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May 6, 2026

New Graduate Builds Fintech Startup using Leadership Mindset

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Agam Shah returns to campus this week to officially graduate from Tech, giving us a chance to catch up about his grad school experience and life as an entrepreneur.

Photo portrait of Vijay Balasubramaniyan (PhD CS 2011), CEO and co-founder of Pindrop Security.

May 1, 2026

GT Computing's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Fuels Rise of Two Influential Software Leaders

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Two companies founded by Georgia Tech alumni are featured on TIME's 10 Most Influential Software Companies of 2026.

Patrick Danahy, Lesley Baradel, Eric Sembrat, Ying Zhang, Flavio Fenton, and Joy Arulraj

April 30, 2026

Advancing Teaching with AI: A Fellowship Opportunity

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The call for proposals for the 2026-27 cohort is open to Georgia Tech academic professionals, lecturers, professors of practice, and tenure-track faculty members.

April 30, 2026

Professor, Student to Design Collaborative AI Systems Through Microsoft Fellowships

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School of Interactive Computing faculty and students have recently received notable awards and honors, including Microsoft research fellowship awards.

Chris Rozell is giving the opening remarks at the ATL Neuro Networking and Symposium Night.

April 28, 2026

Student-Led Symposium Spotlights the Impact of Undergraduate Neuroscience Research

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Georgia Tech undergraduates organized and hosted a cross-campus symposium showcasing the impact and breadth of undergraduate neuroscience research.

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April 21, 2026

From Competition to Community: How Team Atlanta’s AI Cybersecurity Breakthrough Is Going Open Source

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Team Atlanta, winners of the DARPA AI Cyber Challenge, are turning their competition-winning AI cybersecurity system into a real-world tool for the open-source community.

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April 21, 2026

Georgia Is Building for an AI Future That May Not Happen

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The state is spending $16 billion to power data centers that could be obsolete in seven years. Two Georgia Tech researchers say residents will pay for that gamble either way.

April 20, 2026

The Hidden Language of Life’s Early Proteins

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Life’s first alphabet was likely small — but surprisingly powerful.

April 15, 2026

Vision AI Models Improve Decision Making in Manufacturing, Energy, and Finance

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Georgia Tech researchers have developed Diffusion-DFL, the first decision-focused learning model built on diffusion AI technology. It uses the same engineering behind image generators to help industries make more accurate, lower-cost planning decisions.

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April 13, 2026

Georgia Tech Welcomes a Neuroethics Pioneer

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As brain interfacing tools move out of the lab and into everyday life, Karen Rommelfanger is bringing her global neuroethics expertise to Georgia Tech to prepare the next generation of ethical innovators.

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April 13, 2026

Bad Vibes: AI-Generated Code is Vulnerable, Researchers Warn

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Researchers at the Georgia Tech School of Cybersecurity and Privacy are uncovering a growing risk in modern software development: vulnerabilities introduced by AI-generated code.

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April 2, 2026

Researchers Build AI Tutor Grounded in Course Materials

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TokenSmith is a citation-supported large language model (LLM) tutor that can be hosted locally on a user’s personal computer. The tutor only provides answers based on course materials, such as the textbook or lecture slides.

April 1, 2026

The Future of AI‑Powered Manufacturing

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ISyE is advancing the next generation of manufacturing through AI‑driven research that integrates data analytics, optimization, and human‑centered systems to create smarter, more resilient industrial ecosystems.

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March 31, 2026

New Study Shows Explainability is a Must for Older Adults to Trust AI

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A Georgia Tech study finds older adults are more likely to trust voice-activated AI systems when those systems clearly explain how and why they make decisions.

March 31, 2026

Transformer Explainer Shows How AI is More Math Than Human

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Georgia Tech researchers are making AI easier to understand through their work on Transformer Explainer. The free, online tool shows non-experts how ChatGPT, Claude, and other large language models (LLMs) process language, improving AI literacy.

Rampi Ramprasad and three members of his research team discuss their AI model for generative polymer design in his office.

March 24, 2026

Researchers Create First AI for Generative Polymer Design

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By training a model on the allowed “words” and “grammar” of chemistry, Georgia Tech materials scientists can design polymers based on the properties users need.

March 24, 2026

Atlanta Opera NOW Festival Returns June

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Tickets are now on sale for The Atlanta Opera’s NOW Festival, highlighting new works and emerging voices in opera.

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March 19, 2026

Smarter, Faster, and More Human: A Leap Toward General-Purpose Robots

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New AI system lets robots work faster than their human teachers without sacrificing accuracy.

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March 12, 2026

Georgia Tech Renews Memorandum of Understanding With Sandia

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The Sandia partnership will expand research impact, talent pipelines, and national security innovation.

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March 6, 2026

Georgia Tech Energy Day: Meeting AI’s Growing Energy Demands

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Join us on March 19 as we explore one of the most urgent questions facing the nation: How do we power an AI‑driven future?