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Through the recently launched WatchtheVoteAtl.org, Georgia Tech and The BLK+Cross will track problematic online content and train students and the local community to rapidly identify and counter such content including misinformation.

October 21, 2024

Georgia Tech and The Blk+Cross Launch #WatchtheVoteATL to Fight Election Misinformation

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Through the recently launched WatchtheVoteAtl.org, Georgia Tech and The BLK+Cross will track problematic online content and train students and the local community to rapidly identify and counter such content including misinformation.

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

October 18, 2024

Georgia Tech Cybersecurity Goes Green with $4.6 Million DOE Grant

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Georgia Tech researchers received a $4.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to enhance cybersecurity for renewable energy technologies.

Michael Best, executive director of IPaT, presents Gillian Hayes with a gift bag before her IPaT distinguished alumnus talk on Oct. 17, 2024

October 18, 2024

Gillian Hayes Receives IPaT Distinguished Alumni Award

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Gillian Hayes, who received her doctorate in computer science from Georgia Tech in 2007, was honored with the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) Distinguished Alumni Award.

A rufous-tailed jacamar (Photo by Benjamin Freeman)

October 15, 2024

Research Takes Flight: Benjamin Freeman Named 2024 Packard Fellow

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The Fellowship will support the Freeman lab as it The Freeman lab investigates how mountain biodiversity persists in a warming world.

Muzna Raheel and Delaney Gomen pictured (left-to-right).

October 11, 2024

Georgia Tech and The Carter Center Award Joint Fellowships Leveraging Technologies to Support Sustainable Peace and Democratic Principles

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The Georgia Institute of Technology today announced the recipients of fellowships in which students will collaborate with The Carter Center during the fall 2024 academic semester.

October 9, 2024

2024 Sustainability Next Seed Grant Awards

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The seed grant program is administered by BBISS in collaboration with RBI, SEI, and IPaT.

Rising Georgia 7th-8th graders learn how coastal areas are changing due to sea level rise.

October 1, 2024

NASA Summer Camp Inspires Future Climate Leaders

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The CEAR Hub partnered with the University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant to host a week-long NASA Sea Level Changemakers Summer Camp

October 1, 2024

Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines Announces New Initiative Leads

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We hope that initiative leads will act as the “faculty face” of IRIM and communicate IRIM’s vision and activities to audiences both within and outside of Georgia Tech.

Team Sustain poses with their lock box for home cooked meals at the 2024 Spring Capstone Expo.

September 30, 2024

Team Sustain’s Capstone: Engineering Culinary Convenience

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Team Sustain, as a part of CREATE-X Capstone Design, developed a crowdsourced meal system to make home-cooked meals more convenient, showcasing their blend of technical and entrepreneurial skills.

The YARDs project team at Cape Flats YMCA in Cape Town, South Africa

September 27, 2024

Youth Advocacy for Resilience to Disasters: A Transformative Program in Cape Town, South Africa

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A team from Georgia Tech and the University of Minnesota conducted a youth disaster resilience program at the Cape Flats YMCA in Cape Town, South Africa.

Wearable Innovations for Health Equity Workshop. Pictured clockwise: W. Hong Yeo, director of the Wearable Intelligent Systems and Healthcare Center at Georgia Tech; Wei Gao, professor at CalTech; Michael Best, executive director of IPaT; Tabia Henry Akintobi, professor at the Morehouse School of Medicine; poster sessions; and lightning talks.

September 17, 2024

Wearables for Health Equity Workshop

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The inaugural Wearable Innovations for Health Equity Workshop held on September 10, 2024 at Georgia Tech delivered a variety of new knowledge, insight, and exceptional networking opportunities.

September 10, 2024

CREATE-X Demo Day Ends and New Decade of Startup Launch Begins

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CREATE-X hosted its 11th Demo Day at Georgia Tech on Aug. 29, showcasing 100 startups and kicking off its new application season, with the program having grown to over 32,000 participants and 560 startup teams launched, totaling a portfolio valuation exce

September 10, 2024

AI Researcher Named to Harvard's Berkman-Klein Center Fellowship Program

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A Georgia Tech researcher will continue to mitigate harmful post-deployment effects created by Artificial Intelligence (AI) as he joins the 2024-2025 cohort of fellows selected by the Berkman-Klein Center (BKC) for Internet and Society at Harvard Universi

Graphic of a circuit board with a set of interconnects leading to a cloud

August 30, 2024

Georgia Tech Cloud Hub Advances Generative AI Research with Microsoft Support

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This initiative, made possible by a generous gift funding from Microsoft, aims to push the boundaries of GenAI research by supporting projects that explore both foundational aspects and innovative applications of this cutting-edge technology.

W. Hong Yeo is leading a $3 million NSF research training program to develop a new generation of engineers focused on creating sustainable medical devices.

August 30, 2024

$3 Million NSF Grant Will Support Training in Sustainable Medical Devices

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Georgia Tech researcher W. Hong Yeo has received a $3 million NSF grant to lead a multidisciplinary team in training graduate students to develop sustainable, biocompatible medical devices that address environmental impacts, aiming to establish best pract

Faith Sumpter, program and operations manager for the Institute for People and Technology at Georgia Tech.

August 29, 2024

Staff Spotlight: Supporting Global University Connections

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Faith Sumpter, program and operations manager for the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) at Georgia Tech, is currently managing logistics for IPaT’s Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC) in Asia under the leadership of IPaT’s Executive Director

Rural high school computer science teachers meet on the Georgia Tech campus

August 28, 2024

Rural Georgia High Schools Computer Science Program Reaches New Heights

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The Georgia Tech-led Computer Science for Rural Georgia High Schools Program recently received additional financial support from the Georgia General Assembly for 2024-25.

Pictured clockwise: Yanni Loukissas, HyunJoo Oh, Richmond Wong, and Moeiini Reilly

August 27, 2024

IPaT Seed Funding Awarded to Four Projects

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The Institute for People and Technology at Georgia Tech (IPaT), the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), and Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems co-sponsored $54,000 in seed grant awards to four research projects.

CREATE-X Demo Day, Aug. 29, 5-7p.m., Exhibition Hall, 460 Fourth Street NW, Atlanta, GA

August 14, 2024

CREATE-X Celebrates 10-Year Milestone With 100 New Startups at Demo Day

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On Aug. 29, CREATE-X will celebrate its 10th anniversary at Demo Day, showcasing over 100 startups and more than 250 founders.

August 7, 2024

Study Highlights Challenges in Detecting Violent Speech Aimed at Asian Communities

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A study of language detection software found that algorithms struggle to differentiate anti-Asian violence-provoking speech from general hate speech. Left unchecked, threats of violence online can go unnoticed and turn into real-world attacks.