{"594954":{"#nid":"594954","#data":{"type":"news","title":"National Science Foundation awards TRIPODS Institute to Georgia Tech for the establishment of the Transdisciplinary Research Institute for Advancing Data Science","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology will direct a new cross-disciplinary institute established with a $1.5 million \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E award. The new Transdisciplinary Research Institute for Advancing Data Science (TRIAD) will bring together statistics, mathematics, and theoretical computer science to further develop the foundations of data science.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEfforts to launch the theory-focused institute were supported by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ideas.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstitute for Data Engineering and Science\u003C\/a\u003E (IDEaS) with faculty from the colleges of Computing, Engineering, and Sciences. \u003Cstrong\u003EXiaoming Huo\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE) and TRIAD principal investigator, will serve as the executive director of TRIAD.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The establishment of TRIAD is tremendously beneficial considering data science is a phenomenon that brings with it so many opportunities. There is a lot of research that needs to be conducted in this emerging field, and we will focus on building the theoretical foundations to establish the principles of data science,\u0026rdquo; said Huo.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;With the launch of TRIAD and the already well-established \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.southbdhub.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENSF South Big Data Innovation Hub\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech plays a key role nationally in data science from theory to applications to building community partnerships,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Cstrong\u003ESrinivas Aluru\u003C\/strong\u003E, co-executive director of IDEaS and a professor in the School of Computational Science and Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDana Randall\u003C\/strong\u003E, IDEaS co-executive director and professor in the School of Computer Science said, \u0026ldquo;Advances in data science foundations can lead to revolutionary new solutions for analyzing data. TRIAD will accelerate this research by bridging fields to expand our collective capabilities.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBoth Aluru and Randall serve as co-principal investigators of TRIAD, along with \u003Cstrong\u003EPrasad Tetali\u003C\/strong\u003E, a professor in the School of Mathematics and School of Computer Science, and \u003Cstrong\u003EJeff Wu\u003C\/strong\u003E, the Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics and a professor in ISyE.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The emphasis on theoretical foundations (of data science) offers a great opportunity for mathematicians to actively engage with other scientists and help make breakthroughs in this fast growing interdisciplinary field,\u0026quot; said Tetali.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe analysis of massive, dynamic, noisy, and complex data arising in virtually every sphere of human activity is a pressing problem. NSF is responding by dedicating $17.7 million in funding for 12 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=242888\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETransdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science\u003C\/a\u003E (TRIPODS) institutes, including TRIAD. Encompassing 14 institutions in 11 states, these projects will promote long-term research and training activities in data science that transcend disciplinary boundaries.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Data is accelerating the pace of scientific discovery and innovation,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Cstrong\u003EJim Kurose\u003C\/strong\u003E, NSF assistant director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering. \u0026ldquo;These new TRIPODS projects will help build the theoretical foundations of data science that will enable continued data-driven discovery and breakthroughs across all fields of science and engineering.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to NSF, the TRIPODS awards will enable data-driven discovery through major investments in state-of-the-art mathematical and statistical tools, better data mining and machine learning approaches, enhanced visualization capabilities and more. They also support innovative educational pathways to train the next generation of data scientists.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETRIAD will bring together senior, mid-career and junior faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students and data science practitioners at large using focused working groups, national and international workshops, and organized innovation labs. It will build an intellectual atmosphere to connect stakeholders from across the nation and the world on a regular basis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInitially, TRIAD will focus on four research topics: advanced mathematical modeling for contemporary data, new inferential strategies that can be both scalable and decentralized,\u0026nbsp;efficient optimization tools with theoretical guarantees, and applications in the context of large datasets from domains including biology, design, manufacturing, logistics, and sustainability.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETRIAD will launch with 39 committed faculty members from ISyE, the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, and the schools of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Biological Sciences, Computational Science and Engineering, and Computer Science.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech professors from three colleges establish a theory-focused transdisciplinary institute dedicated to developing principles of data science"}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2017-08-24 15:38:11","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-08-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-08-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"170447","name":"Institute for Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"92811","name":"data science"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJennifer Salazar - Director of Communications and Grant Writing, Institute for Data Engineering and Science\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jsalazar@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}