{"627914":{"#nid":"627914","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Krishna Tapped as Deputy Director for $5.5 Million Department of Energy Artificial Intelligence Initiative","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/\u0022\u003EUnited States Department of Energy (DOE)\u003C\/a\u003E has given three institutions a $5.5 million grant to collectively find solutions to some of the most challenging problems in artificial intelligence (AI) today. Scientists from Georgia Tech, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratory will collaborate to develop technologies that are core to the DOE\u0026rsquo;s priorities including cybersecurity, graph analytics, and electric grid resilience.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETushar Krishna\u003C\/strong\u003E, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ml.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMachine Learning Center (ML@GT)\u003C\/a\u003E, will serve as a deputy director of the newly established Center for Artificial Intelligence-focused Architectures and Algorithms (ARIAA).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is contributing expertise in modeling and developing custom accelerators for machine learning and sparse linear algebra. The institute will also provide access to its advanced computing resources.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech provides a great environment to carry out this research, because of vibrant research centers such as ML@GT and CRNCH that bring together researchers from algorithms, compilers, architecture, circuits, and novel devices fostering collaboration and innovation,\u0026rdquo; says Krishna.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECentered around \u0026ldquo;co-design\u0026rdquo;, ARIAA is designed to help researchers strike the right balance between the capabilities of hardware and software. Finding the perfect balance allows researchers to corral the vastly different algorithms and architectures available that could best solve a given problem. While co-design is not new, the increasing popularity of AI has drawn it back into focus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother difficult challenge that continues to face researchers is how to best design supercomputers to that they are beneficial to the DOE in solving the nation\u0026rsquo;s most difficult problems in engineering, health, energy, and science. The project will aim to develop algorithms and architectures that can be applied to current and future systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe grant announcement reinforces the DOE\u0026rsquo;s commitment to accelerating the development, delivery, research, and adoption of AI, and supports President Trump\u0026rsquo;s plans for a national strategy to design AI technologies that are developed to positively impact American lives.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech engineering faculty member tapped to help lead $5.5 million DoE AI effort."}],"uid":"34773","created_gmt":"2019-10-22 19:01:55","changed_gmt":"2019-10-22 19:01:55","author":"ablinder6","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"490461":{"id":"490461","type":"image","title":"Tushar Krishna","body":null,"created":"1453827600","gmt_created":"2016-01-26 17:00:00","changed":"1475895245","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:05","alt":"Tushar Krishna","file":{"fid":"204433","name":"tushar_krishna.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tushar_krishna_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tushar_krishna_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":30703,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tushar_krishna_0.jpg?itok=qdXz5K4E"}}},"media_ids":["490461"],"groups":[{"id":"576481","name":"ML@GT"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAllie McFadden\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eallie.mcfadden@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["allie.mcfadden@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}