2 min read
In a significant step towards fostering international collaboration and advancing cutting-edge technologies in manufacturing, Georgia Tech recently signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) and the Korea Automotive Technology Institute (KATECH). Facilitated by the Georgia Tech…
4 min read
Amino acids are essential for nearly every process in the human body. Often referred to as ‘the building blocks of life,’ they are also critical for commercial use in products ranging from pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements, to cosmetics, animal feed, and industrial chemicals. And while our bodies naturally make amino acids,…
5 min read
A multi-institutional research initiative aims to address lymphoma survival disparities in African American and EBV-infected patients.A new interdisciplinary initiative with researchers at Georgia Tech, Emory University, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Weill Cornell Medical aims to address the knowledge gap in lymphomas — particularly diffuse large…
4 min read
A multi-institutional team of researchers, led by Georgia Tech’s Francesca Storici, has discovered a previously unknown role for RNA. Their insights could lead to improved treatments for diseases like cancer and neurodegenerative disorders while changing our understanding of genetic health and evolution.RNA molecules are best known as protein…
2 min read
Researchers are receiving more than $4 million from DARPA to develop a new framework to analyze and model sophisticated attacks on software.A common tactic cybercriminals use is an exploit chain, a series of interconnected steps or vulnerabilities that attackers exploit to breach software systems. Each step leverages the capability achieved in the…
3 min read
We’ve all heard that a single smartphone has more computing power than all the computers that NASA needed to land on the moon in 1969.Despite the exponential growth in computing power over the past half-century, many of today’s data challenges are too complex for a single computer to handle efficiently.Enter high-performance computing (HPC).HPC…
4 min read
The Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models that power voice assistants like Amazon Alexa may have difficulty transcribing English speakers with minority dialects.A study by Georgia Tech and Stanford researchers compared the transcribing performance of leading ASR models for people using Standard American English (SAE) and three minority…
1 min read
A leap forward in artificial intelligence control from Georgia Tech engineers could one day make robotic assistance for everyday activities as easy as putting on a pair of pants.Researchers have developed a task-agnostic controller for robotic exoskeletons that’s capable of assisting users with all kinds of leg movements, including ones the AI has…
4 min read
Raghavasimhan Sankaranarayanan has over 200 album and film soundtrack credits to his name, and he has performed in more than 2,000 concerts across the globe. He has composed music across many genres and received numerous awards for his technical artistry on the violin. He is also a student at Georgia Tech, finishing up his Ph.D. in machine…
7 min read
Jud Ready, associate director of External Engagement and principal research engineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute.Jud Ready always wanted to be an astronaut.“From first grade forward, that’s what I planned to do,” said Ready, principal research engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute and adjunct professor in the School of…
