Industry & Government Partnerships

CMU’s School of Computer Science is a global leader in computing and AI research. We welcome industry and government agencies to join us in what we do best: solving real-world problems to improve how people live and work.

Opportunities on this page are just a starting point. With nearly 200 industry partners working across hundreds of interest areas, our team can help you design the ideal collaboration for your organization. From gaining access to cutting-edge research to launching new initiatives to developing your workforce, partnerships with SCS offer far-reaching results.

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Invest in Research at Transformative Levels

From physical AI for manufacturing to learning engineering for schools, SCS research is shaping outcomes across sectors. We work closely with industry, government agencies and nonprofits to design research collaborations that generate novel solutions.

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Sponsor Capstone Projects Designed For Your Business

Capstone projects offer companies direct access to highly trained, intensely motivated students applying their advanced skills to a wide range of challenges and opportunities. Working with faculty supervision, teams focus on sponsor-defined projects. They explore solutions, develop reports and, depending on the capstone, deliver a proof of concept or prototype.

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Empower the Next Generation of Computer Scientists

In SCS, we’re working hard to introduce students to computer science well before they get to college. Our outreach programs offer a continuum of computing education, for K-12 and beyond. Explore how we’re giving students, teachers and community organizations more access to CS resources, and how you can help us in our efforts.

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Build a Future-Ready Workforce

SCS professional education opportunities and learning platforms offer flexible courses and certificate programs to help companies and government agencies upskill and navigate today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Executive & Professional Education

Support Our Growing Capabilities

SCS is building world-class infrastructure to advance research and accelerate breakthroughs. Naming opportunities are available for these new facilities:

Robotics Innovation Center

The RIC offers researchers new opportunities to develop and test robotics, automation and physical AI in the real world, whether on land, in the water, through the air or into the deep reaches of outer space. SCS researchers are tackling challenges ranging from agriculture and manufacturing to search and rescue and exploration in the center’s drone flight cage, running yard, water tank, high bay and advanced labs.

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Richard King Mellon Hall of Sciences

Science, technology, art and creativity will converge in this next-generation home for collaboration, opening in 2027. Anchoring Forbes Avenue and Craig Street, the RKM Hall of Sciences will house our Machine Learning Department, Language Technologies Institute, and the Ray and Stephanie Lane Computational Biology Department alongside colleagues from Mellon College of Science and the Institute for Contemporary Art Pittsburgh.