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Photo of Ph.D. candidate Zishen Wan in the Georgia Tech Electrical and Computer Engineering

September 27, 2023

Wan Selected as Machine Learning and Systems Rising Star

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The inaugural award from MLCommons recognized Ph.D. candidate Zishen Wan as a “Rising Star” in machine learning research.

September 20, 2023

Daan Rutten, Finalist for Nicholson Student Paper Competition

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ISyE Student is one of six finalists.

September 18, 2023

Lieuwen to Give National Academy of Engineering Keynote on Net Zero Pathways

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The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) chose Adjunct Professor and alumnus Tim Lieuwen, M.S. ME 1997, Ph.D. ME 1999, to give a keynote address about net zero pathways in the U.S. energy system as part of the 2023 Global Grand Challenges Summit.

This image shows Sean Madhavaraman, one of the leaders at GaMEP examining work product at Silon in Peachtree City, Georgia.

September 6, 2023

Georgia Tech’s GaMEP is Driving Innovation Across Georgia

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Georgia Tech faculty members are working with manufacturers in Georgia to solve problems and introduce innovations that help ensure manufacturing stays strong and advances in the state.

Pan Li, assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

July 18, 2023

Li Earns NSF CAREER Award to Advance Machine Learning in Graph Data

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The project aims to develop theoretically principled and robust algorithms that can effectively learn from complex graph-structured data.

The sparkling shoreline along Deception Pass State Park in Oak Harbor, Washington

July 18, 2023

Turning the Tide on Climate Change

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Solar and wind power have been used as renewable energy for years, but what about waves, tides, and currents? Georgia Tech researchers are turning to our waterways to build a better planet.

Photo of Mahmudul Hasan (KU), Zachary Ellis (GT), and Tanvir Hossain (KU) holding their award for winning this year's Microelectronics Security Award (IP Security Track) at the IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST). Not pictured is team Georgia Tech team member Anupam Golder.

June 9, 2023

Georgia Tech and University of Kansas Student Team Wins IP Security Competition

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Collaborative Excellence: Meet the Team in the Winning Effort

Photo of Professor Faramarz Fekri, the John E. Pippin Chair in Wireless Communications

June 6, 2023

Fekri Appointed as John E. Pippin Chair in Wireless Communications

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ECE Professor Faramarz Fekri to take on prominent wireless-systems role as John E. Pippin Chair, bringing expertise in wireless communication and mentorship.

Peng and Yu in the research lab before the 2023 Spring Georgia Tech Commencement where Peng received her Ph.D. Peng is holding the EDAA’s Outstanding Dissertation Award for her NeuroSim series work.

May 23, 2023

NeuroSim Series Research Recognized with Prestigious Computer-Aided Design Award

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The flagship computer-aided design journal (IEEE TCAD) has honored a NeuroSim series developed by Xiaochen Peng and Shimeng Yu, continuing ECE research's winning streak.

Georgia Tech's Tech Tower with flowers blooming in the foreground

April 25, 2023

Micro-Grants Community-Based Research Teams Present their Work

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The 2022-23 Micro-Grants Community-Based Research awardees presented their findings at the second annual symposium, held on April 18, 2023, in the auditorium of the Kendeda Building.

Aerial view of Tybee Island marina in Chatham County, Georgia.

April 13, 2023

Tool Helps Coastal Areas Find Ideal Spots for Water Level Sensors

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Iris Tien’s method reduces the possible locations for sensors by nearly 99% and accounts for flood risk, population vulnerability, and more.

Professor Omer Inan is set to take the stage at the upcoming TEDxAtlanta 2023: We Rise event on May 19.

April 6, 2023

ECE Professor Omer Inan to be Featured Speaker at TEDxAtlanta 2023: WE RISE

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Inan will be discussing his groundbreaking research on wearable healthcare technologies.

Students in Thomasville, Ga. explain their invention to a competition judge as a part of Georgia Tech’s expanding K-12 InVenture Prize program.

April 5, 2023

Georgia Tech’s CEISMC at Center of $65 Million Federally Funded Statewide Initiative Combining AI and Manufacturing Innovations

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Georgia AIM will support a total of nine inter-related projects throughout the state and is designed to increase job and wage opportunities in distressed and rural communities and among historically underrepresented and underserved people.

March 30, 2023

CREATE-X Alumnus Co-founds Supercopy AI After Trial and Error

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After five attempts and a corporate career stint, Richard Lee finally founded his own startup, an AI writing tool for marketers called Supercopy.

March 30, 2023

Recent ECE Graduate, Peng, Recognized for Dissertation on Compute-in-Memory Evaluation

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The award-winning dissertation proposes an end-to-end benchmark framework to evaluate state-of-the-art compute-in-memory (CIM) accelerators.

L to R: Ángel Cabrera, Marilyn Brown, Tim Lieuwen, Andre Calmon & Brian Stone

March 29, 2023

Conversations With Cabrera: Climate Action

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President Cabrera led a panel of Georgia Tech faculty to discuss policies, technologies, and planning that can promote the best quality of life while also maintaining our global climate.

Driving Change: Georgia Tech experts are leading the way in EV innovation

March 21, 2023

Driving Change: Georgia Tech Experts Lead in Electrification of America’s Roads

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Electric vehicles are becoming increasingly popular, and with economic and environmental impacts colliding, Georgia Tech experts are leading the way in the development of next-generation solutions.

Past and present power grid experts. Top: Power systems experts from around the world gathering in St. Louis in 1904 to discuss anything and everything electrical, including the operation of the then new networks of synchronous generators. Bottom: The January 2023 meeting of the Universal Interoperability for Grid-forming Inverters (UNIFI) Consortium on Georgia Tech’s campus in Atlanta. UNIFI is a U. S. Department of Energy funded effort to advance grid-forming (GFM) inverter technology.

February 23, 2023

Looking Back to Prepare for the Future of the Power Grid

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A new study will examine the relatively invisible role of the algorithms 20th-century engineers developed to optimize the electric power grid.

February 6, 2023

Additive Manufacturing Creates New Options for High-Powered RF Waveguides

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Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are using additive manufacturing techniques to create unique waveguide structures that would be difficult or impossible to make using conventional fabrication processes.

January 26, 2023

Muthukumar Lands NSF Career Award for Foundational Machine Learning Research

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The award is the most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models.