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Saman Zonouz is a Georgia Tech associate professor and lead researcher for the DerGuard project.

August 6, 2026

As Water Systems Face Cyberattacks, Georgia Tech Research Points to Solutions

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Recent cyberattacks on municipal water systems across the United States have renewed concerns about the cybersecurity of the operational technology that supports critical infrastructure.

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.

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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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.

August 3, 2026

SRNL, Georgia Tech Announce Facundo M. Fernández's Joint Faculty Appointment

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Regents' Professor Facundo M. Fernández will collaborate on research in mass spectrometry, an analytical technique used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions for research.

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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.

An artist's concept showing a black hole. (Credit: NASA/JPL)

July 29, 2026

A New Era of Black Hole Detection

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From new calibration tools to a record-breaking catalog of detections, the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA (LVK) detector network is leading the way in gravitational wave science.

July 27, 2026

Yuanzhi Tang Named Fellow of the American Chemical Society

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Yuanzhi Tang, executive director of the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) and Georgia Power Professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, has been named an American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow.

Staghorn coral samples used in Lauren Speare's research.

July 27, 2026

Tiny Predatory Bacteria Help Protect Endangered Caribbean Corals

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Georgia Tech researchers found that predatory bacteria can halt the spread of a destructive coral disease by hunting and consuming pathogens responsible for the infection.

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.

Diagram illustrating a nanoscale 3D printing process using a femtosecond near-infrared laser, mirrors, lenses, and a digital micromirror device to project patterned light into a photoresist on a glass slide.

July 24, 2026

Researchers Advance Nanoscale 3D Printing With Faster, Higher Fidelity Method

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A Georgia Tech research team has developed a nanoscale 3D printing technique that overcomes the traditional tradeoff between speed and accuracy, enabling faster fabrication with higher fidelity.

man sitting at computer doing programming.

July 21, 2026

AI Is Rewriting Cybersecurity's Rules

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AI is giving cybercriminals new speed and scale, but researchers say the technology could also become one of cybersecurity’s strongest defenses.

July 21, 2026

Why Where the Money Comes From Matters

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Investors treat brokerage cash differently based on its source, leading them to take greater risks with “hot” money from prior trading, often with lower returns.

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.

Georgia Tech Cybersecurity and Privacy Professor Rich DeMillo

July 14, 2026

DeMillo Recognized for Lasting Contributions to Software Engineering

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Richard DeMillo has been named to the inaugural class of the ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Academy.

A hazy photo of an electronic board, possibly an internal image of a data center.

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.