Scientists still have a great deal to learn about the basis of intelligence and the fundamental mechanisms behind how humans, animals, and machines learn, compute, and reason. Researchers at Harvard’s Kempner Institute are using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze large sets of data, leading to insights about how brains function. As researchers learn more about how the brain works, they can, in turn, use this information to engineer smarter and more powerful AI tools. Kempner Institute researchers study the foundations of intelligence in natural and artificial systems with the aim of eventually leveraging these findings to develop groundbreaking tools and technologies that can be applied to everything from treating disease to emergency preparedness.

The Kempner Institute AI cluster which once fully assembled will be one of the largest academic computer clusters in the world, consisting of approximately 800-1000 A100s or the contemporary equivalent, is housed at the MGHPCC.