{"id":20718,"date":"2026-04-01T08:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=20718"},"modified":"2026-04-01T08:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:07:34","slug":"ipai-to-host-ai-research-showcase-on-april-14-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/Q2\/ipai-to-host-ai-research-showcase-on-april-14-15","title":{"rendered":"IPAI to host AI Research Showcase on April 14-15"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2014 This spring, Purdue University\u2019s Institute for Physical Artificial Intelligence (IPAI), in partnership with the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing, will bring together industry partners, researchers and students to highlight the university\u2019s groundbreaking AI research and explore opportunities for targeted collaboration to solve real-world challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcac.purdue.edu\/news\/7612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Purdue AI Research Showcase<\/a>, scheduled for April 14-15, will take place in Stewart Center\u2019s Fowler Hall at the West Lafayette location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The campuswide event is designed to strengthen connections across Purdue\u2019s research community, elevate awareness of institutional expertise and advance interdisciplinary synergies, with a particular emphasis on AI\u2011related scholarship taking place throughout the university. It provides a formal forum for researchers, students and industry partners to engage with one another, explore emerging partnerships and share ongoing work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two-day showcase will offer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Keynote and panel discussions from leading experts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research demonstrations and displays from Purdue\u2019s leading research centers and institutes advancing AI technologies and applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Student poster session<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hands\u2011on workshops<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Campus AI resources showcase<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Demonstrating Purdue\u2019s national leadership in revolutionary technology, the university created <a href=\"https:\/\/ipai.research.purdue.edu\/\">IPAI<\/a>, the nation\u2019s first research institute dedicated to advancing AI in the physical world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Physical AI is a core component of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/computes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Purdue Computes<\/a>, a comprehensive university initiative that emphasizes four key pillars of Purdue\u2019s extensive technological and computational environment \u2014 computing departments, physical AI, quantum science and semiconductor innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcac.purdue.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rosen Center for Advanced Computing<\/a> partners with Purdue researchers to accelerate discovery, offering cutting\u2011edge computing systems, expert support and AI\u2011driven tools that expand what\u2019s possible in data\u2011intensive research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n    <div  class=\"purdue-home-quick-links-static \">\n        <div class=\"tagged-header-container\">\n\n            <h2 class=\"tagged-header\"><span>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION<\/span><\/h2>\n        \n        <\/div>\n\n       <ul class=\"quick-links-content\">\n                                        <li class=\"quick-link__item\">\n                                                                <a class=\"quick-link__link\"\n                                    href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/Q4\/new-purdue-initiative-to-accelerate-discoveries-driven-by-artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                    New Purdue initiative to accelerate discoveries driven by artificial intelligence                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                <li class=\"quick-link__item\">\n                                                                <a class=\"quick-link__link\"\n                                    href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/Q1\/purdue-expands-lifelong-learning-portfolio-to-50-free-online-courses-for-alumni\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                    Purdue expands lifelong learning portfolio to 50 free online courses for alumni                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Purdue University<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Purdue University is a public research university leading with excellence at scale. Ranked among top 10 public universities in the United States, Purdue discovers, disseminates and deploys knowledge with a quality and at a scale second to none. More than 106,000 students study at Purdue across multiple campuses, locations and modalities, including more than 57,000 at our main campus locations in West Lafayette and Indianapolis. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue\u2019s main campus has frozen tuition 14 years in a row. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap \u2014 including its integrated, comprehensive Indianapolis urban expansion; the Mitch Daniels School of Business; Purdue Computes; and the One Health initiative \u2014 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/president\/strategic-initiatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/president\/strategic-initiatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"note\" class=\"post-content__attribution \">\n    <div class=\"columns\"> \n                    <div class=\"column\"> \n                <p class=\"post-content__source\">\n                    <strong>Media contact:<\/strong> Wes Mills, <a href=\"mailto:wemills@purdue.edu\">wemills@purdue.edu<\/a>                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2014 This spring, Purdue University\u2019s Institute for Physical Artificial Intelligence (IPAI), in partnership with the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing, will bring together industry partners, researchers and students to highlight the university\u2019s groundbreaking AI research and explore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":20696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"department":[],"source":[29],"purdue_today_topic":[],"coauthors":[41],"class_list":["post-20718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-excellence","source-purdue-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20719,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20718\/revisions\/20719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20718"},{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=20718"},{"taxonomy":"source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/source?post=20718"},{"taxonomy":"purdue_today_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/purdue_today_topic?post=20718"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=20718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}