Cognizant announced that its AI Lab has been granted its 58th and 59th U.S. patents in 2025, marking a total of 59 active patents with 23 more pending. The lab also earned a Gold Award at the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2025) in Malaga, Spain, for its research into harnessing human expertise via artificial intelligence. The patents and award underscore Cognizant´s push to redefine innovation in the artificial intelligence domain, led by CTO of artificial intelligence Babak Hodjat and a multidisciplinary research team.
The two new patents reflect pioneering approaches to artificial intelligence optimization. U.S. Patent No. 12,282,845, issued April 22, 2025, introduces a method for multi-objective coevolution of deep neural network architectures, which can improve model accuracy and efficiency for applications like medical imaging and natural language processing. U.S. Patent No. 12,292,944, issued May 6, 2025, focuses on optimizing loss functions through Taylor Series Expansion to enhance the learning process for models even when data is scarce, broadening the impact of artificial intelligence in resource-constrained scenarios. These inventions were driven by Cognizant researchers including Dr. Jason Liang, Dr. Elliot Meyerson, and Professor Risto Miikkulainen.
Cognizant´s AI Lab also took a major step toward open innovation by open-sourcing its Neuro AI Multi-Agent Accelerator, empowering enterprises to deploy artificial intelligence agents for dynamic operations and personalized customer interactions. The lab´s award-winning RHEA system (Realizing Human Expertise through Artificial Intelligence) demonstrated how evolutionary approaches can combine and surpass diverse expert solutions, notably those from the XPRIZE Pandemic Response Challenge, producing optimized policies for pandemic response and other complex challenges. Beyond its technology advances, the Cognizant AI Lab continues to advance ´Decision AI,´ combining generative, multi-agent, deep learning, and evolutionary artificial intelligence to solve high-stakes problems for businesses and society at large, in line with Cognizant’s focus on technology innovation and positive societal impact.
