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This month, the future of artificial intelligence (AI) was spotlighted as more than 120 academic and industry researchers participated in the Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing’s inaugural Summit on Responsible Computing, AI, and Society.With looming questions about AI's growing roles and consequences in nearly every facet of modern life…
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To better understand why some cancer patients struggle to fight off infections, Georgia Tech researchers have created tiny lab-grown models of human immune systems.These miniature models — known as human immune organoids — mimic the real-life environment where immune cells learn to recognize and attack harmful invaders…
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Oxygen is essential for living organisms, particularly multicellular life, to metabolize organic matter and energize all life activities. About half of the oxygen we breathe comes from terrestrial plant life, such as forests and grasslands, while the other half is produced through photosynthesis by marine algae in the ocean's surface waters.Oxygen…
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As greenhouse gases accumulate in the Earth’s atmosphere, scientists are developing technologies to pull billions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and inject it deep underground. The idea isn’t new. In the 1970s, Italian physicist Cesare Marchetti suggested that the carbon dioxide polluting the air and warming the planet…
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A first-of-its-kind algorithm developed at Georgia Tech is helping scientists study interactions between electrons. This innovation in modeling technology can lead to discoveries in physics, chemistry, materials science, and other fields.The new algorithm is faster than existing methods while remaining highly accurate. The solver surpasses the…
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Just as a chameleon changes colors to mask itself from predators, new AI-powered technology is protecting people’s photos from online privacy threats.The innovative model, developed at Georgia Tech, creates invisible digital masks for personal photos to thwart unwanted online facial recognition while preserving the image quality.Anyone who posts…
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Members of the recently victorious cybersecurity group known as Team Atlanta received recognition from one of the top technology companies in the world for their discovery of a zero-day vulnerability in the DARPA AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) earlier this year. On November 1, a team of Google’s security researchers from Project Zero announced…
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Network telescopes detect cybersecurity threats, measure internet traffic, and serve many research purposes. Despite these benefits, the use of this technology has declined in recent years.School of Computer Science Associate Professor Alberto Dainotti, however, is revolutionizing network telescopes through a $1.2 million grant from the National…
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Amid shifting geopolitics and changing national priorities, American higher-education institutions are putting a special emphasis on conducting research securely. To that end, more than 100 leaders in academia and the federal government from across the U.S. met recently to discuss how to accomplish this important task. The inaugural Research…
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a syndicate of eight Southeast universities — with Georgia Tech as the lead — a $15 million grant to support the development of a regional innovation ecosystem that addresses underrepresentation and increases entrepreneurship and technology-oriented workforce development. The NSF Innovation Corps…
