{"610498":{"#nid":"610498","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Collaboration with Microbiologist Yields Results on Slowing Microbial Resistance to Antibiotics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs microorganisms evolve to resist antibiotics, the world risks running out of drugs to treat bacterial infections. One way to slow this trend is to find new modes of using existing drugs, even those now ineffective because of microbial resistance.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne strategy is based on the phenomenon of collateral sensitivity: When some microbes develop resistance to one antibiotic, they become hypersensitive to another. For example, when an \u003Cem\u003EEscherichia coli\u003C\/em\u003E strain became indifferent to chloramphenicol, it also became highly vulnerable to polymyxin B. For this strain, chloramphenicol and polymyxin B form a collaterally sensitive pair.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESometimes the drug pair exhibits mutual collateral sensitivity (MCS) for a pathogen: The pathogen\u0026rsquo;s evolution of resistance to drug A increases its sensitivity to drug B and vice versa.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers have identified several MCS pairs for pathogens like \u003Cem\u003EE. coli\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003EPseudomonas aeruginosa\u003C\/em\u003E. Some have proposed exploiting the phenomenon to treat infections by cycling through the drugs, A-B-A-B.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This sounds very clever,\u0026rdquo; says Georgia Tech biomathematician \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/people\/howie-weiss\u0022\u003EHoward \u0026ldquo;Howie\u0026rdquo; Weiss\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;Bbut what could prevent this scheme from working is the rapid emergence and ascent of a population of cells that are resistant to both antibiotics.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe prospect is exciting, but no experiments have yet been performed to test efficacy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;This was a real team effort between a microbiologist and a biomathematician.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith Stockholm University microbiologist \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.su.se\/mbw\/research\/research-groups\/infection-and-immunobiology\/group-udekwu\u0022\u003EKlas Udekwu\u003C\/a\u003E, Weiss has tested the plausibility of such schemes, using a mathematical model that considers factors affecting efficacy. Applying treatment protocols consisting of pairs MCS antibiotics, they examined how fast multiply-resistant mutants would emerge. They reported results in \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.dovepress.com\/pharmacodynamic-considerations-of-collateral-sensitivity-in-design-of--peer-reviewed-article-DDDT\u0022\u003EDrug Design, Development and Therapy\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThey found some treatments that did not produce multiply-resistant mutants for several weeks, for several months, and even indefinitely. That means some combinations of an MCS pair prevented further development of the bacteria\u0026rsquo;s resistance to either drug.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;This was a real team effort between a microbiologist and a biomathematician,\u0026rdquo; Weiss says. \u0026ldquo;My job was to construct the model using a system of differential equations and very carefully simulate their solution using a computer.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe first experiment used low\u0026nbsp;to\u0026nbsp;moderate concentrations of antibiotics and daily cycling: drug A on day 1, drug B on day 2, drug A on day 3. At these drug levels, treatment failed. Resistant mutants rapidly developed and dominated.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESimulation results improved with higher drug concentrations. \u0026ldquo;We found that one-day cycling of certain antibiotics kept the double-resistant mutants in check for over two weeks, which would be sufficient to cure many infections,\u0026rdquo; Weiss says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe simulations also showed that three-day cycling of antibiotics that only inhibit bacterial growth \u0026ndash; not kill \u0026ndash; would never result in double-resistant mutants.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;This was striking,\u0026rdquo; Udekwu says, \u0026ldquo;but in line with ecological theory.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUdekwu is now conducting in-vitro cycling experiments. The next step would likely be experiments in mice. \u0026ldquo;It is far too early for clinicians to think about this strategy,\u0026rdquo; he says, \u0026ldquo;other than to keep an ear out for it,\u0026nbsp;perhaps in a \u003Ca href=\u0022#_Hlk521687459\u0022\u003ECochrane\u003C\/a\u003E report someday.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Simulations suggest a way to avoid microbial resistance"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing a mathematical model, Georgia Tech biomathematician Howard \u0026ldquo;Howie\u0026rdquo; Weiss and Stockholm University microbiologist Klas Udekwu open a potential path to slowing microbial resistance to current antibiotics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing a mathematical model, Georgia Tech biomathematician Howard \u0026ldquo;Howie\u0026rdquo; Weiss and Stockholm University microbiologist Klas Udekwu open a potential path to slowing microbial resistance to current antibiotics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Simulations suggest a way to avoid microbial resistance."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2018-08-28 18:02:26","changed_gmt":"2018-08-28 18:05:52","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-08-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-08-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"610415":{"id":"610415","type":"image","title":"Howie Weiss","body":null,"created":"1535396633","gmt_created":"2018-08-27 19:03:53","changed":"1535396633","gmt_changed":"2018-08-27 19:03:53","alt":"","file":{"fid":"232441","name":"Howie Weiss.math_.400xX_scale.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Howie%20Weiss.math_.400xX_scale.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Howie%20Weiss.math_.400xX_scale.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":23860,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Howie%20Weiss.math_.400xX_scale.jpg?itok=Q32h3FqL"}},"610416":{"id":"610416","type":"image","title":"Klas Udekwu","body":null,"created":"1535396671","gmt_created":"2018-08-27 19:04:31","changed":"1535396671","gmt_changed":"2018-08-27 19:04:31","alt":"","file":{"fid":"232442","name":"2018 Klas Udekwu.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2018%20Klas%20Udekwu.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2018%20Klas%20Udekwu.png","mime":"image\/png","size":142332,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2018%20Klas%20Udekwu.png?itok=EddGCdHk"}}},"media_ids":["610415","610416"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/researchers-determine-routes-respiratory-infectious-disease-transmission-aircraft","title":"Researchers Determine Routes of Respiratory Infectious Disease Transmission on Aircraft"}],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"178865","name":"drug resistance"},{"id":"11571","name":"Antibiotics"},{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA. Maureen Rouhi, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"608066":{"#nid":"608066","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Hom, Ito, and Moffat are 2018 Cullen-Peck Fellows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Sciences has named Jennifer Hom, Takamitsu Ito, and Scott Moffat as the 2018 recipients of the Cullen-Peck Faculty Fellowship Awards in the College of Sciences. The awards recognize innovative research by faculty at the associate professor or advanced assistant professor level. The goal is to help recipients take their research programs in new directions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe fellowships are made possible by a generous gift to the College of Sciences from alumni Frank H. Cullen (B.S. in Mathematics with Honors 1973, M.S. in Operations Research 1975, Ph.D. Engineering 1984) and Libby Peck (B.S. in Applied Mathematics 1975, M.S. in Industrial Engineering 1976).\u0026nbsp;The alumni couple wish to recognize and support faculty development in the College of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We continue to be grateful for the generosity of alumni who encourage our faculty to take intellectual risks in their research,\u0026rdquo; says College of Sciences Dean and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sutherlandchair.cos.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESutherland Chair\u003C\/a\u003E Paul M. Goldbart. \u0026ldquo;The Cullen-Peck fellowships help ensure that our research is pushing the frontiers of knowledge. Congratulations to the latest Cullen-Peck fellows.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKnot Theory\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~jhom6\/\u0022\u003EJennifer C. Hom\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E is an associate professor in the School of Mathematics. The award recognizes her outstanding research in knot theory, which has led to fundamental contributions to the study of knots and development of powerful tools in topology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKnots can be conceived as loops of strings with ends glued together. Their study is a beautiful subject, central to understanding low-dimensional space, as well as some modern trends in physics.\u0026nbsp; Hom\u0026rsquo;s work centers on knots in three-dimensional space. She has enriched the field by introducing deep new ideas.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nA much-studied question asks whether a knot can bound a disk in four-dimensional space in certain nice ways. Such knots were previously known. But Hom was able to find a huge new family of such knots, inspiring a flurry of activity in the use of Heegaard-Floer theory to study such objects.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe Heegard-Floer theory\u0026nbsp;is a much-studied technique that revolutionized low-dimensional topology. Yet, Hom found new subtle features, which she formalized as the epsilon invariant. The epsilon invariant is a number associated to each knot. By using the properties of these numbers, Hom proved that an infinite number of knots could bound certain disks in four-dimensional space and not others.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u200bHer work inspired leaders in the field, including the developers of Heegaard-Floer theory themselves, to pursue \u200bnew avenues of research\u200b. Among other things, this work gives a new proof that in a sense there is more than one way to do calculus in four dimensions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe epsilon invariant is now part of the Heegard-Floer theory; it is taught in graduate courses around the world; it is considered one of the top five spectacular advances in the past decade. A mark of top-notch mathematics is that it inspires other people and takes a life of its own. Hom\u0026rsquo;s epsilon invariant belongs to this category.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026#39;s a great honor to receive this award,\u0026rdquo; Hom says. \u0026ldquo;I look forward to using this fellowship to help develop new techniques for studying knots and low-dimensional spaces.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiogeochemical Cycling and Ocean Deoxygenation\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/ito-dr-taka\u0022\u003ETakamitsu \u0026ldquo;Taka\u0026rdquo; Ito\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E is an associate professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. The Cullen-Peck award recognizes his outstanding research in biogeochemical cycling and ocean deoxygenation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIto uses models to better understand the interactions of physical, chemical, and biological processes that regulate the cycling of chemical elements in the ocean. He develops theories of the partitioning of dissolved gases between the ocean and the atmosphere. He is renowned for recent work on the distribution of dissolved oxygen in the subsurface ocean.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the 2017 paper \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/2017GL073613\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;The Upper Ocean Oxygen Trend: 1958-2015,\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E Ito analyzed historical, global datasets of dissolved oxygen. He found that the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water \u0026ndash; an important measure of ocean health \u0026ndash; has been declining for more than 20 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis paper garnered media attention for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/591290\u0022\u003Ethe implications of declining oxygen in the ocean\u003C\/a\u003E: It could affect the habitat of marine organisms worldwide. It could lead to more frequent \u0026ldquo;hypoxic events,\u0026rdquo; which kill or displace populations of fish, crabs, and other organisms.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFurthermore, the analysis showed that ocean oxygen is falling more rapidly than anticipated from the rise in water temperature due to climate change.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIto has also been exploring the previously under-appreciated role of polluted aerosols in altering ocean biogeochemistry. In a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/ngeo2717\u0022\u003E2016 paper in \u003Cem\u003ENature Geoscience\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, he and his collaborators showed that air pollution can deliver additional iron and reactive nitrogen to the ocean and affect oxygen levels.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe transport of highly insoluble iron to the ocean and its availability for biological productivity are not well understood. Ito\u0026rsquo;s modelling approach will help translate into new insights the oceanic iron data from the large observational program \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.geotraces.org\/\u0022\u003EGEOTRACES\u003C\/a\u003E. His research could reveal how iron cycling affects ocean productivity, carbon uptake, and oxygen concentrations over various time scales.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECognitive Neuroscience of Aging\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.moffatlab.gatech.edu\/lab-members\/scott-moffat\/\u0022\u003EScott Moffat\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E is an associate professor in the School of Psychology. His selection as Cullen-Peck fellow is based on his outstanding research in the cognitive neuroscience of aging.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith aging comes cognitive decline, which affect mental faculties including memory and the ability to navigate. Moffat has embarked on research addressing metabolism and aging. In particular, he studies the role of diabetes in cognitive aging.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPeripheral insulin crosses the blood\u0026ndash;brain barrier to modulate memory processes. Insulin resistance in the periphery goes with insulin resistance in the brain and memory impairment. The hope is to associate variations in peripheral insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity to cognitive and neural endpoints.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMeanwhile, type 2 diabetes is a public health crisis in the U.S. and many developed countries. The disease is a risk factor for other serious health conditions, such as brain and cognitive dysfunction, as well as Alzheimer\u0026rsquo;s disease. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, Moffat is examining the association of glucose and insulin metabolism with cognitive and brain function.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research is still in its early days, but already Moffat and his colleagues are realizing remarkable results. 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But we, as mentors, can airlift them to the front lines\u0026nbsp;of the problem.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EUndergraduates \u0026quot;are fearless and creative, trying approaches that I might not think of. They might not understand every bit of background that goes into a problem.\u0026nbsp;But we, as mentors, can airlift them to the front lines of the problem.\u0026quot; \u003C\/em\u003EDan Margalit\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECutting-Edge Research\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough Margalit\u0026rsquo;s program \u0026ndash; on mapping class groups \u0026ndash; has six students, other REUs have only one or two students. Three began as early as May 21; one will last until Aug. 10. In sessions lasting from five to seven weeks, the mathematicians will tackle problems in various cutting-edge areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing are two examples of problems Georgia Tech undergrads\u0026nbsp;will be confronting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShadow Problem\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~ghomi\u0022\u003EMohammad Ghomi\u003C\/a\u003E has been working with Georgia Tech undergraduate \u003Cstrong\u003EAlexander Avery\u003C\/strong\u003E since May 21. From Ghomi\u0026rsquo;s list of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~ghomi\/Papers\/op.pdf\u0022\u003Eopen problems in geometry of curves and surfaces\u003C\/a\u003E, Avery chose the \u0026ldquo;shadow problem\u0026rdquo; for surfaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGhomi explains the problem thus: Consider a convex object, such as a ball or an egg. When such object is illuminated from any direction, the dark region of the surface, called the shadow, forms a connected set. In other words, the shadow is one piece.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat about the converse? Suppose the shape of a surface is unknown. And suppose the shadow is one piece when illuminated from any direction. Does it follow that the surface is convex?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGhomi published a solution in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/annals.math.princeton.edu\/articles\/6069\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAnnals of Mathematics\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E in 2002. The answer is yes for surfaces similar to balls and eggs. But not for other shapes, such as donuts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Alex is working on the discrete version of this problem,\u0026rdquo; Ghomi says. Avery is looking at surfaces that are not smooth \u0026ndash; like balls and eggs \u0026ndash; but instead are composed of polygons glued along their edges. \u0026ldquo;Alex has been making good progress. It looks like the polyhedral case will be similar to the smooth case.\u0026rdquo; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELegendrian Knots\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In mathematics, knots can be thought of as pieces of string which are tied up and then have the ends glued together,\u0026rdquo; says Caitlin Leverson, one of the postdoctoral mentors. \u0026ldquo;An interesting problem is to decide whether two knots are the same or different.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELegendrian knots satisfy additional conditions. Two Legendrian knots may look very different, but be the same. Invariants are methods of assigning values to knots so that two knots are assigned the same value if they are the same.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom May 29 to Aug. 10, Leverson will be working with two Georgia Tech fourth-year mathematics majors: \u003Cstrong\u003EDeVon Ingram\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EHunter Vallejos\u003C\/strong\u003E. Their goal is to find Legendrian knots that are different yet are assigned the same value by the invariant.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Since his second year as a mathematics major, Ingram has done research with different professors, including outside the School of Mathematics. For example, he worked on computational complexity theory with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/lance-fortnow\u0022\u003ELance Fortnow\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and chair, School of Computer Science.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIngram appreciates the beauty of differential geometry and its relation to physics. He sees correspondence between knot invariants and topological quantum field theories. Because of these interests, \u0026ldquo;I am naturally drawn to a knot theory problem,\u0026rdquo; he says.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVallejos has been doing research since he was in Oak Ridge High School, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, just 10 miles from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). One outcome of his stints at ORNL is a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/link.springer.com\/epdf\/10.1007\/s11403-017-0200-9?author_access_token=qFJoW3r9MyaQ7N36b7f6Fve4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY5jaP7cxnQ5X4zpKF3-OF7mFJ9CMXdgDL5lGFey5VwMT9jLQV4Lm7Wk-cgUpsuKn8ftD3PzoGMQ8bxpHdD1Wdx-QNiYJaAYMEfA2tTEi9XrNQ%3D%3D\u0022\u003E2017 paper in the Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination\u003C\/a\u003E, of which Vallejos was first author.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I love when algebra, geometry, and topology intersect,\u0026rdquo; Vallejos says. \u0026ldquo;Legendrian knot theory blends these three distinct fields, which makes it a rich subject to study.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVisiting Students\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESeveral of the undergraduate researchers this summer come from outside Georgia Tech. Among them are Johannes Hosle and Andrew Sack.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohannes Hosle\u003C\/strong\u003E hails from South Bend, Indiana. He is a third-year math major in the University of California, Los Angeles. His major interests are analysis and number theory. Starting on June 18, he will work with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~glivshyts6\/\u0022\u003EGalyna Livshyts\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~lacey\/\u0022\u003EMichael Lacey\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The general area of my problem will be in harmonic analysis in convex geometry,\u0026rdquo; Hosle says. \u0026ldquo;My interest stems from a general interest in analysis. The types of problems in this branch of mathematics seem to resonate most with me.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAndrew Sack\u003C\/strong\u003E hails from Gainesville, Florida. He is a fourth-year mathematics major from the University of Florida. A published author in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ijmcs.future-in-tech.net\/12.2\/R-HellerSack.pdf\u0022\u003EInternational Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E, he is one of two students who have been working with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~etnyre\/\u0022\u003EJohn Etnyre\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~skolay3\/\u0022\u003ESudipta Kolay\u003C\/a\u003E since May 30. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEtnyre also studies how to tell knots apart. In his approach, a knot is represented by a diagram of a loop on a paper. 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Believed to be the first to comprehensively assess the microbiome of aircraft, the study found that the bacterial communities accompanying airline passengers at 30,000 feet have much in common with the bacterial communities surrounding people in their homes and offices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing advanced sequencing technology, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University studied the bacteria found on three components of an airliner cabin that are commonly touched by passengers: tray tables, seat belt buckles and the handles of lavatory doors. They swabbed those items before and after ten transcontinental flights and also sampled air in the rear of the cabin during flight.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat they found was surprisingly unexciting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Airline passengers should not be frightened by sensational stories about germs on a plane,\u0026rdquo; said Vicki Stover Hertzberg, a professor in Emory University\u0026rsquo;s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and a co-author of the study. \u0026ldquo;They should recognize that microbes are everywhere and that an airplane is no better and no worse than an office building, a subway car, home or a classroom. These environments all have microbiomes that look like places occupied by people.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe results of the FlyHealthy\u0026trade; study were reported June 6, 2018, in the journal \u003Cem\u003EMicrobial Ecology\u003C\/em\u003E. 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On transcontinental flights, passengers spend four or five hours in close proximity breathing a very dry mix of outdoor air and recycled cabin air that has been passed through special filters, similar to those found in operating rooms.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There were reasons to believe that the communities of bacteria in an aircraft cabin might be different from those in other parts of the built environment, so it surprised me that what we found was very similar to what other researchers have found in homes and offices,\u0026rdquo; said Howard Weiss, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E and the study\u0026rsquo;s corresponding author. \u0026ldquo;What we found was bacterial communities that were mostly derived from human skin, the human mouth \u0026ndash; and some environmental bacteria.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe sampling found significant variations from flight to flight, which is consistent with the differences other researchers have found among the cars of passenger trains, Weiss noted. Each aircraft seemed to have its own microbiome, but the researchers did not detect statistically significant differences between preflight and post-flight conditions on the flights studied.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We identified a core airplane microbiome \u0026ndash; the genera that were present in every sample we studied,\u0026rdquo; Weiss added. The core microbiome included genera \u003Cem\u003EPropionibacterium, Burkholderia, Staphylococcus, and Strepococcus (oralis)\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThough the study revealed bacteria common to other parts of the built environment, Weiss still suggests travelers exercise reasonable caution. \u0026ldquo;I carry a bottle of hand sanitizer in my computer bag whenever I travel,\u0026rdquo; said Weiss. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s a good practice to wash or sanitize your hands, avoid touching your face, and get a flu shot ever year.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis new information on the aircraft microbiome provides a baseline for further study, and could lead to improved techniques for maintaining healthy aircraft.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The finding that airplanes have their own unique microbiome should not be totally surprising since we have been exploring the unique microbiome of everything from humans to spacecraft to salt ponds in Australia. 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Craig Venter Institute in La Jolla, Calif.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the March 19 issue of the journal \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E, the researchers reported on the results of another component of the FlyHealthy\u0026trade; study that looked at potential transmission of respiratory viruses on aircraft. They found that an infectious passenger with influenza or other droplet-transmitted respiratory infection will most likely not transmit infection to passengers seated farther away than two seats laterally and one row in front or back on an aircraft.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat portion of the study was designed to assess rates and routes of possible infectious disease transmission during flights, using a model that combines estimated infectivity and patterns of contact among aircraft passengers and crew members to determine likelihood of infection. FlyHealthy\u0026trade; team members were assigned to monitor specific areas of the passenger cabin, developing information about contacts between passengers as they moved around.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong next steps, the researchers would like to study the microbiome of airport areas, especially the departure lounges where passengers congregate before boarding. They would also like to study long-haul international flights in which passengers spend more time together \u0026ndash; and are more likely to move about the cabin.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to those already mentioned, the paper\u0026rsquo;s authors include Josh L. Espinoza and Karen Nelson of the J. Craig Venter Institute, Shawn Levy of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, and Sharon Norris of The Boeing Company.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis work was supported by contract 2001-041-1 between the Georgia Institute of Technology and The Boeing Company.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Howard Weiss, et al., \u0026ldquo;The Airplane Cabin Microbiome,\u0026rdquo; (Microbial Ecology, 2018).\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00248-018-1191-3\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00248-018-1191-3\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhat does flying in a commercial airliner have in common with working at the office or relaxing at home? 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They want to know why things are the way they are. They want to solve problems, to explain the mysteries of the universe, and to use science and technology to better people\u0026rsquo;s lives.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the end of the Spring 2018 semester, 11 of those students received awards for outstanding achievements.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We take great pleasure in recognizing and nurturing the outstanding, well-rounded students in our care,\u0026rdquo; says College of Sciences Dean and Sutherland Chair Paul M. Goldbart. \u0026ldquo;They are the reason we are constantly striving to strengthen and diversify the educational experiences and research opportunities that we offer.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I cannot say a more heartfelt thank you to the benefactors of these awards and scholarships,\u0026rdquo; Goldbart says. \u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Their generosity marvelously expands our ability to support deserving students and retain them in the College.\u0026rdquo; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu\/oura\u0022\u003EOutstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis award recognizes undergraduates who are committed to research. \u003Cstrong\u003EAnn Johnson\u003C\/strong\u003E, a biology major, and \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/605451\u0022\u003ECalvin Runnels\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, a biochemistry major, are the 2018 recipients in the College of Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJohnson is passionate about changing global health and interested in engineering for the developing world. She has conducted research with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/people\/Faculty\/6288\/overview\u0022\u003EJoe Brown, \u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/omer-t-inan\u0022\u003EOmer Inan\u003C\/a\u003E, in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jhu.edu\/\u0022\u003EJohns Hopkins University\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s so important to intersect an understanding of humanities and science in order to look at culture and how it impacts people,\u0026rdquo; Johnson says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe intersection of science and people also fascinates Runnels. He conceived and implemented the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.urop.gatech.edu\/undergraduate-research-fair-spring-2018\u0022\u003EUndergraduate Research Fair\u003C\/a\u003E to connect labs with students. He tirelessly advocated for marginalized and LGBTQ students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERunnels conducted research on the origins of protein folding in the lab of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/williams\/\u0022\u003ELoren Williams\u003C\/a\u003E, in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. His work yielded a yet-unpublished manuscript about the nature of biopolymers of which he is the first author\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERunnels graduated in May 2018 and is \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/599017\u0022\u003Eheaded to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar\u003C\/a\u003E. According to one professor, Runnels is \u0026ldquo;a once-in-a-decade student\u0026rdquo; who displays empathy as well as a command of science.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGretzinger Undergraduate Research Initiation Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe award focuses on students just getting started in research. The award seeks to early involvement and broaden the recipient\u0026rsquo;s participation in research. \u003Cstrong\u003EKeith Creech\u003C\/strong\u003E, a biochemistry major, is the 2018 recipient. He will begin research with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/dickson\u0022\u003ERobert Dickson\u003C\/a\u003E, in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, in summer 2019.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/osfa.gatech.edu\/metha-phingbodhipakkiya-memorial-scholarship\u0022\u003EMehta Phingbodhipakkiya Memorial Scholarship\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe scholarship honors the top junior in the College of Sciences. \u003Cstrong\u003ESara Brockmeier\u003C\/strong\u003E is the 2018 recipient. 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She helped pilot a study of test-retest reliability aptitude tests used by the U.S. Navy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBrockmeier hopes to apply her research to a career in industrial and organizational psychology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELarry O\u0026rsquo;Hara Graduate Scholarship\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe award recognizes outstanding graduate students. The 2018 recipients are Joel Mumma and Jennifer Pentz.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoel Mumma\u003C\/strong\u003E, a psychology Ph.D. student, also hopes to use psychology to improve people\u0026rsquo;s lives. Winning this award, he\u0026rsquo;s doing a bit more than hoping. Mumma has written \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/604959\u0022\u003Ea paper that will save lives\u003C\/a\u003E, according to his advisor, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/337\u0022\u003EFrank Durso\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMumma led the risk analyses of protocols that health care providers follow to protect themselves from dangerous pathogens, such as Ebola. The paper, in \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/cid\/article\/66\/6\/950\/4869969?guestAccessKey=08df4d88-0021-4eb7-9910-d492ee382dc9\u0022\u003EClinical Infectious Diseases\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, is filled with \u0026ldquo;a number of nuanced and surprising findings that tell us a little more about the psychology of human error,\u0026rdquo; Durso says. Hospitals are already putting to the results to practice. This paper, Durso adds, is just the beginning for this \u0026ldquo;rising star.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJennifer Pentz\u003C\/strong\u003E is a biology Ph.D. student. Using yeast cells, she studies the origins of multicellularity with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/will-ratcliff\u0022\u003EWilliam Ratcliff\u003C\/a\u003E, in the School of Biological Sciences. It was during her undergraduate research at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twin-cities.umn.edu\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of Minnesota\u003C\/a\u003E that Pentz discovered an interest in ecological and evolutionary questions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt Tech, Pentz \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/599147\u0022\u003Eco-authored a study\u003C\/a\u003E finding that physical stress may have been critical in the rise of multicellular organisms from single cells. Her work with yeast brought her to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlantasciencefestival.org\/\u0022\u003EAtlanta Science Festival\u003C\/a\u003E, where she demonstrated the \u0026ldquo;Science of Beer\u0026rdquo;.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA. Joyce Nickelson and John C. Sutherland Undergraduate Research Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDaniel Gurevich\u003C\/strong\u003E is the 2018 winner. The award recognizes excellence at the interface of mathematics and physics. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENo stranger to solving real-world problems, Gurevich is interested in data analysis. An algorithm he developed has helped discover new mechanisms for ventricular fibrillation. 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This award recognizes students studying at the interface of physics or mathematics with biology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHarsh V. Patel\u003C\/strong\u003E, a biology major and computer science minor, is the 2018 recipient of the award. A School of Biological Sciences student ambassador with a keen analytical mind, Patel conducted research with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/patrick-mcgrath\u0022\u003EPatrick McGrath\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/gregory-gibson\u0022\u003EGreg Gibson\u003C\/a\u003E, in the School of Biological Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen he first started research, Patel hoped to revolutionize genotype-phenotype mapping using machine learning. His computer science background allowed him to apply machine learning and probabilistic models to biology studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVirginia C. and Herschel V. 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Wei has had an integral role in advancing the understanding the genetic mechanisms of sex determination, a mentor says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to another mentor, Wei \u0026ldquo;only seems to express excitement as she dives into- and solves- new challenges and always has a positive impact on her projects and those around her.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWei serves as vice president of membership of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GaTechPDS\/\u0022\u003EPre-Dental Society\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/health.gatech.edu\/stamps-health-services-ambassadors\u0022\u003EStamps Health Services ambassador\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/osfa.gatech.edu\/robert-pierotti-memorial-scholarship\u0022\u003ERobert A. 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Randall\u003C\/a\u003E were Co-PI\u0026#39;s of a successful grant to organize an \u0026quot;Transdisciplinary Research Institute for Advancing Data Science\u0026quot; for the NSF. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=1740776\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=1740776\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Fall \u0026#39;18, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\/people\/albert-fathi\u0022\u003EProf. A. Fathi\u003C\/a\u003E will be the lead organizer and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~rll6\/\u0022\u003EProf. R. de la Llave\u003C\/a\u003E will be an organizer of a \u0026quot;jumbo\u0026quot; program on \u0026quot;Hamiltonian systems, from topology to applications through analysis\u0026quot; at MSRI. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.msri.org\/programs\/305\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.msri.org\/programs\/305\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Fall \u0026#39;18,\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~aleykin3\/\u0022\u003EProf. A. Leykin\u003C\/a\u003E will be the organizer of a program in \u0026quot;Nonlinear Algebra\u0026quot; for ICERM.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/https:\/\/icerm.brown.edu\/programs\/sp-f18\/\u0022\u003E https:\/\/icerm.brown.edu\/programs\/sp-f18\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Spring \u0026#39;17,\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~lacey\/\u0022\u003EProf. M. Lacey\u003C\/a\u003E was one of the lead organizers of a program in \u0026quot;Harmonic Analysis\u0026quot; at MSRI.\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.msri.org\/programs\/300\u0022\u003E https:\/\/www.msri.org\/programs\/300\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Fall \u0026#39;14, and again in Spring \u0026#39;15, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~tetali\/\u0022\u003EProf. P. 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