{"692473":{"#nid":"692473","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Professor, Alumni Receive Award for Edge Computing Research ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech research team was recently recognized for an influential paper that helped define how applications could run efficiently outside the cloud.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team received the 10-Year Test of Time Award at the 20th ACM International Conference on Distributed and Event-Based Systems (DEBS 2026) in July.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.cc.gatech.edu\/fac\/Kishore.Ramachandran\/homepage.html\u0022\u003EUmakishore Ramachandran\u003C\/a\u003E and his former Ph.D. students \u2013 \u003Cstrong\u003EEnrique Saurez\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EKirak Hong\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EDave Lillethun\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EBeate Ottenw\u00e4lder\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 were recognized for their 2016 paper, \u003Cem\u003EIncremental Deployment and Migration of Geo-distributed\u003C\/em\u003E \u003Cem\u003ESituation Awareness Applications in the Fog. \u003C\/em\u003ESaurez, now a researcher at Microsoft, was the lead author of the paper.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMost of a person\u2019s daily internet use, such as sending emails or shopping, runs through the cloud. Cloud computing does have latency issues, but this is typically not perceptible to people. However, in situation-awareness applications, such as virtual reality or autonomous vehicles, this latency becomes a barrier. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCloud computing is not appropriate for these latency-sensitive applications where events occur at computational perception speeds as opposed to human perception speeds. And this is the reason that edge computing became important,\u201d Ramachandran said. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERather than using the cloud, edge computing brings computation closer to the data source. This method reduces latency and backhaul bandwidth consumption. Beyond latency reduction, edge computing offers other advantages over the cloud. Businesses and organizations that handle confidential data may not want to store their records in the public cloud, and edge computing offers a more secure alternative. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe awarded paper proposed a new programming model, \u003Cem\u003EFoglets,\u003C\/em\u003E that enables domain experts with limited knowledge of edge computing to run their applications on the geographically distributed edge infrastructure. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe showed that with edge compute you can actually do some of the things that you need for situation awareness applications,\u201d Ramachandran said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAll of these students that I worked with on this paper have graduated and moved on to industry and academia and are doing great things, so it\u2019s a nice honor to see something we did 10 years back get recognition.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech research team was recently recognized for an influential paper that helped define how applications could run efficiently outside the cloud.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team received the 10-Year Test of Time Award at the 20th ACM International Conference on Distributed and Event-Based Systems (DEBS 2026) in July.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A Georgia Tech research team was recently recognized for an influential paper that helped define how applications could run efficiently outside the cloud."}],"uid":"36532","created_gmt":"2026-09-09 20:09:20","changed_gmt":"2026-09-09 20:13:52","author":"Morgan Usry","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681111":{"id":"681111","type":"image","title":"Kishore.jpeg","body":null,"created":"1788984791","gmt_created":"2026-09-09 20:13:11","changed":"1788984791","gmt_changed":"2026-09-09 20:13:11","alt":"A man standing in a courtyard in front of buildings","file":{"fid":"265470","name":"Kishore.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/09\/Kishore.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/09\/Kishore.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":120176,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/09\/09\/Kishore.jpeg?itok=N9_9SkJI"}}},"media_ids":["681111"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"175470","name":"edge computing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMorgan Usry, Communications Officer, School of Computer Science\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["morgan.usry@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"692379":{"#nid":"692379","#data":{"type":"news","title":"From Coding to Cabernet: An Alumnus\u2019 Journey From Corporate Tech to Startup Life","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAged oak bourbon barrels weren\u2019t something \u003Cstrong\u003EChristian\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EDoetsch\u003C\/strong\u003E imagined he\u2019d work with every day when he graduated from Georgia Tech in 2013 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science (CS).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut after more than a decade in the corporate world, Doetsch\u2019s entrepreneurial spirit led him to VinoBarrel, where he serves as vice president of technology. The startup, launched in 2022, combines software, hardware, and data to help restaurants, bars, hotels, and other venues build customer relationships through wine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe company builds technology-enabled wine dispensers housed in upcycled bourbon barrels. Customers can use a key fob or an integrated tablet to access their profiles, redeem offers, and pour wine. The system enables operators to track customer activity and manage loyalty programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Doetsch, the unusual blend of tech and wine was part of the appeal when he first learned about VinoBarrel from its founder, fellow GT alumnus \u003Cstrong\u003ESeth\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ELytle\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E(IE 2003).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI saw the product at Tech Alpharetta (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/technorthatlanta.org\/\u0022\u003ETech North Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E), and I told Seth, \u2018This is awesome. It looks like you\u2019re collecting a lot of valuable data, but you don\u2019t have a platform for people to view it,\u2019\u201d said Doetsch, who grew up in Alpharetta, GA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe was impressed by Lytle\u2019s vision for the company and decided to invest. In addition to funding, he consulted for the company part-time. Earlier this year, however, Doetsch left Capital One for a full-time role at VinoBarrel.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI realized I could just build this myself,\u201d he said. \u201cCorporate life is not for me. I was ready to leave Capital One and move on to a smaller business startup where I could have a bigger impact.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA Career Built on Curiosity\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDoetsch\u2019s path to VinoBarrel began as a Georgia Tech CS major who interned with a software company. The internship led to a job offer after graduation. Doetsch worked for the company for 10 years as a software developer, senior developer, team lead, and ultimately a manager.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe experience gave him more than technical skills. Working closely with the company\u2019s founder exposed Doetsch to the business side of software: how a company is built, how it grows, and what happens when an owner decides to sell.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat gave me a ton of entrepreneurial insights,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDoetsch left the company to start his own. He co-founded Lemony Learning, a financial literacy education company, in 2022. The platform provides resources to help K-12 teachers teach students about personal finance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe sold the company in 2024 but retains an equity stake and serves as an advisor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPutting Computing to Work in an Unexpected Industry\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt VinoBarrel, Doetsch oversees the technology that powers the business. He develops the software platform that customers use to configure barrels, create loyalty clubs and coupons, and analyze sales and customer data. He is also modernizing some of the company\u2019s internal systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe barrels are manufactured locally from upcycled bourbon barrels. Inside, they contain refrigeration, kegs, plumbing, electronics, and software.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s so much left to build,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVinoBarrel is focused on expanding its customer base. In addition to new locations opening soon in Midtown Atlanta near the Georgia Tech campus, the company regularly demos at restaurants and venues across metro Atlanta, including events at Truist Park.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe company is really taking off,\u201d said Lytle. \u201cWe have several early adopters, the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center is evaluating our product, and we have a follow-up meeting with a global airport concessions operator.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur immediate goals are to gain support from high net-worth investors \u2013 ideally with restaurant or hospitality experience, continue advancing our technology, and grow our client base.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFinding Opportunity in Computing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite the demands of working at a startup, Doetsch finds time to stay connected to Georgia Tech and the College of Computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe recently mentored a student team in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/design-build-launch-new-cs-capstone-turns-students-entrepreneurs\u0022\u003Ean entrepreneurship-focused CS design capstone\u003C\/a\u003E, during which the team developed a tool to help manage and forecast AWS cloud costs. He says he enjoys working with students because it\u2019s an opportunity to share lessons he\u2019s learned.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt just feels like the right thing to do. I was given a lot. I was helped by a lot of people. So, it seems like the ethically right thing to do, to come back and give back.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/alumni-hub\u0022\u003ERELATED: GT Computing Alumni Hub\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe also sees staying connected with fellow alumni as a practical part of building a career.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMeeting fellow computer science alumni, you might find a good partner, and you might also find a customer or an investor,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor students interested in entrepreneurship, Doetsch offers a perspective shaped by his experience with startups and established companies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs a Georgia Tech student, you have access to immense resources and support from Tech overall and also specifically from the College of Computing,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHowever, it\u0027s up to you to be proactive in using the resources available to you. Be intentional about what you choose to pursue, because you can have anything, but you can\u0027t have everything.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter more than a decade in the corporate world, a chance presentation with a fellow Georgia Tech alumnus led \u003Cstrong\u003EChristian\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EDoetsch\u003C\/strong\u003E (CS 2013) to invest and ultimately work full-time for VinoBarrel, a startup that combines software, hardware, and data to help restaurants, bars, hotels, and other venues build customer relationships through wine.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A presentation from a fellow GT alumnus led Christian Doetsch to take a more entrepreneurial path in his career."}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2026-09-08 14:33:36","changed_gmt":"2026-09-08 17:46:35","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-09-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-09-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681088":{"id":"681088","type":"image","title":"Alumni Christian Doetsch (left) and Seth Lytle brought their VinoBarrel demo to campus during the Tech Square Tech Hop in August.","body":"\u003Cp\u003EAlumni \u003Cstrong\u003EChristian\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EDoetsch\u003C\/strong\u003E (left) and \u003Cstrong\u003ESeth\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ELytle\u003C\/strong\u003E brought their VinoBarrel demo to campus during the Tech Square Tech Hop in August.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1788888488","gmt_created":"2026-09-08 17:28:08","changed":"1788888488","gmt_changed":"2026-09-08 17:28:08","alt":"Alumni Christian Doetsch (left) and Seth Lytle brought their VinoBarrel demo to campus during the Tech Square Tech Hop in August.","file":{"fid":"265442","name":"VinoBarrel-3.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/08\/VinoBarrel-3.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/08\/VinoBarrel-3.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":274101,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/09\/08\/VinoBarrel-3.jpg?itok=7C_2uANT"}},"681086":{"id":"681086","type":"image","title":"A student enters her selection with VinoBarrel, which serves juice and flavored tea during all-ages product demos.","body":"\u003Cp\u003EA student enters her selection with VinoBarrel, which serves juice and flavored tea during all-ages product demos.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1788878817","gmt_created":"2026-09-08 14:46:57","changed":"1788878817","gmt_changed":"2026-09-08 14:46:57","alt":"A student enters her selection with VinoBarrel, which serves juice and flavored tea during all-ages product demos.","file":{"fid":"265438","name":"PXL_20260814_150326145.MP-EDIT-3.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/08\/PXL_20260814_150326145.MP-EDIT-3.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/08\/PXL_20260814_150326145.MP-EDIT-3.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":58201,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/09\/08\/PXL_20260814_150326145.MP-EDIT-3.jpg?itok=wK3IUZxJ"}}},"media_ids":["681088","681086"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"596","name":"Alumni Association"},{"id":"5325","name":"Georgia Tech Alumni Association"},{"id":"181991","name":"Georgia Tech News Center"},{"id":"10199","name":"Daily Digest"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBen Snedeker\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESr. Communications Mgr.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Computing\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Ealbert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"692319":{"#nid":"692319","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Associate Professor Sees Research Becoming More Human-Centered","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJesse Thomason has seen his research evolve over the last decade.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt began with a focus on helping computer systems incorporate human language into their perception of the world. Could a robot tell humans that a heavy object is straining its arm? Does it know that a container makes a sound when it is picked up or dropped?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, Thomason\u2019s research has become more human-centered, which is one reason he feels at home as he joins the faculty at Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Interactive Computing as an associate professor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThomason comes to Georgia Tech after spending five years as an assistant professor at the University of Southern California\u2019s Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe will move his Grounding Language in Actions, Multimodal Observation, and Robots (GLAMOR) lab to Tech. The lab explores methods for connecting natural language processing to robotics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile pursuing his computer science Ph.D. at the University of Texas, Thomason researched early NLP systems before large-language models such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini were introduced.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThomason then expanded into robotics to explore how roboticists can create new ways to communicate with robots using computational representations of language.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe idea was you could do something that looked like robot programming without as much engineering work if you used one of these coding modules to create a language-code interface,\u201d Thomason said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen OpenAI and Google released their commercial LLMs in 2022, Thomason felt a seismic shift.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat area of NLP and robotics became more crowded and accessible with the advent of (LLMs),\u201d Thomason said. \u201cIt created a huge inroad to roboticists being able to plug and play language technologies in a way they couldn\u2019t before. Robotics hardware has also become much cheaper and more standardized.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut as LLMs became universal tools accessible to everyone, Thomason said he started thinking more about how he could improve optimization for users.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI became most interested in how language interfaces, starting in 2022, were suddenly everywhere,\u201d he said. \u201cEverybody had a chatbot on their phone. I wanted to see what we could do as researchers to make the interaction between an AI system like a language model and a person smoother and more beneficial.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThomason said he felt he needed a new environment where end users were at the center of the technology design process. He was drawn to the School of Interactive Computing for its reputation in human-computer interaction research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat was a big factor in my decision to move to the School of Interactive Computing, where you value that kind of human-centered computing,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith the strong HCI researchers here, I have an opportunity to learn more from my colleagues about how to run high-quality human-subject studies, conduct participatory design, and identify actual users of a potential system and talk to them about what would be helpful.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJesse Thomason comes to Georgia Tech after spending five years as an assistant professor at the University of Southern California\u2019s Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jesse Thomason comes to Georgia Tech after spending five years as an assistant professor at the University of Southern California\u2019s Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science."}],"uid":"36530","created_gmt":"2026-09-04 13:14:34","changed_gmt":"2026-09-04 13:16:02","author":"Nathan Deen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681069":{"id":"681069","type":"image","title":"Jesse-Thomason_86A6990-copy.jpg","body":null,"created":"1788527693","gmt_created":"2026-09-04 13:14:53","changed":"1788527693","gmt_changed":"2026-09-04 13:14:53","alt":"Jesse Thomason","file":{"fid":"265421","name":"Jesse-Thomason_86A6990-copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/04\/Jesse-Thomason_86A6990-copy.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/04\/Jesse-Thomason_86A6990-copy.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":122256,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/09\/04\/Jesse-Thomason_86A6990-copy.jpg?itok=7bxT6Bs5"}}},"media_ids":["681069"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"194606","name":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193655","name":"Artificial Intelligence at Georgia Tech"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"692299":{"#nid":"692299","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Researchers Share AI Cyber Challenge Lessons at USENIX Security 2026","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhat can artificial intelligence (AI) do to protect software from cyberattacks?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/winningaixcc\/\u0022\u003Espent two years\u003C\/a\u003E helping to answer that question through \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.darpa.mil\/research\/programs\/ai-cyber\u0022\u003EDARPA\u2019s AI Cyber Challenge\u003C\/a\u003E (AIxCC), a competition designed to test whether AI could identify and fix security vulnerabilities in real-world software.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, they are sharing what they learned with the cybersecurity community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheir paper, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usenix.org\/system\/files\/usenixsecurity26-zhang-cen.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESoK: DARPA\u2019s AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC): Competition Design, Architectures, and Lessons Learned\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, was presented at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usenix.org\/conference\/usenixsecurity26\u0022\u003EUSENIX Security 2026,\u003C\/a\u003E one of the world\u0027s leading cybersecurity conferences. The paper was selected as a runner-up for the conference\u2019s distinguished paper award, placing it among 36 recognized papers from 362 accepted papers out of 3,028 submissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe paper examines how the seven finalist teams approached the competition and what the results reveal about the future of AI-powered cybersecurity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EPutting AI to the Test\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAIxCC challenged teams to build Cyber Reasoning Systems (CRSs) that could operate with minimal human assistance to identify software vulnerabilities, develop fixes, and determine whether security alerts were real threats.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe teams had 143 hours to analyze 53 software projects during the final competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/team-atlanta.github.io\/\u0022\u003ETeam Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E, which won the competition, used an approach that combined multiple AI agents with traditional security tools. Other teams used different approaches, including applying AI for specific tasks or building highly autonomous AI agents.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe variety of systems provided researchers with a rare opportunity to compare different approaches to AI-powered cybersecurity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ELesson from the Competition\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of the biggest lessons was that reliability matters as much as intelligence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome systems were highly capable but struggled to remain operational while analyzing large, complicated software projects. The strongest systems were often those that could work reliably throughout the competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers also found that AI and traditional security tools have different strengths. Traditional tools were still effective at finding common bugs, while AI performed better at reasoning through more complex problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, AI-generated fixes remain a major challenge.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers found that 38% to 46% of AI-generated patches were semantically incorrect. This means a patch might stop a security problem but also break a feature or create another problem.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe results show that AI can play an important role in cybersecurity, but human experts are still needed to verify the safety of AI-generated fixes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ESharing the Lessons\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECen\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EZhang\u003C\/strong\u003E, the paper\u2019s first author, said the research offers a unique look at the competition by combining lessons from the finalist teams, organizers, and DARPA\u2019s data.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis paper provides a unique angle on how AIxCC was designed, the techniques teams used, and what the scores reveal and conceal,\u201d Zhang said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJiho\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EKim\u003C\/strong\u003E presented the paper at USENIX Security 2026. He said the presentation was an opportunity to share lessons from two years of work with the broader cybersecurity community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSeeing the strong interest and thoughtful questions from the audience made the experience particularly rewarding,\u201d Kim said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers say they hope the lessons from AIxCC will help guide the next generation of cybersecurity tools.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhat can artificial intelligence (AI) do to protect software from cyberattacks?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers spent two years helping to answer that question through DARPA\u2019s AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC), a competition designed to test whether AI could identify and fix security vulnerabilities in real-world software.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, they are sharing what they learned with the cybersecurity community.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researchers spent two years helping to answer the question: What can artificial intelligence (AI) do to protect software from cyberattacks?"}],"uid":"36253","created_gmt":"2026-09-03 19:03:58","changed_gmt":"2026-09-03 19:20:31","author":"John Popham","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681067":{"id":"681067","type":"image","title":"USENIX-AIxCC-Paper-web-copy.jpg","body":null,"created":"1788463126","gmt_created":"2026-09-03 19:18:46","changed":"1788463126","gmt_changed":"2026-09-03 19:18:46","alt":"A dark room with a man presenting from a slideshow","file":{"fid":"265418","name":"USENIX-AIxCC-Paper-web-copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/03\/USENIX-AIxCC-Paper-web-copy.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/03\/USENIX-AIxCC-Paper-web-copy.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1074015,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/09\/03\/USENIX-AIxCC-Paper-web-copy.jpg?itok=473Fyfwp"}}},"media_ids":["681067"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"660406","name":"School of Cybersecurity \u0026 Privacy"},{"id":"660367","name":"School of Cybersecurity and Privacy"}],"categories":[{"id":"194606","name":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"193158","name":"Student Competition Winners (academic, innovation, and research)"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193655","name":"Artificial Intelligence at Georgia Tech"},{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Popham\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer for the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jpopham3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"692258":{"#nid":"692258","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Isbell, Stamps Fellowships Advance Minority-led Research in School of IC","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESherilyn Francis\u003C\/strong\u003E enters her final semester of her Ph.D. at Georgia Tech with extra motivation after being named the first recipient of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/2023-isbells-visionary-impact-pushed-beyond-boundaries\u0022\u003ECharles Isbell Jr. Graduate Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new fellowship award was announced in 2023 and named after Isbell, who served as dean for the Georgia Tech College of Computing from 2019 to 2023.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIsbell joined Georgia Tech as a faculty member in 2002. He was instrumental in developing the College\u2019s innovative Threads curriculum and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/omscs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EOnline Master of Science in Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E (OMSCS) program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new fellowship is given to graduate students from underrepresented groups.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrancis is a fifth-year Ph.D. student in human-centered computing (HCC) working toward the improvement of black women\u2019s maternal health. She is advised by Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wtl.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAndrea Parker\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m humbled and grateful that my body of work was compelling enough to be awarded,\u201d Francis said. \u201cReceiving this fellowship in Dr. Isbell\u2019s name is encouraging, and I want to do my best work in my last semester to honor his legacy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis fellowship secures funding to complete my Ph.D. and continue equity-centered work and champion voices of marginalized or under-resourced populations. This fellowship is directly making this work possible.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrancis\u2019s work drew attention early in her Ph.D. when she started assisting Parker in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/centerformaternalhealth-equity.org\/programs\/3103-2\/\u0022\u003EPreventing Maternal Mortality Using Mobile Technology\u003C\/a\u003E (PM3) study led by the Morehouse School of Medicine\u2019s Center for Maternal Health Equity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project aimed toward designing an app that reduces maternal mortality among Black postpartum women by getting them care on their phones. The app featured real-time health monitoring, educational resources, social support groups, and personalized care.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoogle recognized Francis\u2019s work through its Fitbit Health Equity Research initiative in 2021.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrancis entered the HCC Ph.D. program with a background in public health. She holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in public health education and promotion from Georgia Southern University and master\u2019s degrees in public health and biotechnology from Morehouse.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI felt overwhelmed at first because I thought I had made the wrong choice pursuing a computing Ph.D. coming from a public health background,\u201d she said. \u201cAfter steeping myself in the literature and applying myself, I found that I can be a leader and innovator in this space.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrancis said the fellowship will allow her to continue her research in clinical artificial intelligence (AI) for black women\u2019s health.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStudent Enters Ph.D. Program as Stamps Fellow\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs Francis gets set for her final semester, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rachelbakerramos.com\/\u0022\u003ERachel Baker-Ramos\u003C\/a\u003E is beginning the first semester of her Ph.D. as a recipient of the Stamps Fellowship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBaker-Ramos is part of the second cohort of the Stamps Fellows, which was implemented by Georgia Tech in 2025. The Stamps Fellowship is the highest merit-based doctoral fellowship offered by Georgia Tech and given to exceptional scholars positioned to advance technology that improves the human condition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe is the second student from the School of Interactive Computing to be named a Stamps Fellow. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/prestigious-fellows-bring-industry-experience-school-ic\u0022\u003EAdya Danaditya\u003C\/a\u003E was a member of the first cohort last year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBaker-Ramos completed her master\u2019s in human-computer interaction in 2024 under Georgia Tech\u2019s MSHCI program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe spent two years as a research scientist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/kamoamoa.com\/\u0022\u003EKa Moamoa Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, led by SIC associate professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/josiahhester.com\/\u0022\u003EJosiah Hester\u003C\/a\u003E. In 2025, she received the College of Computing\u2019s Outstanding Research Scientist Award.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe will continue her Ph.D. research with Hester as her advisor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBaker-Ramos has assisted Hester, a native Hawaiian, on several Hawaii-based projects centered on sustainability and indigenous STEM education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a master\u2019s student, Baker-Ramos led the design of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/kumuconnect.com\/\u0022\u003EKumu Connect\u003C\/a\u003E, a STEM lesson plan generator that creates culturally relevant lessons co-designed with Hawaiian immersion language teachers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHester and his lab received a Google Academic Research Award for their work on Kumu Connect and recognition from the 2025 MIT Solve Indigenous Communities Fellowship. Baker-Ramos was also first author on a paper about the project that earned best paper honorable mention recognition at the ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen I first came to Tech, I was seeking out something with the Hispanic community because we are underrepresented in STEM, but it became this partnership with my advisor,\u201d Baker-Ramos said. \u201cIt\u2019s been interesting as a researcher from an underrepresented community working with another community that has some experiences that are parallel and some that are different.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs she thinks about what her Ph.D. research will look like, she is interested in how AI is impacting indigenous cultures. She plans to start research in that area in Hawaii and then expand to other communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re talking with Hawaiian educators about what AI should look like if it were grounded in principles of caring for the land,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to look at what\u2019s appropriate with these tools, and what should be their limitations with data sovereignty, community agency, sustainable impacts, and how they\u2019re localized to each community.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRight now, my work is mostly in Hawaiian spaces, but there\u2019s a lot of nuance between different communities. We need to understand what each community wants or doesn\u2019t want out of these systems.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESheriyln Francis is the first recipient of the Charles Isbell Jr. Graduate Fellowship, and Rachel Baker-Ramos is a member of the second cohort of Stamps Fellows.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Sheriyln Francis is the first recipient of the Charles Isbell Jr. Graduate Fellowship, and Rachel Baker-Ramos is a member of the second cohort of Stamps Fellows."}],"uid":"36530","created_gmt":"2026-09-03 16:28:19","changed_gmt":"2026-09-03 16:31:06","author":"Nathan Deen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681063":{"id":"681063","type":"image","title":"_86A6620-copy.jpg","body":null,"created":"1788452913","gmt_created":"2026-09-03 16:28:33","changed":"1788452913","gmt_changed":"2026-09-03 16:28:33","alt":"Sherilyn Francis and Rachel Baker-Ramos","file":{"fid":"265414","name":"_86A6620-copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/03\/_86A6620-copy.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/03\/_86A6620-copy.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":146907,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/09\/03\/_86A6620-copy.jpg?itok=fR9v2HJI"}}},"media_ids":["681063"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"193157","name":"Student Honors and Achievements"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"692256":{"#nid":"692256","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New AI Models Could Create More Accurate Visualizations of Classical Architecture","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe release of the 2026 film adaptation of \u003Cem\u003EThe Odyssey\u003C\/em\u003E sparked intense debate among historians and classical scholars about its accuracy in depicting ancient Greece.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, new artificial intelligence (AI) models developed at Georgia Tech may soon weigh in on the debate, providing a richer, more accurate understanding of what classical structures looked like than ever before.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new AI and machine learning models developed by GT researchers will provide archaeologists and classical architecture experts with better analytical tools for studying temples, theaters, homes, and other structures from ancient Greece.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese models could enable researchers to draw conclusions and make new discoveries in a fraction of the time required to identify and analyze archaeological data using traditional statistical methods.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/kartikgo.github.io\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKartik\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EGoyal\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/people\/myrsini-mamoli\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMyrsini\u0026nbsp;Mamoli\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E received a $225,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities earlier this year to support interdisciplinary collaboration, including the development of the models.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoyal is an assistant professor in Tech\u2019s School of Interactive Computing. He researches how natural language processing can benefit humanities scholars, including analyzing historical texts to make new discoveries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMamoli, a native of Greece, is an architectural historian and joint lecturer in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Architecture\u003C\/a\u003E and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of History and Sociology\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;. She conducted early research on how computational methods can help reconstruct historical architectural remains while earning her Ph.D. in architecture from Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMamoli is one of hundreds of researchers who spend their summers each year studying archaeological sites and monuments in Greece or Italy. She is among a select few working at the Ancient Agora in Athens.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Agora is where the political buildings of Athens emerged, and democracy was born, so it\u2019s one of the most important sites in the classical world,\u201d said Mamoli.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHaving been excavated by the American School of Classical Studies in Athens for almost 100 years, it\u2019s the most well-funded, systematically explored, and most digitally well-documented site.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore than 180,000 artifacts have been uncovered at the Ancient Agora.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe physical structures that have survived for thousands of years, along with recorded data and references in ancient texts, are the primary sources scholars rely on to determine what buildings might have looked like in antiquity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMamoli said identifying and studying all comparable structures and formulating hypotheses about them takes years. Every discovery made at the Agora since 1933 has a digitized record, leaving a massive amount of data to sort through.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAI can comb through it in a matter of moments and help researchers fill the gaps.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAnything I want to look at, I can access it online, but the process of going through and connecting the dots and identifying certain design principles like proportions and material is tedious. Imagine if we could feed this data into an AI model that would automatically discover the connections.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMamoli said architecture has its own \u201clanguage\u201d that can be analyzed as a shape grammar. This visual, rule-based mathematical concept is used to generate designs in that language. Each architectural style has its own shape grammar.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMamoli\u2019s work as a Ph.D. student involved manually computing this information to generate 2D visualizations. Now, she hopes Goyal\u2019s models will enable the instant conversion of data into more subjective and accurate visualizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou encode these design principles and then apply them recursively, and you come up with various possible reconstructions,\u201d she said. \u201cMaking these rules is time-consuming, so we hope with AI, a whole fresh approach can happen where AI can discover the rules by looking at the data at scale.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoyal has already used similar methods to analyze early modern English printed books and identify their printing origins. When Mamoli approached him about collaborating with her, he believed the same process could be applied to reconstructing classical buildings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAncient texts and historical architecture records can help us fill in the blanks,\u201d Goyal said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese systems can automatically infer patterns from the fragmentary plans described in various texts. To automatically generate a proposed reconstruction, we are deploying machine learning techniques. They make the model not just think about producing tokens or pixels, but also about the aesthetic and geometric features.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoyal said he\u2019s aware some humanities scholars have expressed concern that AI could compromise scholarly integrity. Large-language models, for example, can struggle to account for cultural nuances and often inject biased hallucinations into their output.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is reflected in many problems in the humanities that I\u2019m working on \u2014 the need for AI systems to be more transparent and more easily modifiable,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we run these models blindly, we risk incorporating undetected bias.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMamoli said it\u2019s important to limit the scope of AI and think of it as a tool.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI strongly believe that AI should not replace the human brain,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t see it replacing the scholarly work that is being done. I see it as assisting it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor archaeologists, it may be necessary.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith so many sites being excavated, it could be the best way to keep track of hundreds of thousands of artifacts and use them to gain a clearer historical understanding.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRight now, I am working in the Section Iota in the Agora of Athens,\u201d said Mamoli.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a disturbed site with artifacts from all over the Agora because people have moved them for secondary uses. What if an AI model could instantly create a map to trace that movement and show exactly where these fragments came from?\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew AI and machine learning models developed by GT researchers will provide archaeologists and classical architecture experts with better analytical tools for studying temples, theaters, homes, and other structures from ancient Greece.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New AI and machine learning models developed by GT researchers will provide archaeologists and classical architecture experts with better analytical tools for studying temples, theaters, homes, and other structures from ancient Greece."}],"uid":"36530","created_gmt":"2026-09-03 14:36:12","changed_gmt":"2026-09-03 14:38:59","author":"Nathan Deen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681062":{"id":"681062","type":"image","title":"Kartik-Goyal_86A2072.jpg","body":null,"created":"1788446193","gmt_created":"2026-09-03 14:36:33","changed":"1788446193","gmt_changed":"2026-09-03 14:36:33","alt":"Kartik Goyal","file":{"fid":"265413","name":"Kartik-Goyal_86A2072.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/03\/Kartik-Goyal_86A2072.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/03\/Kartik-Goyal_86A2072.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":200838,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/09\/03\/Kartik-Goyal_86A2072.jpg?itok=DidzQWZo"}}},"media_ids":["681062"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"194606","name":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193655","name":"Artificial Intelligence at Georgia Tech"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"692252":{"#nid":"692252","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alumna to Discuss Designing Tech for Marginalized Communities in Upcoming Lecture ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Computing alumna \u003Cstrong\u003ENova Ahmed\u003C\/strong\u003E (CS Ph.D. 2010) will return to campus on Sept. 14 to discuss her two decades\u0026nbsp;of experience applying technology to address social and humanitarian challenges.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAhmed will present \u003Cem\u003EConnecting Systems with Humans\u003C\/em\u003E as part of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/omscs.gatech.edu\/omscs-speaker-series\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EOMSCS Speaker Series\u003C\/a\u003E. The lecture will explore the evolution of Ahmed\u0027s research, from sensing systems designed for eldercare homes to low-resource technologies that address challenges faced by women and marginalized communities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI was inspired by many other projects that handled social and humanitarian problems, especially one where Jill Diamond \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/lifestyles\/georgia-tech-student-helps-create-street-harassment-app\/kMNuBbctHPCiFSTktVBL9J\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eworked on domestic violence\u003C\/a\u003E under the supervision of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/amy-bruckman\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAmy Bruckman\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech,\u201d Ahmed said. \u201cI thought, \u2018this is what work should look like, where lives are changed, and impacts are made.\u2019\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAhmed\u2019s research journey began with designing sensing systems for eldercare homes as a creative solution to an existing commercial problem. After completing her doctorate, she returned to Bangladesh, where she found that conventional technology design approaches often did not fit communities whose challenges were deeply connected to social and cultural contexts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHer work subsequently shifted toward low-resource technologies designed for women and marginalized communities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn her upcoming OMSCS Speaker Series lecture, Ahmed will discuss projects focused on social justice and on preventing violence and sexual harassment, as well as sensing technologies designed to improve people\u2019s lives. She will also share research and projects inspired by students and discuss her ongoing work examining women in computing and STEM, including the stressors faced by undergraduate students in STEM fields.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of Ahmed\u2019s early projects was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/alumna-creates-app-help-victims-sexual-harassment-bangladesh\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EProtibadi\u003C\/a\u003E, a technology-based effort to address sexual harassment in Bangladesh.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHer work designing technology for marginalized communities has reinforced the importance of developing solutions that account for the specific needs and circumstances of the people they serve.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDesigning something is easy, but designing for someone who needs something very different from others, being a marginalized one, takes a lot of courage and often can get overlooked,\u201d Ahmed said. \u201cBut once it can be done, it is extremely rewarding.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAhmed is a computer scientist and professor at North South University in Bangladesh. Her primary research interests include feminist human-computer interaction (HCI), low-cost sensor systems, and information and communication technologies (ICT) for development.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAhmed hopes those who attend her lecture this month\u0026nbsp;will take away the importance of continuing to pursue meaningful change.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe fact that things do not change much, but still we can keep trying to make the world a better place,\u201d she said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAhmed said she is looking forward to returning to Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am so humbled, honored, and can\u0027t wait to meet many of my old friends,\u201d she said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe lecture will take place Sept. 14 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Klaus Building, Rooms 1116 East and West. The event is free and open to the public.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Computing alumna Nova Ahmed (CS Ph.D. 2010) will return to campus on Sept. 14 to discuss her two decades\u0026nbsp;of experience applying technology to address social and humanitarian challenges.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"College of Computing alumna Nova Ahmed (CS Ph.D. 2010) will return to campus on Sept. 14 to discuss her two decades\u00a0of experience applying technology to address social and humanitarian challenges. 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A Software Engineering Researcher\u00a0Explains","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022theconversation-article-body\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYou\u2019ve probably heard artificial intelligence models described as \u201copen\u201d or \u201cclosed.\u201d These are not descriptions of the model\u2019s personality. Large language model AIs like the one under the hood of ChatGPT don\u2019t have actual personalities, despite appearances.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe labels refer to whether all of the information about how an AI model works is publicly available and the model can be modified, or whether the model\u2019s developer keeps its inner workings secret and the model itself private property.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EOpen-Source Software\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe concept of open-source software originated in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/os-sci.com\/blog\/our-blog-posts-1\/the-history-of-open-source-132\u0022\u003Efree software movement\u003C\/a\u003E of the 1980s and \u201990s. The movement\u2019s founders believed that software creators and users had the right to \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/os-sci.com\/blog\/our-blog-posts-1\/four-freedoms-of-open-source-42\u0022\u003Efour freedoms\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d \u2013 to run the program, to study and modify it, to distribute copies of the original, and to distribute copies of subsequently modified versions. The fundamental requirement was that the source code \u2013 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/searchapparchitecture\/definition\/source-code\u0022\u003Ethe basic instructions\u003C\/a\u003E \u2013 for a program should be made available.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the late 1990s, software developers associated with projects such as the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/home-and-office\/networking\/how-netscape-lives-on-30-years-of-shaping-the-web-open-source-and-business\/\u0022\u003ENetscape web browser\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linux.com\/what-is-linux\/\u0022\u003ELinux operating system\u003C\/a\u003E coined and promoted the term \u201copen source\u201d to refer to these ideals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the evolving movement, certain organizations developed open-source licenses that specified how a particular piece of source code could be used and distributed, including the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gnu.org\/licenses\/gpl-3.0.en.html\u0022\u003EGnu General Public License\u003C\/a\u003E, Apache License, MIT License and the Berkeley Software Distribution. Each type of license also specified any potential restrictions on how software patents applied to the source code.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EOpen Source or Open Weight?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe open-source idea has risen to prominence again in the past several years as artificial intelligence large language models have surged, notably OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, released in 2022. Developers first train new models on large datasets, then deploy the models for use by other people.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ciframe width=\u0022440\u0022 height=\u0022260\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gmz24X86-5E?wmode=transparent\u0026amp;start=0\u0022 frameborder=\u00220\u0022 allowfullscreen=\u0022\u0022\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022caption\u0022\u003EOpen-source artificial intelligence is explained in two minutes.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeta was one of the first large companies to release an open-source large language model, called \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/10\/06\/meta-llama-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-open-generative-ai-model\/\u0022\u003ELLaMa\u003C\/a\u003E. The company released LLaMa on Feb. 24, 2023, and made available the \u201cinference\u201d source code \u2013 the instructions that run the model. And it released the so-called weights, the encoded knowledge the model learned during training. However, open-source organizations such as the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/opensource.org\/\u0022\u003EOpen Source Initiative\u003C\/a\u003E have stated that the LLaMa licensing guidelines prohibit commercial reuse, which the initiative maintains is not truly open source.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther companies have released \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/opensource.org\/ai\/open-weights\u0022\u003Eopen weight\u201d models\u003C\/a\u003E, such as DeepSeek from DeepSeek AI and Qwen from Alibaba. The models have less restrictive terms for reuse, and the AI community has adopted them rapidly. Still, many developers believe that a true open-source AI model must not only include the source code and weights but also the data that is used to train the model.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EA Lot to Open Up\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Open Source Initiative\u2019s definition of a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/opensource.org\/ai\/open-source-ai-definition\u0022\u003Efully open-source AI model\u003C\/a\u003E includes the training data as a key element. Some developers wonder, however, how feasible it is to distribute the enormous datasets required.\u003C!-- Below is The Conversation\u0027s page counter tag. 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Read the \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/theconversation.com\/what-is-open-source-ai-a-software-engineering-researcher-explains-236668\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eoriginal article\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"full_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe labels refer to whether all of the information about how an AI model works is publicly available and the model can be modified, or whether the model\u2019s developer keeps its inner workings secret and the model itself private property.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The labels refer to whether all of the information about how an AI model works is publicly available and the model can be modified, or whether the model\u2019s developer keeps its inner workings secret and the model itself private property."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2026-09-03 13:08:09","changed_gmt":"2026-09-03 13:13:32","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-07-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-07-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681056":{"id":"681056","type":"image","title":"Open-source AI models allow anyone to read their inner workings like a book. 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ICS 1983) has had two careers. In the first, he climbed the ranks at NCR and Dell, eventually leading a multi-billion-dollar enterprise systems division. In the second, he devoted himself to working for his church and a nonprofit ministry serving a local congregation and the city.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, in what he calls his \u201cfourth quarter,\u201d he and his wife plan to spend time with family, travel the world \u2014 and, of course, keep working, if only part-time, as the operations director for the nonprofit ministry connected to his church.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI don\u2019t think retirement is a biblical term,\u201d he said. \u201cA friend of mine referred to it as being repurposed. I suspect that as long as I have breath, I\u2019ll work within this calling to have an impact for good.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHolt says his computing education at Georgia Tech prepared him for every phase of his life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI love the challenges of problem-solving and figuring out puzzles,\u201d Holt said, \u201chow to make things work and then debugging it to find out things that are wrong. They\u2019re just skills you carry through life.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe First Quarter: Education\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHolt began his college career at the U.S. Air Force Academy. While there, he met the woman who captured his heart. But because cadets weren\u2019t allowed to marry, he dropped out of the academy to marry his wife and enrolled at Georgia Tech in 1981.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoth Holts worked hard, lived in married-student housing, and watched their pennies. That didn\u2019t keep them from making good memories, though.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe would watch Thursday night movies in the engineering building auditorium,\u201d Holt said. \u201cIt was only 25 cents to attend. That theater was a kind of respite for us, something we could afford.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis other favorite places on campus were the library and the basement of the Information building, which housed the IT department for the then-called School of Information and Computer Science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI was just thinking about how far things have come with AI now,\u201d he said. \u201cI actually had a punch card class.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Second Quarter: Computing Industry\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHolt graduated from Georgia Tech with highest honors in September 1983 and accepted a position at NCR. He flourished there, rising from programmer to Vice President and General Manager of NCR\u2019s small-business computer division in just 12 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the late 1990s, NCR began divesting its computer business. After 14 years with NCR, Holt took a job at Dell in 1998, a role that came with two challenges. First, he was a software expert, yet Dell put him in charge of a hardware team. Second, he took a step down in rank for the job.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWithin six months, I became the vice president and general manager of their entry-level server division,\u201d he said. \u201cIn 2002, I became a member of the executive committee.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis role expanded to vice president and general manager of the enterprise systems division, covering both servers and storage. The 2002 Network World annual list, \u002250 Most Powerful People in Networking,\u0022 included Holt and a Dell colleague, both co-vice presidents and general managers of Dell Computer Corporation\u2019s Enterprise Systems Group.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring this period, Dell significantly accelerated its push into high-density rack servers, networking switches, and enterprise Linux deployments. Rather than listing them individually, Network World grouped them by their collective impact on corporate infrastructure and named them among the final 50.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile at NCR, Russ served as a Georgia Tech contact involved in NCR recruiting. He assumed a similar role after he settled into Dell. Holt was invited to serve on the College\u2019s Advisory Board in 2003 and remained on the board until 2015, serving as the board\u2019s chair for the last two of those years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis career was flourishing, but around 2002 he felt called to leave it all behind.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Third Quarter: Ministry\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen he was in his early 30s, Holt wrote a mission statement for his life as part of a broader drive to live with purpose.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIt is my mission in life to experience sustaining joy by living an abundant life spiritually, socially, industrially, and financially.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHolt had been a devout Christian since childhood, and as he reached new career heights, he began to wonder whether it was time to give back by serving in ministry and living out his faith in practical ways.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere came a point in my career when my wife asked me, \u2018When is enough enough?\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cWas I going to have a life that was all about me and what I could accomplish, or about giving back? We made the decision together to go into ministry.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile at NCR, the couple had spent 14 years attending Gateway Church in Columbia, South Carolina, a Southern Baptist Church. In 2006, their pastor was building a leadership team. Twenty-three years after graduating from Tech and after a little over 8 years with Dell, Russ stepped into ministry. Russ Holt jumped in, not as a preacher, but to use his professional skills to help the congregation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter three years with Gateway Church, he joined Crossroads Church, a non-denominational church that had founded a non-profit organization focused on reaching the city with the gospel \u2013 the good news of Christ. The non-profit encourages churches in the city to work together, to collaborate rather than compete, and to mobilize their people where they live, learn, work, and play, so they have the opportunity to love and serve their neighbors and colleagues and to share their faith with those who are far from God but close to them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe became the church\u2019s executive pastor and served as the operations director for the non-profit. These roles were similar to those of a chief operating officer in industry. He helped select and implement management software as part of the church\u2019s operations. This included designing the system\u2019s workflows to improve processes within the church and the non-profit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe software industry is pretty active on the church side as well,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECrossroads Church later connected with other churches across the U.S. and, together, founded a nonprofit network operating in more than 100 cities across the U.S. and Canada. Rather than serving in traditional pastoral roles, he leaned into the same strengths that had carried his corporate career: administration, finance, staffing, strategic planning, and process design.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor example, he built workflow diagrams for how the church should handle everything from guest follow-up to staff hand-offs, applying engineering discipline to congregational life. At the nonprofit, he held similar roles, including assisting other churches with their operations and strategic planning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis ordination came later, prompted not by a career milestone but by his youngest son\u0027s request that he officiate his wedding. After 15 years on staff, Russ began to sense another transition in his calling and purpose.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Fourth Quarter: Service\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHolt describes his life in roughly twenty-year arcs. The first twenty-two years prepared him for adulthood; the next twenty-three were spent in the computing industry; and the following twenty were devoted to full-time ministry. Now 65, he is \u201cre-purposing\u201d to focus on family and the non-profit ministry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe and his wife have three adult children, seven grandchildren, and have been married for forty-five years. This year, they are taking a river cruise down the Rhine, and next year, they\u0027re headed to the Cotswolds with Georgia Tech Alumni.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe is not stepping down from his mission, however. Holt continues to serve as an elder with Crossroads Church and, in his part-time role as operations director, will continue serving with the non-profit network, which now has 37 active city movements across North America.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a drastic shift,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was more of a, \u2018I want to drop the HR, the administration, the business financial side of running the church, and just dedicate half my time, 20 hours a week, to this nonprofit.\u2019\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough he divides his life into quarters, Holt says there\u2019s been a strong \u003Cem\u003Ethread\u003C\/em\u003E running through it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy identity is wrapped up in my faith in Christ,\u201d Holt said. \u201cI feel like my time at Tech and in industry was preparing me with skills I could apply to ministry \u2013 to helping the church and serving ministry leaders.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERuss Holt (B.S. ICS 1983) has had two careers. In the first, he climbed the ranks at NCR and Dell, eventually leading a multi-billion-dollar enterprise systems division. 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A key idea behind Saeed\u2019s proposal is to develop an integrated view of these operations to improve efficiency without requiring additional hardware.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen performing operations jointly, you can maximize performance and completely eliminate the chances of conflict,\u201d Saeed said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother driver of the project is what Saeed calls the \u201csingle queue fallacy.\u201d This occurs when data center load controllers assume that all incoming requests to a server wait in a single queue to be processed.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn reality, servers are much more complex than this and can handle multiple queues at the same time. Modern workloads have heterogeneous load requirements, meaning that different requests end up landing in different queues.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis single queue fallacy can lead to severe underutilization of these servers,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecent research by Saeed shows that a server\u2019s throughput can be doubled by avoiding the single-queue fallacy. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe potential benefits of this project are wide-ranging and impactful. Maximizing server efficiency would reduce costs and energy use. With fewer resources needed, the project could contribute to more sustainable computing infrastructure. Lower operational costs would benefit companies, application developers, and users.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe goal of my proposal is to develop mechanisms and policies that can allow data center operators to easily maximize the utilization of all hardware,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the educational component of his proposal, Saeed plans to organize competitions for students to design more efficient load and resource management algorithms using artificial intelligence.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to this award, Saeed was named a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.research.gatech.edu\/2025\/11\/13\/bbiss-welcomes-seven-new-faculty-fellows\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBrook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS) Faculty Fellow\u003C\/a\u003E last fall to support his goal of making data centers more sustainable.\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Computer Science Assistant Professor Ahmed Saeed has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support his research on improving data center efficiency. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe potential benefits of this project are wide-ranging and impactful. 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She assumed the role on Aug. 1. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKim has been an SCS faculty member for nearly 20 years. Her career at Georgia Tech began in 2007, after earning her Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Texas at Austin. She has\u202fserved as associate chair of SCS since 2022. She is also co-director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/crnch.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECenter for Research into Novel Computing Hierarchies\u003C\/a\u003E (CRNCH) and leads the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/hparch\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHPArch research group\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of Kim\u2019s main focuses is determining the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the School\u2019s future and how it will be leveraged to teach students and streamline administrative processes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019d like to create those kinds of discussions and foster an environment to engage with faculty members, staff, and students on this topic,\u0022 she said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKim is an acclaimed researcher whose interests span computer architecture, compilers, and runtime systems. She recently began focusing on open-source GPU technologies for next-generation computing. She is an IEEE Fellow and a Hall of Fame member of the International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA) and the International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERegents\u2019 Professor Mostafa Ammar has served as interim chair since 2024, when former chair Vivek Sarkar became the dean of the College of Computing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Hyesoon Kim has been named the new chair of Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Computer Science (SCS). She assumed the role on Aug. 1. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKim has been an SCS faculty member for nearly 20 years. Her career at Georgia Tech began in 2007, after earning her Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Texas at Austin. She has\u202fserved as associate chair of SCS since 2022. She is also co-director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/crnch.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECenter for Research into Novel Computing Hierarchies\u003C\/a\u003E (CRNCH) and leads the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/hparch\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHPArch research group\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Hyesoon Kim has been named the new chair of Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Computer Science (SCS). 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That combination prepares them to solve real-world problems in innovative ways.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the national average for double majoring across all undergraduate disciplines sits at roughly 11%, Tech students are charting their own distinct paths. Among recent computer science graduates, \u003Cstrong\u003E17.5% (596 students)\u003C\/strong\u003E successfully completed at least one minor, and \u003Cstrong\u003E3.8% (131 students)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Egraduated with a full double major.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOverall, interdisciplinary interest is high, especially in areas like math, robotics, and economics,\u201d said \u003Cstrong\u003EBethany Mason\u003C\/strong\u003E, director of computing enrollment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA Snapshot of Interdisciplinary Paths\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile mathematics remains the most common pairing, computing students combine their studies with other fields in a wide range of ways. These combinations reflect individual interests and career goals, shaping how students translate technical skills into different professional contexts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe top double majors among recent College of Computing graduates are mathematics, applied languages and intercultural studies, and industrial engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther recent graduates have minored, with Fintech, Mathematics, and Computing and Business being the top choices.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents pursue degree combinations for a variety of reasons. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/node\/691808\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EElliot Huang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (CS and Psychology, 2026), for example, added psychology after becoming interested in how people think. He now applies both fields in computational cognitive neuroscience research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/node\/691809\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHunter Richardson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (CS and Business Administration, 2026), the connection between computing, accounting, and data systems made business a natural complement to his CS studies. He said the combination also helped him during recruiting and will inform his work in Tech Assurance at KPMG.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/node\/691810\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOliver Lee\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (CS and Electrical Engineering, 2025) was drawn to electrical engineering after developing an interest in embedded systems, computer vision, and physical devices. His CS background now gives him a software foundation to apply to hardware and engineering projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/node\/691811\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAaron Huang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (CS and Biochemistry, Spring 2027), the path to a second major was influenced in part by his parents, both physicians. He has since combined his interests through research in medical labs, where computational methods are increasingly central to the life sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELooking Ahead\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe success of these students highlights a clear mandate for the College of Computing: to support and expand these impactful pathways even further.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur role is to support those pathways with curricula and advising that make it feasible for students to meaningfully integrate rigorous computing preparation with study across other fields, so they graduate prepared for a wide range of careers and graduate programs,\u201d Omojokun said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMoving forward, the College is actively exploring how to broaden and formalize more of these interdisciplinary tracks.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe don\u0027t want students to just manually piece together a double major; we want to build structured frameworks that seamlessly blend disciplines from day one,\u201d Omojokun said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019ve already proven it can be done. 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The intersection of accounting and database systems fascinated me.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat influenced your decision to pursue a double major?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI knew I wanted to double major by the end of my first year after one of my first business classes and officially added it in my third year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow do your two majors complement each other?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessionally, it made my recruiting cycle incredibly easy. I secured a full-time role after one interview. Academically, CS coursework provided a solid foundation across all technical topics, allowing me to focus on more conceptual aspects of business technologies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECan you share a specific project, class, or experience where you\u2019ve combined both fields?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMGT 4046 Data Analytics in Accounting\u003C\/em\u003E. Many of my colleagues struggled with the coding language and syntax required to succeed in this course. However,\u0026nbsp;I had used Python and SQL for four years by then, so the course was incredibly enjoyable for me.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow have you managed the challenges\u0026nbsp;of balancing two majors?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe biggest challenge was simply managing the larger number of credits, but with proper planning for each semester, no course load was too unbearable.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat advice would you give to students considering a computing-related double major?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECombining CS with another field gives you the opportunity to become a liaison in any field you find interesting, which inherently makes you more valuable on the team by bridging communication gaps when technology doesn\u0027t meet industry needs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIs there anything unexpected you\u2019ve gained from combining computing with another field?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore I was officially a double major, I had considered reducing CS to a minor, because I felt a little burned out after three semesters of intro-level classes. 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Foley has a strong pedigree in this area.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe co-authored the 1982 textbook \u003Cem\u003EFundamentals of Interactive Computer Graphics\u003C\/em\u003E, which was renamed in its second edition as \u003Cem\u003EComputer Graphics: Principles and Practice\u003C\/em\u003E. With over 1,100 pages, it is widely regarded as the foundational text of modern computer graphics and animation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSome people called it \u2018the bible\u2019 of computer graphics, though I think there were some other good graphics textbooks,\u201d Foley said. \u201cWe covered many different aspects of computer graphics, from hardware to algorithms to software systems to user interface and design.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt stands out as an all-encompassing textbook, whereas current books are targeted at specific aspects of computer graphics rather than a broad introduction.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFoley co-authored the first edition with Andries Van Dam, a professor who co-founded Brown University\u2019s Department of Computer Science. Van Dam was the first to receive the Distinguished Educator Award in 2019.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI had people thanking me for the book while I was at the conference and telling me it was the first book they learned computer graphics from,\u201d Foley said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFoley came to Georgia Tech in 1991 and founded the Graphics, Visualization, \u0026amp; Usability (GVU) Center, which merged with Tech\u2019s Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) in 2023. GVU faculty helped establish Georgia Tech\u2019s prestigious reputation in computer graphics, and GVU students became highly sought after by video game and film animation studios, including Disney and Pixar.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFoley and other GVU faculty were also at the forefront of the emerging field of human-computer interaction (HCI).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFoley said he enjoyed teaching in the classroom as much as anything and preferred practical approaches.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI was always big on learning by doing, so I always had projects in my class that made students apply what I was talking about and not just regurgitate stuff on exams,\u201d he said. \u201cI think students enjoy having that hands-on experience.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, teaching was something he had to learn.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI wasn\u2019t good at it at first, but I think writing the book helped with that,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you write a book, you discover how much you don\u2019t know about something because you\u2019re trying to carefully explain it so other people can understand.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt makes you do more thinking, work through the explanations so that it makes sense to you and the reader.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech established the James D. 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I am confident he will build on Edmond\u2019s strong foundation to guide the School\u0027s continued success.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe School of CSE associate chair helps lead faculty development, academic planning, and new initiatives. These responsibilities include course scheduling, teaching assignments, and reviewing proposals for new courses.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERapid growth defined Chow\u2019s tenure as associate chair, which started in summer 2021.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs associate chair, Chow led CSE\u2019s faculty recruiting committee. The School hired 15 new professors during his term, doubling the faculty in that span.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChow\u2019s relationship with new hires didn\u2019t end with recruiting. Each new professor needed support to onboard smoothly, which he helped facilitate by pairing new hires with faculty mentors in the School.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChow helped new and veteran faculty alike design courses centered on their expertise and the field\u0027s emerging needs. As a result, he broadened and enriched the CSE curriculum at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChow led CSE\u2019s effort to secure space in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.gatech.edu\/coda\u0022\u003ECoda Building\u003C\/a\u003E to accommodate so many new faculty and students. With his help, the School added the east wing of the 13th floor and space for four labs on the fifth floor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/europe.gatech.edu\/en\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech-Europe\u003C\/a\u003E, Chow will teach \u003Cem\u003ECS 7545: Machine Learning Theory\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003ECS 1371: Computing for Engineers\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChow is a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/\u0022\u003ESIAM\u003C\/a\u003E). Like CSE, the professional society recognized Chow\u2019s leadership and administrative talents, selecting him for several roles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith his associate chair responsibilities concluded, Chow will focus more on his role as SIAM\u2019s vice president for programs. He also co-chairs the organizing committee for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/conferences-events\/siam-conferences\/cse27\/\u0022\u003ESIAM Conference on CSE\u003C\/a\u003E, to be held Feb. 22-26, 2027, in Pittsburgh.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPreviously, Chow served as vice chair of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/get-involved\/connect-with-a-community\/activity-groups\/computational-science-and-engineering\/\u0022\u003ESIAM Activity Group on CSE\u003C\/a\u003E from 2025 to 2026. He co-chaired the organizing committee for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.siam.org\/conferences-events\/past-event-archive\/an22\/\u0022\u003ESIAM\u2019s 2022 annual meeting\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It has been an honor to serve CSE,\u201d Chow said. \u201cI am also inspired to have worked alongside others, including Haesun, who care so much for the School.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince joining Georgia Tech in 2012, Chau has distinguished himself as a leading expert in data science and AI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChau\u2019s research combines machine learning and visualization to create scalable, interactive tools. His lab has developed applications for studying massive datasets, interpreting complex AI models, and solving real-world problems in cybersecurity, human-centered AI, graph visualization and mining, and social good.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChau has taught CSE \u003Cem\u003E4242\/6242: Data and Visual Analytics\u003C\/em\u003E since 2013. The course has grown into the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/poloclub.github.io\/#cse6242\u0022\u003Eworld\u0027s largest semester-long university class on the subject\u003C\/a\u003E. More than 19,600 students have taken the course throughout its history.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlongside his research and teaching, Chau has held several leadership roles at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince 2014, Chau has served as associate director of Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.analytics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EM.S. Analytics program\u003C\/a\u003E. The program celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2024, when he received the Innovator Award for his leadership and pioneering approaches to analytics education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2019, Chau accepted roles as director of industry relations for the Institute for Data Engineering and Science (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ideas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIDEaS\u003C\/a\u003E) and as associate director of corporate relations for the Machine Learning Center (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ml.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EML@GT\u003C\/a\u003E). Chau recently stepped down from his leadership positions with IDEaS and ML@GT to accommodate his responsibilities as CSE\u2019s associate chair.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI enjoy building deep connections with people, and this role provides a lot of opportunities to do that,\u201d Chau said. \u201cFaculty development helps my colleagues build the careers that they want, and collectively shape CSE\u2019s future. That\u2019s what I look forward to the most.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) has undergone remarkable expansion in recent years, doubling its faculty, broadening its programs and curriculum, and strengthening its reputation as a leading research hub.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, as Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/faculty.cc.gatech.edu\/~echow\/\u0022\u003EEdmond Chow\u003C\/a\u003E prepares to teach at Georgia Tech-Europe for the 2026-2027 academic year, Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/poloclub.github.io\/polochau\/\u0022\u003EPolo Chau\u003C\/a\u003E is stepping into the role of associate chair to help guide the School\u2019s next phase of growth.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheir leadership transition comes at a time when demand for expertise in artificial intelligence (AI), data science and analytics, and high-performance computing accelerates across industry, government, and academia.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of CSE Professor Polo Chau is stepping into the role of associate chair of the School as Professor Edmond Chow departs to teach at Georgia Tech-Europe for the 2026-2027 academic year."}],"uid":"36319","created_gmt":"2026-08-27 17:13:47","changed_gmt":"2026-09-01 12:33:31","author":"Bryant Wine","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-08-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-08-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680999":{"id":"680999","type":"image","title":"Associate-Chair.png","body":null,"created":"1787850839","gmt_created":"2026-08-27 17:13:59","changed":"1787850839","gmt_changed":"2026-08-27 17:13:59","alt":"CSE Associate Chair","file":{"fid":"265343","name":"Associate-Chair.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/08\/27\/Associate-Chair.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/08\/27\/Associate-Chair.png","mime":"image\/png","size":424426,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/08\/27\/Associate-Chair.png?itok=LEOwFiEC"}}},"media_ids":["680999"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"194606","name":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"166983","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"},{"id":"10199","name":"Daily Digest"},{"id":"181991","name":"Georgia Tech News Center"},{"id":"181689","name":"Institute for Data Science and Engineering"},{"id":"7251","name":"analytics"},{"id":"176858","name":"machine learning center"},{"id":"173894","name":"ML@GT"},{"id":"192863","name":"go-ai"},{"id":"194384","name":"Tech AI"},{"id":"187812","name":"artificial intelligence (AI)"},{"id":"3427","name":"High performance computing"},{"id":"9153","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193655","name":"Artificial Intelligence at Georgia Tech"},{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBryant Wine, Communications Officer\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:bryant.wine@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebryant.wine@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"692137":{"#nid":"692137","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Incoming Professor Envisions World of Humans and Robots Working Together","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen Siddharth Karamcheti watches robot demonstration videos, he pays attention to how close humans are to the robot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKaramcheti said there are times when he doesn\u2019t see any humans at all. Those instances reinforce the perception that robots are replacing humans rather than assisting them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou have humanoid robots doing things like folding laundry, and you see videos of it on social media,\u201d Karamcheti said. \u201cIt bothers me that in all these videos, I see the robot doing these tasks alone without a single person around them. True human-robot collaboration is missing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs he joins the Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing as an assistant professor, Karamcheti seeks to improve human-robot collaboration and maximize output through his research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKaramcheti comes to Tech after earning his Ph.D. in computer science (CS) from Stanford University. He also holds bachelor\u2019s degrees in CS and literary arts from Brown University.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to human-robot interaction, he has conducted research on fine-tuning vision-language-action (VLA) models.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVLAs are artificial intelligence (AI) systems typically built by fine-tuning vision-language models (VLMs) or large language models (LLMs). They use visual perception, natural language, and physical action to perform tasks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI have a high-level vision of what I think robotics should be, but there are many winding paths I like to take along the way as I try to understand why something works the way it does,\u201d Karamcheti said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKaramcheti said his vision was inspired by the movie \u003Cem\u003EIron Man\u003C\/em\u003E and by how the main character, Tony Stark, interacts with robots in his lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI don\u2019t want a robot that replaces all the work I\u2019m doing in my life,\u201d he said. \u201cI want a robot that\u2019s embedded in my life like my laptop or smartphone.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThey\u2019re making it possible for me to do more things. I also want to make it so that robots start doing more and learning more when I leave the room.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKaramcheti said the School of IC is a \u201cdream\u201d job for him because of its renowned faculty in human-robot interaction. It\u2019s the ideal place to keep humans at the center of his research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe must design models around interaction and the idea that there\u2019s going to be a person in the room. Robots don\u2019t need to be perfect at any one thing. They just need to be able to ask for help when it\u2019s needed and learn from those teaching interactions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKaramecheti said many robotics researchers are pursuing robots that are as close to perfect as possible so they can operate without human oversight. However, the amount\u0026nbsp;of money and data needed to get there is substantial.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think you see diminishing returns with scale. If a robot performs tasks correctly 90% of the time, the data required to go from 90% to 95% is much less than that required to go from 95% to 99%. Many robotics companies and labs are investing to reach a 99% success rate,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKaramcheti added that the pursuit of perfection shouldn\u2019t prevent a robot from being deployed. They could be deployed at 95% and increase their success rate by working with and learning from humans.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOnce I have a robot that\u2019s 95% capable, I understand that 5% of failures will occur for a specific task. If I know a human is always going to be near the robot, I can design a system that sequences tasks and anticipates human intervention.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKaramcheti is recruiting students to join his lab who bring new perspectives to robotics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m looking for students who aren\u2019t afraid to challenge common assumptions and who enjoy hacking and building,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to work with students who have strong opinions about how robotics should look.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs he joins the Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing as an assistant professor, Karamcheti seeks to improve human-robot collaboration and maximize output through his research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKaramcheti comes to Tech after earning his Ph.D. in computer science (CS) from Stanford University. He also holds bachelor\u2019s degrees in CS and literary arts from Brown University.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to human-robot interaction, he has conducted research on fine-tuning vision-language-action (VLA) models.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"As he joins the Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing as an assistant professor, Siddharth Karamcheti seeks to improve human-robot collaboration and maximize output through his research. 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Ozdemir demonstrated the technique by taking a piece of paper with a small Waldo-shaped hole cut out and placing it over the page. The demonstration confirms that Waldo is on the page without revealing his location or other details and is a simple example of a concept called a zero-knowledge proof.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn computer science, zero-knowledge proofs allow one person to prove that something is true without revealing the information that makes it true.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese types of problems sit at the center of Ozdemir\u2019s work. As a computer scientist and cryptographer, he studies ways to use mathematics and computer programs to protect information. But his work goes beyond creating new methods for keeping data secret. He is interested in connecting those methods to the computer systems that use them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI get excited about what no one else is working on,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat I\u2019m excited about now is how you relate the security of a computer system to a crypto scheme.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwo recent papers published at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usenix.org\/conference\/usenixsecurity26\u0022\u003EUSENIX Security\u003C\/a\u003E show how Ozdemir is applying this approach to real-world privacy and security problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of these problems is how to handle sensitive information without revealing it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EImagine two organizations want to combine or analyze information, but neither wants to share its private data with the other. Cryptography can make this possible, but some of these privacy protections can be slow and difficult to use with large amounts of information.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOzdemir and his collaborators developed a new system called \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eprint.iacr.org\/2026\/672\u0022\u003EFLOSS\u003C\/a\u003E (Fast Linear Online Secret-Shared Shuffling) to make one of these tasks much faster.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFLOSS allows two parties to mix a set of private information without either party seeing the original data or learning the final order. This process, known as shuffling, is useful in privacy-preserving applications such as data analysis, anonymous messaging, and private advertising.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn tests, FLOSS shuffled more than one million items in less than half a second, making it more than 800 times faster than previous leading methods.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFLOSS achieves much of this speed by doing some of the hard mathematical work in advance, before the actual data is available. When the data arrives, the system can complete the shuffle quickly, with very little communication between the two computers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe system is designed to protect against cheating. If one of the parties tries to manipulate the process or access information it shouldn\u2019t, FLOSS can detect the problem and stop the computation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers also used FLOSS to create a faster way to sort private information. Sorting is a basic computer task but doing it while keeping the information secret can be expensive. Making that process faster could allow privacy-preserving tools to handle much larger amounts of data.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOzdemir tackled another problem through a project called \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eprint.iacr.org\/2026\/213\u0022\u003EOrbit\u003C\/a\u003E: How can computers perform useful work on information that remains encrypted?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFully homomorphic encryption, or FHE, is a form of encryption that allows computers to perform calculations on protected data without first decrypting it. For example, a hospital could send encrypted medical information to a cloud service for analysis without the service seeing the patients\u0027 records.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe challenge is that this type of computing can be extremely slow.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOrbit is a computing tool called a compiler that helps make these encrypted calculations more efficient. A compiler takes computer code and turns it into instructions that a computer can run. Orbit examines an entire computation and identifies more efficient ways to handle some of the most expensive steps in fully homomorphic encryption.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERather than treating those steps separately, Orbit looks at how they work together and identifies opportunities to reduce the amount of work the computer must do.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn tests, Orbit was between 1.19 and 1.73 times faster than previous leading systems on the workloads studied, including complex tasks such as running artificial intelligence models. The calculations also remained within 0.3% of the accuracy of those performed on unencrypted data.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Ozdemir, projects like FLOSS and Orbit are part of a broader goal: making advanced cryptography practical enough to use with the computer systems people use every day.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow at Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scp.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u003C\/a\u003E (SCP), Ozdemir is recruiting Ph.D. students from across the computing stack to work with him. He was drawn to Georgia Tech in part for its multidisciplinary approach to security.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI also just love being around universities,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt SCP, Ozdemir plans to continue exploring programmable cryptography across the computing stack, integrating cryptography, compilers, and automated reasoning to address security problems from multiple angles. He received his Ph.D. at Stanford University and bachelor\u0027s degree from Harvey Mudd College.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor Alex Ozdemir is bringing an interdisciplinary approach to cryptography at Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Cybersecurity and Privacy. His research combines cryptography, compilers and automated reasoning to make advanced security tools faster and more practical. Using a simple \u003Cem\u003EWhere\u2019s Waldo?\u003C\/em\u003E example, Ozdemir explains how zero-knowledge proofs can allow someone to prove something is true without revealing the information behind the proof.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis recent research includes FLOSS, a system that allows private data to be securely shuffled while dramatically reducing the time needed to process large datasets, and Orbit, a compiler designed to make fully homomorphic encryption more efficient. Together, the projects reflect Ozdemir\u2019s broader goal of connecting the security guarantees of cryptography with the computer systems that use them. At Georgia Tech, he plans to continue this work while recruiting students to explore programmable cryptography across the computing stack.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Assistant Professor Alex Ozdemir is bringing an interdisciplinary approach to cryptography at Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Cybersecurity and Privacy. 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Her work examines technology-facilitated risks and abuse. She uses research and innovative design approaches to understand digital safety risks and develop tools that better protect people.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne area she is exploring through her recent \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.research.gatech.edu\/2026\/07\/27\/incoming-scp-faculty-member-selected-cra-trustworthy-ai-research-fellowship\u0022\u003EComputing Research Association Trustworthy AI Research Fellowship for Early Career Scholars\u003C\/a\u003E is the design of safe AI tools for labor unions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cUnions are developing AI tools to sort through complaints,\u201d she said. \u201cMany of these are built with proprietary AI models, which leads us to ask what the risks are of sharing personal information through these tools.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERivera wants to give unions more control over how workers\u2019 data is collected and used. One way she plans to explore this is through a workshop at the upcoming ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, where union leaders and technical experts collaborate to develop a secure reporting tool.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis research will build on Rivera\u2019s recent work focusing on platform-based gig workers. A \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/vrivera2017.github.io\/docs\/SOUPS26_DWN.pdf\u0022\u003Epaper\u003C\/a\u003E she published this year at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security examined how freelance workers often use secretive \u0022digital whisper networks,\u0022 informal online communities where people warn one another about workplace abuse.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERivera and her team found that these workers often avoided formal reporting channels when they experienced wage theft, discrimination, health and safety violations, or sexual misconduct. The study highlighted the need for secure channels that allow workers to report abuse and organize without further endangering themselves.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere needs to be a way to report this abuse,\u201d Rivera said. \u201cBut how you do that in a safe and secure way is something we don\u2019t yet have answers for.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERivera is also expanding her research beyond the workplace to examine technology-based threats and abuse in romantic relationships. As a new assistant professor at Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scp.cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u003C\/a\u003E, she plans to study how AI can blur the line between technology and intimacy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EConsider a person who creates an AI chatbot that imitates someone they know, turning that person\u2019s likeness, personality, or private information into a virtual romantic partner without their consent. If that happens, Rivera asks, what protections does the person have? How can the chatbot be reported and removed?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExisting policies and reporting systems may not adequately address situations like these. In fact, they can pose new challenges for people whose identities or personal information are used without their permission.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother project Rivera would like to explore is how platforms handle abuse involving romantic chatbots. Rivera has reviewed Reddit discussions in which users expressed concerns about reporting abusive behavior and about what happens to the intimate information they share with their chatbots.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere is a lot of confusion on what these platforms know about their users\u2019 intimate details based on their chats,\u201d she said. \u201cThere is also a lot that isn\u2019t known on the back-end of abuse reporting.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERivera has identified a need to design safer reporting features so people feel comfortable reporting abuse while also knowing their personal information will remain private.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe plans to cover these topics and more this fall in her new course that explores sociotechnical security. 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Combining multiple teams into a single roster is common at DEF CON CTF.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe competition unfolded over three days, with teams competing for about seven hours on each of the first two days and an additional two and a half hours on the final day. However, the work continued beyond the competition\u0027s official hours. The teams were allowed to continue working through the evenings and nights to find vulnerabilities, protect their systems, and gain points.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe challenges were designed by the Benevolent Bureau of Birds, the group that had won the competition for the past four years under the team name Maple Mallard Magistrates. The group is a collaboration between Plaid Parliament of Pwning from Carnegie Mellon University, The Duck from Theori Inc., and Maple Bacon from the University of British Columbia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s bird-themed competition featured a wide range of technical challenges, including escaping game softlocks, programming in a custom bird emoji language, working with a custom computer architecture and using Game of Life patterns for data exfiltration. Other challenges included a bot battleground, protecting the 1994 Netscape Navigator browser, and exploring a reimagined version of the internet built around \u201cbird HTTP\u201d and \u201cbird CSS.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Stevens, one of his contributions to the winning effort focused on a new competition mechanic introduced this year, the \u201crebate mechanic.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETeams could earn partial points back for flags stolen from them if they recovered those flags from recorded network traffic. Stevens created and maintained a service to manage the new mechanic, adding another layer of strategy to an already complex competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe victory adds another accomplishment to Georgia Tech\u2019s growing record in elite cybersecurity competitions, where students regularly apply classroom knowledge and research skills into practice against some of the strongest teams in the field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSCP students and their collaborators continue to excel, winning elite cybersecurity competitions, including this year\u2019s CTF at DEF CON,\u201d said \u003Cstrong\u003EMustaque Ahamad\u003C\/strong\u003E, interim chair of Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scp.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u003C\/a\u003E (SCP).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is because of the excellence of our students and the SCP research projects and courses that prepare them with the advanced knowledge and skills needed to discover and mitigate the most challenging security vulnerabilities in systems on which we all rely.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYear after year, some of the world\u2019s best hackers gather at DEF CON in Las Vegas to put their skills to the test. 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The journey gave the couple a chance to see much more of the country.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Rivera, one highlight was the ecological diversity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOregon was lush in parts, and very dry and flat, like California,\u201d she said. \u201cWe just got back from Germany, and in Europe you have to travel between countries to see the diversity we saw in the U.S.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe drive took them through the Rockies, the Great Plains, and ultimately the lush mountains of Northwest Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI didn\u2019t want to fall asleep in the car because I didn\u2019t want to miss the scenery,\u201d Rivera said. \u201cI really liked the mountains in Oregon and western Colorado.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOzdemir also enjoyed the changing landscapes, but he said his favorite part of the trip was the people they met along the way. 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The College previously honored him with its \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/rising-stars\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERising Star Award\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShi\u0026nbsp;said his motivation for supporting this new role stems from a belief that too many talented students are shut out of opportunity by barriers that have nothing to do with ability.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019ve seen firsthand how much talent is excluded from opportunities when cost, geography, and exclusivity are the gatekeepers,\u201d he said. \u201cThis role is about widening the aperture to make a Top 10, world\u2011class undergraduate education far more accessible and affordable for students.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShi completed Georgia Tech\u2019s Online Master of Science in Computer Science (OMSCS) program in 2018. 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She has also focused on improving accessibility in online computing courses, ensuring that materials support a wider range of learners.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn her new role, Roy will help bring the quality and rigor of Georgia Tech\u2019s online graduate programs to the undergraduate level.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA big part of the role is working with faculty to build these courses and making sure that what we offer online is just as strong as what students experience in person,\u201d she said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssociate Dean for Undergraduate Education \u003Cstrong\u003EOlufisayo Omojokun\u003C\/strong\u003E, who supervises the position, says the new role reflects the College\u2019s commitment to expanding access to high-quality computing education at scale.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs undergraduate programs continue to grow, this position will play a key role in strengthening student learning experiences and ensuring our curriculum remains rigorous, accessible, and responsive to emerging areas in computing like AI,\u201d Omojokun said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith that said, it\u0027s important to remember that the undergraduate space also includes the College\u0027s dual enrollment offerings. 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Instead of building only larger and more powerful models, the work shows how smarter design and more efficient reasoning can improve performance.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMultimodal LLMs such as GPT, Gemini, and Claude, can save people time and reduce the mental effort required to understand these documents, but they remain imperfect,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ahren09.github.io\/\u0022\u003EYiqiao (Ahren) Jin\u003C\/a\u003E, a Ph.D. candidate in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computational Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (CSE).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn high-stakes fields such as finance, for example, misreading a number, overlooking a footnote, or making an incorrect comparison across pages could affect reporting, risk assessment, or strategic decisions.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers tested SlideAgent on a wide range of real-world documents, including financial presentations, technical slides, and visual question-answering datasets.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe system consistently outperformed leading commercial models and open-source tools throughout the evaluation. In some cases, it improved accuracy by up to 10%. The gains were especially strong on more complex tasks, such as comparing information across slides or understanding how visuals relate to each other on a page.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe found the results very encouraging. SlideAgent reaches an improvement of 7.9% over its proprietary base model and 9.8% over the evaluated open-source base models,\u201d said Jin, the project\u2019s lead researcher.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese are meaningful gains given the strength of the underlying multimodal models and the difficulty of the tasks.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrent multimodal AI systems often process entire pages at once. This approach can lead to mistakes, such as miscounting items in a chart or overlooking important details in dense visuals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESlideAgent addresses this by mimicking how people read documents. Instead of treating each page as a single unit, the system looks at information at three levels: the full document, individual pages, and specific elements like charts, tables, and text blocks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA network of agents, each specialized for a specific level, divides and coordinates analysis. Then, SlideAgent combines outputs to build a structured understanding of the overall document. This allows it to answer questions more accurately and reason across multiple pages.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe central inspiration was how people naturally read a long presentation,\u201d Jin said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe first develop an understanding of the overall narrative, then identify the relevant pages or sections, and finally zoom in on individual charts, tables, or text blocks when precise evidence is needed.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe work highlights a growing challenge with AI. As systems become more popular and more powerful, users increasingly discover the technology\u2019s limitations. This is especially true for real-world tasks that require structured reasoning and contextual understanding.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESlideAgent shows that better performance does not always come from building bigger models. Instead, it points to smarter ways of organizing how AI processes information that can lead to improvement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) accepted SlideAgent for presentation at its annual meeting. The 64th \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/2026.aclweb.org\/\u0022\u003EACL 2026 meeting\u003C\/a\u003E took place July 2-7 in San Diego.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EACL is a scientific and professional organization for researchers in natural language processing (NLP). Its namesake conference is one of the world\u2019s leading venues for presenting NLP research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EACL 2026 followed a year after Jin completed an internship at J.P. Morgan AI Research, where he worked on SlideAgent. He interned under \u003Cstrong\u003ERachneet Kaur\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EZhen Zeng\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003ESumitra Ganesh\u003C\/strong\u003E, all co-authors of the paper. School of CSE Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/faculty.cc.gatech.edu\/~srijan\/\u0022\u003ESrijan Kumar\u003C\/a\u003E advises Jin at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlong with SlideAgent, Jin authored two other papers accepted at ACL 2026.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cConferences such as ACL are valuable not only for sharing results, but also for refining future project ideas with the broader community. Discussions across institutions and research areas can reveal limitations, suggest new evaluations, and spark collaborations that are difficult to develop in isolation,\u201d Jin said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor SlideAgent, I was particularly interested in feedback on how we can make the framework more computationally efficient without sacrificing accuracy or interpretability.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EModern artificial intelligence (AI) platforms can summarize reports, analyze documents, and answer questions in seconds. But when information is spread across dozens of slides, charts, and tables, even advanced models can miss important details.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs many organizations and businesses are turning to AI to improve workplace efficiency, risk remains high. 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This can exceed 1,000 students over the course of the year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s graduate teaching assistants, graduate research assistants, student assistants, and graduate assistants, all of them,\u201d Kearney said. \u201cI enjoy learning new things.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKearney said she\u2019s always been able to find new things to learn while working in financial administration, a field she discovered in high school through a summer job in accounts payable.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think that\u2019s where it all started,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKearney has held several finance roles since she moved to Atlanta 20 years ago. She spent 10 years at Georgia State University before joining SIC\u2019s administrative staff in 2023.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring her career, the New Jersey native has handled everything from preparing spend authorizations and managing budgets to scheduling events, processing travel expenses, faculty supplies, and reimbursements.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn SIC, she balances all of that with the most important part of being a faculty support coordinator \u2014 grant proposals. The funding that faculty rely on for their research hinges on Kearney meeting deadlines under pressure. While she does less of that now, it can still create a heavy workload throughout the year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou just have to stay on top of it,\u201d Kearney said. \u201cBefore you know it, it\u2019s due, and you might not get everything you need until the day of. Then this has to be changed, and something else isn\u2019t right.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt can be a lot if multiple proposals are due around the same time. But knowing that you helped work on a proposal that was rewarded is a good feeling.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough she was born in New Jersey, most of Kearney\u2019s family is from Georgia. She and her husband are New York Knicks fans and recently celebrated the team\u2019s first NBA Finals championship since 1970.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen her mother and sisters started returning to their roots in Georgia, she figured she should move to the Peach State since she was visiting so often.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe always came to visit family,\u201d she said. \u201cMy mother and father saved all their vacation and took a month off every summer, and that\u2019s what we would do. My mother ended up going back to Georgia, and then two of my sisters moved here. I started visiting them a lot and thought I might like to live here.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKearney said she most enjoys spending time with her extended family in Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen the Fall 2026 semester begins, her job will be as busy as ever, as she estimates she will have to process hundreds of student hires.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a challenge,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I\u2019m still learning, and I\u2019m enjoying that part of it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to submitting proposals for SIC faculty to the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, or other government agencies, Kearney manages the hiring of student workers in the School. 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The appointment recognizes Vempala\u2019s sustained contributions to his field, students, and the broader research and education communities.\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVempala began working at Georgia Tech in 2006. In addition to his role in SCS, Vempala is an adjunct professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Mathematics and the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVempala has served as director of the Algorithms, Combinatorics and Optimization (ACO) program since 2022. He also holds the Frederick Storey II Chair of Computing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis research interests include algorithms, randomness, high-dimensional geometry, the brain, and computing for good.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast year, Vempala co-authored a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/socrates-chatgpt-ancient-lesson-ai-powered-language-models-have-yet-learn\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eresearch study from OpenAI and Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E that found that pre- and post-training shortcomings are what lead LLMs to provide seemingly plausible but false responses known as hallucinations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA professor in the School of Computer Science (SCS) was among \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/13\/georgia-tech-faculty-and-researchers-recognized-2026-regents-awards\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Enineteen faculty members\u003C\/a\u003E recently recognized by the University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents (BOR).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring its 2026 awards cycle, the BOR appointed Santosh Vempala as Regents\u2019 Professor. 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But a new multi-agent conversational system developed at Georgia Tech is taking much of the guesswork out of gardening for beginners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECultivAgents is a three-agent system that fields gardening questions and creates tailored plans based on a user\u2019s gardening skill level, climate and environment, and cultural background.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe experience agent, environmental agent, and ethnobotanical agent inform one another and work together to guide users through the gardening process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMulti-agent systems provide multi-faceted support,\u201d said Diana Wang, a Ph.D. student in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Interactive Computing who created CultivAgents. \u201cMy interest was in how we could provide more personalized and aligned support to individuals trying to grow food themselves while facing unique environmental or cultural factors.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGardening is a hobby that many people start but give up because of the time and effort it requires to be successful. Ryan Pemberton, a horticulturist at Georgia Tech\u2019s community garden, said the two biggest mistakes he sees novice gardeners make are starting too big and overwatering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf you\u2019ve never gardened before, trying to manage a large plot could be overwhelming,\u201d Pemberton said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou can start small. You don\u2019t have to have a big garden right away. You can start with one tomato plant and grow from there. See how well you can keep that one plant alive and then expand as you feel comfortable.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAside from the built-in health benefits of growing fresh food and working outdoors, Pemberton said gardening can lower your grocery bill and reduce carbon emissions by minimizing food transportation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt can also be a great way for international students at Tech to grow foods native to their homelands. He said a tool like CultivAgents could be useful for determining whether Atlanta\u2019s climate is suitable.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPeople might want to grow a lot of different vegetables in their garden, but if you go too far south of here, it gets a little too hot to grow things like broccoli and strawberries,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA little north of here, it gets a little too cold to grow some species of peppers. Having something tell you what grows well in your region means you\u2019re not having to pick and choose or guess.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s one of the reasons Wang designed CultivAgents to feature multiple agents that consider unique environmental and cultural contexts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMultiple agents help distribute specific types of support as opposed to the generic support you often get from a single chatbot,\u201d Wang said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAnother advantage is that they tend to build on each other. The environmental agent builds on the experience agent\u2019s detailed steps. This allows the system to tell you how to grow bush beans, for example, within a specific local community.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang said she surveyed and interviewed new and experienced gardeners who use Tech\u2019s community garden to learn what they would want from a conversational agent. She found that many wanted step-by-step instructions and guidance on what to plant, how to plant it, and a schedule for upkeep.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAll of our users told us they view gardening as something that\u2019s long term, so they wanted this platform to be able to facilitate that kind of relationship,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe community garden is a shared space with nine garden beds. Pemberton said it\u2019s a great place for new gardeners to learn to grow food before starting their own gardens. Much of the food grown there is donated to Klemis Kitchen, Georgia Tech\u2019s on-campus food bank.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the community garden and how to get involved, visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sustainability.campusservices.gatech.edu\/community-garden\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/sustainability.campusservices.gatech.edu\/community-garden\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo see a live demo of CultivAgents, visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cultivagents.onrender.com\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/cultivagents.onrender.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECultivAgents is a three-agent system that fields gardening questions and creates tailored plans based on a user\u2019s gardening skill level, climate and environment, and cultural background.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new multi-agent conversational system is helping people start and maintain gardens."}],"uid":"36530","created_gmt":"2026-08-05 14:45:34","changed_gmt":"2026-08-05 15:15:00","author":"Nathan Deen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-08-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-08-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680797":{"id":"680797","type":"image","title":"26-R10410-P12-001-copy.jpeg","body":null,"created":"1785942231","gmt_created":"2026-08-05 15:03:51","changed":"1785942231","gmt_changed":"2026-08-05 15:03:51","alt":"Community Garden","file":{"fid":"265117","name":"26-R10410-P12-001-copy.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/08\/05\/26-R10410-P12-001-copy.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/08\/05\/26-R10410-P12-001-copy.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":194413,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/08\/05\/26-R10410-P12-001-copy.jpeg?itok=O9WBm4sw"}}},"media_ids":["680797"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"194606","name":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"194836","name":"Sustainability"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192863","name":"go-ai"},{"id":"48501","name":"gardening"},{"id":"47791","name":"community garden"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193655","name":"Artificial Intelligence at Georgia Tech"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"691430":{"#nid":"691430","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Entrepreneur Endows Scholarship to Support Computing Students \u0027Who Need It the Most\u0027","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChristian Battaglia\u003C\/strong\u003E (CS 2017) has endowed a need-based scholarship in the College of Computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI wanted to help students,\u201d he said, \u201cthe ones who need it the most.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cdbattags\/\u0022\u003EBattaglia\u003C\/a\u003E serves as VP of Engineering for Sysdyne, a cloud-native software platform for the construction materials industry \u2013 concrete, asphalt, gravel. He calls it \u201cSweaty SaaS.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s the ugly industries that are my bread and butter now.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe has a long history of entrepreneurship. During a Georgia Tech study-abroad program in Barcelona, he crossed paths with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/oscarpierremi\/\u0022\u003EOscar Pierre\u003C\/a\u003E (AE 2014), joining him on the ground floor of what became Glovo, now one of Europe\u2019s largest delivery platforms.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBack in Atlanta, Battaglia joined a team for the Inventure Prize competition that served as the basis for FIXD, which makes a device that decodes check-engine lights for drivers. He helped launch the company, serving as a founding engineer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe later co-founded Triple Axle, a routing platform for the specialty trucking industry, before joining Slabstack \u2013 a CRM and pricing platform for concrete, aggregate, and asphalt producers \u2013 as a founder and CTO. Sysdyne acquired Slabstack in December 2025.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen he was at Tech, Battaglia did \u201ca little of everything\u201d \u2013 lacrosse, Phi Delta Theta, a co-op at GTRI, study abroad in Barcelona. He started in 2012 and graduated in December 2017, having taken time along the way to work with startups and travel.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe says Tech\u2019s emphasis on applied computing \u2013 not just computer science theory \u2013 prepared him well for a career spent building real products in unglamorous industries. \u201cIt\u2019s about what you do with the skills, not the skills themselves,\u201d he said. 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Her research earned her selection to the second cohort of the Computing Research Association (CRA) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cra.org\/cra-trustworthy-ai-research-fellowship\/#2026-2027-fellows\u0022\u003ETrustworthy AI Research Fellowship for Early Career Scholars\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am excited and honored to be part of this year\u0027s CRA Trustworthy AI Research Fellowship cohort,\u0022 said Rivera.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This program reflects the importance of cross-disciplinary research and collaboration in building AI systems that benefit and support society. I look forward to spending the next year building collaborations that support me and my students\u0027 research into protecting the digital safety of the diverse communities who use AI tools.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERivera\u0027s research examines how technology shapes interpersonal relationships. Using empirical and design-based methods, she partners with communities affected by technology-facilitated abuse to understand digital safety risks and develop technologies that better protect users.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough the fellowship, Rivera will study how AI is reshaping technology-facilitated abuse and develop data collection methods that enable researchers to assess these evolving risks over time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Trustworthy AI is a key research area in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy and the College of Computing,\u0022 said SCP Interim Chair \u003Cstrong\u003EMustaque Ahamad\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u0022The CRA Trustworthy AI Research Fellowship recognizes Veronica\u0027s innovative research and will help her build a research program that advances an area of strategic importance to our school and the broader AI community.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESupported by Microsoft, the CRA Trustworthy AI Research Fellowship recognizes early-career computing researchers who combine technical expertise with interdisciplinary approaches to address the ethical, societal, and human-centered challenges of artificial intelligence. 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Software engineering research has transformed the way society builds and depends upon software, and I hope our community will continue to advance the scientific foundations needed to make software more reliable, secure, and worthy of the trust people place in it.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEstablished by ACM SIGSOFT, the Software Engineering Academy is a standing body of honor that recognizes members of the software engineering community whose lasting technical contributions, leadership, and service have shaped the field. The Academy celebrates researchers whose cumulative work and influence have advanced software engineering as both a scientific discipline and professional practice.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Rich\u0027s research in software testing is recognized among the most influential contributions to the field of software engineering,\u0022 said SCP Interim Chair Mustaque Ahamad. \u0022His inclusion in the inaugural ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Academy demonstrates the lasting impact of his research on building more reliable software systems.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe inaugural class was selected from leaders whose contributions have already been widely recognized across the software engineering community, including ACM Fellows and recipients of ACM SIGSOFT\u0027s Outstanding Research Award. Beginning next year, new Academy members will be elected annually through a community nomination process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDeMillo served as the founding chair of Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, the first school of its kind at a top research university. He previously served as the John P. Imlay Dean of the College of Computing and directed the Georgia Tech Information Security Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThroughout his career, DeMillo has held leadership positions across academia, industry, and government. He served as Hewlett-Packard\u0027s first chief technology officer, led computing research at Bell Communications Research, directed the Computer Research Division at the National Science Foundation, and led the Software Test and Evaluation Project in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis research spans software engineering, cybersecurity, election security, and the societal impacts of digital technology. 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Further regulation, targeting social media sites, is currently in process in a number of states.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mikespecter.com\/assets\/pdf\/AgeVerification.pdf\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Enew research\u003C\/a\u003E from Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) reveals that the reality of online age verification is far from ideal.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study found that the vast majority of sites covered by these laws do not appear to enforce age verification at all. When sites \u003Cem\u003Edo \u003C\/em\u003Ecomply, they often route users through third party age verification services.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers found that one such third party, Yoti, a London-based company used by Meta, OnlyFans, Sony PlayStation, and TikTok, provides services for an estimated 60% of websites deploying age verification services.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDepending on the verification method, a verification attempt via Yoti may transmit a user\u2019s IP address and\/or OS and browser metadata sufficient to uniquely identify and track devices. Some of the IP, OS, and browser metadata may be sent to credit card companies and IP geolocation services, while ID information may be sent to a known \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/data-broker\/registration\/186885\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Edata broker\u003C\/a\u003E, or another verification service.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere have been laws passed and court cases settled on the promise that these companies are incentivized to keep users\u2019 data private,\u201d said Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mikespecter.com\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMichael A. Specter\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Cybersecurity and Privacy. \u201cWe found that reality is starkly different.\u201d\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAside from privacy concerns, researchers note that differing state policies could lead to what they call the \u201cBalkanization of the U.S. web.\u201d In other words, users may have access to different parts of the internet depending on the state they are in\u2014potentially limiting the free exchange of ideas and information.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/hoppenheimer\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHarry Oppenheimer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E, users are already accustomed to experiencing the internet differently across countries. However, this may signal the beginning of similar fragmentation within the United States.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are going to start seeing comparable differences between U.S. states,\u201d said Oppenheimer. \u201cUsers in some states will now have to go through additional steps to access information. Close your laptop in New York before a flight to Dallas and try to load the same web page\u2014now you see two different results.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe also observed age verification deployed on websites accessed from New York, which has no law requiring verification,\u201d said Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pearce.prof\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Pearce\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Eof UC Irvine\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cs.ics.uci.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDepartment of Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cWe don\u2019t know why these sites are deploying such verification\u2014it could be a move to limit liability or simplify operations. 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The team will present its findings at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usenix.org\/conference\/usenixsecurity26\u0022\u003E35th USENIX Security Symposium\u003C\/a\u003E in August.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research addresses a growing safety challenge as drones are increasingly used for deliveries, infrastructure inspections, and agriculture.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs drones rely more on machine learning to navigate and make decisions, they also become vulnerable to model poisoning attacks. In these attacks, adversaries manipulate an AI system during its learning phase, embedding hidden triggers that can cause failures under specific conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMachine learning drones are making more decisions in flight, which makes ML a safety-critical component of these systems,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EYizhi Huang\u003C\/strong\u003E, Ph.D. student and lead researcher on the project.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen something goes wrong, investigators need a way to ask whether the model was responsible, but the model is the part of the system that no one can examine after a crash.\u0026nbsp;FIRA\u0026nbsp;gives investigators a way to investigate these cases by reconstructing what the model was doing during the crash. As more drones run with ML, this kind of forensic capability can help drones be used more effectively and safely.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen a drone crashes, investigators must determine whether the cause was malicious interference, weather, or mechanical failure. Without reliable forensic tools, accountability is difficult to establish, and safety standards are harder to enforce.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFIRA identifies how drone components interact with machine learning models and monitors those interactions in real time, even with limited bandwidth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe system functions like a flight recorder, capturing key system activity and reconstructing a timeline after a crash. It then analyzes the model\u2019s behavior to determine whether a malicious trigger was introduced via poisoned ML training data.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn tests across multiple drone platforms and crash scenarios, FIRA identified failure causes and distinguished cyberattacks from environmental or mechanical issues.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe system does not require access to a drone\u2019s source code, making it practical for real-world investigations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs commercial drone use expands, tools like FIRA could help improve accountability and trust in AI-powered systems operating in public airspace,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;Huang.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usenix.org\/system\/files\/conference\/usenixsecurity26\/sec26_prepub_huang-yizhi.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFIRA: Enabling Automatic Forensic Investigation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E was led by Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cyfi.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECyber Forensics Innovation Lab\u003C\/a\u003E in cooperation with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/capcpsec\/\u0022\u003ECyber-Physical Security Lab\u003C\/a\u003E. 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Earlier this year, the startup earned \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/teams-cs-students-capture-2026-georgia-tech-inventure-prize-win-laurels-peoples-choice-award\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ethe People\u2019s Choice Award at Georgia Tech\u2019s InVenture Prize competition\u003C\/a\u003E for its approach to combating dynamic pricing and improving access to live events.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Problem\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhether fans are trying to attend a sporting event or a concert, the team says that securing tickets often means navigating fluctuating prices, limited inventory, hidden fees, and the risk of scams.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBuying tickets today can feel like entering a maze with a timer running,\u201d Saxena said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPrices change, listings disappear, fees show up late, and fans often feel like they need to be experts just to get into the event they care about.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow DoorTix Works\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDoorTix was built from that frustration. Instead of requiring users to constantly monitor multiple ticket marketplaces, the platform tracks listings across sites and automatically purchases tickets when they meet a user\u2019s target price.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe system is designed to respond to dynamic pricing and automated purchasing bots that can cause ticket costs to shift rapidly across platforms.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat gives fans fair and predictable access without the guesswork,\u201d Saxena said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe wanted to build something that brings the human side back into ticketing, something that feels less like fighting an algorithm and more like having someone in your corner.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe World Cup: A Global Test Case\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe World Cup tournament is a high-profile example of the problem DoorTix is designed to solve. With global demand and limited availability, the tournament reflects the same challenges seen across major live events.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen fans are trying to attend something as massive as the World Cup, the stakes are higher. The excitement is higher. The confusion is also higher,\u201d Saxena said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat is exactly where DoorTix can be useful. The World Cup gives us a real, high-pressure use case for what we are building.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrom Idea to Startup\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe idea for DoorTix began with a simple observation: buying tickets often creates more stress than excitement.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a computer science student, Saxena has helped translate that idea into a working product, balancing technical development with user experience design.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cA lot of the work is not just \u2018write code and ship it.\u2019 It\u2019s asking what the user needs, where they\u2019re confused, and how we can make a complex process feel simple.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s CREATE-X Startup Launch program\u003C\/a\u003E, the team has tested assumptions, gathered customer feedback, and refined its business model as it develops the product.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey\u2019ve already seen real customer demand, and now the focus is on improving the experience and making it more scalable. 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The team came up with a simple solution of modifying the \u201cInsertion Policy\u201d, such that the incoming lines were inserted at the LRU position instead of the MRU position, thus protecting the cache from thrashing patterns. The problem was that some workloads benefited from this policy while others were hurt by it.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstead of applying one policy across the whole cache, their solution dynamically tested two small segments against each other, each running a different policy. Whichever policy had fewer cache misses was applied to the entire cache. They named this technique Set Dueling.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EQureshi clearly remembers the moment he knew this paper would be important. He was up late working on the project when he ran the final simulation with the solution.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI was so excited that I just didn\u2019t sleep that night. 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In 2024, he received one at the IEEE\/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture, for his work on Multi-core Cache Partitioning and in 2025, at the IEEE\/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, for his work on DRAM Reliability.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EQureshi said that his goal in working in computer architecture is to have an industry impact.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s very gratifying to see that the ideas that we developed a decade or two decades ago are having an impact and being incorporated,\u201d Qureshi said. \u201cAs a researcher, these are the best awards you can have because it serves as a validation that the work you\u2019ve done is valuable to both industry and follow-up research.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/moin.cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMoinuddin Qureshi\u003C\/a\u003E received the ACM SIGARCH\/IEEE-CS TCCA Influential ISCA Paper Award at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iscaconf.org\/isca2026\/\u0022\u003EInternational Symposium on Computer Architecture\u003C\/a\u003E (ISCA 2026) on June 30. 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They are flat and wide, which is common in Spain but not in Portugal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECasapu, a master\u2019s student in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of City and Regional Planning, correctly reasons that the picture of a road he\u2019s looking at is in Galicia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGive Casapu a photo, and he will likely be able to tell you where it was taken.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI start with infrastructure clues that are specific to a country, region, state or province,\u201d Casapu said. \u201cThey include roads or electricity poles, which often remain consistent throughout a country. Once you narrow down the country, you can use more specific factors like vegetation, specific landscapes, or architecture, because these are very nuanced. It\u2019s a top-down approach.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is why Casapu is the reigning\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/23\/georgia-tech-graduate-student-wins-geoguessr-world-championship\u0022\u003EGeoGussr World Champion\u003C\/a\u003E \u2014 and the ideal expert to test vision-language models (VLMs) on how good they are at geolocation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeoGuessr is a geography browser game launched in 2013 that invites players to guess the location of random Google Street View images. Casapu was already known as one of the top players in the world before he won the third annual GeoGussr World Championship in September.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the beginning of the spring 2025 semester, School of Interactive Computing professor James Hays reached out to Casapu and invited him to collaborate on a new project. Hays was looking to create a dataset to evaluate VLMs\u0027 geolocation ability and reasoning.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cVLMs are surprisingly good at geolocation right out of the box, even when they\u2019re not trained to be good at it,\u201d Hays said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHays and his colleagues, associate professors Alan Ritter and Wei Xu, took issue with many AI companies claiming that the VLMs they were releasing were not good at geolocation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen Open AI released GPT 4 Vision, there were privacy concerns about the model\u2019s ability to geolocate someone based on photos they\u2019ve shared on the internet,\u201d Ritter said. \u201cOpen AI said this wasn\u2019t a concern and claimed the model wasn\u2019t good at geolocation beyond being able to recognize a city or famous monument. We found that wasn\u2019t the case. These VLMs are state-of-the-art at image geolocation tasks.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShow Your Work\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHays and Ritter enlisted a team of some of the world\u2019s top geolocators. It consisted of Casapu, Joshua Diao, a master\u2019s student in computer science, and Tejas Santanam, a Ph.D. student in industrial engineering. They each received 500 images to geolocate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETeam members recorded their reasons for each of their answers. The result was GeoRC, the first benchmark for VLM geolocation performance, consisting of 800 \u201cground truth\u201d reasoning chains.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHays and Ritter gave the same images to GPT 5, Gemini, Llama, and Qwen. The highest-performing model geolocated with 90% accuracy \u2014 not far off from the team\u2019s 96% score.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, a major distinction showed up in the reasoning chains. While Casapu and Diao provided clear explanations for how they deduce each location, the VLMs either couldn\u2019t provide reasoning for their guesses or were vague in their answers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe research community has been demanding explanations from these models,\u201d Hays said. \u201cFor example, how do they know the location is in Italy?\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHays has been researching this subject for almost 20 years. As a Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University in 2008, he was the first researcher to take a machine learning approach to geolocation. He introduced a new algorithm that could estimate a geographic location from a single image.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen experts have audited these reasoning chains, we\u2019ve noted many suspicious or hallucinated attributes,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen they hallucinate a geographic property, why is it so often consistent with the correct guess?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI believe they\u2019re not revealing the true reasoning pathway that they used to determine the image was Italy. They\u2019re just implicitly recognizing that it was Italy for many reasons, then hunting for evidence to support that. Some of the things they say are true and supported by the image, and some are fabrications.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPractice Partner\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECasapu said there may be only a handful of GeoGuessr players who can currently outperform some top-tier VLMs in geolocation, and it may not be long before no one can.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think it could be more difficult playing against these models than playing against another human because a human has the possibility of making mistakes at the top level,\u201d Casapu said. \u201cIf a well-trained model has that level of consistency, that is far beyond a normal person, and it would be much more difficult to beat.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe added that working with Hays and competing against a machine improved his skill level and provided valuable practice ahead of the world championship.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt helps to take a step back and see why you\u2019re making the guesses that you are,\u201d he said. \u201cSince then, I\u2019ve taken a more methodical approach to how I practice. Writing these things down is a great way to see what you know and see why you make the guesses that you do. It\u2019s been a great training tool.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECasapu will defend his title at the 2026 GeoGussr World Championship in September.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHays, Ritter, Xu, Casapu, Diao, and Santanm are all co-authors of a paper on GeoRC along with lead author Mohit Talrej and Ph.D. students Ethan Mendes and Jim Thannikary. The paper will be presented next week at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) in San Diego.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers James Hays, Alan Ritter, and Wei Xu partnered with reigning GeoGuessr World Champion Radu Casapu and other top players to build GeoRC, the first benchmark evaluating how well vision-language models (VLMs) can geolocate images. They found LLMS are almost as good at geolocation as the world\u0027s best players, but they struggle to explain their reasoning.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Researchers have developed what they believe is the strongest benchmark dataset on measuring the geolocation accuracy of LLMs."}],"uid":"36530","created_gmt":"2026-07-06 17:43:39","changed_gmt":"2026-07-16 18:30:54","author":"Nathan Deen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680557":{"id":"680557","type":"image","title":"_DSC7175.JPG","body":null,"created":"1783359838","gmt_created":"2026-07-06 17:43:58","changed":"1783359838","gmt_changed":"2026-07-06 17:43:58","alt":"Radu Casapu","file":{"fid":"264834","name":"_DSC7175.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/07\/06\/_DSC7175.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/07\/06\/_DSC7175.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":122620,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/07\/06\/_DSC7175.JPG?itok=vNYr-PmK"}}},"media_ids":["680557"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"194606","name":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"193158","name":"Student Competition Winners (academic, innovation, and research)"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192863","name":"go-ai"},{"id":"187812","name":"artificial intelligence (AI)"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"9153","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"193556","name":"large language models"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193655","name":"Artificial Intelligence at Georgia Tech"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ndeen6@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ENathan Deen\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECollege of Computing\u003Cbr\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"691127":{"#nid":"691127","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College Honors GT 40 Under 40 Alumni","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing has three Innovators, entrepreneurs, and changemakers among the Georgia Tech Alumni\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E40 Under 40\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;Class of 2026.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe alumni on the list were chosen by the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. The\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtalumni.org\/40-under-40\/default.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eannouncement\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Ewas made on July 15. Representing the College this year are:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e1fb50087d17bea3ec6b4be19edee2044\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMax Mahdi Roozbahani (MS CE \u201816, MS CSE \u201816, PhD CSE \u201819\u003C\/strong\u003E), \u003Cstrong\u003ESenior Lecturer,\u003C\/strong\u003E School of Computing Instruction. He is also the founder, president, and CTO of Filio, an AI-powered visual documentation platform that began through CREATE-X. His work connects large-scale computing education, entrepreneurship, and applied AI for construction, engineering, and infrastructure. At Georgia Tech, Roozbahani teaches machine learning, data and visual analytics, and natural language processing while mentoring students and teaching teams across campus and online programs. Through Filio, he helps organizations turn field media into documentation and reporting tools used by thousands of professionals nationwide. His teaching honors include the Class of 1940 W. Roane Beard Outstanding Teacher Award and the College of Computing Dean\u2019s Award in 2026.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e047722b8b7e4345b12be796962357439\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKourtney R. Wright (CS \u201815, MS CS \u201923),\u0026nbsp;Senior Director, CIAM Operations\u003C\/strong\u003E, Equifax. A California native, Kourtney R. Wright is currently based in Atlanta, working as a senior director of operations at Equifax. She is a two-time Georgia Tech graduate, having earned a bachelor\u2019s in computer science in 2015 and a master\u2019s in computer science in 2023. Wright currently serves as the secretary of the Georgia Tech Black Alumni Organization (BAO) and as a trustee for the Georgia Tech Alumni Association Board of Trustees. In addition to serving her alumni community, Wright has been recognized for her commitment to mentorship and advocacy for women in STEM, most recently by the Equifax BOLD Network as the 2025 Rising Star.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e5ed509f04b8d75cd4bb5a9ce86b20b81\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESuo Yang (MS AE 14, MS CSE 15, PhD AE 17), Associate Professor\u003C\/strong\u003E, University of Minnesota. A distinguished Georgia Tech alumnus, he earned his PhD and master\u2019s in aerospace engineering, alongside a master\u2019s in computational science and engineering, followed by postdoctoral research at Princeton University. Yang has authored more than 100 publications and pioneered modeling for advanced aerospace propulsion. He has received four prestigious Department of Defense Young Investigator awards and the inaugural CSSCI Early Career Award. A leader in AIAA and education, Yang advances critical technologies for the U.S. Armed Forces and global energy industries while upholding Georgia Tech\u2019s legacy.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e64839805911148f721404656369d7ff4\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnqi Zhou (MS CSE \u201913), Senior Vice President, Head of Fair Lending Oversight \u0026amp; Analytics, \u003C\/strong\u003ETruist. Passionate about people and technology, Anqi Zou leads Fair Lending Oversight and Analytics at Truist, advancing fair treatment and access for tens of millions of consumers. Over her banking career, Zou has held roles spanning quantitative analytics, corporate investments, technical talent management, and AI innovation. She also serves on the boards of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta, 21st Century Leaders, and the International Community School, where she champions access and opportunity for youth. Zou lives in metro Atlanta with her husband, Craig, and their two children, Alivia and Arnold, and enjoys using golf as a platform for connection, community, and impact. Zou holds a master\u2019s degree in computational science and engineering from Georgia Tech and a bachelor\u2019s from Wake Forest.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe annual\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E40 Under 40\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;program honorsTech graduates impacting every industry worldwide and work to improve the way we live, even in the early stages of their careers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYou can learn more about this year\u2019s honorees at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtalumni.org\/40-under-40\/default.html\u0022\u003E40 under 40 website\u003C\/a\u003E, and through a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/GTAlumni40Under402026\/dash?%3AshowVizHome=no\u0022\u003Evisualization of this year\u2019s class\u003C\/a\u003E on the same site.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing has three Innovators, entrepreneurs, and changemakers among the Georgia Tech Alumni\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E40 Under 40\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;Class of 2026.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The College of Computing has three Innovators, entrepreneurs, and changemakers among the Georgia Tech Alumni\u00a040 Under 40\u00a0Class of 2026."}],"uid":"36613","created_gmt":"2026-07-15 17:01:30","changed_gmt":"2026-07-15 19:31:34","author":"Emily Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680616":{"id":"680616","type":"image","title":"40u.jpg","body":null,"created":"1784143867","gmt_created":"2026-07-15 19:31:07","changed":"1784143867","gmt_changed":"2026-07-15 19:31:07","alt":"40 under 40","file":{"fid":"264901","name":"40u.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/07\/15\/40u.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/07\/15\/40u.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":66133,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/07\/15\/40u.jpg?itok=lYzoiUSX"}}},"media_ids":["680616"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"15050","name":"40 under 40"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"691060":{"#nid":"691060","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Staffer Prioritizes Building School Culture","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAround a table at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/studentcenter.gatech.edu\/paper-clay\u0022\u003EPaper and Clay\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech\u2019s on-campus pottery studio, the staff of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scp.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u003C\/a\u003E (SCP) gathered for one of its regular team-building exercises.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe outing, organized by Director of Research Operations \u003Cstrong\u003EMary Helen Hayes\u003C\/strong\u003E, is one of a series of activities designed to bring the school\u2019s staff together to foster close relationships between peers. Developing staff culture has been a priority for Hayes since she started at SCP in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scp.cc.gatech.edu\/external-news\/not-built-day-cybersecurity-and-privacy-school-increases-staff-five-fold\u0022\u003EJanuary 2024\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese types of events build trust and remove perceptions,\u201d she said. \u201cIt brings together leadership and employees to show that we are all rowing the boat together.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESoon after she was hired, Hayes attended a meeting to help shape SCP\u0027s culture. The fledgling school and its new staff had yet to develop a culture of their own, and Hayes saw an opportunity to draw on her experience planning staff outings to bring people together early on.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt started with a staff retreat over lunch in 2024. Hayes built a playlist based on the staff\u2019s favorite songs, and the group played icebreakers. From that point forward, SCP staff outings included ceramic pumpkin painting contests, holiday ornament decoration, and more.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe school also sponsors a welcome breakfast each fall for SCP students and, more recently, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/scp-food-drive\u0022\u003Ehosted a food drive\u003C\/a\u003E. Both organized by Hayes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMary Helen has the rare talent to bring process improvements to life while bringing people together, creating lasting improvements that benefit SCP, the College of Computing, and the Institute,\u201d said School Administrative Officer \u003Cstrong\u003EJan Morian\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile staff culture has become one of Hayes\u0027 most visible contributions, it is only part of her impact on SCP. In her two and a half years at the school, she has launched training on research proposals, travel, and expenses. She has also established regular meetings among faculty, administrative, and finance staff and created methods to expedite undergraduate hiring and research proposal intake.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI have been at Georgia Tech for about 15 years now, and I looked back on my experience when coming up with new processes for the school,\u201d she said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore joining SCP, Hayes was a financial manager and administrator at several Georgia Tech departments. In 2024 she was hired by SCP as the assistant director for financial operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow as director of research operations, Hayes supports 26 school faculty and oversees a team of four research administrators. She oversees all financial operations for the school including proposal development, sponsor compliance, post-award administration, financial reporting, and award closeout activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHayes runs a tight ship, a fact she will freely admit to. Her department is organized down to the filing system to keep everyone on the same page. Her team of four staff each bring their own strengths to the school\u2019s finances, and Hayes has made sure they are cross trained so there is coverage if someone is out.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI want to make sure my team can rely on each other,\u201d she said. \u201cI want them to be able to ask questions and admit if they don\u2019t know something.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJust as dedicated to the culture of her own team as she is with the overall, Hayes encourages her colleagues to engage in career development conferences and courses. She also was vocal\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ein the job families effort to ensure her staff receive job titles that reflect their day-to-day responsibilities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo develop her own career further, Hayes is currently enrolled in the MBA program at Georgia Southern University through the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/benefits.usg.edu\/work-life\/tuition-assistance-program\u0022\u003ETuition Assistance Program\u003C\/a\u003E (TAP) offered to full-time employees by the University System of Georgia. She also received the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/cybersecurity-school-takes-home-multiple-awards\u0022\u003EOutstanding Staff Leadership Award\u003C\/a\u003E from the College of Computing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERather than waiting for challenges to arise, Hayes looks for opportunities to improve workflows before they become obstacles. 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Turing Award Laureates are among global computing experts traveling to Atlanta this summer for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aisummit26.acm.org\/\u0022\u003Einaugural ACM AI Leadership Summit\u003C\/a\u003E. The summit is the first event of its kind organized by ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aisummit26.acm.org\/attendees\/registration\/\u0022\u003ERegistration is open\u003C\/a\u003E for the inaugural ACM AI Leadership Summit, taking place Aug. 31 through Sept. 2 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta Hotel.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and Atlanta-area college students, faculty, and others from the tech community interested in AI are invited to attend the summit to explore:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022ef605e6b61bbbfd8ac7dece14f6ca0661\u0022\u003EEmerging AI technologies and agentic systems\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022ee1e0bcdcf360ec28c7e48d2937e3c6d2\u0022\u003EGovernance and ethics\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e6fe4c233e207d76caae9ed8ed3cc6ce0\u0022\u003EWorkforce transformation\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e88dff9178ee15483fd8ce9cbac09e7ba\u0022\u003ECreative collaboration\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to welcoming a wide range of perspectives on AI and society, the summit will serve as a venue for knowledge exchange, cross-sector dialogue, and community building among academia, industry, government, and other AI stakeholders.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cArtificial intelligence is transforming every dimension of human knowledge, creativity, and collaboration,\u201d said ACM President-Elect\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elisa-bertino-180905\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EElisa Bertino\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, co-chair of the summit\u2019s organizing committee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe ACM AI Leadership Summit will be a milestone event where the global computing community taps into the excitement of the moment while exploring the AI era from a whole range of perspectives.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGT Computing Helps Lead the Effort\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s College of Computing plays a key role in the summit. Several faculty members serve on the organizing committee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGT Computing faculty organizers include\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/neha-kumar-4533161\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENeha Kumar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, general organizing co-chair;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/markriedl\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMark Riedl\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, program co-chair; and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/naveenakarusala\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENaveena Karusala\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, communications co-chair. Dean of Computing\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vsarkar\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVivek Sarkar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E serves as the event\u2019s sponsorship chair.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll are ACM members. Kumar, Riedl, and Karusala are faculty members in the School of Interactive Computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAtlanta is home to one of the nation\u0027s most dynamic technology communities, making this summit an unprecedented opportunity for our students, researchers, academics, and technology leaders to help shape the future of AI,\u201d said Kumar.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy bringing together experts from academic, industry, and governance backgrounds, we\u0027re creating a space for exchanging ideas, forming partnerships, and engaging the next generation of AI leaders with the challenges and opportunities that will define the field for years to come.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to helping organize the summit, the College is hosting a reception on Aug. 30, following a daylong doctoral consortium titled \u003Cem\u003ENurturing Future AI Leaders\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe summit reflects the growing need for cross-sector collaboration as AI technologies become increasingly influential across every aspect of society,\u201d said Sarkar.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is designed to foster dialogue, interdisciplinary collaboration, and practical action that advances AI for the public good.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETuring Award Laureates and AI Visionaries Take the Stage\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EACM A.M. 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They\u2019re joined by Regents\u2019 Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ellen-zegura-1752914\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEllen Zegura\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and several other distinguished speakers on the summit\u2019s three-day main program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aisummit26.acm.org\/program\/\u0022\u003Eprogram\u003C\/a\u003E also includes keynotes, panels, and interactive sessions examining frontier AI technologies, governance and ethics, and workforce transformation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EScheduled sessions include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli class=\u0022ck-list-marker-italic\u0022 data-list-item-id=\u0022e85fe8fbfa5e8b3e8b729bace8d8c7151\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERethinking the Future: Frontier Models and Technologies for a New Era of AI\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli class=\u0022ck-list-marker-italic\u0022 data-list-item-id=\u0022e27d4f0be2137656b9ba36985aa5a393a\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAI and Scientific Discovery\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli class=\u0022ck-list-marker-italic\u0022 data-list-item-id=\u0022e5a9e5bb519d075a36aae5ccbe54ddb27\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EResponsible and Ethical AI: Governance, Policy, Accountability, and Trust\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli class=\u0022ck-list-marker-italic\u0022 data-list-item-id=\u0022e293d121fce91eb7037c50bff16298808\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAI and the Creative Arts: Human\u2013AI Co-Creation and Cultural Transformation\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli class=\u0022ck-list-marker-italic\u0022 data-list-item-id=\u0022e9a6a4940a3b59aeccf801fbb28b5eae7\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAI and the Workforce: Augmentation, Reskilling, and the Future of Work\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli class=\u0022ck-list-marker-italic\u0022 data-list-item-id=\u0022e7845a7480f5429138a28e2b0b5a9e9e8\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAI in the Real World\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli class=\u0022ck-list-marker-italic\u0022 data-list-item-id=\u0022e12a8cbe6f23385e87b6b7c5836eaf6f1\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAgentic AI: Autonomous Systems that Plan, Reason, and Act\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditional programming will feature special-interest-group (SIG) tracks focusing on AI for infrastructure and systems, software development, societal impact, and education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShowcasing Georgia Tech\u2019s Expanding AI Leadership\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event coincides with the rapid expansion of AI research at Georgia Tech. College of Computing faculty and students are advancing work in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/new-tool-teaches-responsible-ai-practices-when-using-large-language-models\u0022\u003Etrustworthy and responsible AI\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/robot-pollinator-could-produce-more-better-crops-indoor-farms\u0022\u003Erobotics\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/zoo-atlanta-elephants-embrace-new-gt-designed-interactive-enrichment-wall\u0022\u003Ecomputer vision\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/researchers-reach-new-ai-benchmark-computer-graphics\u0022\u003Enatural language processing\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/hospital-cyber-threats\u0022\u003Ecybersecurity\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca 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However, researchers at Georgia Tech have found hidden paths in cyber-physical systems that attackers can use to disrupt or even destroy them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo find these hidden paths before an attacker does, the researchers built a testing tool called ICSFlux. This new tool leans on the physics used by the industrial process and maps out the system to find new threats that were once thought impossible.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EICSFlux was deployed across 11 different programmable logic controllers in six industrial sectors, including chemical manufacturing, water treatment, power grids, aircraft, desalination, and waste processing. The process uncovered twenty genuine safety violations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn one case drawn from a chemical-plant simulation, an attack path uncovered by the tool drove a reactor past its safe pressure limit and into a simulated explosion. By using nothing but valid operator commands, the team took the reactor from a completely normal and stable state to critical territory.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause the method relies only on the physics of a process and not on the details of any one controller, the same tool worked across all six sectors without being rebuilt, and it reduced the search space by roughly 50%.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sahinburak.github.io\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBurak Sahin\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech and the study\u0027s lead author, found that by sending a series of perfectly normal, fully authorized commands, intruders can slowly nudge a physical process toward a dangerous state.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese systems are usually judged safe as long as nobody hacks into them,\u0027\u0027 Sahin said. \u201cWhat we found is that an attacker who can send everyday commands, the same ones a normal operator sends, can patiently steer the process toward a failure. No single command looks wrong, which is exactly why the usual defenses miss it.\u0027\u0027\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMost existing tools assume an attacker can rewire the controller or change the software inside it. In the real world, those controllers are locked down and cannot be touched. ICSFlux takes the opposite and more realistic view. It treats the controller as a sealed box that cannot be opened and works only with the commands an operator is normally allowed to send.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERather than measuring how much of a controller\u0027s software it has exercised, the usual yardstick for this kind of testing, ICSFlux measures how close the physical system is getting to an unsafe limit and steers its testing in that direction.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTwo different sensor readings can run through the exact same code and still send a reactor in completely different directions,\u0027\u0027 Sahin said. \u201cLooking only at the software tells you nothing about whether the physical system is safe. We had to follow the physics, not the code.\u0027\u0027\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of the study\u0027s most important takeaways emerged when the researchers tightened the safety margins to see whether caution alone would help. Even when every command stayed within approved limits, the way the controller reacted to a steady stream of small adjustments could still cause pressure to overshoot and the reactor to fail. In other words, staying inside the rules was not always enough.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll of the team\u0027s experiments were carried out on secured, controlled test beds. The work was conducted with Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/capcpsec\/\u0022\u003ECyber-Physical Systems Security Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, whose research spans the security of cyber-physical systems from industrial programmable logic controllers to marine, automotive, and drone platforms. Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cyfi.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECyber Forensics Innovation Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E, a team of researchers who work together to further the investigation of advanced cyber crimes and the analysis and prevention of next-generation malware attacks, also contributed to the paper.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe labs are a collaboration between the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scp.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFuzzing the Physical Space: Physics-Aware Testing of Black-Box Industrial Control Systems\u003C\/em\u003E\u0027 was accepted to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sp2026.ieee-security.org\/\u0022\u003E2026 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy\u003C\/a\u003E. In addition to Sahin, the team includes Ph.D. students \u003Cstrong\u003EDavid Oygenblik\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EMingxuan Yao\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EYizhi Huang \u003C\/strong\u003Eas well as Associate Professors \u003Cstrong\u003EBrendan Saltaformaggio\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003ESaman Zonouz\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe factories, water utilities, and power systems that keep daily life running rest on the assumption that as long as no one breaks into the computers that run the equipment, the equipment stays safe.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELogically this makes sense and has been backed up by past security research. However, researchers at Georgia Tech have found hidden paths in cyber-physical systems that attackers can use to disrupt or even destroy them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo find these hidden paths before an attacker does, the researchers built a testing tool called ICSFlux. This new tool leans on the physics used by the industrial process and maps out the system to find new threats that were once thought impossible.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"To find hidden vulnerabilites before an attacker does, researchers built a testing tool called ICSFlux that leans on the physics used by the industrial process and maps out the system to find new threats once thought impossible. "}],"uid":"36253","created_gmt":"2026-06-24 14:57:00","changed_gmt":"2026-06-24 15:10:58","author":"John Popham","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-06-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-06-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680500":{"id":"680500","type":"image","title":"utilities.jpg","body":null,"created":"1782313123","gmt_created":"2026-06-24 14:58:43","changed":"1782313123","gmt_changed":"2026-06-24 14:58:43","alt":"A collection of utilities like power plants, geothermal stations, solar farms, etc.","file":{"fid":"264773","name":"utilities.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/06\/24\/utilities.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/06\/24\/utilities.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3540206,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/06\/24\/utilities.jpg?itok=RC1Hy0vy"}},"680501":{"id":"680501","type":"image","title":"Burak-Sahin.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBurak Sahin\u003C\/strong\u003E, a Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E, advised by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/samanzonouz4n6\/saman-zonouz\u0022\u003ESaman Zonouz\u003C\/a\u003E (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/capcpsec\/\u0022\u003ECPSec Lab\u003C\/a\u003E) and co-advised by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/saltaformaggio.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EBrendan Saltaformaggio\u003C\/a\u003E (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cyfi.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECyFI Lab\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1782313398","gmt_created":"2026-06-24 15:03:18","changed":"1782313398","gmt_changed":"2026-06-24 15:03:18","alt":"A side profile of a man\u0027s face. 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It can reach a height of 3 feet and can jump from the floor onto a platform.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe contributions of a Georgia Tech Ph.D. student helped make these feats possible through a robot control policy he developed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJeonghwan Kim, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in robotics under the advisement of Associate Professor Sehoon Ha, spent two semesters interning at RAI. His task was to design a policy to teach the UMV to land after a flip.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe result was iterative motion imitation (IMI), a novel method that imitates flip trajectories generated from prior examples. Kim said the robot bases its flip on a demonstration, and human engineers reconstruct and refine the flip path through simulation to fill in the gaps.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo guide the robot to flip, we started with an imperfect trajectory generated by a motor-based controller and then ran simulations,\u201d Kim said. \u201cIt\u2019s an unstable trajectory, but we use it as a guide to train a single policy that can track it as it lands and tries to balance itself.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESticking the Landing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKim interned under the supervision of Shamel Fahmi, a research scientist at the RAI Institute. RAI has been developing the UMV for nearly three years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe wanted to work on a different robot morphology that wasn\u2019t legs or legs with wheels,\u201d Fahmi said. \u201cThat\u2019s when we thought of working with bikes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want to merge the athleticism of (Boston Dynamics\u2019) Atlas with the mobility of a bike. We wanted a robot that can go anywhere, do parkour, and acrobatics.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFahmi said that before Kim arrived, the research team had trouble getting the UMV to land consistently without breaking or falling.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe UMV has two joints \u2014 an upper and a lower. The upper joint contains the motors and pulls the lower joint along as it propels into the air. The problem is getting the lighter lower joint to absorb the impact of landing without being crushed by the heavier upper joint.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat\u2019s what brings reinforcement learning into the equation,\u201d Fahmi said. \u201cWe teach the robot to minimize its impact on the ground to land gracefully.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFahmi said that Kim proved the imitation examples the robot learns from don\u2019t have to be perfect. The process takes some time, but all it needs is a rough idea to get started.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou can have an imperfect sketch and then constantly refine it,\u201d Fahmi said. \u201cThe first time, it\u2019s not going to go well.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe don\u2019t care about torque or power limits as long as it does the motion. Then we\u2019ll have a slightly better reference, repeat it, and imitate it again. In every iteration, we can add more parameters.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUp Against the Clock\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKim said he felt the pressure of time constraints during his two semesters with RAI as he worked to achieve consistent, successful landings. Even though he had multiple UMVs to experiment with, they broke down dozens of times. Each time one broke, a hardware team at RAI had to repair it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere was a lot of pressure to not only get this working before my internship ended, but also knowing there are costs behind every failed attempt, and every time the robot breaks, it takes time to repair it,\u201d Kim said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt took almost five months for it to land without breaking. Then we needed two more months for it to stay balanced after the landing. It requires a lot of engineering effort to achieve a robust control policy for a safe flip.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy the time Kim left RAI, the IMI policy had achieved consistent, seamless landings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe jump right now is what we call the visitor demo,\u201d Fahmi said. \u201cIf there are guests coming over to see it, we want to show them something that is extremely impressive, but also, more importantly, extremely reliable. It never fails.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt was only possible because of the huge effort we put into designing, maintaining, and continuously improving the robot.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKim authored a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/imi-umv.github.io\/\u0022\u003Epaper\u003C\/a\u003E on his framework and will present it at this week\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/2026.ieee-icra.org\/\u0022\u003EInternational Conference on Robotics and Automation\u003C\/a\u003E (ICRA) in Vienna.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the UMV project, please visit the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rai-inst.com\/resources\/blog\/designing-wheeled-robotic-systems\/\u0022\u003ERAI blog\u003C\/a\u003E or watch their\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cjaZUFMZWOY\u0026amp;t=95s\u0022\u003Evideo\u003C\/a\u003E on YouTube.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA bicycle robot from the Robotics and AI Institute (RAI) in Cambridge, Mass., has become the first to perform an unassisted acrobatic front flip.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJeonghwan Kim, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in robotics under the advisement of Associate Professor Sehoon Ha, spent two semesters interning at RAI. 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With a secure Wi-Fi connection to a server, users can move their phones in any direction, and the robot arm will mirror the motion \u2014 from anywhere in the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAyush Agarwal, a Ph.D. student in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Interactive Computing who leads a research team developing COBALT, said it works like the games people play on smartphones. Users can press a button to have the arm grasp an object, move it, and release it with another button.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAgarwal conducted several user studies with participants in nine countries who remotely operated robot arms inside Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pair.toronto.edu\/\u0022\u003EPeople, AI \u0026amp; Robotics (PAIR) Lab\u003C\/a\u003E. The lab is directed by Assistant Professor Animesh Garg, who advises Agarwal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe built an entire distribution system for remote teleoperation scaled to where we had people from Indonesia, India, and Pakistan operating for us,\u201d Agarwal said. \u201cThey were novice operators who had never done it before. By collecting data from these new users, we showed that we can train policies to automate certain tasks.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGarg envisions a world where data collection for policy training is done through crowdsourcing. He began working toward this goal 10 years ago as a postdoc at Stanford University, when he developed\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/roboturk.stanford.edu\/\u0022\u003ERoboTurk\u003C\/a\u003E, an earlier version of COBALT.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere is a large-scale data collection requirement for mass robot production to be possible, and it will not be solved purely through simulation,\u201d Garg said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur idea was, what if we could get almost every person on the planet to be a passive source for data collection? There are almost five billion people who have smartphones and know how to use them.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEducation and Economy Impact\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother major implication of COBALT could be expanded access to CS and robotics education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents can learn to operate a robot remotely in any classroom. In fact, Garg and his lab recently hosted students from Midtown High School in Atlanta to demonstrate COBALT and let them control robot arms from a phone.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGarg also sees the possibility of a \u201cgig economy\u201d in which people pay remote operators to control assistive robots in their homes and complete household chores for them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt could be Uber for robots,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople who want to log onto the platform can do so at their convenience and for as long as they want.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECompanies with robot-dependent labor tasks could also use the platform to enable human oversight.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf I deploy a robot in a factory that achieves high autonomy for most tasks, but there are still times it needs help, a human could operate the robot from anywhere in the world,\u201d Garg said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBuilding a Network\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAgarwal\u2019s studies showed that people prefer to interact with and control a robot using a smartphone rather than virtual reality (VR) headsets, controllers, keyboards, mice, or other devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe phone is a more intuitive interface and can provide data quality that\u2019s on par with other commonly used devices,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAgarwal also said there is minimal latency in the video feed sent back to operators on the other side of the world. That\u2019s because the amount of data being processed is small.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe data is carried over Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC), the same technology used by many streaming services and web conferencing platforms such as Zoom and Google Meet.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s a connection from your phone to the teleoperation server, which is connected to the robots,\u201d Agarwal said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThen there\u2019s another connection from the teleoperation server back to the user, which allows for a video stream. We need low latency on both because you don\u2019t want the user to move their phone and wait 10 seconds to see the visual feed.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAgarwal is the co-lead author of a paper on COBALT that is being presented at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/2026.ieee-icra.org\/\u0022\u003EIEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation\u003C\/a\u003E this week in Vienna. He said the paper stands out because it has moved from theory to the implementation of an entire distribution network.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe real novelty of our paper is the systems that we build around it to actually support the scaling of remote operation and data collection at a global level,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith a secure Wi-Fi connection to a server, users can move their phones in any direction, and the robot arm will mirror the motion \u2014 from anywhere in the world.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new mobile app turns smartphones into controllers for robot arms. 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ICPC competitions require teams to collaboratively solve complex algorithmic problems within a fixed time limit, often forcing quick decisions about strategy, debugging, and division of labor.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA Team Built on Experience and Talent\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team reflects a blend of experience across multiple levels of competitive programming. Shan earned his second NAC medal this year, while first-year CS student \u003Cstrong\u003EZachary Chao\u003C\/strong\u003E entered with adistinguished background, including a bronze medal at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) representing Taiwan. \u003Cstrong\u003EZejia Chen\u003C\/strong\u003E, a PhD student, added further depth as a former ICPC World Finals competitor.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite differences in format, Chao said the transition from individual to team competition was natural.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAlthough IOI and ICPC have very different contest formats, the skills required to excel in both competitions are very similar,\u201d he said. \u201cI had to adapt to the team environment, but in terms of problem solving, my experience definitely translated.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe also emphasized that success in competitive programming is less about seniority and more about skill and practice.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI feel like grade level isn\u2019t too relevant to ICPC,\u201d he said. \u201cAs long as a contestant is able to compete at a certain level, it doesn\u2019t really matter what grade they are.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMoments That Defined the Competition\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Shan, competing at multiple levels over three years has sharpened his understanding of how each stage differs. \u201cThe contests at different levels\u2014regionals, NAC, and World Finals\u2014all have unique characteristics,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s important not only to practice on different sets for these contests but also to approach them differently.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe emotional turning point came at the very end of the competition. After struggling to debug the final solution, the team members were unsure of how they had performed. \u201cWe were all pretty bummed,\u201d Shan said. \u201cSo the best part was definitely finding out at the award ceremony that we were awarded a medal.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the results, Georgia Tech\u2019s reputation was evident throughout the competition. According to School of Computing Instruction faculty member and ICPC advisor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/meet-faculty-abrahim-ladha-brings-longstanding-connection-teaching-georgia-tech\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbrahim Ladha\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u003C\/a\u003E competitors from other universities recognized the team.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWalking around with them, they were treated like celebrities. Competitors from other schools knew of them, the way people talk about Haynes King or something,\u201d Ladha said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGetting a bronze at NAC is a huge deal, and they all will have jobs lined up because of this.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELooking Ahead\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChen, who has competed internationally, noted that the NAC stands out not just for its difficulty but also for the broader experience it offers. 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If we know what someone is trying to do, we\u2019ll have a better idea of the likely path their attention might go.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere could also be future implications for her work in robotics research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt could potentially be used for training algorithms for robots to emulate active human perception. If we can understand what a person looks at as they perform a task, we could use that to facilitate a robot learning to do that same task.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPh.D. student Fiona Ryan has created a new framework for tracking and predicting user gaze in Augmented Reality devices. 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In 2023,\u202fVemmou\u202freceived\u202fthe College of Computing\u202fOutstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, an honor she is especially proud of.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore\u202ffinishing this chapter of her\u202facademic journey,\u202fVemmou\u202fshared\u202fabout her Ph.D. journey and what she\u2019s\u202ftaken from the experience.\u202f\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat did your research focus on?\u202f\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy general area is computer architecture. I work a lot at the intersection of different components and how we can, instead of trying to optimize each component on its own,\u202fcoordinate among components so that we get the\u202fbest\u202fperformance out of\u202fa\u202fsystem without completely changing everything.\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat made you interested in\u202fstudying\u202fthat\u202ftopic?\u202f\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn my mind, it\u2019s kind of like Legos because you have a bunch of building blocks\u202fand you\u2019re trying to make something new with them. I find that fascinating. I also like that\u202fin computer architecture,\u202fthere\u2019s never a singlecorrect answer,\u202fand everything\u202fis a trade-off. I like that extra difficulty.\u202f\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy did you choose to study at Georgia Tech?\u202f\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI think it was a combination of my advisor and the location. I had met with\u202fmy advisor, Alex Daglis, before and\u202fknew\u202fI wanted to work with him. I also preferred the urban environment of Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAre there any specific people who helped you during your Ph.D. journey?\u202f\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/faculty.cc.gatech.edu\/~adaglis\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAlex\u202fDaglis\u003C\/a\u003E\u202fis the ideal advisor.\u202fHe\u2019s smart, a good researcher, and an excellent advisor. He truly cares about\u202fstudents,\u202fand\u202fhe\u2019s been involved in everything and has helped so many people, including me.\u202f\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI also want to\u202fshout out the School of Computer Science staff, specifically Tiffany Ntuli.\u202fWe appreciate the admins and all the work that you do.\u202f\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat advice\u202fwould you give someone interested in\u202fpursuing a Ph.D.?\u202f\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDon\u2019t forget that there\u2019s a life outside of your research.\u202fThe research is great, but it\u2019s not the most important thing. You can take\u202fthe\u202ftime to\u202fgo on a walk, call your family\u202f, or\u202fsee friends.\u202f\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\u2019s the most important lesson you learned during your\u202ftime at Georgia Tech?\u202f\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPerfection is futile.\u202fA lot of students come in expecting\u202fthat we have to be perfect immediately, that they already\u202fknow how to write the perfect paper or do research on their own. But the point of a Ph.D. is to learn how to do those things.\u202fThat was important for me to work through.\u202f\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are your plans after graduation?\u202f\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI want to stay in academia\u202fand am\u202fconsidering postdoc positions.\u202f\u202f\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERecent Ph.D. graduate in computer science Marina Vemmou discusses her experience at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A Q\u0026A with recent Ph.D. graduate Marina Vemmou"}],"uid":"36532","created_gmt":"2026-05-13 21:18:52","changed_gmt":"2026-05-20 20:02:38","author":"Morgan Usry","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"195105","name":"2026 Spring Commencement"},{"id":"629","name":"graduation"},{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"166941","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMorgan Usry, Communications Officer, morgan.usry@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["morgan.usry@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"690385":{"#nid":"690385","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ph.D. Graduate Q\u0026A:\u202fXinyuan Cao","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a machine learning (ML) theorist, Xinyuan\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003ECao spent her Ph.D. at Georgia Tech digging into the mathematical foundations of\u202fartificial intelligence (AI).\u202f\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECao\u0027s work has earned her recognition, including the 2024 J.P. 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Last week,\u202fshe joined the Class of 2026 as she received her\u202fPh.D. in machine learning.\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore starting her\u202fnext role in AI research, Cao\u202fshared the ideas and people that defined her time at Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat did your research focus on?\u202f\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI work on\u202fML\u202ftheory, which\u202ffocuses on building foundations for ML algorithms.\u202fWe\u202ftry to understand why certain\u202falgorithms work or don\u2019t work from a theoretical perspective.\u202fThis ensures a better underlying understanding of those\u202falgorithms.\u202f\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat made you interested in studying that topic?\u202f\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen I was starting my Ph.D.,\u202fa lot of new AI and ML\u202ftechnologies were coming\u202fout\u202f, and I was really interested in\u202funderstanding them.\u202fI feel it\u2019s\u202fmeaningful\u202ffor us to step back and think about more foundational things.\u202fI also like that the research involves a lot of theory that comes from geometry or algebra.\u202fSome of these theories could be from 100 years ago, but you can use\u202fthem\u202fto show an algorithm that was just proposed this year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy did you choose to study at Georgia Tech?\u202f\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen I talked to\u202fprofessors\u202fhere,\u202fwe found many common interests\u202fin the field of\u202fmachine learning theory, and that was very exciting.\u202fGeorgia Tech\u2019s CS rankings and the great weather here were also big factors.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAre there any specific people who helped you during your Ph.D. journey?\u202f\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDefinitely my\u202fadvisor,\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/faculty.cc.gatech.edu\/~vempala\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESantosh Vempala\u003C\/a\u003E. We\u2019re working\u202fin an area that is a combination of very traditional theory and modern\u202ftechnologies,\u202fand this makes it hard to define\u202fa clear question to focus on.\u202fSantosh has been very helpful\u202fthroughout that experience, and working together has been really nice.\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019ve also\u202fworked with\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/faculty.cc.gatech.edu\/~jabernethy9\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJacob\u202fAbernethy\u003C\/a\u003E\u202fand appreciate\u202flearning from him. He has an ML theory reading group that I\u2019ve attended\u202ffrequently, and that\u2019s a good memory for me.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat advice would you give someone interested in pursuing a Ph.D.?\u202f\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI think it\u2019s important to find the problem that you are truly interested in.\u202fIn research, you may reach a point where neither you nor your advisor knows how to proceed, and it is unclear whether the problem is even solvable.\u202fIf you\u2019re not working on something that you really care about, it can be hard to\u202fpush through and find the motivation to keep working on it and solve it.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are your plans after graduation?\u202f\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI have accepted a postdoctoral fellowship at the Vector Institute, where I will continue my AI research.\u202f\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERecent Ph.D. graduate in machine learning Xinyuan Cao discusses her experience at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Q\u0026A with Ph.D. graduate Xinyuan Cao. 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The program began in 1996 and has since expanded to be offered by four Georgia Tech schools:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ic.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInteractive Computing\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/id.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIndustrial Design\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ELiterature, Media, and Communications\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EPsychology\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs we put our award submission together, it was nice for us to reflect on all our hard work and to understand the impact this program has had on students,\u201d Bruce said. \u201cWe recently surveyed alums, and so many said they were thankful for the way this program shaped their careers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnder the leadership of Henneman and Bruce, the program has achieved a 99% graduation rate, with about 60 graduates per year, up from about 30 since 2015. Henneman said the program has become one of the most competitive of its kind in the world, with an admission rate under 10%.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have some incredibly qualified students who are a part of the program,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a number of graduates move into design management positions, and some have started their own companies.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHenneman and Bruce said that one thing that distinguishes Tech\u2019s MSHCI program is its close partnerships and alignment with industry. The program has an industry advisory board that keeps students informed about the skills companies value.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe adapted our core classes quite a bit to ensure that they weren\u2019t just getting the academic version of HCI methods,\u201d Bruce said. \u201cOur program is practical and focuses on what they are going to do when they get into industry.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThough the program continues to grow, Henneman says it has maintained a sense of community among students, which he says is another thing that sets it apart. Many alumni keep in touch and return to offer industry advice, critique resumes, and conduct mock interviews with current students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA lot of times graduate school can be all about the individual,\u201d he said. \u201cAs we prepare students to go work in industry, it\u2019s all about collaboration and the people you\u2019re working with and learning how to work on teams.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech had 21 faculty and researchers recognized in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/13\/georgia-tech-faculty-and-researchers-recognized-2026-regents-awards?utm_source=newsletter\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_content=Faculty%2C%20Researchers%20Recognized%20With%20Regents%E2%80%99%20Awards\u0026amp;utm_campaign=Daily%20Digest%20-%20May%2014%2C%202026\u0022\u003E2026 Regents Awards\u003C\/a\u003E. From the College of Computing, Santosh Vempala was named a Regents\u2019 Professor, while Srinivas Aluru and Ellen Zegura had their Regents\u2019 titles renewed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMSHCI program director Dick Henneman and assitant director Carrie Bruce reflect on 30 years of success after they received the 2026 Teaching Excellence Award for Department or Program from the USG Board of Regents.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s MSHCI program received the 2026 Teaching Excellence Award for Department or Program from the University System of Georgia\u0027s Board of Regents."}],"uid":"36530","created_gmt":"2026-05-15 17:00:12","changed_gmt":"2026-05-18 18:36:27","author":"Nathan Deen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680288":{"id":"680288","type":"image","title":"USG-BoR-5-12-2026-018-copy.jpg","body":null,"created":"1778864433","gmt_created":"2026-05-15 17:00:33","changed":"1778864433","gmt_changed":"2026-05-15 17:00:33","alt":"Raheem Bayeh, Carrie Bruce, Sonny Perdue, Dick Henneman","file":{"fid":"264535","name":"USG-BoR-5-12-2026-018-copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/05\/15\/USG-BoR-5-12-2026-018-copy.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/05\/15\/USG-BoR-5-12-2026-018-copy.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":163281,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/05\/15\/USG-BoR-5-12-2026-018-copy.jpg?itok=DFT3DWbz"}}},"media_ids":["680288"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"179356","name":"Industrial Design"}],"keywords":[{"id":"21151","name":"mshci"},{"id":"186678","name":"USG Board of Regents"},{"id":"172013","name":"Faculty Awards and Honors"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"690067":{"#nid":"690067","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Hard Work Energizes Year of Achievement","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe mood was electric on April 20, as the College of Computing hosted its 35th Annual Awards Celebration. While individual success was on full display, the banquet also honored the community and perseverance that truly power achievement.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFrom my seat, I can feel the energy. I see the momentum. We\u0027re all about growth and change,\u201d said \u003Cstrong\u003EVivek Sarkar\u003C\/strong\u003E, dean and John P. Imlay Jr. Chair of the College of Computing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBut those are just words. What\u0027s really behind the words is all the hard work put in by all of you.Today\u0027s celebration is for the entire College, all of you, and all your hard work.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents, faculty, and staff from the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) were among those recognized at the celebration. Their accomplishments reflected a year dedicated to excellence in research, teaching, and service. School of CSE award recipients included:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGrace Kim\u003C\/strong\u003E, M.S. computer science (CS) student: Donald V. Jackson Fellowship\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESri Ranganathan Palaniappan\u003C\/strong\u003E, M.S. CS student: Donald V. Jackson Fellowship\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEthan Yang\u003C\/strong\u003E, M.S. CSE student: Marshall D. Williamson Fellowship\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAlumnus \u003Cstrong\u003EAustin Wright\u003C\/strong\u003E (Ph.D. ML-CSE 2025): Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHuili Huang\u003C\/strong\u003E, Ph.D. CSE student: Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EArlene Washington-Capers\u003C\/strong\u003E, school administrative officer: 25 Years of Service Acknowledgment\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwo lecturers in the School of Computing Instruction with ties to the School of CSE received awards at the celebration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMax Mahdi Roozbahani\u003C\/strong\u003E received a Dean\u2019s Award, which went to instructors who taught class sizes over 350 students this year. A Class of 2019 CSE alumnus, Roozbahani teaches \u003Cem\u003ECSE 6242: Data and Visual Analytics\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENimisha Roy\u003C\/strong\u003E received the Monica Sweat Outstanding Lecturer in External Engagement Award. She earned her Ph.D. in CSE in 2021.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor \u003Cstrong\u003EPolo Chau\u003C\/strong\u003E advises Kim, Palaniappan, and Wright, and recommended them for their awards.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChau is an associate director of Georgia Tech\u2019s M.S. Analytics program, which won the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.informs.org\/News-Room\/INFORMS-Releases\/Awards-Releases\/Georgia-Tech-Awarded-the-2026-INFORMS-UPS-George-D.-Smith-Prize\u0022\u003EUPS George D. Smith Prize\u003C\/a\u003E at the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). The award recognizes excellence in preparing students to become practitioners of operations research and analytics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Kim, the Jackson Fellowship was the latest achievement in a year decorated with accolades. She was one of two School of CSE students to receive the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program award (GRFP). Kim was also selected for a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Research award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPh.D. student \u003Cstrong\u003EAbir Haque\u003C\/strong\u003E was CSE\u2019s second NSF GRFP awardee, receiving the grant to advance research in scientific computing. Advised by School of CSE Professor and Associate Chair \u003Cstrong\u003EEdmond Chow\u003C\/strong\u003E, Haque additionally received a Department of Energy (DOE) Computational Science Graduate Fellowship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChow was appointed to several leadership roles this year in the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The organization selected Chow as vice president for programs. SIAM also named him as co-chair of next year\u2019s Conference on Computational Science and Engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENSF presented the CAREER award to two CSE faculty. Assistant Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EYunan Luo\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/nsf-grant-funds-protein-research-drug-discovery-and-personalized-medicine\u0022\u003Ereceived a grant\u003C\/a\u003E to build artificial intelligence models to study understudied proteins in biology.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EElizabeth Qian\u003C\/strong\u003E is an assistant professor in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering with a joint appointment in the School of CSE. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/elizabeth-qian-lands-nsfs-prestigious-early-career-award\u0022\u003EHer NSF CAREER award\u003C\/a\u003E will support research developing machine learning methods that learn from multi-fidelity data.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers from the School of CSE were \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/record-breaking-simulation-boosts-rocket-science-and-supercomputing-new-limits\u0022\u003Efinalists for the 2025 Gordon Bell Prize\u003C\/a\u003E. Assistant Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ESpencer Bryngelson\u003C\/strong\u003E led a team that included Ph.D. students \u003Cstrong\u003EBen Wilfong\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EAnand Radhakrishnan\u003C\/strong\u003E, Research Staff \u003Cstrong\u003Emember Dan Vickers\u003C\/strong\u003E, and alumnus \u003Cstrong\u003EHenry Le Berre\u003C\/strong\u003E (CS 2025).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team achieved the largest computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation to date, exceeding the current record by a factor of 20. The group simulated interacting plumes of 33 rocket thrusters inspired by the SpaceX Super Heavy booster.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBryngelson advises \u003Cstrong\u003EMelody Lee\u003C\/strong\u003E, an undergraduate student who was one of three Georgia Tech students to receive a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/undergraduate.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-celebrates-three-goldwater-scholars-for-2026\/\u0022\u003EBarry Goldwater Scholarship\u003C\/a\u003E this year. She received the award to continue research at the intersection of quantum computing and CFD.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EQi Tang\u003C\/strong\u003E received the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/department-energy-award-power-nuclear-research-machine-learning\u0022\u003EDOE Early Career Research Award\u003C\/a\u003E. He is the first-ever faculty member from CSE and the College of Computing to receive the award.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe $875,000 award will support Tang for five years as he researches particle data processing and compression, with applications in fusion, accelerator, and nuclear physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETang was also selected as a Summer Early Career Scholar of Digital Futures at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBryngelson and Tang were selected as collaborators for three DOE Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/nnsa\/articles\/nnsa-announces-selection-next-round-predictive-science-academic-alliance-program\u0022\u003EPSAAP IV\u003C\/a\u003E) Centers. The program leverages the academic community to advance science-based modeling and simulation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of Tang\u2019s students, \u003Cstrong\u003EAlex de Magalhaes\u003C\/strong\u003E, received a SPARK Award scholarship from the Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute. The award recognizes outstanding student engagement in energy research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded prestigious R01 grants to three CSE faculty, each valued at $1.2 million.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EAnqi Wu\u003C\/strong\u003E is using the grant to study multi-animal social behavior using advanced representation learning and reinforcement learning.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENIH awarded a grant to Assistant Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EKai Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E and Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EB. 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He was one of 39 total awardees and participated at the 2026 ML and Systems Rising Stars workshop is hosted by AMD.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EVictor Fung\u003C\/strong\u003E won a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.google\/programs-and-events\/research-scholar-program\/recipients\/\u0022\u003E2025 Google Scholar Program\u003C\/a\u003E award. He received the award in the Applied Science category for multi-modal scientific agents for in silico materials discovery and inverse design. The Research Scholar Program provided up to $60,000 to early-career professors to support advancement of their research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year, the College of Computing selected School of CSE Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ERich Vuduc\u003C\/strong\u003E as \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/new-software-center-director-lead-next-wave-scientific-discovery\u0022\u003Edirector of Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for Scientific Software Engineering (CSSE)\u003C\/a\u003E. The center was formed in 2022 from an $11 million investment from Schmidt Sciences. Georgia Tech was one of four universities that Schmidt Sciences selected to host a center.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECSSE develops custom software tools and best practices to meet scientists\u0027 needs. Overall, this approach accelerates the pace and quality of scientific discovery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVuduc advised alumnus\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EElizabeth Hong\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;(CS 2025), who received a Fulbright U.S.-Korea Presidential STEM Initiative Award. Designed to promote academic and cultural exchange, the award provided graduating college seniors and graduate students funding to pursue independent research projects in Korea on STEM topics of their choice.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVuduc advises Ph.D. student \u003Cstrong\u003EMax Hawkins\u003C\/strong\u003E, who was selected for the OMSCS Pre-Doctoral Fellowship program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program provided Hawkins support to design and teach a one-credit, pass\/fail\/audit seminar course. Hawkins taught \u003Cem\u003EComputing at Scale: The Design, Operation, and Societal Impacts of Data Centers\u003C\/em\u003E in Fall 2025 and a research course in Spring 2026.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHawkins also received a $3,000 scholarship through the 7X24 Exchange Atlanta Scholarship Program. He was one of three scholarship recipients awarded to students in the greater Atlanta area with research interests in the data center industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVuduc advises Team Phoenix, Georgia Tech\u2019s student cluster competition team. Team Phoenix placed first among USA participants and sixth internationally at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/undergrads-team-phoenix-wins-top-us-honor-international-supercomputing-competition-0\u0022\u003ESC25\u2019s IndySCC competition\u003C\/a\u003E (30 total teams, 12 USA and 18 international). The team was graded on optimizing techniques and running industry standard benchmarks on supercomputers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team included computer science undergraduate students \u003Cstrong\u003EAlexander Ichtovkin\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EAlex Kim\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EAiden Lambert\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ESahil Samar\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ESeth Yiming Shi\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EVenkata Sai Aditya Reddy Devarapalli\u003C\/strong\u003E. Graduate students \u003Cstrong\u003ECharles Lindsey\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EJay Saraha\u003C\/strong\u003E mentored the team coached by Research Scientists \u003Cstrong\u003EJeff Valdez\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EAaron Jezghani\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EWill Powell\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlumni \u003Cstrong\u003EZiyi (Francis) Yin\u003C\/strong\u003E (Ph.D. CSE-CSE 2024), \u003Cstrong\u003ERafael Orozco\u003C\/strong\u003E (Ph.D. CSE-CSE 2024), \u003Cstrong\u003EMathias Louboutin\u003C\/strong\u003E (Ph.D. CS-CSE 2020), and Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EFelix Herrmann\u003C\/strong\u003E received an honorable mention for the Best Paper of 2024 from the journal \u003Cem\u003EGeophysics\u003C\/em\u003E. 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In fact, not much rattles his nerves considering the five years of pressure he endured studying computational neuroscience at Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore he returns to New York City to continue building brain-interface technologies at Meta, we caught up with Li to learn how he keeps such a cool head at Georgia Tech and beyond. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGraduate:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/jerrysoybean.github.io\/\u0022\u003EChengrui Li\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch Interests:\u003C\/strong\u003E Computational neuroscience, eye-tracking experiments and data analysis, statistical machine learning\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEducation:\u003C\/strong\u003E Ph.D. in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EComputational Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (CSE)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFaculty Advisor\u003C\/strong\u003E: School of CSE Assistant Professor Anqi Wu\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat persuaded you to attend graduate school at Georgia Tech?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EMy undergraduate was at Sichuan University in China. We knew that the most cutting-edge technology and research were in the United States, so I participated in an undergraduate exchange program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, during my third year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI wanted to pursue a Ph.D. in neuroscience while also becoming very proficient in math and computer science (CS). This led me to apply to the CSE Ph.D. program over others. Georgia Tech\u2019s CS ranking is very high, and the CSE program is very interdisciplinary, which matched my expectations super well. I did attain a solid education in math and CS at Georgia Tech. 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By choosing \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/threads-better-way-learn-computing\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ethreads in Intelligence and music technology\u003C\/a\u003E, Hayley explored the intersection of the two disciplines.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECreating Through Code and Sound\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Tech, Hayley explored computing and creativity through programs such as the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/vip.gatech.edu\/teams-all-in-one\/entry\/1309\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERobotic Musicianship VIP\u003C\/a\u003E. 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The project integrated networking systems, 3D modeling, level design, and immersive audio, and was later exhibited at DreamHack Atlanta, where the team gathered feedback from players and developers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELearning and Leadership\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond creative production, Hayley developed technical and leadership skills as a teaching assistant for \u003Cem\u003ECS 1332: Data Structures \u0026amp; Algorithms\u003C\/em\u003E, eventually becoming a head TA.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe role challenged him to communicate complex ideas,\u0026nbsp;support students one-on-one,\u0026nbsp;and coordinate with large instructional teams, thereby deepening his understanding of core CS principles.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBeing a TA reinforced my understanding of CS concepts as I designed assignments and explained material clearly,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe also contributed to course development by helping design assignments and synchronous assessments that emphasized application-based learning. His work was recognized by Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for Teaching and Learning with the Online TA of the Year award.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe credits faculty mentors, including School of Computing Instruction (SCI) faculty member \u003Cstrong\u003EFrederic Faulkner\u003C\/strong\u003E and Interim Chair \u003Cstrong\u003EMary Hudachek-Buswell\u003C\/strong\u003E, for shaping his growth as an educator.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThey\u2019ve both been instrumental in my development as a leader, and I admire their determination to strengthen the quality of CS undergraduate education at Tech,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELooking Ahead\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring his time at Tech, Hayley interned as a software development engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Atlanta, where he worked on an infrastructure-based solution. 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Over time, he found himself drawn back to the kind of deeper, more impactful research he had glimpsed during his graduate studies. Watching colleagues with doctoral degrees tackle complex problems reinforced his decision.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI realized I missed research,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd seeing the kind of work Ph.D. graduates were doing motivated me to apply.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat decision led him to Georgia Tech, where the strength of its cybersecurity and network security research stood out. The program\u2019s interdisciplinary approach was a major draw.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSome schools are strong in one area,\u201d he said. \u201cHere, there\u2019s collaboration across domains. That was important to me.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen Bhaskar arrived, the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy had not yet fully taken shape. Research groups, including the Institute for Information Security and Privacy, were already active, but the school\u0027s formal structure emerged during his second year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWorking with his advisor, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pearce.prof\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Pearce\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Bhaskar shifted his research focus from binary and static analysis to network security, a transition that required both adjustment and curiosity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI wanted to move into something with more direct real-world impact,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis led him to work on censorship measurement, internet security and privacy, areas where technical findings can have global implications. With guidance from Pearce and support from other faculty working in similar areas, he quickly found his footing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis favorite research project however, was in fact \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usenix.org\/conference\/usenixsecurity22\/presentation\/bhaskar\u0022\u003Ehis first\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn earlier research, unexplained anomalies had appeared in measurement data. At first, the assumption was that they stemmed from geolocation issues. However, after digging deeper, Bhaskar uncovered a different cause: routing changes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat discovery showed that routing can significantly affect measurement results,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat began as a narrow investigation turned into a broader insight. One that reshaped how those measurements could be interpreted.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlong the way, other milestones followed, including his first paper accepted to a top conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat was a big moment,\u201d Bhaskar said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut beyond publications and research breakthroughs, it\u2019s the day-to-day experience of doctoral life that made the strongest impression.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe camaraderie stands out the most,\u201d he said. \u201cEspecially during deadlines. Everyone is working hard, but you still take time to step away, talk, and support each other.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat sense of community extended beyond his own lab. 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He also earned a master\u2019s in computational science and engineering from Georgia Tech in 2013.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERahman took on the challenge of a Ph.D. because he\u2019s always been in pursuit of a holistic view of technology. One perspective he said he needed to understand was that of the end user.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019d already done computer science and computational science and engineering, so I wanted to look at the human dimension, the user\u2019s perspectives, and society,\u201d Rahman said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to build technology that fits into our human dynamics.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERahman\u2019s journey began as an undergraduate in chemical engineering at Miami Dade College and Florida Atlantic University. He switched to computer science after his roommate, also a CS major, showed him some programming he had been working on.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI couldn\u2019t sleep after that,\u201d Rahman said. \u201cI was writing software all night. I loved solving problems through technology.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEarly Success\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERahman invented BayBuilder, a strategic sourcing automation technology, in 1999. The software was adopted by major Fortune 500 companies. Rahman estimates it has saved these companies $1 billion in procurement spending.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBaybuilder was acquired by a NASDAQ-listed firm in 2001, and he was ready to start his next company.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019ve been an entrepreneur as far back as I can remember,\u201d Rahman said. \u201cI was born with it. If I saw something that didn\u2019t exist, I created it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter relocating to Atlanta, Rahman founded a new company, M2SYS Technology. Governments around the world used the company\u2019s innovative identity technology to automate processes and deliver efficient services to citizens. M2SYS also worked with the CDC to treat HIV in Haiti and Zambia, as well as many U.S. hospitals, including Grady Memorial in Atlanta, to protect patients from fraud and receiving the wrong treatment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERahman\u2019s most recent startup, CloudApper AI, introduced a new system architecture that generates secure software requiring minimal ongoing maintenance. His non-biased algorithm, which he created during his Ph.D. for CloudApper, is now used by major companies to streamline automated resume analysis and candidate scoring.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELiving in Two Worlds\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERahman began his Ph.D. in 2021, but he kept his new venture to himself and his family. He didn\u2019t tell his employees he was pursuing a Ph.D., and he didn\u2019t disclose his industry background to his fellow doctoral students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI kept the other side of me far away,\u201d he said. \u201cThe people who knew, they knew, but I purposefully didn\u2019t discuss my outside activities and experience. I wanted to fit in, and I think I was able to do that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen Rahman was at his company, he was a CEO and entrepreneur, and when he was at Georgia Tech, he was a researcher. But what he was learning as a researcher began to change how he perceived his business.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI wanted to be a researcher and think like a researcher and not just always think about sales and marketing,\u201d he said. \u201cI started bringing in more ideas about how the user should be thought of in our products. I\u2019m sure they were wondering why I was emphasizing that so much, but it was because I was applying what I was learning in my Ph.D.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNow I\u2019ve been on both sides, I want to be connected to both in the future, applying research principles and practices in product development and innovation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBuilding Community Through Makerspaces\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen it came time for Rahman to choose a subject for his dissertation, he returned to his roots and looked for ways technology can support young entrepreneurs and their startups. That\u2019s when he began conducting research in makerspaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI wanted to find out how we can bring innovation to a scale where anybody can participate,\u201d he said. \u201cI saw this happening in makerspaces where regular people learn, collaborate, and build products and companies from scratch. I saw that the community at large is facing a sustainability crisis.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERahman argued in his dissertation that makerspaces can play a significant role in local innovation. When people struggle to survive, it disrupts communities in numerous ways.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERahman details four studies conducted over three-and-a-half years that show how socio-technical factors drive organizational sustainability in makerspaces and how AI tools can foster an innovative culture within them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe compelling thing about his research is that he shows that people come to makerspaces for the tools, but they stay for the people,\u201d said Rosa Arriaga, associate professor and Rahman\u2019s advisor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHe has plenty of work from his ethnographic research that shows that a makerspace can have all the tech and resources, but if there isn\u2019t cohesion among the people, there\u2019s a problem.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIt Takes a Village\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERahman is the first to admit that it\u2019s not possible for one man to run a company while pursuing a Ph.D. He needed a community. This starts with his family. His wife, Mohu Sultana, now serves as interim CEO of M2SYS and has supported Rahman throughout his Ph.D. research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech community has been part of Rahman\u2019s life in some way since he started his career.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESultana holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science from Tech, and their daughter, Malisha Rahman, is graduating this week with a bachelor\u2019s in economics and international affairs. Malisha Rahman has also been accepted into the HCC program and will begin her Ph.D. in the fall.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERahman said that any student who wants to create a tech startup will have an advantage from access to Georgia Tech\u2019s network.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Georgia Tech startup community is fantastic,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is a tremendous amount of knowledge here, and the research community can help shape the next big thing. We have CREATE-X, a place where you can find mentorship from faculty who started in industry. You\u2019ll learn things I wish I knew before I started.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMizan Rahman, a 52-year-old entrepreneur with three successful tech startups, is completing his Ph.D. in human-centered computing. Driven by a desire to understand the human dimension of technology, his dissertation focused on makerspaces as hubs for community-driven innovation, arguing that social cohesion \u2014 not just tools and resources \u2014 is key to their sustainability. 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Released on April 27 as part of the outlet\u2019s TIME100 Companies: Industry Leaders series, this recognition underscores their rising influence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to see that two out of the ten companies on this list were founded by alumni and faculty from the College of Computing. We are bursting with pride,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vsarkar\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVivek\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ESarkar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, John P. Imlay Jr. Dean of Computing. \u201cThis recognition reflects the strength of our academic and research programs, as well as the impact of our commitment to fostering a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It also highlights how we are empowering our students and faculty to translate bold, innovative ideas into successful ventures. Looking ahead, we will further integrate entrepreneurial thinking with the computational and AI foundations embedded throughout our curriculum.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheir inclusion on TIME\u2019s list this year is especially notable because both CrowdStrike and Pindrop address the growing cybersecurity threat landscape, including deepfakes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/ai-and-cybersecurity-propelling-cs-forward-latest-nationwide-undergraduate-rankings\u0022\u003E[RELATED: USNWR Ranks GT Computing No. 2 for Undergraduate Cybersecurity]\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGT Computing alumnus\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fvijayab%2F\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7Calbert.snedeker%40cc.gatech.edu%7C87c6662c175d43c2670c08dea6d36049%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639131623947530805%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=4CKK7jeg8uPmd8FnTP%2FKg64JTZkB1DiAV9joayw6UJo%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022Original URL:\u0026#13;https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vijayab\/\u0026#13;\u0026#13;Click to follow link.\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVijay\u202fBalasubramaniyan\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(PhD CS 2011) co-founded Pindrop in 2011 with his doctoral advisor, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mustaque-ahamad-ab18811\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMustaque\u0026nbsp;Ahamad\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, and Georgia Tech alumnus \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/drpauljudge\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPaul\u0026nbsp;Judge\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E(PhD CS 2002). It commercialized his doctoral research to help call centers determine whether callers are legitimate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe company has also developed a deepfake protection product and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cc.gatech.edu%2Fnews%2Fwhen-video-isnt-real-georgia-tech-alum-innovates-deepfake-detection-new-era-fraud\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7Calbert.snedeker%40cc.gatech.edu%7C87c6662c175d43c2670c08dea6d36049%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639131623947561253%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=f9bL6fiyWxTqlyyvaLA%2BOn4zhwYb0f5RN4bpcM5oEwI%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cc.gatech.edu%2Fnews%2Fwhen-video-isnt-real-georgia-tech-alum-innovates-deepfake-detection-new-era-fraud\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7Calbert.snedeker%40cc.gatech.edu%7C87c6662c175d43c2670c08dea6d3604\u0022\u003Erecently raised $100 million in capital funding\u003C\/a\u003E to expand its deepfake video detection business. During this expansion, the company developed Pindrop Pulse, which \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Fcollections%2Fbest-inventions-2025%2F7318241%2Fpindrop-pulse-for-meetings%2F\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7Calbert.snedeker%40cc.gatech.edu%7C87c6662c175d43c2670c08dea6d36049%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639131623947583874%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=kCCRLlhSNOGxA9HoUbViZFoOYjmbyAQbZ5jG37NEYw4%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022Original URL:\u0026#13;https:\/\/time.com\/collections\/best-inventions-2025\/7318241\/pindrop-pulse-for-meetings\/\u0026#13;\u0026#13;Click to follow link.\u0022\u003ETIME named one of the Best Inventions of 2025\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIdentity, consent, and accountability are society\u2019s contracts. Deepfakes erode all three,\u201d Balasubramaniyan told TIME.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPindrop technology can confirm participants\u0027 identities in audio\/video conference calls within a few seconds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cVijay\u2019s Ph.D. research was of the highest quality, and the Pindrop paper was published in one of the top-tier security conferences,\u201d said Ahamad, Regents\u0027 Entrepreneur and interim chair of the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHowever, because of his work experience before coming to Georgia Tech, he also focused on the real-world relevance of his research, which led to the launch of Pindrop Security. He is a great example of impactful research that students conduct in our laboratories.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELike Pindrop, CrowdStrike was founded to counter emerging digital threats and has evolved to combat growing AI-powered security challenges.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dmitrialperovitch\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDmitri\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EAlperovitch\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (CS 2001, MS InfoSec 2003) co-founded the company and served as chief technology officer at its 2012 launch.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlperovitch, recently inducted into the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/hall-fame\u0022\u003ECollege of Computing Hall of Fame\u003C\/a\u003E, played a pivotal role in securing more than $150 million in capital investments for the company, helping pave the way for CrowdStrike to become one of the world\u2019s leading cybersecurity companies. In fact, its client list includes nearly 60% of Fortune 500 companies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat appealed to me in cybersecurity is that you are never really done,\u201d Alperovitch said during a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/cybersecurity-pioneer-engages-georgia-tech-graduate-students-fireside-chat\u0022\u003Erecent campus fireside chat with students\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs long as there are human beings out there that want to do you harm, there are always security problems to solve.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAsked about the founding of CrowdStrike, Alperovitch described investigating a 2010 breach at Google by a nation-state actor as a pivotal moment for him.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe industry refused to acknowledge this was a widespread problem, and that realization led me to start CrowdStrike,\u201d he said. \u201cYou no longer just have to be better than your competitors. You must stay proactive and vigilant.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlperovitch is the co-founder and chairman of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/silverado.org\/\u0022\u003ESilverado Policy Accelerator\u003C\/a\u003E and the bestselling author of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/worldonthebrink.com\/\u0022\u003EWorld on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA global media outlet is spotlighting the success of two software companies founded by Georgia Tech College of Computing faculty and alumni. 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Hayes was nominated by four faculty and staff members for this award for her steady presence in SCP since she began her role as director of research operations in 2024.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Ruthie Book Outstanding Staff Team Member Award is presented to a staff member in recognition of their outstanding performance in honor of Ruthie Book, who exemplified excellence in her work. Anderson was nominated by SCP faculty and staff for her outstanding leadership and mentorship as assistant director of business operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoth received praise for their hard work from the college as well as from their supervisor, Senior Academic Officer \u003Cstrong\u003EJan Morian\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am so incredibly proud of our staff in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy who won awards this year at the College of Computing Annual Awards ceremony,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMary Helen Hayes and Regina Anderson are truly outstanding staff members who exemplify Georgia Tech\u2019s values. 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