RISS Lab

Name

RISS Lab

Legal name

Carnegie Mellon University

Website

https://cmu.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1900

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Robotics Research Program

NAICS

Computer Training (611420)

akta.pro primary industry

Research & Lab-Based Short-Term Programs (Undergraduate/Graduate) (EDAIAIAF)

Keywords

• Robotics research program
• Undergraduate AI research
• Summer scholars program
• Autonomous systems research
• Machine learning research

Headquarters

HQ city

Pittsburgh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

RISS Lab (Robotics Institute Summer Scholars) runs an undergraduate summer research program in robotics and artificial intelligence at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute. It provides undergraduate students with hands-on research experience alongside CMU faculty, connecting participants to a research environment responsible for foundational firsts in AI, machine learning, robotics, and autonomous systems. The program is hosted within CMU's broader Pittsburgh campus ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• School of Computer Science: Pioneering computing and artificial intelligence research and education
• David A. Tepper School of Business
• H. John Heinz III College
• Mellon College of Science
• College of Engineering
• College of Fine Arts
• Marianna Brown Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Products and services

• Robotics Institute Summer Scholars (RISS) Program Summer undergraduate research experience in robotics and AI hosted by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, providing students with hands-on research exposure alongside CMU faculty and access to a research environment responsible for foundational AI and robotics firsts.

Quantifiable outcome

• Top 20 university ranking in the United States
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and notable.

• Government of RwandacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Carnegie Mellon University and the Government of Rwanda signed an agreement in 2011 to establish CMU-Africa. This partnership was designed to respond to the critical shortage of high-quality engineering talent required to harness Africa's tremendous potential as home to the fastest-growing workforce in the world.
• Qatar FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2004Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) opened its doors in 2004 with 41 students, offering programs in Business Administration and Computer Science through partnership with Qatar Foundation.
• Mellon InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1967In 1967, Carnegie Tech merged with the Mellon Institute, a science research center founded by the Mellon family of Pittsburgh, to become Carnegie Mellon University. This merger established the Mellon College of Science and College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
• General MotorsnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with General Motors on autonomous vehicle research, culminating in the BOSS self-driving SUV winning the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge.
• NSF and DOE Genesis MissionnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMU researchers leading three DOE Genesis Mission awards to advance the future of AI, creating shared tools for distributed datasets to accelerate scientific discoveries.
• NSF AI Science FoundrynotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCarnegie Mellon's AI Science Foundry was selected by NSF to help build national infrastructure for AI, supporting AI research and deployment capabilities.
• U.S. MilitarycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFor more than a century, Carnegie Mellon University has partnered with the U.S. military to advance innovation, education and workforce readiness. From wartime training to today's leadership in AI, robotics and data science, CMU continues to help develop talent and technologies for national security challenges.
• NSF National AI InfrastructurenotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on the Resilient Energy Technology and Infrastructure (RETI) Consortium advancing energy innovation and economic growth through the NSF initiative.
• Vera C. Rubin ObservatorynotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMU-led Genesis Mission project creating shared tools for researchers to work across massive, distributed datasets, to accelerate discoveries about the universe.
• Center for Applied Research on Targeted Violence (CMU and University of Pittsburgh)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration between CMU and University of Pittsburgh to develop interventions that inhibit extremist hate and minimize its impacts.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• DeepMind: Alphabet-owned AI research lab, comparable as a globally recognized AI research organization competing directly with top university AI groups for talent, publications, and breakthrough research output.
• Stanford Research Institute (SRI International): A long-standing, large non-profit R&D institute with deep robotics and AI heritage, comparable to RISS Lab's parent institution as a mission-driven research organization with federal contracts and commercial spinouts.

Direct peers

• MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL): MIT's flagship AI and computer science research lab, directly comparable to CMU's School of Computer Science in pioneering foundational AI research, hosting large multi-faculty research groups, and producing seminal outputs across robotics, speech, and machine learning.
• ETH Zurich AI Center: ETH Zurich's cross-faculty AI research center, comparable to RISS Lab's parent institution as a globally leading European hub for AI and robotics research and graduate training.
• University of Michigan Robotics Department: U-M's standalone Robotics Department, comparable in offering dedicated, multi-disciplinary robotics research and undergraduate/graduate programs housed within a top-tier research university.
• Oxford Robotics Institute: University of Oxford's dedicated robotics research institute, comparable in hosting multi-faculty robotics research, autonomous systems work, and graduate-level research training.
• Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL): Stanford's primary AI research lab, directly comparable to CMU's Robotics Institute as a long-standing, university-based AI and robotics research hub that has trained generations of AI faculty and industry leaders.
• Georgia Tech Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines: Georgia Tech's university-wide robotics research entity, comparable as a multi-disciplinary robotics research organization producing both fundamental research and trained robotics talent at scale.
• UC Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab: Berkeley's central AI research lab, directly comparable to RISS Lab's parent Robotics Institute in conducting fundamental AI research across robotics, perception, and learning, with strong ties to the Bay Area industry ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Allen Institute for AI (AI2): A non-profit AI research institute founded by Paul Allen, comparable as a mission-driven research organization producing high-impact AI research with strong academic ties, though operating outside a traditional university structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

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