{"658562":{"#nid":"658562","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Faces of Research: Meet Diyi Yang","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/data\u0022\u003EInstitute for Data Engineering and Science\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, or IDEaS, is\u0026nbsp;one of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s 10 interdisciplinary research institutes.\u0026nbsp;IDEaS provides\u0026nbsp;the coordination and expertise necessary to link researchers across campus\u0026nbsp;by strengthening Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s position in big data.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis installment of the Faces of Research Q\u0026amp;A series is\u0026nbsp;with \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/faculty.cc.gatech.edu\/~dyang888\/\u0022\u003EDiyi Yang\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is your field of expertise and why did you choose it?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nI study natural language processing (NLP) and computational social science. My research goal is to make computers understand human language, use language like human beings, and facilitate human-human\/computer communication, by building socially aware intelligent systems.\u0026nbsp;I love this intersection between NLP and social sciences as it has the potential to impact so many aspects of our daily lives in good ways\u0026nbsp;\u0026mdash; Internet searches, conversational agents,\u0026nbsp;online media analyses, etc.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat makes GaTech research institutes unique in this direction?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech has a strong team of researchers working on machine learning (ML) and NLP, covering a wide variety of research areas such as robotics, autonomous vehicles, computer visions, bioinformatics, natural language processing, health informatics, ethics, and fairness, and more.\u0026nbsp; This interdisciplinary, collaborative,\u0026nbsp;and supportive environment makes it an ideal place for researchers and students to do cutting-edge work!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat impact is Georgia Tech research having on the world?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThere is no doubt that ML and NLP research at Georgia Tech has a huge impact on the world. Work by our faculty and students have been accepted at leading international conferences and journals, and our students have received prestigious fellowships and awards. Recently,\u0026nbsp;three NSF AI institutes established in 2021 are co-led by Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s work related to ML and NLP is changing the world by transforming almost every aspect of human life, such as health care, education, and transportation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat do you like to do in your spare time when you are not working on your research or teaching?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nI like traveling (before the pandemic), visiting national parks, playing golf, and cooking!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Assistant Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech, also affiliated with the Machine Learning Center (ML@GT), the Institute for Data Engineering and Science, and the Institute for People and Technology"}],"uid":"28137","created_gmt":"2022-05-27 13:44:00","changed_gmt":"2022-05-27 13:48:27","author":"P\u00e9ralte Paul","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-05-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-05-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"658563":{"id":"658563","type":"image","title":"FoR: Diyi Yang","body":null,"created":"1653659258","gmt_created":"2022-05-27 13:47:38","changed":"1653659258","gmt_changed":"2022-05-27 13:47:38","alt":"Diyi Yang headshot","file":{"fid":"249646","name":"Faces_of_Research_banner-Yang_01.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Faces_of_Research_banner-Yang_01.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Faces_of_Research_banner-Yang_01.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":453235,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Faces_of_Research_banner-Yang_01.jpg?itok=BsU7ABKY"}}},"media_ids":["658563"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["peralte.paul@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}