The arts are also an essential part of the Institute’s vast research enterprise, where the arts drive innovation and anchor outreach and public programming activities. Through flagship programs like the Center for Media Arts, the Center for Music Technology, the Center for Education Integrating Science, Computing, and Mathematics, the Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation, Storycraft Lab, Textiles Team at the MILL, the Art & AI Vertically Integrated Project, the Robotic Musicianship Group, and the Institute for People and Technology, faculty and students investigate everything from the role of visualization in scholarship to how generative AI models can advance artistic practice to ways to engage K-12 students in STEM through the arts.