{"676292":{"#nid":"676292","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTRI Developing AI-Powered Disaster Management Hub for Southwest Georgia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs artificial intelligence continues to transform countless areas of society, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTRI) is applying it to another critical area: disaster management.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTRI is leading the development of an integrated artificial intelligence response hub for Southwest Georgia to help communities streamline disaster management and logistics. The hub aims to enhance resilience and response efficiency of these communities, potentially saving lives and reducing economic losses. GTRI is collaborating in this effort with the Southwest Georgia Regional Commission (SWGRC), a regional planning agency that serves 14 counties and 44 cities in Southwest Georgia. The SWGRC focuses on ecosystem building in the areas of manufacturing in food production, manufacturing start-ups, supply chain logistics and workforce development.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis will be a centralized platform that key stakeholders in Southwest Georgia can use to manage various disruption scenarios,\u201d said GTRI Senior Research Engineer Francisco Valdes, who is leading this project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis project is one of several initiatives undertaken by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (Georgia AIM), a $65 million federal grant awarded to Georgia Tech and a coalition of partners across the state, including the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/gtri-developing-ai-powered-disaster-management-hub-southwest-georgia\u0022\u003ERead the full story on the GTRI website \u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn partnership with the Georgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing (AIM) \u2014 a project born out of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) and co-led by affiliated faculty Aaron Stebner \u2014 GTRI is leading the development of an integrated artificial intelligence response hub for Southwest Georgia to help communities streamline disaster management and logistics.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In partnership with the Georgia AIM project, GTRI is leading the development of an integrated artificial intelligence response hub for Southwest Georgia to help communities streamline disaster management and logistics."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2024-08-27 17:09:34","changed_gmt":"2024-08-27 17:13:34","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674737":{"id":"674737","type":"image","title":"lightning.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EGTRI is leading the development of an integrated artificial intelligence response hub for Southwest Georgia to help communities streamline disaster management and logistics.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1724778605","gmt_created":"2024-08-27 17:10:05","changed":"1724778605","gmt_changed":"2024-08-27 17:10:05","alt":"Lighting","file":{"fid":"258297","name":"lightning.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/27\/lightning.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/27\/lightning.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":358923,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/08\/27\/lightning.jpg?itok=SLbEIiMD"}}},"media_ids":["674737"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWriter: Anna Akins\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EPhotos: Sean McNeil\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EMedia Inquiries: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:michelle.gowdy@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emichelle.gowdy@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michelle.gowdy@gtri.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}