RAISE-26
Artificial Intelligence – Informatics – Data Science AI Competition
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Is AI Transforming Us All?
Exploring AI’s Impact on Human Behavior

RAISE-26: A Grand Success!
Celebrating innovation, talent, and achievement
RAISE-26 brought together an incredible community of students, researchers, and industry professionals to celebrate innovation and excellence in data science and analytics. This year’s event stood out as a remarkable success, showcasing groundbreaking projects, insightful discussions, and outstanding talent from both undergraduate and graduate students.
The energy, creativity, and collaboration witnessed throughout the event truly reflected the spirit of Rutgers and its commitment to advancing knowledge and real world impact.
Keynote Highlights
The keynote session was a defining moment of RAISE-26, offering deep insights into the evolving landscape of data science, artificial intelligence, and analytics. The speaker inspired attendees by sharing real world applications, industry trends, and the importance of responsible innovation.
Attendees walked away with a renewed sense of purpose and a clearer vision of how their work can shape the future.
Celebrating Our Winners
This year’s competition featured exceptional projects across a wide range of domains. Our winners demonstrated not only technical excellence but also creativity, impact, and clarity in communication.
- Graduate Category: Innovative solutions tackling complex real world challenges
- Undergraduate Category: Impressive projects showcasing strong analytical and technical skills
Congratulations to all participants and winners for their dedication and outstanding contributions.
Event Highlights
Capturing the energy, innovation, and unforgettable moments of RAISE-26
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More moments, more memories, more innovation.
Looking Ahead
RAISE-26 was more than just a forum. It was a celebration of ideas, collaboration, and future possibilities. We are incredibly proud of the community that made this event so impactful and memorable.
We look forward to building on this success and making the next edition even bigger and better.
Growing Recognition
We are excited to share that Public Informatics continues to gain recognition and visibility.
It is now featured on Wikipedia, marking an important milestone in expanding awareness and impact.
Community Highlights on LinkedIn
See how participants and attendees shared their RAISE-26 experience
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We were honored to have insights on AI Impacts & Ethics from distinguished RAISE-26 Judge Shino George John. He highlighted the touching moments of RAISE-26 & shared heartfelt thoughts via his LinkedIn post. |
Please join us on LinkedIn for the latest updates on RAISE-26 & RAISE-27 (yes!) |
Want a quick and insightful reflection on MPI? Read this forward looking post by Professor Samuel which predicts the success of the public informatics discipline and highlights how data, informatics and artificial intelligence (#AI) can be used for public good! |





