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January 2021

ML@GT Buzz

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Our First Graduate

In December, Georgia Tech awarded its first doctorate in machine learning to Harsh Shrivastava. Congratulations, Harsh!

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De'Aira Bryant Discusses Her Experience Programming a Robot for the Movie Superintelligence

Superintelligence stars Melissa McCarthy navigating problems against an all-powerful AI agent. We're personally a fan of her co-star Cookie, a robot programmed by Ph.D. student De'Aira Bryant! Learn about Bryant's experience working with Hollywood.

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Meet ML@GT: Daniel Scarafoni Makes Industrial Tasks Safer

ML@GT Ph.D. Daniel Scarafoni is researching how to help robots understand and predict the actions of their human collaborators more effectively. Learn more about his research, hobbies, and more in this month's Meet ML@GT.

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Sehoon Ha Part of $500k Grant to Make Safer, More Deployable Robots

ML@GT's Sehoon Ha is a part of a half-million-dollar grant to make safer, more deployable robots

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Preparing for Emergency Response with Partial Network Information

ML@GT Associate Professor B. Aditya Prakash is leading a collaborative effort with researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Oklahoma, University of Iowa, and University of Virginia to determine the state of an infrastructure network during natural disasters. Prakash’s group has also been collaborating closely with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory on such problems in critical infrastructure networks.

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Beyah Named Dean of College of Engineering

Raheem Beyah has been named dean of Georgia Tech's College of Engineering. Congratulations, Raheem!

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New Chair Leads School of Computer Science into Collaborative Future

“Georgia Tech is a place where we can do big things at scale, make big bets, and be very supportive of our colleagues."

ML@GT's Vivek Sarkar was named chair of the School of Computer Science in Fall 2020. Get to know more about Vivek, his thoughts on leadership, and more in this fun profile.

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Assistant Professor Named to IEEE's AI's 10 to Watch List

ML@GT Assistant Professor Diyi Yang has been named to the IEEE's The Future of AI: AI's 10 to Watch 2020 list.

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Goel and Howard Named 2021 AAAI Fellows

Ashok Goel and Ayanna Howard have been named 2021 AAAI Fellows. The duo, along with their fellow recipients will be honored at the conference in February. Well done!

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This Robot Can Rap — Really

Gil Weinberg's deep-learning robot Shimon writes and raps in real-time. Mic drop.

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30 Years of the College of Computing

Did you know that the College of Computing was the first of its kind at a public university? In 2020, the college celebrated its 30th birthday. See how it has grown over the years.
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