{"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. His work connects workshop planning with research on AI-enabled grid protection and emerging vulnerabilities."}],"uid":"36253","created_gmt":"2026-09-25 13:50:08","changed_gmt":"2026-09-25 13:54:25","author":"John Popham","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673306":{"id":"673306","type":"image","title":"Saman Zonouz is a Georgia Tech associate professor and lead researcher for the DerGuard project. ","body":null,"created":"1709660104","gmt_created":"2024-03-05 17:35:04","changed":"1709660054","gmt_changed":"2024-03-05 17:34:14","alt":"Saman Zonouz is a Georgia Tech associate professor and lead researcher for the DerGuard project. 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Three task categories \u2014 spatial, temporal, and multi-goal \u2014 are highly difficult.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou can chat with a language model like ChatGPT, and it remembers all the text from your previous conversations with it because the text data is small in terms of storage,\u201d Kira said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEmbodied agents and robots observe a lot of videos, and those tend to be a lot harder to recall. If you ask it where your diary is, it must efficiently store images of your diary and where it is.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat\u2019s just a few frames out of a million that it recorded since yesterday, and it must know where that is relative to the spatial layout of the house.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKarmesh Yadav\u003C\/strong\u003E, a Ph.D. student in Kira\u2019s lab, said users don\u2019t want to repeat information about their preferences after deployment. They also expect the robot to maintain long-term memory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn reality, you would want it to have a memory of the entire time it has been in your house, whether that\u2019s days or years,\u201d Yadav said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team\u2019s benchmark evaluates memory performance over an average one-day period. It challenges the models with commands like \u201cnavigate to an object you did not interact with yesterday\u201d or \u201cnavigate to a room you did not visit yesterday.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe results show that current state-of-the-art models have a long way to go before they can be used in embodied agents. The best model achieved roughly a 50% success rate on high-level difficulty tasks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESurprisingly, this model wasn\u2019t Gemini or GPT VLMs. It was an open-source reasoning model from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/qwen.ai\/qwenchat\u0022\u003EQwen\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf you use an open-source reasoning model, even one that\u2019s small in size, it can match the performance of closed-source non-reasoning models,\u201d Yadav said. \u201cReasoning models can look at the video and translate it into text. It describes what\u2019s going on in the video in words and determines the right frame to choose in its final output.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKira said that converting images into descriptive text that language models easily understand could be one way to circumvent the memory storage dilemma. Another way could be to assign a hierarchy that teaches the model to identify irrelevant or redundant images and erase them from storage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhatever future progress researchers make in those areas, Kira and his students are confident that their benchmark will remain relevant.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis benchmark is scalable,\u201d said Ph.D. student \u003Cstrong\u003EYusuf Ali\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u201cIf two years from now, videos are easy for a model to understand and store, you can use the same infrastructure we propose and scale up the problem\u2019s difficulty.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYadav and Ali are co-first authors of a paper on the benchmark, presented in early September at the 2026 European Conference on Computer Vision in Sweden.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the project, click\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/findingdory-benchmark.github.io\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETo improve robot performance and advance memory capabilities needed for reliable home use, Georgia Tech researchers have developed a new benchmark to evaluate the memory capabilities of vision-language models (VLMs).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"To improve robot performance and advance memory capabilities needed for reliable home use, Georgia Tech researchers have developed a new benchmark to evaluate the memory capabilities of vision-language models (VLMs)."}],"uid":"36530","created_gmt":"2026-09-24 19:19:33","changed_gmt":"2026-09-24 19:21:36","author":"Nathan Deen","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":{"681247":{"id":"681247","type":"image","title":"2X6A9069.jpg","body":null,"created":"1790277587","gmt_created":"2026-09-24 19:19:47","changed":"1790277587","gmt_changed":"2026-09-24 19:19:47","alt":"Zsolt Kira sitting in office chair surrounded by old computers","file":{"fid":"265616","name":"2X6A9069.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/24\/2X6A9069.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/24\/2X6A9069.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":153574,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/09\/24\/2X6A9069.jpg?itok=OK71DyFs"}}},"media_ids":["681247"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193655","name":"Artificial Intelligence at Georgia Tech"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"692805":{"#nid":"692805","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Study Uncovers Security Weaknesses in Next-Generation Vehicle Technology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers have identified seven previously unknown security flaws in next-generation communication standards that connect in-vehicle computers. 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. 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This summer, Ph.D. student \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tage-burnett-537549221\/\u0022\u003ETage Burnett\u003C\/a\u003E contributed to that mission firsthand during an internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe internship provided Burnett with valuable insight into national laboratory research and reinforced skills he developed through his studies at Georgia Tech. When he returned to campus, we asked Burnett to share more about his internship and what he learned.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStudent:\u003C\/strong\u003E Tage Burnett\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch Interests:\u003C\/strong\u003E Fusion energy, computational plasma physics, high-performance computing, and structure-preserving machine learning\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDegree Program:\u003C\/strong\u003E Ph.D. in Computational Science and Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFaculty Advisor\u003C\/strong\u003E: School of CSE Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/tangqi.github.io\/\u0022\u003EQi Tang\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2026 Internship\u003C\/strong\u003E: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMany people are unfamiliar with national laboratories, like ORNL. Could you explain the purpose of these institutions and why they are important?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories are responsible for moving forward science and technology in the United States and solving high-consequence challenges in science, energy, and national security. They work on both applied and theoretical research with both short-term and long-term returns. ORNL has eight core research areas: biology and environment, energy science, fusion and fission, isotopes, physical sciences, national security, neutron science, and supercomputing. I was an intern in the supercomputing division.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow well did coursework and experience at Georgia Tech prepare you for your ORNL internship?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy coursework at Georgia Tech was vital in my preparation for this internship. I wrote highly parallel code where I leaned heavily on what I learned in \u003Cem\u003ECSE 6220: High-Performance Computing\u003C\/em\u003E. I also worked on numerical methods which required an understanding of partial differential equations and numerical linear algebra which I also learned at Georgia Tech from classes like \u003Cem\u003ECSE 6643: Numerical Linear Algebra\u003C\/em\u003E and a space plasma physics course.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat did you work on while interning at ORNL?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt ORNL, I was a developer on the Adaptive Sparse Grid Discretization (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/joss.theoj.org\/papers\/10.21105\/joss.06766\u0022\u003EASGarD\u003C\/a\u003E) codebase. The code uses adaptive sparse grids and the Discontinuous Galerkin method to beat the curse of dimensionality and solve high-dimensional partial differential equations (PDEs). \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/github.com\/openjournals\/joss-reviews\/issues\/6766\u0022\u003EThe code\u003C\/a\u003E is designed to simulate fully kinetic plasmas in up to 6-dimensional phase space. My project was to implement an iterative method to solve the efficiently solve the Poisson equation within the codebase. This project gave me hands on experience with linear algebra, numerical PDEs, parallel computing and software engineering which was invaluable to my development as a CSE researcher.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDo you have a favorite memory or remarkable achievement from your internship?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy favorite memory from my internship was spending time with the other ORNL interns outside of work. There was an amazing group of interns at ORNL, and it was great getting to know them. One particularly good memory was when we went out to a restaurant with live music and played laser tag during our last week of the internship to celebrate our time at ORNL. The achievement I am most proud of was getting a working, highly efficient version of the Poisson solver into ASGarD. The ASGarD codebase is open source, so I hope other plasma physics researchers will use the code and find it helpful for their research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhile interning, you were selected for a GEM Fellowship, which Georgia Tech and ORNL nominated you for. What does this fellowship mean to you and is there anything you would like to say to your supporters?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo me, receiving the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gemfellowship.org\/gem-fellowship-program\/#a\u0022\u003EGEM Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E indicates that other people recognize the hard work I am doing, and they believe in my ability to meaningfully contribute to the field. Having this support from GEM, ORNL, and Georgia Tech gives me greater confidence in myself and my potential and inspires me to put my all into my work. I would like all my supporters to know that I am so grateful for the opportunity you have given me to be a part of the excellent community of researchers within GEM, ORNL, and Georgia Tech. I will do my very best to make your support worthwhile!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOverall, how helpful was this internship toward your studies at Georgia Tech and career as an aspiring researcher?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe internship was extremely important to both my studies at Georgia Tech and my career as a researcher. The hands-on experience I gained is irreplaceable and it helped me to apply all the skills I have developed throughout my education. I am also optimistic that the internship will open doors for me when I am seeking a job post-graduation.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENational laboratories play a critical role in advancing science, developing energy technologies, and ensuring national security. 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He checked the list of classes offered by Georgia Tech\u2019s Campus Recreation. One stood out: Georgia Tech Taido.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETaido is a niche martial art that applies a modern, scientific approach to traditional Okinawan karate. There is only one school in the U.S. that teaches it \u2014 Taido Karate in Peachtree Corners, Ga., which is currently the world\u2019s largest taido school.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETaido means \u201cthe way of the body and the mind.\u201d It was invented in the 1960s by Seiken Shukumine.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of Shukumine\u2019s students, Mitsunobu Uchida, brought the new martial art to the U.S. when he immigrated in 1975. Uchida decided that Atlanta would be an ideal place to open a new school.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince then, generations of students have trained at Taido Karate, including Georgia Tech alumnus Bryan Sparks (EE 2000), and Andy Fossett, who started as a student at Tech in 1996 before transferring to Georgia State.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESparks and Fossett learned taido together as kids. Both became black belts before graduating high school.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShortly after becoming students at Tech, they started an official taido club on campus. They taught their first class in 1996, which only had one student. By the next semester, they had almost a dozen.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe class was held in an open area, and a lot of people would walk by and see us training,\u201d Sparks said. \u201cThat was the best advertisement we could ever have. We\u2019d invite them to work out, and it grew from there. We did some demonstrations around campus in the early days.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe taido club is still going strong and celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAgrawal discovered it in 2018 as a first-year Ph.D. student. He earned his doctorate in robotics from Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Interactive Computing in 2025.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile keeping his Ph.D. studies first, Agrawal trained for five years to earn a black belt. He said the process was the most physically and mentally challenging he\u2019s ever experienced.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe tenets of taido teach you how to compose yourself and how to have a good mindset, which becomes helpful in dealing with daily life stress,\u201d Agrawal said. \u201cIt helps you focus on what\u2019s important in the moment.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere were times when I felt like nothing was going right, and I kept asking \u2018What am I even doing?\u2019 But I knew if I could do some of the harder things in taido, there\u2019s no reason I couldn\u2019t do the same thing in my Ph.D.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAgrawal\u2019s commitment paid off in 2022 when he became one of five students from Tech Taido to pass the black belt test that year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe test is grueling,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s four hours long. It\u2019s the hardest thing I\u2019ve ever done physically, and I\u2019ve run several marathons. They test you on everything you\u2019ve learned from white belt level to brown belt level. I was training five days a week for five months.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt was one of the best days of my life. It felt like no matter what happened, I could move forward with my life and be proud of that accomplishment.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAgrawal landed a remote job with a robotics startup after graduating. His new position allowed him to stay in Atlanta and continue with Georgia Tech Taido as an instructor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe said the unique aspect of taido is its emphasis on community and culture, which can be attributed to Uchida\u2019s influence.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA lot of times, American senseis open dojos after learning martial arts overseas. They bring the techniques and the discipline over, but they don\u2019t bring the culture that comes with it. I love how taido is a part of our lives. It\u2019s not a separate workout; it\u2019s a communal thing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAgrawal teaches classes with Lacy Hardcastle, who took over as lead instructor when Sparks moved out of the area in 2019. Hardcastle took her first Taido class at Tech in 2007.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHardcastle said students trying taido for the first time will get a challenging workout.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI didn\u2019t know how weak my legs were until I took taido,\u201d she said. \u201cIt kicked my butt the first semester. We do whole body conditioning with lots of push-ups, lunges, squats and other exercises. It\u2019s a very athletic martial art and requires whole-body fitness and control.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHardcastle describes the environment as welcoming and supportive, with regular get-togethers outside of class and a biennial trip to Japan with the Taido Karate school.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have a great social community where we support each other,\u201d she said. \u201cWe occasionally go out to social events together. Sometimes we\u2019ll get together to watch MMA fights, things like that. But we also work out hard.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Taido classes are held every Monday and Wednesday from 8:30 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. in Studio A of the Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center. The registration cost for the fall semester is $75. 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As the sole academic program manager for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scp.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u003C\/a\u003E (SCP), she is the go-to person for 140 MS and PhD students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe beginning of the semester can be a bit crazy,\u201d said Baker. \u201cEvery inquiry about registration comes through me.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond registration and scheduling questions, Baker organizes orientation and welcome events each semester for new students. During those events, she connects students with valuable campus resources that can support them throughout their time at Georgia Tech, including mental health services, campus food bank \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/star.studentlife.gatech.edu\/klemis-kitchen\u0022\u003EKlemis Kitchen\u003C\/a\u003E, and other programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBaker joined SCP in February 2022 and is now in her fourth year with the school. When she arrived, SCP was still new and did not yet have someone dedicated to supporting students. For her first six months, she shared those responsibilities with a colleague from another school. By the summer, she had found her rhythm and was preparing for her first fall semester at SCP.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI could sense the urgency when I started to get in here and help the department in any way I could,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to know I was able to come in and help the department get to a better place.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHer first orientation was a success, but Baker says her connection with students has grown stronger over time. Today, she takes pride in being one of their first points of contact when they arrive at SCP.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Fall 2026 orientation, Baker personally greeted each new student and spoke about who she is, how she can help, and what students can expect from academic support during their time at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNancy Baker exemplifies the Georgia Tech value of \u2018students are our top priority,\u2019\u201d said School Administrative Officer \u003Cstrong\u003EJan Morian\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u201cShe listens to students, cares deeply about their well-being, and is a vital link to provide students with resources. She proactively invites campus resource leaders to meet with our students, which helps foster student belonging and academic success.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMorian said Baker\u0027s impact extends beyond her work with students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNancy is also an outstanding colleague and collaborator, not just within our department, but across the College of Computing and the greater Institute,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile supporting students is at the center of her work, Baker has also made professional development and community involvement a priority. She is a graduate of the Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/learn.hr.gatech.edu\/aspire\/\u0022\u003EASPIRE\u003C\/a\u003E leadership program and has participated in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/learn.hr.gatech.edu\/mentortech\/\u0022\u003EMentorTech\u003C\/a\u003E, experiences she says helped her become a stronger communicator.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe also serves as an elected member of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/staffcouncil.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Staff Council\u003C\/a\u003E. Now in her third year, Baker previously served as chair of the Employee Engagement Committee. One of her proudest accomplishments was helping the council serve third-shift employees for the first time in its history with a Staff Appreciation Day celebration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSCP has been super awesome about professional development and leadership opportunities,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStill, the most rewarding part of Baker\u0027s job is supporting students throughout their time at Georgia Tech. She gets to see the impact of her work firsthand, from helping students navigate their academic programs to hearing directly from them about the difference she has made.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPeople can say whatever they want about me,\u201d said Baker. \u201cBut hearing directly from the students on how much I helped them through their time here, is the greatest reward.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENancy Baker supports 140 MS and PhD students as the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u2019s sole academic program manager. Her work combines student guidance, campus connections, and professional leadership. \u2022 Baker manages registration and scheduling inquiries, organizes orientations, and connects students with resources including mental health services and Klemis Kitchen. \u2022 Since joining SCP in February 2022, she has strengthened student support while serving on Staff Council and advancing professional development initiatives.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nancy Baker supports 140 MS and PhD students as the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u2019s sole academic program manager. 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