{"693048":{"#nid":"693048","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech and Amazon Launch Joint Science Hub\u00a0","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAmazon and the Georgia Institute of Technology announced today the launch of the Georgia Tech\u2013Amazon Science Hub, reinforcing a shared commitment to advancing cutting-edge research through academic\u2013industry collaboration. The Hub builds on extensive existing collaborations between Georgia Tech and Amazon over the past decade. As part of the collaboration, Amazon will provide funding for joint research projects and community-building initiatives designed to accelerate scientific ambitions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The most meaningful breakthroughs happen when intelligent hardware and thoughtful software come together to genuinely help people,\u201d said \u003Cstrong\u003ETapas Roy\u003C\/strong\u003E, vice president of Device Software and Services at Amazon. \u201cGeorgia Tech\u0027s world-class expertise in robotics and engineering, paired with Amazon\u0027s work in on-device intelligence and artificial intelligence, will accelerate our understanding of systems that can both respond to prompts and anticipate customer needs. I\u0027m excited to see how this collaboration advances the science of how humans and intelligent machines work together.\u201d\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EThe Hub\u2019s initial focus areas will explore challenges in autonomous systems, next-generation logistics infrastructure, and low-Earth-orbit communications, drawing on Georgia Tech\u2019s well-known interdisciplinary research approach.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EGeorgia Tech is also joining the Fauna Robotics\u0027 ecosystem, using the Sprout research platform to study how humans and robots can live, work, and play side by side. This collaboration opens new ways to study mobility, perception, manipulation, and human-robot interaction. Leadership and alumni recently celebrated the launch at Lab 126, with guest appearances from Sprout and Buzz, the Georgia Tech mascot.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Hub will support\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003Cbr\u003E\u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Joint research projects between Georgia Tech faculty and Amazon scientists across scientific disciplines\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Regular symposia and workshops to foster collaboration between researchers from both institutions and the broader Atlanta tech community\u003Cbr\u003E\u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Community outreach programs designed to broaden participation from interdisciplinary scholars and innovators\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech and Amazon have worked together for years across research, technology, and student development,\u0022 said \u003Cstrong\u003ETim Lieuwen\u003C\/strong\u003E, Georgia Tech executive vice president for Research. \u0022This new hub puts our partnership to work for Georgia. It connects research, education, and industry in ways that will strengthen our state\u2019s innovation economy and create new opportunities for our students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation\u2019s top public research universities, preparing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute serves more than 56,000 students from all 50 states and over 146 countries and drives innovation and economic growth through research that benefits Georgia, the nation, and the world.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Amazon in Georgia\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ESince 2010, Amazon has invested more than $30 billion in Georgia, supporting more than 30,000 full- and part-time jobs. Amazon\u2019s research and technology teams in the Atlanta area work on challenges spanning supply chain optimization, logistics technology, and cloud computing. The establishment of the Georgia Tech\u2013Amazon Science Hub further deepens Amazon\u2019s engagement with one of the nation\u2019s leading research institutions.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Fauna Robotics\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EFauna Robotics builds Sprout, a development platform designed to put advanced robotics capabilities into the hands of researchers and developers. Sprout gives builders hands-on access to study mobility, perception, motor control, and manipulation with the ambition to deploy robots into human-centric spaces.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe collaboration will support research in robotics, industrial and systems engineering, and aerospace technology while fostering innovation in foundational and emerging technologies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":" The collaboration will support research in robotics, industrial and systems engineering, and aerospace technology while fostering innovation in foundational and emerging technologies.\u00a0"}],"uid":"28766","created_gmt":"2026-10-02 16:21:26","changed_gmt":"2026-10-02 17:49:09","author":"Shelley Wunder-Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681337":{"id":"681337","type":"image","title":"Buzz, the Georgia Tech mascot, meets a Sprout robot.","body":null,"created":"1790959753","gmt_created":"2026-10-02 16:49:13","changed":"1790959753","gmt_changed":"2026-10-02 16:49:13","alt":"Photo of Buzz the mascot leaning down toward a small humanoid robot wearing a Georgia Tech t-shirt","file":{"fid":"265714","name":"DSC07366.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/10\/02\/DSC07366.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/10\/02\/DSC07366.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7277745,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/10\/02\/DSC07366.JPG?itok=JKk1wWLw"}},"681339":{"id":"681339","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech President \u00c1ngel Cabrera, Amazon Vice President Tapas Roy, and Sprout of Fauna Robotics, along with Amazon and Georgia Tech leadership at a visit to Lab 126 in Sunnyvale, CA in September 2026.","body":null,"created":"1790960714","gmt_created":"2026-10-02 17:05:14","changed":"1790960714","gmt_changed":"2026-10-02 17:05:14","alt":"Image shows a small humanoid robot standing beside 5 men who are seated, with GT President Cabrera in the middle, wearing a blue vest. 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That changed when she began working on a boat test bed and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/researchers-find-training-gaps-impacting-maritime-cybersecurity-readiness\u0022\u003Etalking\u003C\/a\u003E with mariners about the cybersecurity challenges they face at sea.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose conversations led Raymaker to focus her research on maritime security, including vulnerabilities in the Automatic Identification System (AIS), which ships use to broadcast their location, speed, and course.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis summer, Raymaker brought this research to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ll.mit.edu\/\u0022\u003ELincoln Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E, where she built a test bed to study AIS security in a controlled environment. The experience has also led to new research questions, from the security of shipboard Starlink connections to autonomous vessels and other maritime technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe spoke with Raymaker about her research, her experience at Lincoln Laboratory, and what she hopes to investigate next.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhat will you be working on at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory next?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter submitting our paper based on this summer\u2019s work to a cybersecurity conference, we are continuing our collaboration and starting a new project to identify critical infrastructure that uses unique protocols. The project is still in the early stages of planning and design, but I\u2019m excited to continue working with the team.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhat was the biggest challenge you faced while building and testing the AIS security testbed, and how did you work through it?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe biggest challenge was getting equipment designed to be installed and operated on a boat to function properly in a lab setting. That meant using a Faraday cage so that our AIS transmissions and security experiments wouldn\u2019t accidentally broadcast to nearby ships or interfere with real maritime traffic. I also had to simulate GPS signals and set up additional hardware to trick the AIS transponders into thinking they were operating on a real vessel. Putting all those pieces together into a safe, realistic test bed was challenging, but it ultimately let us study the equipment in a controlled environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EYou mentioned the collaborative culture at Lincoln Laboratory. Can you share a specific interaction or experience with a researcher there that had an impact on you or your work?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWorking with \u003Cstrong\u003EHamed\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EOkhravi\u003C\/strong\u003E, a senior staff member at Lincoln Laboratory, was an amazing experience. He was my mentor and consistently went out of his way to connect me with people who could help me find datasets, access equipment, or get the lab space I needed for my work. For example, when I realized I needed a Faraday cage for my experiments, he connected me with the Mobile Device Lab and helped me get access very quickly. The lab manager was also immediately willing to let me use the space and equipment. That experience really reflected the culture I saw throughout Lincoln Laboratory. Everyone genuinely wanted to help each other get what they needed to move their research forward.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EHow did Georgia Tech prepare you for the work at Lincoln Laboratory, and did the internship change how you think about your research or future career?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy experience at Georgia Tech was instrumental in preparing me for my work at Lincoln Laboratory. The way I was taught to think through difficult research problems and work independently toward solutions translated well to a large research lab. I was able to hit the ground running and take ownership of a project because Georgia Tech had prepared me to lead research independently. The internship also gave me valuable experience in a research environment outside academia, which broadened my perspective on how I could pursue research in the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EYou\u2019ve said you want to work through the cybersecurity problems mariners have shared with you \u201cone by one.\u201d Which problem do you most want to tackle next, and why?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENext, I\u2019d love to look at Starlink connectivity for ships or for autonomous shipping. Mariners we\u2019ve spoken with have raised concerns about both. With Starlink and increasingly autonomous vessels, they worry that greater remote connectivity could give attackers new ways to access onboard systems and disrupt ship operations. I think those concerns are worth investigating.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe recently had a paper accepted at CCS that examines exposed solar distributed energy resources, and I think applying a similar perspective to exposed maritime equipment could be very interesting. That paper is available \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2609.07783v1\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe also recently had a paper on measuring GPS spoofing of ships accepted at IEEE S\u0026amp;P. The full paper isn\u2019t online yet, but the project was directly motivated by mariners telling us that they were struggling with GPS spoofing. That made me want to find a way to systematically measure where spoofing was occurring.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUltimately, the goal is to turn that kind of research into something useful for mariners, such as warning them when they are entering an area experiencing spoofing or when their own vessel may be affected and they should no longer trust their GPS. That is the kind of research I\u2019d like to continue doing: listening to the problems mariners are actually experiencing and finding ways to investigate and address them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPhotos by Kevin Beasley and Terence Rushin\/College of Computing\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnna Raymaker\u2019s maritime cybersecurity research is advancing through controlled AIS testing and collaboration with mariners. 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These flaws create vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to take control of key driver-assistance functions in personal vehicles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team also found that the new standard\u0027s core rules for sending messages and handling errors retain every known security weakness of older versions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe vulnerabilities could allow an attacker who has already gained access to a vehicle\u0027s internal computer network to change or intercept messages, take individual vehicle computers offline, send different information to different systems, or disrupt network communication.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECAN Extra Long (CAN XL), the latest version of the controller area network (CAN), is designed for future cars and other vehicles that need to move large amounts of data between onboard computers. The technology is not yet widely deployed in production vehicles, giving manufacturers an opportunity to address security concerns before it becomes more common.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBecause it isn\u0027t widely deployed yet, we have a narrow window to get its security right,\u201d said Associate Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ESaman\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EZonouz\u003C\/strong\u003E of 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, one of the researchers on the project.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFixing a standard now is far easier than fixing it once it\u0027s built into the hardware of millions of cars that stay on the road for a decade or more.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EZonouz said CAN XL is expected to become the primary version of CAN, the network that enables computers inside a vehicle to communicate. It is also expected to serve as the main network for driver-assistance systems in future vehicles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers confirmed the seven vulnerabilities in commercial CAN XL hardware and demonstrated attacks using a physical test setup that mimics a vehicle network.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EModern vehicles can have dozens of electronic control units that manage systems such as sensors, brakes, steering, and entertainment. These computers need to communicate quickly and reliably.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor decades, many vehicles have used CAN for this communication. However, the original version, known as classic CAN, was not designed to handle the volume of data generated by newer vehicle technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECAN XL was developed to provide faster communication, larger messages, and new security features, but the researchers wanted to know whether the new standard\u2019s basic rules were secure. Their testing revealed that they weren\u2019t. They discovered that an attacker who controls one computer on the network could intercept and replace messages or take a targeted computer offline.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese flaws are in the standard itself, so every device built to follow it inherits them,\u201d Zonouz said. \u201cWith CAN XL, there\u0027s still time to fix these problems before they reach the road.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe attacks would require an attacker to first gain control of a computer connected to the vehicle\u0027s internal network. The research does not show that CAN XL itself provides a means to break into a vehicle. Instead, it shows what an attacker could do after gaining access.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESeveral attacks were also faster and harder to detect than similar attacks against classic CAN, according to the authors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers proposed changes to the CAN XL rules to prevent several of the attacks. They also recommended additional security measures, including message authentication and systems that can detect unusual activity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team reported the vulnerabilities and informed the manufacturers of the commercial devices it tested about the bugs it found. One company has already released a fix. The researchers hope their findings will help manufacturers address security weaknesses before the technology becomes more widely used.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usenix.org\/conference\/usenixsecurity26\/presentation\/tang-zhaozhou\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA Formal Security Analysis of CAN XL\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E was published in the Proceedings of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usenix.org\/conference\/usenixsecurity26\u0022\u003E35th USENIX Security Symposium\u003C\/a\u003E, held Aug. 12-14 in Baltimore, MD. The paper was also named a runner-up for a distinguished paper award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study was conducted by Georgia Tech Ph.D. student \u003Cstrong\u003EZhaozhouTang\u003C\/strong\u003E, Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EVijay\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EGanesh\u003C\/strong\u003E, Zonouz, and Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs \u003Cstrong\u003ERaheem\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EBeyah\u003C\/strong\u003E, along with \u003Cstrong\u003EKhaled\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ESerag\u003C\/strong\u003E of the Qatar Computing Research Institute and Z. Berkay Celik of Purdue University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe paper and its findings result from projects sponsored by the Hyundai America Technical Center, the Georgia Department of Transportation, and the $7 million CHORUS Center through the National Science Foundation\u2019s Cyber-Physical System Frontier Program.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers found seven security flaws in CAN XL, a vehicle network standard intended for future driver-assistance systems. The findings show risks remain before the technology becomes widely deployed. \u2022 Attackers with access to a vehicle\u2019s internal network could alter or intercept messages, disable computers, provide conflicting information, or disrupt communication; some attacks were faster and harder to detect than those targeting classic CAN. \u2022 Researchers confirmed the flaws on commercial hardware, proposed rule changes, and recommended message authentication and unusual-activity detection; one tested manufacturer has released a fix.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researchers found seven security flaws in CAN XL, a vehicle network standard intended for future driver-assistance systems."}],"uid":"36253","created_gmt":"2026-09-24 14:34:10","changed_gmt":"2026-09-29 18:41:26","author":"John Popham","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681243":{"id":"681243","type":"image","title":"Car-security.png","body":null,"created":"1790260526","gmt_created":"2026-09-24 14:35:26","changed":"1790260526","gmt_changed":"2026-09-24 14:35:26","alt":"A digital image of a car with a lock on it","file":{"fid":"265612","name":"Car-security.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/24\/Car-security.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/24\/Car-security.png","mime":"image\/png","size":758850,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/09\/24\/Car-security.png?itok=q0gzPjyJ"}},"675758":{"id":"675758","type":"image","title":"Saman Zonouz.jpg","body":null,"created":"1733171394","gmt_created":"2024-12-02 20:29:54","changed":"1733171394","gmt_changed":"2024-12-02 20:29:54","alt":"man in a pullover smiling","file":{"fid":"259421","name":"Saman Zonouz.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/02\/Saman%20Zonouz.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/02\/Saman%20Zonouz.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":20769150,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/12\/02\/Saman%20Zonouz.jpg?itok=L0vEl8C_"}}},"media_ids":["681243","675758"],"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":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jpopham3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJohn Popham\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECommunications Officer\u003Cbr\u003ESchool of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u003Cbr\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"692718":{"#nid":"692718","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Sign Agreement to Expand Strategic Research Partnership","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pnnl.gov\/\u0022\u003EPacific Northwest National Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E (PNNL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen their longstanding partnership and expand collaboration in scientific discovery, national security research, and workforce development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe agreement was signed during a Sept. 14 visit by PNNL leadership to Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/manufacturing.gatech.edu\/facilities\/ampf\u0022\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility\u003C\/a\u003E. It builds on years of successful collaboration between researchers at the two institutions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe enhanced collaboration has three primary goals: solving big problems through multidisciplinary, multi-institutional research; sustaining and engaging human capital by creating opportunities for students, faculty, researchers, and interns to work on complex real-world challenges; and accelerating technology adoption by taking scientific discoveries and innovations into industry and the federal marketplace.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Strengthening our partnerships with national laboratories is a strategic priority for Georgia Tech,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/leadership\u0022\u003ETim Lieuwen\u003C\/a\u003E, executive vice president for Research at Georgia Tech. \u0022PNNL is an outstanding partner, and we look forward to deepening connections among our researchers and students, expanding opportunities and access to world-class capabilities and facilities, and advancing discovery, innovation, and national impact together.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPNNL is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory that advances scientific discovery and innovations that support reliable energy, national security, and economic competitiveness. Georgia Tech is one of the nation\u0027s leading research universities, conducting more than $1.5 billion in research annually and pursuing a mission to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022PNNL and Georgia Tech have a long history of working together,\u0022 said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pnnl.gov\/people\/deb-gracio\u0022\u003EDeb Gracio\u003C\/a\u003E, laboratory director of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. \u201cThis agreement provides the foundation to take on difficult research challenges and to leverage our complementary expertise and investments in the years ahead.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/energy.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EStrategic Energy Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (SEI) has played a central role in advancing Georgia Tech\u0027s engagement with the national laboratory system and connecting researchers with partnership opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As SEI takes on a greater role in coordinating Georgia Tech\u0027s national laboratory partnerships, this agreement with PNNL demonstrates how we are building stronger pathways for faculty, researchers, and students to engage with world-class national lab capabilities,\u0022\u0026nbsp;said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/energy.gatech.edu\/people\/yuanzhi-tang\u0022\u003EYuanzhi Tang\u003C\/a\u003E, SEI executive director.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/national-laboratories\u0022\u003ENational Laboratory Partnership Program\u003C\/a\u003E supports engagement between Georgia Tech and the U.S. national laboratories. SEI now leads the program, with ongoing support from Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of the Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research. The agreement with PNNL is the first formal agreement established through the program since its transition to SEI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This MOU formalizes and strengthens relationships that have been growing for many years,\u0022 said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/energy.gatech.edu\/people\/scott-mcwhorter\u0022\u003EScott McWhorter\u003C\/a\u003E, SEI director of national laboratory partnerships. \u201cIt leverages the unique strengths of Georgia Tech and PNNL and provides a framework for expanding engagement across areas of mutual interest.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and PNNL bring complementary strengths in energy and environmental systems, electric grid resilience, cybersecurity of critical infrastructure, alternative fuels and advanced materials, biofuels, radiation detection, data science and visual analytics, nuclear nonproliferation, and national security. These capabilities will be brough together through two upcoming \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pnnl.gov\/projects\/genesis-mission\/phase-1-projects\u0022\u003EGenesis Mission\u003C\/a\u003E projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pnnl.gov\/people\/william-pike-phd\u0022\u003EBill Pike\u003C\/a\u003E, PNNL\u0027s deputy director for Science and Technology, who joined the laboratory\u2019s leadership delegation for the MOU signing, said the projects reflect the growing partnership and expanding collaboration between the two institutions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation\u0027s leading research universities, with strengths spanning engineering, computing, science, business, design, and the liberal arts. With more than $1.5 billion annually in research awards across its Colleges and the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Tech is among the nation\u0027s most research-intensive universities. The Institute\u0027s mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Pacific Northwest National Laboratory\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pnnl.gov%2F\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpriya.devarajan%40research.gatech.edu%7C3afd7c8f8d5343d98b8108df151af314%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639252877654867152%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=3F97zK7e9LpJfsHQvvHqZbkSpD6OiYDEp9UfOiAQBqU%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022 title=\u0022Original URL:\u0026#13;https:\/\/www.pnnl.gov\/\u0026#13;\u0026#13;Click to follow link.\u0022\u003EPacific Northwest National Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;draws on its distinguishing strengths in chemistry, Earth sciences, biology and data science to advance scientific knowledge and address challenges in\u0026nbsp;energy resiliency and national security.\u0026nbsp;Founded in 1965, PNNL is operated by Battelle and supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy. The Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pnnl.gov\/\u0022\u003EPacific Northwest National Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E (PNNL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen their longstanding partnership and expand collaboration in scientific discovery, national security research, and workforce development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe agreement was signed during a Sept. 14 visit by PNNL leadership to Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/manufacturing.gatech.edu\/facilities\/ampf\u0022\u003EAdvanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;. It builds on years of successful collaboration between researchers at the two institutions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Together, the organizations will pursue new opportunities in joint research, workforce development, technology commercialization, and talent exchange."}],"uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2026-09-18 19:03:18","changed_gmt":"2026-09-29 18:27:37","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681199":{"id":"681199","type":"image","title":"GT-PNNL-MOU-Signing-Ceremony-21_LR.jpeg","body":"\u003Cp\u003ESeated, from left: Deb Gracio, PNNL Laboratory Director; Tim Lieuwen, Georgia Tech Executive Vice President for Research. Standing, from left: Yuanzhi Tang, SEI Executive Director; Alexa Harter, Director, GTRI CIPHER Lab; George White, Executive Director, GT Strategic Partnerships; Asha Menon, SEI Program Manager; Scott McWhorter, SEI Director for National Lab Partnerships; Bill Pike, PNNL Deputy Director for Science and Technology; Jess Smith, PNNL Senior Cybersecurity Researcher; Steve Biegalski, Georgia Tech Faculty Liaison for PNNL; Erin Searcy, PNNL Director of Institutional Investments and Research Partnerships; Aaron Stebner, Associate Director of Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute; Christine Conwell, SEI Director for Strategic Planning and Operations.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1789758427","gmt_created":"2026-09-18 19:07:07","changed":"1789758427","gmt_changed":"2026-09-18 19:07:07","alt":"Picture of MOU Signing ceremony participants from PNNL and Georgia Tech","file":{"fid":"265564","name":"GT-PNNL-MOU-Signing-Ceremony-21_LR.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/18\/GT-PNNL-MOU-Signing-Ceremony-21_LR.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/18\/GT-PNNL-MOU-Signing-Ceremony-21_LR.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1253216,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/09\/18\/GT-PNNL-MOU-Signing-Ceremony-21_LR.jpeg?itok=lRnqEJBQ"}}},"media_ids":["681199"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"},{"id":"1280","name":"Strategic Energy Institute"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"194610","name":"National Interests\/National Security"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"194612","name":"Workforce Development"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186858","name":"go-sei"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:priya.devarajan@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPriya Devarajan\u003C\/a\u003E | SEI Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"692828":{"#nid":"692828","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GT Cybersecurity Expert Helping to Chart the Future of AI on the Energy Grid","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EArtificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly vital to the nation\u2019s power grid. However, AI tools meant to help energy companies manage the grid, plan for future needs, and respond to problems also create new security and safety concerns.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESaman\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EZonouz\u003C\/strong\u003E, an associate professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s \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, is helping address those concerns as a member of a planning committee for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\u0022\u003ENational Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince May 2026, Zonouz has served on the planning committee for an upcoming public workshop on integrating AI into the electricity system. The workshop is scheduled for Oct. 26 and will convene experts to discuss how to safely and reliably use AI across the power grid.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe workshop will explore how AI is used today, the challenges of integrating AI into existing power systems, and how people and AI can work together. The event will also examine relationships between AI and cybersecurity, data centers, workforce development, and future research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Zonouz, cybersecurity and resilience are key parts of the conversation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAI is both a shield and a target for the grid,\u201d Zonouz said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EZonouz leads Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/capcpsec\/\u0022\u003ECyber-Physical Systems Security Research Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E. The lab\u2019s research, much of it funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, investigates how AI can protect power systems from cyberattacks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne recent initiative combines AI with detailed knowledge about power system operations to detect attacks in near real time. Another project sought to identify security weaknesses in solar inverters and other devices that connect energy sources, such as solar panels, to the power grid.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERegardless of the challenge, Zonouz and his lab work to identify and fix these weaknesses before attackers can exploit them. Despite their best efforts, however, Zonouz said that some AI tools meant to secure a system can create new ways for attackers to target a power grid.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe lab has demonstrated in several studies that AI systems can be tricked by false or manipulated data. Attackers can also target the software and systems that AI depends on. As AI becomes more advanced, some systems may even be able to modify grid operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis raises an important question: What happens if an AI system fails or is attacked?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat is why the right frame is resilience,\u201d Zonouz said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Zonouz, the goal is not to create an AI system that can never fail or be attacked. It\u2019s to build a trustworthy power grid that can continue operating safely even if an AI system fails or is compromised.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EZonouz will bring his perspective to the National Academies workshop. In addition to helping organize the event, he will lead a session on cybersecurity and resilience. He will also help summarize the workshop\u2019s key takeaways during the closing session. The workshop will be held \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/events.nationalacademies.org\/47042\u0022\u003Evirtually\u003C\/a\u003E in late October. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cLessons learned from the electricity grid can be applied to other critical infrastructure as AI monitoring and control tools continue to advance and become more common,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researcher Saman Zonouz is helping shape resilient AI practices for the electricity grid. His work connects workshop planning with research on AI-enabled grid protection and emerging vulnerabilities. Zonouz\u2019s laboratory develops near-real-time attack detection and investigates weaknesses in solar inverters and other grid-connected devices. \u2022 Research shows AI systems can be misled by manipulated data or compromised software, making resilience essential when systems fail or face attacks.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researcher Saman Zonouz is helping shape resilient AI practices for the electricity grid. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) \u003C\/a\u003Eare addressing this very challenge: how can autonomous systems recognize when something unexpected has happened, determine whether it matters, and decide how to respond?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a recent \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pubsonline.informs.org\/doi\/10.1287\/ijds.2026.0182\u0022\u003Epaper published in the INFORMS Journal on Data Science\u003C\/a\u003E, the research team introduced a new framework called Mutual Information Surprise, designed to help machines identify meaningful surprises in complex environments. The work could help lay the foundation for AI agents, robots, and autonomous systems that can better navigate unexpected situations, avoid costly mistakes, and make more informed decisions when faced with situations they weren\u2019t designed or trained to handle. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Traditional automation systems are designed to follow instructions. They do not have a sense of surprise. Machines follow a predetermined recipe and produce the expected result,\u0022 said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/yu-ding\u0022\u003EYu Ding, the Anderson-Interface Chair and professor in ISyE\u003C\/a\u003E, who is leading this project. \u0022 Intelligent agents, however, must do more than simply follow instructions. They need to recognize when their current understanding or reasoning process has become inadequate. Humans routinely use surprise for this purpose. An autonomous machine needs an analogous computational capability.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis research concept was jointly worked out by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/xiao-liu\u0022\u003EXiao Liu, the David M. McKenney Family Associate Professor\u003C\/a\u003E, as well as a former postdoctoral fellow in ISyE, Yinsong Wang, and Ph.D. student Quan Zeng.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile several methods already exist to measure surprise in machines, such as the \u0022Shannon Surprise\u0022 and \u0022Bayesian Surprise,\u0022 the ISyE team saw limitations in both approaches. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShannon Surprise tends to focus on the rarity of an event, while Bayesian Surprise focuses on how much a new observation changes a system\u0027s beliefs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo illustrate the limitations of existing surprise measures, Ding pointed to the examples of someone noticing a specific type of car parked nearby or a student who consistently earns top grades but suddenly performs poorly on an exam.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExisting surprise measures don\u0027t always flag the right kinds of moments to be surprised, Ding said. To the examples given, the Shannon Surprise would flag the specific car parked nearby, although people typically wouldn\u2019t be surprised by that event. Conversely, people would be surprised by the student performing poorly, but the Bayesian Surprise would not flag it. \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We introduce this new surprise definition because it measures the gain of knowledge and epistemic progression, thus capturing the right moments when a system should be surprised and ignoring the moments when it shouldn\u0027t,\u0022 Ding added. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe framework could eventually help systems determine when to continue as planned or when to stop and reassess, whether that\u0027s an AI assistant struggling to answer a question, a robot encountering a situation it has never seen before, or an autonomous factory detecting a disruption that could affect production and require human intervention.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELooking ahead, the ISyE research team is exploring potential applications in engineering autonomous systems and is developing a proposal for federally funded programs. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearchers at Georgia Tech\u0027s H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) are rethinking how intelligent systems recognize and respond to the unexpected.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Researchers at Georgia Tech\u0027s H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) are rethinking how intelligent systems recognize and respond to the unexpected.  "}],"uid":"35874","created_gmt":"2026-09-28 14:47:39","changed_gmt":"2026-09-29 12:31:45","author":"Anna Akins","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681269":{"id":"681269","type":"image","title":"The ISyE research team from left to right: Xiao Liu, the David M. 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Scientists recognize it as one of the most important, yet unsolved, problems in physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite decades of research, the chaotic nature of turbulence makes it difficult to predict and control. This challenge impedes more than smoother air travel. Solving the turbulence problem could lead to advances in areas ranging from sustainable energy to training a smarter workforce for the era of artificial intelligence (AI).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo advance understanding of turbulence, the National Science Foundation is establishing a new, $30 million Science and Technology Center (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/nsf-launches-three-new-science-technology-centers-90m\u0022\u003ESTC\u003C\/a\u003E) at Michigan State University. Georgia Tech is among eight universities supporting the center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/tangqi.github.io\/\u0022\u003EQi Tang\u003C\/a\u003E will join the STC for Transformative Explorations in Multi-Physics and Engineering of Scientific Turbulence (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/tempest-stc.msu.edu\/\u0022\u003ETEMPEST\u003C\/a\u003E). TEMPEST, launching on Sept. 1, aims to build trustworthy, predictive models of real-world turbulence.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETang will lead TEMPEST\u2019s modeling and scientific machine learning (ML) efforts. NSF will fund Tang and Georgia Tech with over $1 million from the center\u2019s five-year, $30 million award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy understanding and predicting turbulence, TEMPEST can unlock new applications, with a focus on fusion energy and national security. The center will also generate long-term research projects with applications in air and space flight, manufacturing, chemistry, and broaden science education and AI fluency.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTurbulence has resisted prediction for a century,\u201d said Tang, a faculty member in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computational Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (CSE).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSTC TEMPEST aims to develop a unified, predictive science that advances fusion energy, improves hypersonic technologies, and deepens our understanding of how stars created the elements that make up our world and ourselves. For everyday people, the center points toward abundant clean energy and faster, more efficient flight.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETurbulence is the motion of a fluid characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and speed. Turbulent flows can occur across all scales, from interactions between subatomic particles to astrophysical scales, including supernovas, black holes, and cosmic rays.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile turbulent flows are common and occur naturally, scientists still do not fully understand them. Small changes in a turbulent flow can produce dramatically different outcomes. Combined with the countless interactions across multiple scales of time and space, this makes turbulence extraordinarily difficult to predict.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRather than studying individual pieces of this enormously complex problem in isolation, we are bringing together theory, experimentation, computation and artificial intelligence to develop a deeper understanding of turbulence across scales,\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/msutoday.msu.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/nsf-grant-turbulence-research-center\u0022\u003Esaid Michael Murillo\u003C\/a\u003E, an MSU professor and the director of TEMPEST.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur goal is not simply to understand turbulence better, but to make it predictable and controllable in ways that will enable new technologies and scientific discoveries.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe NSF TEMPEST award supports students and researchers at Michigan State University,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wire.auburn.edu\/content\/cosam\/2026\/08\/261600-nsf-turbulence-center.php?utm_source=auburn-today\u0026amp;utm_medium=web\u0022\u003EAuburn University\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.web.baylor.edu\/news\/story\/2026\/baylor-astrophysicists-among-partners-30-million-nsf-grant-establish-turbulence\u0022\u003EBaylor University\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/blogs.sjsu.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/sjsu-researchers-join-30m-nsf-science-and-technology-center-to-tackle-turbulence\/\u0022\u003ESan Jos\u00e9 State University\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.tamucc.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/images\/tamu-cc-researcher-to-be-part-of-nsf-funded-turbulence-research-center.php\u0022\u003ETexas A\u0026amp;M University-Corpus Christi\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/nsf-funded-tempest-turbulence-research-center-716372\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of Rochester\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.yale.edu\/2026\/08\/28\/tempest-collaboration-will-take-turbulence\u0022\u003EYale University\u003C\/a\u003E to combine theory, computation, AI techniques, and experimentation to build trustworthy predictive models of real-world turbulence for high-consequence applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditional partners include Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Pacific Fusion, and General Atomics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETogether, TEMPEST researchers will build more accurate and reliable physics-grounded models. The center will test new ideas against real-world observations, then use those results to refine the models.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETang contributes expertise in ML, scientific computing, and plasma physics to STC TEMPEST.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEarlier this year, Tang received an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/department-energy-award-power-nuclear-research-machine-learning\u0022\u003EEarly Career Research award\u003C\/a\u003E from the Department of Energy\u2019s Office of Science. He is using the award to build ML and data science tools that help scientists analyze massive datasets from fusion experiments and simulations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis interdisciplinary approach is intended to move science from understanding why turbulence behaves as it does to predicting how it will behave. Through prediction and simulation, scientists could eventually engineer solutions to control turbulence in real-world scenarios.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe center will make its data and software broadly available and engage the public through museum exhibitions, immersive media, and educational programs that are expected to reach more than 10,000 K-12 students annually. TEMPEST will also help train an AI-fluent scientific workforce prepared to tackle complex problems across disciplines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne reason I am excited to work in TEMPEST is because it aligns perfectly with our School of CSE mission. As a discipline, CSE complements theory and experimentation as a mode of scientific discovery,\u201d Tang said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe build computational models to simulate scientific and engineering concepts, like turbulence in this case, so that we can test theories that are too difficult, expensive, or risky for physical experiments.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETo advance understanding of turbulence, the National Science Foundation is establishing a new, $30 million Science and Technology Center (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/nsf-launches-three-new-science-technology-centers-90m\u0022\u003ESTC\u003C\/a\u003E) at Michigan State University. 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Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, has received a NASA Early Career Faculty (ECF) Award to develop new methods for studying the extreme conditions spacecraft experience during atmospheric entry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis award is part of NASA\u2019s Space Technology Research Grants Program, which supports groundbreaking projects with the potential to transform space science and technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough the three-year, $750,000 award, Mazumdar and her research team will develop laser-based methods to simultaneously measure temperature, chemical species, gas velocity, and other properties in the gases surrounding heat shield materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe aim to implement our measurement techniques in arc jet or plasma jet facilities, like the ones at NASA, to assist with the evaluation of thermal protection systems for next-generation spacecraft,\u201d Mazumdar said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project uses ultrafast lasers, which produce extremely short, high-intensity pulses. These pulses allow researchers to study the behavior of molecules on extremely short timescales and measure properties that can improve understanding of the gases surrounding a spacecraft during atmospheric entry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMazumdar said she and her students are excited about this project and hope it will help NASA develop new heat shields for spacecraft traveling to destinations such as Mars, Venus, and Titan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/news\/ellen-mazumdar-earns-nasa-early-career-faculty-award-spacecraft-heat-shield-research\u0022\u003ERead Full Story on the ME Webpage\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/mazumdar-0\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEllen Yi Chen Mazumdar,\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E assistant professor and Woodruff Faculty Fellow in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge W. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E, has been named vice president\/president-elect of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/connect.informs.org\/simulation\/home\u0022\u003EINFORMS Simulation (I-SIM) Society\u003C\/a\u003E, recognizing her leadership and growing impact in the field of simulation.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI-SIM is a specialized community within the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.informs.org\/About-INFORMS\u0022\u003E Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) \u003C\/a\u003Ededicated to advancing simulation research and practice while fostering collaboration and professional development among members of the simulation community.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESimulation has become increasingly important as advances in computing and data availability enable researchers to build more detailed models of complex real-world systems, helping organizations evaluate decisions before implementing them and avoid costly trial and error.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have much more data, computing power and the ability to build more detailed simulation models than ever before,\u201d Song said. \u201cThat\u2019s exciting because we\u2019re getting closer to accurately representing what\u2019s happening in the real system.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESong\u2019s connection to the simulation community spans over a decade. She first attended I-SIM\u0027s flagship Winter Simulation Conference as a first-year Ph.D. student in 2013 and has participated ever since. After joining the faculty ranks in 2017 \u2013 first at Penn State University between 2017 and 2022, then at ISyE where she joined in 2022 as an assistant professor \u2013 she became increasingly involved in service and leadership activities within the society.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs vice president\/president-elect, which is a two-year term that began in July, Song will help guide the organization\u2019s priorities and support initiatives that advance simulation research while identifying emerging areas of focus for the field.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m honored to help the society think about the most relevant and emerging areas in simulation,\u201d Song said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond its research mission, Song said the simulation community has played a key role in shaping her professional journey through mentorship, collaboration and service.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I-SIM is a very tight-knit community, and I have received so much advice and mentorship from previous and current members,\u201d Song said. \u201cBy the time it\u2019s your turn to lead, everyone is happy to step up. I look forward to helping continue that great tradition in this new role.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith more than 12,000 members worldwide, INFORMS is the leading international association for professionals in operations research, analytics, management science, and related fields. The organization advances the science and technology of decision making through publications, conferences, competitions, networking communities, and professional development services.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EISyE faculty member Eunhye Song has been named vice president\/president-elect of the INFORMS Simulation Society, recognizing her growing leadership in simulation research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ISyE faculty member Eunhye Song has been named vice president\/president-elect of the INFORMS Simulation Society, recognizing her growing leadership in simulation research. 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At Georgia Tech\u2019s Daedalus Lab, assistant professor, National Science Foundation CAREER Award recipient, and Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems Faculty Fellow Christos Athanasiou and postdoctoral researcher Danqi Sun are working to provide greater certainty to designers and engineers by rethinking how materials are tested for their fracture characteristics. Their article in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.aeh0456\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EScience Advances\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E details a new testing protocol that reduces cost, increases speed, and simulates real-world conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaterials shape nearly every part of modern life, from packaging and consumer products to bridges and medical devices. Choosing the right material involves balancing durability, cost, manufacturability, and environmental impact. Yet those decisions are not always guided by a clear understanding of how materials age and fail under real-world conditions, especially for recycled materials like plastics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne way that materials frequently fail is by cracking. A small crack can begin almost invisibly. Over time, it can spread from regular wear and tear and exposure to common environmental factors like moisture, temperature fluctuations, or even dirt. Eventually, the crack expands, and the part fails. Engineers have studied fracture for more than a century, but connecting the science of cracking to practical decisions about sustainability remains a major challenge.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe characteristics of recycled plastics often vary from those of the same material in unrecycled, or virgin, form. Products made from recycled plastics may be sold with sustainability claims under the assumption that they will perform as if they were made with virgin material. However, premature failure requiring repair or replacement can quickly change the sustainability equation as well as the acceptance of recycled materials by manufacturers and consumers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBeyond Conventional Fracture Testing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaterials rarely fail due to a single factor. They may be exposed to several factors simultaneously, such as mechanical loading, chemical environments, temperature changes, moisture, and time. Traditional fracture protocols test one specimen at a time under carefully controlled laboratory conditions, which bear little resemblance to the real world. To move beyond this limitation, Sun developed an in-situ, high-throughput platform capable of studying how materials degrade and fail under more realistic conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe platform changes conventional fracture testing in three important ways. First, it can test multiple specimens simultaneously rather than one at a time. By monitoring samples in parallel, testing time can be reduced by more than 60%. Second, it allows materials to be tested in realistic environments. In this study, researchers examined virgin and recycled plastics in alkaline environments that resemble conditions encountered in applications like landfill liner membranes and geotextiles. Third, the platform incorporates an imaging technique known as photoelasticity, which reveals the formation of stress fields that form around the origin of a newly developing crack. This allows researchers to see cracks develop earlier than before, giving them a clearer picture of the forces that drive crack growth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers have made the technology available for licensing through Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of Technology Licensing. \u201cOur goal was to make fracture testing not only faster but also more informative,\u201d Sun said. \u201cBy combining high-throughput testing, realistic environments, and full-field stress imaging, we can better understand how materials fail under conditions closer to real-world applications.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAn Honest View of Sustainability\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecycled plastics are often viewed as a greener choice. But according to the study, it\u2019s not always so straightforward. If a recycled product fails prematurely and needs to be replaced frequently, its environmental and economic costs can increase despite its recycled content. As Athanasiou puts it, \u201cFailing materials don\u2019t just break products. They can break sustainability promises.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor example, comparing virgin polyethylene terephthalate (PET) with recycled PET (rPET) in applications such as landfill geotextiles, the researchers discovered that rPET showed lower resistance to environmental stressors, particularly in alkaline conditions over a pH of 9. In this application, specifying rPET over virgin PET would likely eliminate all of the presumed economic and environmental advantages of using a recycled material.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRecycling is essential, but recycled content alone does not tell the full story. If a material fails too soon, the environmental benefits can disappear,\u201d Athanasiou said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrom Cracks to Circularity\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the researchers, the significance of the work extends beyond recycled plastics. The broader goal is to provide a fast, affordable, and realistic platform for evaluating the sustainability of any material choice. Because current testing protocols are costly, not widely available, and limited in the information they yield, engineers, manufacturers, and policymakers often have little choice but to continue to specify non-recycled materials because they will perform as expected. Having cheap and accurate data on recycled materials will help to accelerate their adoption because matching the engineering properties of recycled materials to their most appropriate applications will become more obvious.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers also hope to expand the platform to simulate even more complex environments and apply it to a wider range of materials. Because the system generates large amounts of detailed data, it may enable opportunities to use computational modeling or artificial intelligence to digitally simulate mechanical testing, driving down costs and expanding availability even more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe larger vision is a future in which sustainability is judged not by labels or assumptions, but by evidence for how a material performs, how long it lasts, how it fails, and what it costs society and the environment over its full lifetime.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease visit the Daedalus Lab YouTube channel to see an explainer video about this new testing protocol: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zmRhiRIiAkQ\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=zmRhiRIiAkQ\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead the paper here: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.aeh0456\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.aeh0456\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis research was supported by the National Science Foundation CAREER Award No. 2338508.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChoosing the right materials for manufacturing products involves balancing durability, cost, manufacturability, and environmental impact. 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The left panel shows a rectangular specimen with rainbow-colored stress patterns radiating from a crack tip near the center-right edge, while the right panel shows a corresponding color-coded stress map with blue, green, yellow, and red regions indicating increasing stress concentration around the crack tip. 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Researchers say it\u0027s beginning to help doctors make clinical decisions, identify mental health risks earlier, expand care through smartphones and wearable devices, and extend healthcare to people who might otherwise go without it.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile adoption varies across healthcare systems, Georgia Tech researchers say AI is becoming increasingly integrated into medicine. At the same time, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789240037403\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Equestions about privacy, trust, equity, and human oversight\u003C\/a\u003E remain central to how the technology will be used in the years ahead.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMedicine has clearly embraced the human-AI fusion approach,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/jon-duke\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJon Duke\u003C\/a\u003E, director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/about\/research-facilities\/center-health-analytics-informatics-chai\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECenter for Health Analytics \u0026amp; Informatics\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. \u201cThe use of AI is encouraged, but reliance on AI is not.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrom Clinical Workflows to Decision Support\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany of healthcare\u0027s earliest AI applications focused on reducing administrative burdens. Today, researchers say the technology is increasingly helping clinicians access and interpret information.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuke points to the growing use of clinical AI tools such as \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.openevidence.com\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOpenEvidence,\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Ewhich provide healthcare professionals with AI-generated, source-backed answers to medical questions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAI is moving beyond administrative tasks and beginning to play a meaningful role in clinical decision support,\u201d Duke said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWithin electronic health records, AI is being used to generate clinical notes from patient-provider conversations and summarize complex patient charts. While healthcare systems have moved most quickly on efficiency-focused applications, Duke said AI is steadily becoming part of everyday clinical practice.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStill, he believes human oversight will remain essential.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne of the biggest long-term questions is whether physicians trained alongside AI will develop the same level of independent clinical judgment as previous generations,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EExpanding Access Beyond the Doctor\u0027s Office\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers also see AI creating new opportunities outside hospitals and clinics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/munmun-de-choudhury\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMunmun De Choudhury\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Interactive Computin\u003C\/a\u003Eg, said AI is helping public health systems \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/pcd\/issues\/2024\/24_0245.htm\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eidentify emerging mental health concerns\u003C\/a\u003E by analyzing digital and clinical data.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAI is enabling public health systems to move from reactive to more proactive approaches by identifying emerging mental health concerns from diverse digital and clinical data sources,\u201d De Choudhury said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose insights may create opportunities for earlier intervention.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAI has the potential to identify subtle behavioral changes that precede worsening mental health, creating opportunities for earlier support before someone reaches a crisis,\u201d she said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/alexander-t-adams\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAlexander Adams\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the School of Interactive Computing, studies wearable sensing systems, remote patient monitoring technologies, and point-of-care health tools. He said advances in AI are accelerating innovation in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical imaging, simulation, and biomarker discovery.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe biggest changes I am seeing are the increased productivity in pharmaceuticals, medical imaging, simulation, and biomarker discovery,\u201d Adams said. \u201cThat has a downstream impact on what we can measure at the point of care.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Adams, smartphones and wearable devices have become increasingly important healthcare tools because of the amount of data they collect.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNo stand-alone medical devices generate nearly as much data as smartphones and smartwatches, making them a natural place for modern AI,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe also sees significant potential for AI-enabled technologies to improve access in rural and underserved communities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese technologies are especially important for underserved and rural populations that often have less access to care and face higher risks of complications,\u201d Adams said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBalancing Innovation and Human Connection\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite growing interest in AI, researchers caution that adoption is not without challenges.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe real opportunity lies not in building more autonomous AI, but in designing systems that strengthen human judgment, clinical expertise, and community care,\u201d De Choudhury said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough AI has advanced rapidly, its impact on chronic disease management has remained limited, said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/rosa-arriaga\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERosa Arriaga\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Interactive Computing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAI holds a lot of promise but hasn\u0027t delivered much in the way of real-world applications,\u201d Arriaga said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe also raised concerns about how increased reliance on data-driven tools could affect interactions between clinicians and patients.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe fear is that clinicians become \u2018data checkers\u2019 and have even less interaction with patients,\u201d she said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the same time, Arriaga said AI is having its greatest impact in the mental wellness space.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere are now randomized controlled trials showing that some people are willing to receive \u2018therapy\u2019 from an AI agent and that this intervention is beneficial,\u201d she said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, she cautioned that those developments should be considered alongside potential risks.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGreater interactions with AI may lead to greater isolation, and parasocial relationships with AI may erode the social fabric,\u201d Arriaga said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShaping the Next Era of Healthcare\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite differing views on the opportunities and challenges, the researchers see AI becoming a lasting part of healthcare.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAI is accelerating everything,\u201d Adams said. \u201cEven through rapid iteration and simulation alone, it will accelerate medical devices and point-of-care technologies.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs healthcare organizations continue to explore where AI can improve care, researchers say the future of medicine will depend not only on technological advances but also on how effectively those tools support the people who deliver and receive care.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003EFrom AI-powered clinical support tools and digital mental health applications to wearable devices and remote monitoring, artificial intelligence is influencing how healthcare is delivered. 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(BSIE 1986, MSIE 1988), will serve as event chair for the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers\u2019 (IISE) inaugural Emerging Technologies Forum on Aug. 26.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDunkin is an IISE Fellow, the highest classification of IISE membership that recognizes outstanding leaders of the profession who have made significant, nationally recognized contributions to industrial and systems engineering. She has served as chief information officer at the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as well as chief strategy and innovation officer at Dell Technologies. She has also held numerous leadership positions at Hewlett Packard, largely in the areas of manufacturing, research and development and IT. She currently serves as a distinguished external fellow with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/energy.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Strategic Energy Institute\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDunkin holds appointments as a distinguished professor of the practice in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scp.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s School of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u003C\/a\u003E and in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EJimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E. She is also a distinguished external fellow at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Emerging Technologies forum is a great opportunity for practicing ISEs to get exposure to a range of emerging technologies in a short period of time and identify those that they want to experiment with and implement in their organizations,\u201d Dunkin said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Aug. 26 event, which will be held virtually from 1-5 p.m. EDT, will explore technologies shaping the future of industrial and systems engineering, including artificial intelligence, digital twins, and robotics and autonomy.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs event chair, Dunkin will be joined by experts from the healthcare, aerospace, logistics, manufacturing and technology industries, including representatives from Royal Caribbean, The Boeing Company, UPS and other organizations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe complimentary event is open to engineers and improvement professionals of all backgrounds. 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The atmospheric and vacuum distillation processes used in refineries worldwide consume more than 1,100 terawatt-hours of energy annually \u2014 roughly enough to power 100 million U.S. homes for a year \u2014 while generating millions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESix years after demonstrating that membranes could separate crude oil at the molecular level, Georgia Tech researcher Ryan Lively is part of an international team that has taken the concept a significant step further.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team, including investigators at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), discovered that a membrane material widely believed to be non-selective for molecules as small as those found in crude can in fact selectively separate crude oil into lighter and heavier fractions in a way researchers did not expect.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPublished in \u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-026-10677-3\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Etheir findings\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E suggest that using membranes to separate crude oil before distillation could significantly reduce the energy, water, and carbon footprint of petroleum refining.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/lively.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELively\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, the Thomas C. DeLoach Jr. Endowed Professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, served as an advisor and corresponding author on the study. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pure.kaist.ac.kr\/en\/persons\/dong-yeun-koh\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDong-Yeun Koh\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor at KAIST and a former postdoc in the Lively Lab at Georgia Tech, led the study.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBuilding on Earlier Research\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the 2020 \u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E paper, Lively and collaborators demonstrated that specially designed membranes could separate crude oil into valuable fractions without relying solely on traditional heat-driven distillation. The work helped establish membrane-based crude oil fractionation as a promising alternative for reducing energy use in refining.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This work grew directly out of the challenges we identified in our original findings in the 2020 article,\u0022 Lively said. \u0022One of the key challenges that the KAIST team set out to tackle was the very low oil productivities of the membrane units, which has limited the ability of this concept to leave the lab. Along the way, we not only increased the productivities, but we also uncovered a surprising new mechanism that could make membrane-based crude oil separations even more practical.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new study built on that foundation. The researchers investigated polyacrylonitrile (PAN) membranes, a material commonly used as a non-selective support layer in filtration systems. Because the material is porous, the team generally did not expect it to perform precise molecular separations on its own.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut what they found surprised them, Lively said. As crude oil flowed through the membrane, heavier hydrocarbon molecules accumulated within the membrane\u0027s pores. Instead of clogging the membrane, the buildup created a stable internal layer that gradually narrowed the pathways through which molecules could travel. Surprisingly, the molecules that caused the buildup in the first place were eventually excluded from entering the membrane, resulting in a steady production of higher quality oil through the narrow pathways that remained.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn effect, the membrane created its own molecular-scale filter. The result was a process that allowed lighter hydrocarbons to pass through while holding back heavier components.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe membrane enriched lighter fractions such as naphtha and kerosene while achieving crude oil flow rates more than 23 times higher those reported in the 2020 paper for whole crude oils\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhen Buildup Becomes an Asset\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn most filtration systems, buildup inside a membrane (or fouling) is considered a problem because it reduces performance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut according to the researchers, this study demonstrates that something different can happen under the right conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing a range of analytical techniques, the researchers found that long-chain hydrocarbon molecules accumulated inside the membrane and became an essential part of the separation process. The deposits effectively transformed larger pores into stable transport pathways measuring less than two nanometers across, they deduced based on available experimental evidence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe membrane maintained consistent separation performance during four weeks of continuous operation, suggesting the filtration pathways remained stable over time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe findings challenge traditional assumptions about membrane fouling and may offer new opportunities for designing industrial separation systems that take advantage of similar behavior,\u201d Lively said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPotential Impact on Refining\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToday\u0027s refineries heat entire streams of crude oil to separate them into useful products. By using membranes to remove a substantial portion of the lighter hydrocarbons before distillation, refineries could reduce the amount of material that must undergo energy-intensive heating. Alternatively, the refinery can use the membranes to incrementally increase refinery capacity, which is currently not possible using large-scale distillation equipment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo evaluate the potential impacts of the membrane system, the researchers modeled a refinery process that incorporated a membrane separation step before conventional distillation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis study reveals a new scientific principle in which a membrane interacts with a complex mixture and spontaneously forms its own separation channels,\u0022 Koh said. \u0022Working with real crude oil supplied by HD Hyundai Oilbank allowed us to validate the technology under conditions relevant to industrial operation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team\u0027s technoeconomic analysis showed that incorporating the membrane process could reduce distillation energy use by 30%, carbon dioxide emissions by 35%, and water consumption by 20%.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApplied across U.S. atmospheric crude distillation capacity \u2014 about 18 million barrels per day \u2014 those savings would be equivalent to powering roughly 2.2 million homes, removing about 3 million passenger vehicles from the road, and supplying enough water for approximately 660,000 people each year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Turning crude oil into useful products has relied on essentially the same basic approach for more than a century,\u0022 Lively said. \u0022Membranes offer a path toward achieving those separations with dramatically lower energy requirements and emissions.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study\u0027s findings also suggest that the phenomenon may not be limited to a single membrane chemistry. Researchers observed similar behavior in a second membrane material, raising the possibility that the approach could be extended to other membrane systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is a terrific piece of research that rewards curiosity,\u0022 said Andrew LIvington, vice president of research and innovation and professor at Queen Mary University of London, who was not involved with the study. \u0022This work adds significantly to the field of membrane separations of crude oil streams as it tackles the first, hard to achieve separation of heavy hydrocarbons \u2013 most work to date has focused on lighter oils\u0026nbsp;\u2013 and it uses a simple and readily available membrane.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJihoon Choi, Hyeokjun Seo, Minyong Lee, Woong-Chul Shin, Jaemin Choi, Keonwoo Choi, Min-Jun Jang, Sung Gap Im, Jae W. Lee, Ryan P. 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As systems scale, they increasingly become harder to measure, compare, and fix, particularly within proprietary environments.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA team led by Georgia Tech, working with collaborators across industry, has developed a new approached called \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mlcommons.org\/working-groups\/research\/chakra\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 title=\u0022(opens in a new window)\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChakra\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E to bring greater clarity to complex AI systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cImagine a room where everyone is trying to collaborate, but each person speaks a different language,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/tushar-krishna\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETushar Krishna\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, who is leading the effort. \u201cThat\u2019s a bit like today\u2019s AI ecosystem. The internet worked because it was built on shared practices and protocols. In AI, we\u2019re still building that kind of common foundation.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe work, which Krishna leads through the nonprofit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mlcommons.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 title=\u0022(opens in a new window)\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMLCommons\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, was released \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2605.11333\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 title=\u0022(opens in a new window)\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ealongside a paper\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mlsys.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 title=\u0022(opens in a new window)\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2026 Conference on Machine Learning and Systems\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E(MLSys) in Bellevue, Wash.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUnderstanding Systems Without Exposing Them\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECloud companies, chip designers, software developers, and infrastructure providers all describe their systems differently, relying largely on internal, proprietary approaches that are not publicly shared.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis slows innovation, reduces efficiency, and increases the cost of running AI at scale.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChakra, named after the Sanskrit word for \u201cwheel\u201d to reflect a continuous cycle of improvement, is designed around that reality. Its release is not a single finished system, but a set of shared tools and building blocks.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers are making available a standardized format for representing AI workloads, along with tools for collecting and analyzing data from what\u2019s known as an execution trace.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAn execution trace is essentially a recording of how an AI system behaves,\u201d Krishna said. \u201cRather than focusing only on outcomes like speed or accuracy, it captures what computations happened, when machines needed to communicate, and where delays or bottlenecks occurred.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose traces don\u2019t expose the underlying code or data. Instead, they reflect patterns of behavior.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose traces don\u2019t expose the underlying code or data. Instead, they reflect patterns of behavior.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s a bit like sharing a map of traffic patterns in a city, instead of handing over the blueprints for every building,\u201d Krishna said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe approach can also be used to explore how future systems might behave, giving researchers a way to test ideas and identify potential bottlenecks before those systems are built.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAll of this dramatically lowers the barrier to participating in AI systems innovation,\u201d Krishna said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBuilding a Shared Standard\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Chakra project began in 2023 as a collaboration between Georgia Tech and Meta, building on parallel efforts to better understand how AI workloads behave across production systems and simulation environments.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPart of that work built on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/astra-sim.github.io\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 title=\u0022(opens in a new window)\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EASTRA-sim\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, an open-source distributed AI system simulator developed and maintained by Krishna\u2019s group, which models how large-scale AI systems perform across hardware and software.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe knew that for AI to scale responsibly, we needed better ways to understand what\u2019s happening under the hood,\u201d Krishna said. \u201cCompanies struggle to compare systems fairly or reproduce why something worked well\u2014or failed\u2014because everyone uses different tools and proprietary setups.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe early collaboration expanded into a broader effort called the Chakra Working Group (CWG) within MLCommons, a consortium that brings together companies and researchers to develop shared benchmarks and standards for AI systems, including widely used efforts like MLPerf.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDavid Kanter, co-founder of MLCommons and head of MLPerf, has praised the group for \u201cdefining an industry roadmap for AI workload tracing support and benchmarking.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToday, CWG includes industry partners such as NVIDIA, AMD, Meta, HPE, and Keysight, along with contributions from multiple Georgia Tech faculty, students, and alumni (seven of whom are now working across partner organizations).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cChakra is a fantastic showcase of the role ECE and Georgia Tech play in connecting academic research with real-world systems,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/arijit-raychowdhury\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EArijit Raychowdhury\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Steve W. Chaddick School Chair of ECE. \u201cWe can bring together expertise spanning the full AI stack in really the only way that makes complex work like this possible.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat level of collaboration is essential to developing something that can be used across the broader AI ecosystem, according to Winston Liu, a chief architect at Keysight Technologies and a member of CWG.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat the Chakra community has built is meaningful, but the collaboration model that produced it is worth recognizing just as much,\u201d he said. \u201cThat combination\u2014early enough to shape the spec together and open enough that the output belongs to everyone\u2014is genuinely rare.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA Real-world Testbed at Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMuch of the team\u2019s work has depended on access to infrastructure capable of running AI systems at a realistic scale. Georgia Tech has built that capability through its \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/academics\/ai-for-engineering\/ai-makerspace\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAI Makerspace\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, one of the largest computing clusters in the world dedicated to supporting student-driven AI workloads while also serving as a real-world testbed for large-scale systems research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn collaboration with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pace.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPartnership for an Advanced Computing Environment\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (PACE), CWG researchers utilized the AI Makerspace to run workloads across 128 advanced GPUs and collect execution traces from systems operating under real conditions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe AI Makerspace was built on a simple belief: AI should be accessible to as many as possible,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/matthieu-bloch-phd\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMatthieu Bloch\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, associate dean in the College of Engineering. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to see our colleagues using it to amplify impact and give back to the broader community.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat level of access allowed the work behind Chakra to move beyond theory and into environments where performance challenges actually emerge.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn one case study, Chakra helped identify a hidden communication bottleneck that only appeared under realistic conditions when different types of workloads were running at the same time. More simplified tests failed to surface the issue.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat Comes Next\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the Chakra tools and standards are released, the focus now turns to how they will be adopted and extended.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKrishna sees the current moment less as a finish line and more as a starting point for broader participation across the field.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFive years from now, Chakra will help make AI systems development dramatically more reproducible and accessible,\u201d he said. \u201cResearchers could test ideas against realistic workloads without needing access to massive datacenters, and companies could identify problems much earlier in the design process.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs AI infrastructure grows more costly, the ability to model new system designs allows researchers and companies to make informed decisions before committing to large-scale investments.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cLonger term, it could move us toward a \u2018digital twin\u2019 of AI infrastructure,\u201d Krishna said. \u201cA way to model and optimize systems before they\u2019re ever built.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELike the internet before it, AI systems need shared standards to work together. 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In a rare chance for space research, where most hardware is either left in orbit or burns up on reentry, they are getting those samples back for detailed analysis on Earth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe materials are set to launch to the ISS in the near future as part of the Materials International Space Station Experiment 22 (MISSE-22), a testbed attached to the outside of the station. Mounted on the forward-facing side of the ISS to ensure predominant exposure to highly corrosive atomic oxygen, the test samples will spend several months enduring the extreme temperatures, radiation, and reactive environment of low Earth orbit. The team is testing a selection of lightweight, research-grade polymers designed to survive these harsh conditions. Once the samples return to Earth, engineers will examine how they held up and use that data to enhance the strategic of future satellite constellations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis project represents a collaboration across government, academia, and industry, bringing together GTRI, Georgia Tech, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), a California-based R\u0026amp;D firm Hedgefog Research Inc., and DuPont de Nemours, Inc. The research is also supported by Aegis Aerospace, which owns and operates the MISSE Flight Facility platform aboard the ISS.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhy Space is So Hard on Satellites\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHarsh conditions in low Earth orbit \u2014 the region of space extending from approximately 100 miles to over 1,000 miles above Earth, where many satellites and the ISS travel \u2014 can darken, roughen, and weaken spacecraft surfaces over time. That damage shortens satellite lifetimes and requires engineers to add extra layers of protection, increasing overall logistical burden and mission costs.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EOptimizing material durability is a strategic necessity, explained Elena Plis, a GTRI senior research engineer and principal investigator for the project, because every additional unit of shielding increases the cost of getting to orbit. To design lighter, more resilient materials, researchers need to examine how they degrade in a true space environment. However, most hardware is built for a one-way trip \u2014 designed to operate in orbit and then burn up on reentry, taking that valuable material data with it.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cThe beauty of this type of experiment is that the materials return to Earth,\u201d said Plis, who is also an affiliate of the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/space.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESpace Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cFor many missions, stuff is sent up and never seen again. Being able to test returned samples from real space conditions is unique, and I can\u2019t stress enough how exciting that is for us.\u201d\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EA New Generation of Polymers Head for Space\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EInstead of relying on familiar spacecraft materials like DuPont\u2019s Kapton \u2014 a tough, heat-resistant polyimide plastic film that has coated spacecraft exteriors since the Apollo era \u2014 the team is sending up a set of new, lightweight, research-grade polymers. These materials are designed to improve the survivability of assets against space\u2019s unforgiving elements.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EPlis and her collaborators started with dozens of candidate materials they developed. To earn a spot on the MISSE-22, a sample has to be transparent or translucent, so light can pass through it, and researchers can examine how its optical properties change in orbit. The materials also have to be tough enough to withstand intense atomic oxygen exposure without fragmenting, which would create debris near the ISS. In the end, only a select number of the team\u2019s materials made the cut.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe MISSE-22 testbed holds multiple experimental polymers. Instead of standard illumination, the team constructed a custom on-orbit polariscope: LEDs beneath each sample shine polarized light up through the material. A small camera system then slides over the top to capture these highly specific optical changes on a set schedule over the course of several months in space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EUsing Light to Reveal Space Strain\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EUsing polarized light and machine learning to rapidly analyze color patterns in the images they receive from orbit, the researchers can track how stress inside each sample changes over time. Periodically, the system will cycle through the materials, and the images will be downlinked to Earth.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EWhen the extended mission ends and the samples return, the team will compare those in-orbit measurements with detailed lab tests on the actual pieces that flew. Without returned materials, they would only have images and sensor data to work from. By testing the same samples in the lab, they can check how accurate the remote measurements really are and refine their methods.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIf the materials perform as expected, the results could help engineers design satellites that last longer in orbit without carrying so much protective weight \u2014providing a significant technological advantage in space domain awareness and asset longevity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EAbout the Space Research Institute\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe Space Research Institute (SRI) at the Georgia Institute of Technology is an interdisciplinary hub that unites faculty, staff, and students to advance research, education, and collaboration in space science and technology. 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They bit him from time to time, he said, but no more than anyone else who spent a lot of time outdoors.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI don\u2019t know if I would say I\u2019m prone,\u201d Zuo said. \u201cI do get bitten, but I also think that\u2019s partly because I\u2019m just outside a lot more.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, that assumption did not hold up once he stepped inside a sealed mosquito chamber as part of a Georgia Tech research study.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EZuo, a Georgia Tech alum and co-author on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.adz7063\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ethe study\u003C\/a\u003E, worked alongside Georgia Tech faculty member \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/hu\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDavid Hu\u003C\/a\u003E and researchers in Hu\u2019s fluid dynamics lab \u2014 and co-authors Chenyi Fei, Alex Cohen, Jorn Dunkel from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology \u2014 on a multi-year effort to understand how mosquitoes locate people. Using high-speed cameras, careful controls, and mathematical modeling, the research examined how mosquitoes respond to carbon dioxide and visual cues. To confirm whether the data reflected real-world behavior, the team needed a human subject.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EZuo volunteered.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore entering the chamber, he knew the mosquitoes were safe. They had been raised in a laboratory environment and were carefully controlled, making the experiment safer than being outdoors during peak mosquito activity.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe knew exactly how all of these mosquitoes were reared, so we knew they\u2019re disease-free,\u201d he said. \u201cHonestly, even if I got bitten 100 plus times, the actual danger that I was in was very little.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWearing a mesh suit, Zuo stood nearly motionless inside the chamber while mosquitoes were released and flew freely around him. Any movement could disrupt the data, so remaining still was critical even as mosquitoes gathered close to his face and upper body.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe response was immediate.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou release the mosquitoes, and they\u2019re already on top of you,\u201d Zuo said. \u201cAlmost felt like it was instant.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat surprised him most was not the bites but the sound.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI didn\u2019t realize how loud they were,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen they\u2019re flying around your head, it\u2019s that annoying buzzing sound. I didn\u2019t realize how annoying it can get with just enough mosquitoes flying around.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe experience was not limited to a single trial. Zuo entered the chamber multiple times as the research progressed, testing different variables including posture, clothing, and body positioning. In some experiments, he was required to hold his arms extended so cameras could capture a consistent silhouette.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt felt more like an exercise at the gym,\u201d Zuo said. \u201cI was very much more focused on keeping my arms up and being as still as possible.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAcross those repeated interactions, patterns emerged that closely matched what the data predicted. Mosquitoes found him quickly, clustered in specific areas, and lingered only when certain conditions aligned.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAnd once the conditions were right,\u201d Zuo said, \u201cthey stayed.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EZuo\u2019s role helped bridge the gap between abstract modeling and human experience. It also challenged common assumptions about mosquito behavior that many people take for granted.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat follows are some of the most common mosquito myths, and what the Georgia Tech research and Zuo\u2019s firsthand experience actually showed.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMosquito Myths vs. Reality\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMyth: Mosquitoes swarm because they are following each other.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReality:\u003C\/strong\u003E Mosquitoes respond independently to the same cues, which creates the appearance of swarming.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETrajectory data collected during the experiments showed no evidence that mosquitoes were coordinating or communicating with one another. Zuo explained that what people often describe as swarming is the result of multiple mosquitoes responding simultaneously to the same environmental signals. When carbon dioxide and a clear visual target are present, many mosquitoes converge on the same area independently. Zuo compared it to people arriving separately at the same crowded place because something there is attractive, not because they are following the crowd.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMyth: Mosquitoes randomly target different parts of the body.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReality:\u003C\/strong\u003E In this study, mosquitoes concentrated near the head and shoulders, but only for the species observed, which is present in parts of the Southeast.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech experiments focused on \u003Cem\u003EAedes aegypti \u003C\/em\u003E(dengue or yellow fever mosquito), a species found in parts of Georgia and other areas of the southeastern United States. Within that species, both trajectory data and Zuo\u2019s experience inside the chamber showed mosquitoes repeatedly clustering near the head and shoulders rather than distributing evenly across the body. Zuo observed this pattern while standing still in the mesh suit, as mosquitoes returned again and again to his upper body. The study also confirmed previous biting studies showing that \u003Cem\u003EAedes aegypti\u003C\/em\u003E mosquitoes target the upper body, while other mosquitoes might focus on other areas. Researchers linked the behavior to carbon dioxide released through breathing near the mouth and nose, paired with a strong visual target. Zuo emphasized that other mosquito species behave differently and that these findings should not be applied to all mosquitoes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMyth: Carbon dioxide alone explains why mosquitoes find people.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReality:\u003C\/strong\u003E Carbon dioxide and visual cues work together, and neither is enough on its own.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EZuo described experiments that isolated carbon dioxide using inanimate objects before introducing a human subject. Carbon dioxide alone helped mosquitoes locate the general area of a target but did not consistently keep them there. Visual cues alone helped mosquitoes recognize an object but did not hold their attention. When both signals were combined, mosquito behavior changed significantly. The research showed the response was nonlinear, meaning the combined effect was stronger than simply adding the two cues together.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMyth: Once mosquitoes find a target, they always stay nearby.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReality:\u003C\/strong\u003E Mosquitoes do not linger unless conditions align.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe data showed that mosquitoes often passed by targets unless both carbon dioxide and visual signals were present at the same time. Zuo observed that once those conditions aligned during the mesh suit experiments, mosquitoes stayed close and returned repeatedly to the same areas. Without the full set of cues, they were less likely to remain focused on a target.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMyth: All mosquitoes behave the same way.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReality:\u003C\/strong\u003E Mosquito behavior varies by species and environmental conditions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAedes aegypti\u003C\/em\u003E, Zuo described, are capable of feeding in well-lit conditions rather than relying solely on dusk. He contrasted this with \u003Cem\u003EAnopheles\u003C\/em\u003E (marsh) mosquitoes, which require darker conditions and are closely tied to light and dark cycles during experiments. Zuo emphasized that the findings reflect the behavior of a single species and that different mosquito species respond to different cues.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat the CDC Recommends During Mosquito Season\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the Georgia Tech research explains how mosquitoes locate people, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mosquitoes\/prevention\/index.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECenters for Disease Control and Prevention\u003C\/a\u003E (CDC) outlines steps people can take during mosquito season to reduce the risk of bites.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe CDC recommends using \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/insect-repellents\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEnvironmental Protection Agency-registered insect repellents\u003C\/a\u003E on exposed skin and wearing loose-fitting, long-sleeved shirts and long pants. 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Enabling those same systems to communicate at modern data rates is a much harder. That\u2019s the leap the team is now making. The same lens-based approach is being used to unlock high-speed communication once considered out of reach for ultra-low-power systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-026-70454-8\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 title=\u0022(opens in a new window)\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Estudy published in Nature Communications\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, researchers in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/emmanouil-m-tentzeris\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProfessor Manos (Emmanouil) Tentzeris\u2019\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/athena.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAgile Technologies for High-performance Electromagnetic Novel Applications\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (ATHENA) lab demonstrated a first-of-its-kind lens-enabled backscatter system capable of multi-gigabit data rates, reaching up to 4 gigabits per second (Gbps). 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The lens overcomes that constraint by enabling high gain and wide angular coverage simultaneously, without the need for active beam steering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThink of it like a camera lens for wireless signals,\u201d Tentzeris said, who is a Ed and Pat Joy Chair Professor in ECE. \u201cIt captures energy coming from many different directions and focuses it efficiently onto the device.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe result is a system that can communicate over a \u00b155-degree field of view, maintaining strong performance even when the device and the reader are not perfectly aligned.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFiber-Level Speeds, Nearly Zero Power\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn controlled experiments, the researchers achieved data rates of up to four Gbps, with sustained gigabit communication at distances of up to 20 meters, using high-order modulation schemes like those used in modern cellular networks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor a system that doesn\u2019t generate its own signal, those numbers are unexpectedly efficient. 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The technical training and real-world problem-solving skills developed through the program make the competition a valuable experience, said Mason Shackelford, subsystem design and integration lead. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA lot of what you do on the job, you have to learn on the job, and that\u2019s what makes EcoCAR such a great opportunity,\u201d Shackelford said. \u201cYou learn something new every day; there is always a new challenge and the thrill of finding unique ways to solve them. You get to meet a lot of people, work on a great team, and apply what you learn in class.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEric Gustafson, a graduate student in mechanical engineering, has worked on the project for five years, beginning as an undergraduate at Georgia Tech. 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