Purdue wraps up strong presence at 2025 Consumer Electronics Show

Purdue brought its strengths in semiconductors, artificial intelligence and other innovative areas to last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Known as CES, the annual expo took place Jan. 7-10 and is considered the world’s largest showcase of the latest consumer electronics.

Purdue’s presence also included its expertise in industry partnerships and entrepreneurship. From a booth at CES, Purdue Strategic Ventures, the Purdue Innovates Office of Technology Commercialization and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation networked with existing partners, explored new partnerships through research and licensing, and learned about new technologies and companies.

Demonstrations of innovations at CES from Purdue professors included federally funded semiconductor research by Tiwei Wei and ultralow-power wearable AI devices developed by Shreyas Sen and a startup he co-founded, Ixana.

In addition to Ixana, other companies led by Purdue alumni and backed by the Purdue Research Foundation attended CES. These companies were Anello and Wave Therapeutics.

Purdue students participated at CES by demonstrating their skills in autonomous racing. Purdue AI Racing was one of several teams that competed Jan. 9 in the Indy Autonomous Challenge at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. For the first time, Purdue AI Racing competed in Tier 2, which is a two-car passing competition. During the 30-minute race, Purdue AI Racing overtook the car of University of California, Berkeley’s AI Racing Tech Team at 120 mph and broke a personal record of 159 mph.

The university’s presence at CES in the areas of semiconductors and AI align with the Purdue Computes initiative, designed to advance Purdue to the forefront of these fields with unparalleled excellence at scale.