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In 2025, the Lab has yielded two new U.S. Granted Patents, open-sourced a key AI development platform, and earned a Gold Award from GECCO
TEANECK, N.J., July 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) today announced that its AI Lab has been granted two new U.S. patents and a gold award for a research paper on "Realizing Human Expertise through AI" presented this month at GECCO (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference) in Malaga, Spain.
"Being granted two new U.S. patents in the first half of 2025—bringing our AI Lab's U.S. total to 59 with 23 more patents pending—underscores our relentless pace of innovation," said Babak Hodjat, CTO of AI at Cognizant. "Couple this with a Gold Award at GECCO and these milestones reflect our deep commitment to pioneering transformative AI technologies and turning cutting-edge ideas into real-world impact."
The two latest patents highlight key innovations from Cognizant's AI research:
- U.S. Patent No. 12,282,845 (issued on April 22, 2025) covers a method for Multi-objective Coevolution of Deep Neural Network Architectures, aimed at improving model performance and resource efficiency. The method's application ranges from medical image classification to natural language processing.
- U.S. Patent No. 12,292,944 (issued on May 6, 2025) outlines a method for optimizing loss functions through Taylor Series Expansion, aiming to improve training efficiency and enhance model robustness, especially is data-limited scenarios.1
These innovations, developed by Cognizant's researchers including Dr. Jason Liang, Dr. Elliot Meyerson and Professor Risto Miikkulainen, reinforce Cognizant's leadership in pushing the boundaries of AI and machine learning.
To make the promise of artificial intelligence both more practical and broadly accessible, earlier this year, Cognizant's AI Lab open sourced its Neuro AI Multi-Agent Accelerator. Neuro AI helps businesses accelerate their development and adoption of AI agents, transforming their business processes for adaptive operations, real-time decision-making, and personalized customer experiences tailored to client-defined objectives and oversight.
The Cognizant AI Lab, which opened its San Francisco-based flagship AI research facility in March 2024, has also been honored with the Gold Award for Human-Competitive Results at GECCO 2025 for its groundbreaking work on RHEA (Realizing Human Expertise through AI). Developed by Dr. Elliott Meyerson and Professor Risto Miikkulainen RHEA employs evolutionary AI to distill and recombine hundreds of models generated by human expert teams—most notably those submitted to the XPRIZE Pandemic Response Challenge—into refined decision strategies. In a rigorous evaluation, RHEA surpassed the performance of individual human submissions, realizing the latent potential even in incompletely developed human ideas, resulting in innovative pandemic policy recommendations. This milestone underlines Cognizant's leadership in harnessing global human expertise to drive next‑generation AI solutions.
Risto Miikkulainen, VP of Research and Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin, said, "RHEA is a powerful example of how evolutionary AI can amplify global human intelligence—not just by matching expert solutions, but by going beyond them to discover novel, high-impact strategies. This recognition by the Humies Award committee reinforces the promise of population-based AI as a foundation for solving the world's most complex challenges."
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) engineers modern businesses. We help our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world. Together, we're improving everyday life. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
About the Cognizant AI Lab
The mission of the Cognizant AI Lab is to maximize human potential with Decision AI, a form of AI that combines generative AI, multi-agent architecture, deep learning, and evolutionary AI to create sophisticated decision-making systems. Decision AI powers Cognizant's Neuro® AI platform, which is utilized by Fortune 500 companies and non-profits to discover new ways to exceed their goals. The platform enables organizations to rapidly build AI that optimizes decision-making, leading to revenue growth and societal progress.
Led by AI pioneers Babak Hodjat and Risto Miikkulainen, the lab collaborates with institutions, academia, and technology partners to develop groundbreaking AI solutions responsibly. With over 120 patents (issued or pending) globally, the lab excels at combining scientific innovation with commercial application. It supports Cognizant's goal of improving everyday life, focusing on business and AI-for-good applications.
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In 2025, the Lab has yielded two new U.S. Granted Patents, open-sourced a key AI development platform, and earned a Gold Award from GECCO
TEANECK, N.J., July 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) today announced that its AI Lab has been granted two new U.S. patents and a gold award for a research paper on "Realizing Human Expertise through AI" presented this month at GECCO (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference) in Malaga, Spain.
"Being granted two new U.S. patents in the first half of 2025—bringing our AI Lab's U.S. total to 59 with 23 more patents pending—underscores our relentless pace of innovation," said Babak Hodjat, CTO of AI at Cognizant. "Couple this with a Gold Award at GECCO and these milestones reflect our deep commitment to pioneering transformative AI technologies and turning cutting-edge ideas into real-world impact."
The two latest patents highlight key innovations from Cognizant's AI research:
- U.S. Patent No. 12,282,845 (issued on April 22, 2025) covers a method for Multi-objective Coevolution of Deep Neural Network Architectures, aimed at improving model performance and resource efficiency. The method's application ranges from medical image classification to natural language processing.
- U.S. Patent No. 12,292,944 (issued on May 6, 2025) outlines a method for optimizing loss functions through Taylor Series Expansion, aiming to improve training efficiency and enhance model robustness, especially is data-limited scenarios.1
These innovations, developed by Cognizant's researchers including Dr. Jason Liang, Dr. Elliot Meyerson and Professor Risto Miikkulainen, reinforce Cognizant's leadership in pushing the boundaries of AI and machine learning.
To make the promise of artificial intelligence both more practical and broadly accessible, earlier this year, Cognizant's AI Lab open sourced its Neuro AI Multi-Agent Accelerator. Neuro AI helps businesses accelerate their development and adoption of AI agents, transforming their business processes for adaptive operations, real-time decision-making, and personalized customer experiences tailored to client-defined objectives and oversight.
The Cognizant AI Lab, which opened its San Francisco-based flagship AI research facility in March 2024, has also been honored with the Gold Award for Human-Competitive Results at GECCO 2025 for its groundbreaking work on RHEA (Realizing Human Expertise through AI). Developed by Dr. Elliott Meyerson and Professor Risto Miikkulainen RHEA employs evolutionary AI to distill and recombine hundreds of models generated by human expert teams—most notably those submitted to the XPRIZE Pandemic Response Challenge—into refined decision strategies. In a rigorous evaluation, RHEA surpassed the performance of individual human submissions, realizing the latent potential even in incompletely developed human ideas, resulting in innovative pandemic policy recommendations. This milestone underlines Cognizant's leadership in harnessing global human expertise to drive next‑generation AI solutions.
Risto Miikkulainen, VP of Research and Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin, said, "RHEA is a powerful example of how evolutionary AI can amplify global human intelligence—not just by matching expert solutions, but by going beyond them to discover novel, high-impact strategies. This recognition by the Humies Award committee reinforces the promise of population-based AI as a foundation for solving the world's most complex challenges."
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) engineers modern businesses. We help our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world. Together, we're improving everyday life. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
About the Cognizant AI Lab
The mission of the Cognizant AI Lab is to maximize human potential with Decision AI, a form of AI that combines generative AI, multi-agent architecture, deep learning, and evolutionary AI to create sophisticated decision-making systems. Decision AI powers Cognizant's Neuro® AI platform, which is utilized by Fortune 500 companies and non-profits to discover new ways to exceed their goals. The platform enables organizations to rapidly build AI that optimizes decision-making, leading to revenue growth and societal progress.
Led by AI pioneers Babak Hodjat and Risto Miikkulainen, the lab collaborates with institutions, academia, and technology partners to develop groundbreaking AI solutions responsibly. With over 120 patents (issued or pending) globally, the lab excels at combining scientific innovation with commercial application. It supports Cognizant's goal of improving everyday life, focusing on business and AI-for-good applications.
For more information, contact:
Jeff DeMarrais:
Jeff.demarrais@cognizant.com
Paul Jarratt:
Paul.Jarratt@Cognizant.com
Gabrielle Gugliocciello:
gabrielle.gugliocciello@cognizant.com
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Cognizant's AI Lab Records 59th U.S. Patent, Continuing to Generate AI Breakthroughs
The Initiative Aims to Address the Pain Points of Family Filmmaking
BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 6th, the 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival opened in Beijing. SmallRig, a global specialized provider of imaging solutions, collaborating with FamilyLens, is empowering family filmmaking through various initiatives, including the Family Filmmaking Co-Creation Initiative, a dedicated family filmmaking kit, and a social impact screening program.
Deepening the "Co-Creation Initiatives"
The Co-Creation Initiatives are a series of global creative initiatives open to filmmakers and image creators worldwide. Through deep collaboration across multiple dimensions — including product co-creation, discovery and promotion, and content co-creation — SmallRig aims to expand the boundaries of mobile filmmaking and bring the spirit of Free Your Dream to life with creators everywhere.
Following the launch of the Mobile Filmmaking Co-Creation Initiative at the 14th International Smartphone Film Festival, SmallRig announced the launch of the Family Filmmaking Co-Creation Initiative on December 6th at the 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival. The initiative invites global creators and every family to participate, focusing on three core directions: product co-creation, work promotion, and content co-creation, to explore the possibilities of family filmmaking for everyone.
Mr. Zhou Yang, Founder and CEO of SmallRig, shared the inspiration for the initiative: "The initiative is rooted in the immense universality and profound emotional depth inherent in family narratives, which serve as a common emotional bond connecting global audiences. We firmly believe that in this era, where everyone can be a content creator, every family can and should film their own story. The instinct to create is deeply embedded in the human spirit, and every home is the origin of countless narratives."
Gu Xue, Founder and Director of the FamilyLens International Film Festival, stated: "We hope that people and practitioners around the world who care about family movies can find suitable solutions and gain insights from the Co-Creation Initiatives. We look forward to more and more people exploring the field of 'Home' together through this initiative."
To address the pain points of family filmmaking, SmallRig officially released the SmallRig Family Filmmaking Kit at the opening ceremony. The kit includes a high-quality microphone, fill light, and a portable tripod, specifically designed to achieve "professional function democratization" and "complex feature simplification." During the FamilyLens Workshop, attendees experienced the convenience of the equipment firsthand. Many expressed that the kit truly solves many problems, enabling ordinary families to complete necessary filming without specialized photography knowledge.
Social Impact Screening Program
The 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival is open to the public from December 6th to 14th. The festival opened with the screening of well-received documentary: K-Family Affairs. In addition to the competition section, the festival features several distinctive sections, including the Reframing Home Movies— An Italian Retrospective, Youth Film Program, Filmmaker in Focus, and the Social Impact Program. Four major awards, such as the Real-Life Portrait Award and the Artistic Exploration Award, will also be presented.
As a key component of the Co-Creation Initiatives, the SmallRig Image Development Fund partnered with the FamilyLens International Film Festival to curate the "Social Impact Screening Program." This unit focuses on elevating awareness of critical issues within the family unit, advocating for a new reflection: "Starting with Seeing, Concluding with Understanding."
Arum Nam, Director of K-Family Affairs, stated:
"Starting with the stories of your family, your friends, and yourself, I believe this personal narrative can connect directly to the bigger society."
SmallRig believes that truly meaningful social impact storytelling stems from awareness in proximity—achieved by using the lens to penetrate the daily surface and enabling a deep, empathetic "Seeing with Empathy."
The four featured works in this unit are:
- People of the Ascent
- Granny's Lost and Found
- Ruixi at Fourteen
- No Country For My Maternal Grandma
These films highlight four family issues that require "seeing": the yearning of left-behind children, the mental isolation of Alzheimer's patients, the elderly searching for subjectivity in their drifting lives, and the emotional volatility and struggle of Bipolar Disorder.
Strategic Outlook and Future Expansion
SmallRig will continue to support the Family Filmmaking Co-Creation Initiative's deep development through promotional campaigns and practical workshops focused on family movie scenarios.
The overall goal of SmallRig's Global Co-creation Initiative is to continuously explore and meet the growing, diverse needs of global creators across different vertical domains. SmallRig is committed to persistently expanding the co-creation model into more imaging sectors, collaborating with industry partners to push the boundaries of imaging and grant global creators broader creative freedom.
About SmallRig
Founded in 2013, SmallRig is an innovation-driven global company that designs and manufactures comprehensive support solutions and accessories for all content creation needs. Trusted by over four million creators globally, SmallRig pioneered the User Co-creation Design (UCD) philosophy and the DreamRig Program.
For more information, visit: www.smallrig.com.
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SmallRig and FamilyLens Launch Global Family Filmmaking Initiative at 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival
SmallRig and FamilyLens Launch Global Family Filmmaking Initiative at 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival
SmallRig and FamilyLens Launch Global Family Filmmaking Initiative at 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival
