Grand Challenge Research Areas
CMU Miami will be entirely designed and built to drive revolutionary breakthroughs that address society’s defining challenges.
CMU Miami will focus its research and education on grand challenge areas. These areas will serve as a platform for new breakthroughs as well as curricular innovation and new approaches to hands-on learning.
Human Health and Biological Discovery
CMU Miami will pursue a future in which people live longer, healthier lives, damaged tissues and organs can be repaired or replaced, and effective treatments are more personalized, affordable, and accessible.
National Security and Strategic Capabilities
CMU Miami will pursue breakthroughs that strengthen national security, protect critical systems, and help anticipate and respond to emerging threats.
Energy and Climate Resilience
CMU Miami will pursue a future of abundant, affordable energy while helping communities build the capacity to thrive amid disruption.
Advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Transformation
CMU Miami will pursue breakthroughs that renew American manufacturing across the full industrial lifecycle, from innovation and production through maintenance and repair, with technology and people advancing hand in hand.
The CMU Advantage
Carnegie Mellon brings decades of leadership in inventing transformative technologies and putting them to work in the world. Our deep expertise in advanced computing, AI, robotics, machine learning, and autonomy combines with strengths in science, business, policy, and the intersection of technology and society.
- Advanced Computing and AI — Leadership across the full computing stack
- Robotics — Expertise in machines that interact with and act in the physical world
- Data Science and Machine Learning — Strengths in algorithms and systems that learn from data
- Autonomy — Expertise in systems that make decisions, coordinate, and adapt under human direction
- Policy — Expertise in technology, workforce, and economic policy to guide innovation and its impact on society
Addressing complex societal challenges requires more than bringing different disciplines to the table. It means organizing researchers, shared capabilities and partners in government and industry around challenges that no single institution can solve alone. By connecting research with the work of developing and testing new technologies, we can open new scientific frontiers while delivering advances that strengthen our economy, our security and people’s lives.
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An Interdisciplinary Culture
An interdisciplinary culture grounded in human-centered values connects these capabilities, bridging discovery and application. CMU Miami will put this established research engine to work – at warp speed – to address society’s defining challenges and strengthen national competitiveness.
Interdisciplinary teams of students, researchers, industry leaders and government partners will put CMU’s competitive advantages to work in addressing these grand challenges. They will draw on the full breadth of CMU, with humanities, arts and design playing an essential role in bringing creativity, context and a deep understanding of the human experience. The goal is to prepare graduates to lead with confidence and make meaningful contributions earlier in their careers.