{"683092":{"#nid":"683092","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Giga Talks Launches with Georgia Tech\u2019s Pascal Van Hentenryck on AI for Social Good","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGiga, a global initiative focused on expanding internet connectivity to schools, launched its new tech and innovation event series \u201cGiga Talks\u201d on June 19 with a keynote address from Pascal Van Hentenryck, a leading artificial intelligence expert from the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVan Hentenryck serves as the A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. He is also the director of Tech AI, Georgia Tech\u2019s new strategic hub for artificial intelligence, and the U.S. National Science Foundation AI Institute for Advances in Optimization (AI4OPT), which operates under Tech AI\u2019s umbrella.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn his talk, \u201cAI for Social Good,\u201d Van Hentenryck showcased how AI technologies can drive impact across key sectors\u2014including mobility, education, healthcare, disaster response, and e-commerce. Drawing from ongoing research and real-world deployments, he emphasized the critical role of human-centered design and interdisciplinary collaboration in developing AI that benefits society at large.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAI has tremendous potential to serve the public good when guided by ethics, equity, and purpose-driven innovation,\u201d said Van Hentenryck. \u201cAt Georgia Tech, our work aims to harness this potential to create meaningful change in people\u2019s lives.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event marked the debut of Giga Talks, a new speaker series designed to convene global thought leaders, engineers, and policymakers around timely issues in technology and innovation. The initiative supports Giga\u2019s broader mission to connect every school in the world to the internet and unlock digital opportunities for children everywhere.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA video recording of Van Hentenryck\u2019s talk is available on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eVJP6EjUhSQ\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Giga launches new tech and innovation event series with insights from a leading AI researcher at Georgia Tech"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGiga, a UNICEF-ITU initiative to connect every school to the internet, mapping access, creating financing models, and supporting governments, welcomed Georgia Tech\u2019s Pascal Van Hentenryck as the featured speaker for the first installment of its new event series, \u201cGiga Talks.\u201d Van Hentenryck, a globally recognized AI expert and the A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, spoke on the transformative power of artificial intelligence for social good. His talk highlighted AI\u2019s role in addressing real-world challenges across mobility, healthcare, education, and beyond. The new \u201cGiga Talks\u201d series is designed to convene innovators and thought leaders to discuss bold ideas shaping the future of technology.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Pascal Van Hentenryck opened Giga\u2019s inaugural \u201cGiga Talks\u201d by exploring how AI can improve lives across sectors like healthcare, mobility, and education."}],"uid":"36348","created_gmt":"2025-07-10 15:48:47","changed_gmt":"2025-07-10 17:53:15","author":"Breon Martin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Geneva, Switzerland","dateline":{"date":"2025-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677385":{"id":"677385","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Pascal Van Hentenryck Kicks Off Giga Talks Series with AI for Social Good Image","body":null,"created":"1752162586","gmt_created":"2025-07-10 15:49:46","changed":"1752162586","gmt_changed":"2025-07-10 15:49:46","alt":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Pascal Van Hentenryck Kicks Off Giga Talks Series with AI for Social Good Image Image","file":{"fid":"261280","name":"1750425547977.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/07\/10\/1750425547977.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/07\/10\/1750425547977.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":171008,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/07\/10\/1750425547977.jpg?itok=hliob_O5"}}},"media_ids":["677385"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eVJP6EjUhSQ","title":"YouTube"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"660368","name":"Tech AI (Artificial Intelligence)"}],"categories":[{"id":"194609","name":"Industry"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192863","name":"go-ai"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193655","name":"Artificial Intelligence at Georgia Tech"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBreon Martin\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAI Marketing Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["breon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}