the state of biotechnology in Western New York.

Center for Electronics Manufacturing and Assembly
Helping the Electronics Packaging Industry Maximize Product & Process Performance.

Center for Imaging Science
Imaging Science is the science of the creation and/or utilization of visual representations of measurable properties of persons, objects, or phenomena. It draws upon foundations in the fundamental disciplines of mathematics, physics, chemistry, computation, and biology to formalize the study of images and imaging systems. The Center strives to be foremost in the minds of those interested in education and academic research on techniques, processes, and systems for imaging.

The Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science is an academic unit in the College of Science of the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies
CIMS provides technology and workforce development solutions that strengthen our industrial clients' ability to compete in the global marketplace. Our activities are focused on our mission: to increase the competitiveness of manufacturers through applied technology and training.

Center for International Business and Economic Growth
The Center is a forum for, and focus of, leading edge international business research. Its mission is to create knowledge and disseminate new insights. This it does by conducting primary research then publishing in the public domain. It works closely with business and members of the Center present at conferences, in the media and other forums. Our research findings serve to help embed global perspectives in both the graduate program and undergraduate curricula at the College of Business at RIT.

Center for Materials Science and Engineering
The Center for Materials Science & Engineering provides an integrated interdisciplinary approach to the study of materials
The center's historical record of achievement is based on its ability to relate new developments and advancements to engineering practice, its success in incorporating these advances into teaching and research programs, and its close relationship with industry

Center for Quality and Applied Statistics

National Center for Remanufacturing and Resource Recovery
NCR³'s mission is twofold: Help the remanufacturing and resource recovery industries improve productivity, reliability and processes through technical assistance, applied research and training. Help industry design and manufacture products with no negative impact on the environment.

Image Permanence Institute
The Image Permancence Institute (IPI) is a university-based, non-profit research laboratory devoted to scientific research in the preservation of visual and other forms of recorded information. IPI is the world's largest independent laboratory with this specific scope.

First in Class: The IT Collaboratory
The IT Collaboratory is a collection of cooperating laboratories based at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The other members are the University at Buffalo's(UB) Institute of Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics (ILPB) and the NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred University. The mission of this RIT led research collaboration is to create key technologies and capabilities to design and integrate next generation information technology (IT) systems. The IT Collaboratory conducts research in the emerging technologies of microsystems and photonics with a focus on applications in high bandwidth communications and in integrated remote sensing systems.

By designing, building, testing and commercializing microsystems and optical communications networks, the research of the IT Collaboratory will improve communications bandwidth and speed. The resulting technology when combined with the expertise and experience of the collaborating university and industry partners will be used to build a specific class of IT systems that capture, process and transmit remotely sensed data. These two themes drive one another—capabilities enable applications; applications demand improved capabilities.

Laboratory for Applied Computing
The laboratory allows faculty with research interests across a wide range of disciplines to pursue their interests and also provides an educational experience for students. Limited internal research funds are available to faculty to initiate new research programs. The laboratory seeks external funds from both industry and government to support faculty and student research.

The lab presently has five research focus areas:

1. Intelligent Systems including Vision
2. Data Mining
3. Wireless Networks and Security
4. Digital Entertainment and Multimedia
5. Algorithms and Theory

National Technology Training Center
There is an increasing demand for highly skilled technology workers in virtually every industry. Continued national prosperity is directly linked to the development of an effective, high-quality, technology-literate work force. RIT's National Technology Training Center (NTTC) organizes and administers two independent outreach programs with the mission of inspiring students to pursue technological careers.

Printing Industry Center
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) was selected by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2001 to become one of nineteen Sloan Industry Centers. The Printing Industry Center at RIT is a joint program of the School of Print Media and RIT's College of Business, emphasizing Sloan's long-standing tradition of applying a broad multidisciplinary approach to industry investigations and findings.

Dedicated to the study of major business environment influences in the printing industry precipitated by new technologies and societal changes, the Printing Industry Center at RIT addresses the concerns of the printing industry through educational outreach and research initiatives. The Center creates a forum for printing companies and associations worldwide to access a neutral platform for the dissemination of knowledge that can be trusted by the industry, to share ideas, and to build the partnerships needed to sustain growth and profitability in a rapidly changing market.

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Centers of Excellence

One of New York State's most innovative and ambitious high technology initiatives is the establishment of "Centers of Excellence" at leading universities. The Centers support high technology ventures through a collaborative approach among the State, academia, private venture capital companies, and other private and public sector parties. Established to encourage rapid commercialization of scientific breakthroughs, the Centers specialize in nanoelectronics, bioinformatics, photonics, environmental systems, wireless applications, and information technology.

Center of Excellence in Rochester: Infotonics Technology Center, Inc.

Mission: The Center will focus on creating technology transfer and pilot fabrication facilities for high-resolution imaging and ultra-fast communications devices that can be shared by Center partners to accelerate product development.

The idea for a Center in Infotonics (the word used to refer to the combined disciplines of photonics and microsystems) was initiated by Kodak, Corning and Xerox as a way to pool resources for advanced new product research and development. Included at the center will be a pilot manufacturing line for shared platforms for companies and universities to invent the breakthrough technologies. Major universities include RIT and the University of Rochester.

Renovations have begun on the permanent home of the Infotonics Center - a former Xerox manufacturing facility in Canandaigua - which should be completed by the first quarter of next year. The building will be filled by at least $23 million in donated equipment from member companies, particularly Kodak and Corning. The center has about 10 employees, expected to grow to 40 by year's end and 60 next year. Most will be technical jobs.