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August 7, 2026

Georgia Tech Strengthens Atlanta's Innovation Ecosystem Through Tech Square Tech Hop and Avant South

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Tech Square Tech Hop and Avant South showcase Georgia Tech's leadership in strengthening Atlanta's growing innovation ecosystem.

August 5, 2026

ChatBot is Good News for People with Not-So-Green Thumbs

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A new multi-agent conversational system is helping people start and maintain gardens.

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August 4, 2026

Professor Earns NSF CAREER Award for Data Center Research

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School of Computer Science Assistant Professor Ahmed Saeed has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support his research on improving data center efficiency.

George Tower, ISyE's new home in Tech Square.

August 4, 2026

ISyE Plays Key Role in Nearly $20 Million NSF Award for AI-Driven Manufacturing

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The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Tech is helping lead a nearly $20 million NSF initiative that will use AI-enabled automated laboratories to accelerate scientific discovery.

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July 29, 2026

From Diagnosis to Wellness, AI's Healthcare Revolution

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As artificial intelligence becomes more integrated into healthcare, researchers are exploring its potential to support clinical decision-making, improve mental health interventions, expand access to care, and accelerate medical innovation.

A graphic for Vernoica Rivera, CRA Trusterworthy AI Research Fellowship

July 27, 2026

Incoming SCP Faculty Member Selected for CRA Trustworthy AI Research Fellowship

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Veronica Rivera, an incoming assistant professor in Georgia Tech's School of Cybersecurity and Privacy (SCP) has been selected for the second cohort of the Computing Research Association (CRA) Trustworthy AI Research Fellowship for Early Career Scholars.

$Side-by-side scientific visualization comparing in-situ photoelasticity and modeled stress field evolution during fracture testing of a transparent material. The left panel shows a rectangular specimen with rainbow-colored stress patterns radiating from a crack tip near the center-right edge, while the right panel shows a corresponding color-coded stress map with blue, green, yellow, and red regions indicating increasing stress concentration around the crack tip. Labels at the top identify the two methods.$

July 24, 2026

Rapid Testing Offers Path to More Sustainable Material Choices

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At Georgia Tech’s Daedalus Lab, Christos Athanasiou and postdoctoral researcher Danqi Sun are working to provide greater certainty to designers and engineers by rethinking how materials are tested for their fracture characteristics.

SCI faculty member Pedro Guillermo Feijóo-García

July 24, 2026

SCI Faculty Brings Human-Centered AI Expertise to International Fulbright Summit

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A School of Computing Instruction (SCI) faculty member recently shared his expertise in computing education with a distinguished to an international audience.

July 20, 2026

Alumna Ann Dunkin to Chair Inaugural Emerging Technologies Virtual Forum

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ISyE alumna Ann Dunkin, P.E. (BSIE 1986, MSIE 1988), will lead discussions on emerging technologies as chair of IISE's inaugural forum.

July 16, 2026

New Leadership Appointments at the Institute for Data Engineering and Science to Focus on Building Connections and AI Skills

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The Institute for Data Engineering and Science (IDEaS) has selected faculty to serve in two associate director roles.

July 16, 2026

Georgia Tech Receives Commitment to Launch New AI-Driven Health Innovation Center

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Parker H. Petit’s commitment will launch a research hub focused on using artificial intelligence to model diseases, identify treatment paths, and move discoveries closer to patient care.

July 13, 2026

Researchers Hone AI Method to Track “Smart” Vapes with Digital Screens

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A new study shows how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to automatically detect and classify new e-cigarette devices.

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July 9, 2026

Data Centers Are Booming. Who Benefits?

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Data centers continue to expand across the U.S. Do the communities nearby really benefit?

July 7, 2026

Zhu Receives NSF CAREER Award

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Mathematics Assistant Professor Wei Zhu has been awarded a five-year, $500,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.

July 6, 2026

Researchers Use GeoGuessr Champion to Test Geolocation Accuracy in VLMs

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Researchers have developed what they believe is the strongest benchmark dataset on measuring the geolocation accuracy of LLMs.

Pictured Left to Right: George Lan, Ashwin Pananjady, Yao Xie, Katya Scheinberg, Johannes Milz, Joel Sokol, and Juba Ziani

July 2, 2026

ISyE launches new undergraduate concentration in Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research in Decision-Making

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Georgia Tech's H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) is launching a new undergraduate concentration in Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research (AI/OR) in Decision-Making this fall, formalizing a comprehensive AI and

July 1, 2026

Atlanta Tech Community Invited to Help Shape the Future of AI at Upcoming Summit

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The College of Computing is playing a key organizational role in the upcoming inaugural ACM AI Leadership Summit

Portrait of an individual standing on a paved campus walkway, wearing a light-colored button-down shirt. Trees, landscaped green spaces, and campus buildings appear in the softly blurred background, with daylight illuminating the outdoor scene. The image is framed from the waist up, with the individual centered in the foreground.

June 30, 2026

How AI-Powered Flood Forecasts Could Transform Hurricane Resilience

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Assistant Professor Ali Sarhadi is using AI and digital twins to predict how and where major storms will cause the most damage.

Digital illustration of a brain surrounded by two distinct visual patterns. One side is composed of structured blue connections resembling an organized network map, while the other features colorful, dispersed light patterns, representing distributed neural activity. The image symbolizes competing brain architectures explored in the study.

June 29, 2026

The Myth of the ‘Lizard Brain’ and the Real Trade-Off Inside Your Mind

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A new study from Georgia Tech examines how different brain systems scale together across species, offering a new perspective on brain organization — and its potential applications in artificial intelligence.

June 24, 2026

Bruce Weinelt Joins BBISS as Managing Director

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Bruce will develop and lead BBISS’s external partnership and fundraising strategy, grounded in the Institute's academic research priorities.