{"674474":{"#nid":"674474","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Pascal Van Hentenryck to Lead Georgia Tech\u2019s AI Hub ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ai.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAI Hub\u003C\/a\u003E will be directed by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/pascal-van-hentenryck\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPascal Van Hentenryck\u003C\/a\u003E, announced Chaouki Abdallah, executive vice president for Research. Van Hentenryck, A. Russell Chandler III Chair and professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, also directs the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ai4opt.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENSF Artificial Intelligence Institute for Advances in Optimization\u003C\/a\u003E (AI4OPT).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has been actively engaged in artificial intelligence (AI) research and education for decades. Formed in 2023, the AI Hub is a thriving network, bringing together over 1000 faculty and students who work on fundamental and applied AI-related research across the entire Institute.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPascal Van Hentenryck will drive innovation and excellence at the helm of Georgia Tech\u2019s AI Hub,\u201d said Abdallah. \u201cHis leadership of one of our three AI institutes has already shown his dedication to fostering impactful partnerships and cultivating a dynamic ecosystem for AI progress at Georgia Tech and beyond.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe AI Hub aims to advance AI through discovery, interdisciplinary research, responsible deployment, and education to build the next generation of the AI workforce, as well as a sustainable future. Thanks to Tech\u2019s applied, solutions-focused approach, the AI Hub is well-positioned to provide decision makers and stakeholders with access to world-class resources for commercializing and deploying AI.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA fundamental question people are asking about AI now is, \u2018Can we trust it?\u2019\u201d said Van Hentenryck. \u201cAs such, the AI Hub\u2019s focus will be on developing trustworthy AI for social impact \u2014 in science, engineering, and education.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Repor\u003C\/em\u003Et has ranked Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-graduate-schools\/top-science-schools\/artificial-intelligence-rankings\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eamong the five best universities with artificial intelligence programs\u003C\/a\u003E. Van Hentenryck intends for the AI Hub to leverage the Institute\u2019s strategic advantage in AI engineering to create powerful collaborations. These could include partnerships with the \u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E, for maximizing societal impact, and Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/interdisciplinary-research-institutes\u0022\u003E10 interdisciplinary research centers\u003C\/a\u003E as well as its three NSF-funded AI institutes, for augmenting academic and policy impact.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003E\u201cThe AI Hub will empower all AI-related activities, from foundational research to applied AI projects, joint AI labs, AI incubators, and AI workforce development; it will also help shape AI policies and improve understanding of the social implications of AI technologies,\u201d Van Hentenryck explained. \u201cA key aspect will be to scale many of AI4OPT\u2019s initiatives to Georgia Tech\u2019s AI ecosystem more generally \u2014 in particular, its industrial partner and workforce development programs, in order to magnify societal impact and democratize access to AI and the AI workforce.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVan Hentenryck is also thinking about AI\u2019s technological implications. \u201cAI is a unifying technology \u2014 it brings together computing, engineering, and the social sciences. Keeping humans at the center of AI applications and ensuring that AI systems are trustworthy and ethical by design is critical,\u201d he added.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EIn its first year, the AI Hub will focus on building an agile and nimble organization to accomplish the following goals:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003Efacilitate, promote, and nurture use-inspired research and innovative industrial partnerships; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003Etranslate AI research into impact through AI engineering and entrepreneurship programs; and\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003Edevelop sustainable AI workforce development programs. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EAdditionally, the AI Hub will support new events, including AI-Tech Fest, a fall kickoff for the center. This event will bring together Georgia Tech faculty, as well as external and potential partners,\u0026nbsp;to discuss recent AI developments and the opportunities and challenges this rapidly proliferating technology presents, and to build a nexus of collaboration and innovation. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Under Van Hentenryck, the AI Hub will focus on developing trustworthy AI for social impact in science, engineering, and education."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPascal Van Hentenryck has been appointed as the director of Georgia Tech\u2019s AI Hub, a network of over 1000 faculty and students working on AI research. The AI Hub aims to advance AI through research, responsible deployment, and education, with a focus on developing trustworthy AI for social impact.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Under Van Hentenryck, the AI Hub will focus on developing trustworthy AI for social impact in science, engineering, and education."}],"uid":"28766","created_gmt":"2024-05-01 15:36:05","changed_gmt":"2025-07-10 15:06:49","author":"Shelley Wunder-Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-05-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-05-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"627689":{"id":"627689","type":"image","title":"Pascal Van Hentenryck","body":null,"created":"1571256887","gmt_created":"2019-10-16 20:14:47","changed":"1571256887","gmt_changed":"2019-10-16 20:14:47","alt":"","file":{"fid":"239004","name":"pascal-marta-2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pascal-marta-2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pascal-marta-2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":65359,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pascal-marta-2.jpg?itok=NqvjvGUI"}}},"media_ids":["627689"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"192863","name":"go-ai"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EShelley Wunder-Smith\u003Cbr\u003EDirector of Research Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["shelley.wunder-smith@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}