NEURAI Lab

Welcome to the NEURAI Lab at Northeastern University, Silicon Valley!

NEURAI, which stands for Northeastern University’s Research in AI, is a collaborative research initiative dedicated to advancing Artificial Intelligence through interdisciplinary innovation. Our team, composed of faculty and students with diverse expertise in computer science, finance, law, healthcare, and design, strives to push the boundaries of AI applications in real-world scenarios.

Our Project

These three projects represent our current areas of focus — Nurse Town, Traffic Flow Modeling, and You Described. Lean more here.

Traffic Flow Models

Particle-based models represent cars

NurseTown

Enhancing training simulations and medical data analysis

YouDescribe

Crowdsourced audio descriptions for video research.

Lab Highlights

Stay up to date with our latest work, ideas, and moments of growth! Check out more here. Don’t miss our talks @ NEURAI, where we share ideas, invite dialogue, and explore the cutting edge of AI research.

May 28, 2025From Code to Care: NurseTown at IEEE CAI 2025

This year, our team at NEURAI Lab had the honor of presenting NurseTown at the 2025 IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence (CAI). We’re thrilled to share that our …

February 18, 2025NEURAI @ Responsible AI in Practice Summit

A Gathering of Minds and Machines In February 2025, the NOVA team—comprising Professor Ilmi Yoon, and researchers Jose Sampedro and Ali Shehral, along with our Silicon Valley campus …

Our Team

NEURAI is co-founded by Professors Ilmi Yoon and Nadim Saad, along with founding researchers from Northeastern’s MSCS program. Meet our team and explore their individual research interests.