{"601212":{"#nid":"601212","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ML@GT Receives $500,000 Gift From Facebook","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFacebook has provided a gift of $500,000 to the newly-formed \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ml.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMachine Learning Center at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E (ML@GT), which will be split evenly over two years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThese funds will support research efforts in artificial intelligence and a variety of ML@GT\u0026rsquo;s activities. Facilitated by School of Interactive Computing Assistant Professors \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~parikh\/\u0022\u003EDevi Parikh\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~dbatra\/\u0022\u003EDhruv Batra\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, and Professor \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/irfan-essa\u0022\u003EIrfan Essa\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, this two-year gift is a step toward Facebook\u0026rsquo;s longer-term commitment to strengthening relationships and collaborations with Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBoth Batra and Parikh are research scientists at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.fb.com\/category\/facebook-ai-research-fair\/\u0022\u003EFacebook Artificial Intelligence Research\u003C\/a\u003E (FAIR).\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Besides activities at the center, some of the funds will go to support Devi Parikh and Dhruv Batra\u0026rsquo;s research and to provide fellowships for our machine learning Ph.D. students,\u0026rdquo; Essa said. \u0026ldquo;We appreciate the efforts of Devi and Dhruv in helping to bring Facebook in to support our center.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEssa added that speakers from Facebook have already come to Georgia Tech to give talks in the past, and, thanks to the increased connection between the two units, he hopes to increase such interactions moving forward.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.covnews.com\/news\/county\/report-facebook-may-be-coming-county\/\u0022\u003EFacebook is expected to increase its presence in Georgia\u003C\/a\u003E in the near future, according to a report in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Tuesday. The report noted that Facebook would build a 400-acre data center at a business park near Social Circle, Ga. The expectation is that Facebook will make a $20 billion investment over several years, and the project could create about 250 jobs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of Interactive Computing faculty Dhruv Batra, Devi Parikh, and Irfan Essa helped to secure a $500,000 gift from Facebook to the Machine Learning Center at Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"33939","created_gmt":"2018-01-23 17:51:43","changed_gmt":"2018-01-23 17:51:43","author":"David Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"601211":{"id":"601211","type":"image","title":"Facebook logo","body":null,"created":"1516729827","gmt_created":"2018-01-23 17:50:27","changed":"1516729827","gmt_changed":"2018-01-23 17:50:27","alt":"Facebook logo","file":{"fid":"229128","name":"facebook-2815970_1280.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/facebook-2815970_1280.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/facebook-2815970_1280.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":44711,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/facebook-2815970_1280.jpg?itok=hGR3qJer"}}},"media_ids":["601211"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ml.gatech.edu\/","title":"Machine Learning Center at Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"576481","name":"ML@GT"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"10835","name":"Facebook"},{"id":"174748","name":"facebook artificial intelligence research lab"},{"id":"4758","name":"Fair"},{"id":"173615","name":"dhruv batra"},{"id":"173616","name":"devi parikh"},{"id":"15155","name":"Irfan Essa"},{"id":"166848","name":"School of Interactive Computing"},{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"9167","name":"machine learning"},{"id":"176858","name":"machine learning center"},{"id":"173894","name":"ML@GT"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid Mitchell\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:david.mitchell@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edavid.mitchell@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}