When Garrett Brown first enrolled at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), he knew he had a passion for cybersecurity, but was unsure where to gain additional hands-on experience in the field outside of class. Fast forwarding to spring 2021, Brown found the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program – an education program supported…
Meet Tequila A. L. Harris, Ph.D. - Interdisciplinary Researcher and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering What is your field of expertise and why did you choose it? My field of expertise is manufacturing. This area of specialization was a backup plan to my original choice of major. Because I majored in physics…
Most engineers and scientists agree that this an extremely exciting and busy time to be working in the space industry. Several new things are happening above the Earth’s atmosphere. Tourists can now pay private companies for a short trip to space, private industry is developing spacecraft for NASA missions, and a robotic helicopter is…
A new mobile application aims to improve HIV awareness and decrease transmission totals in one of the most highly-impacted demographics in the United States. With help from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIH), collaborators at Georgia Tech, the Emory School of Nursing, and the Morehouse School of Medicine will refine and test “in-the-…
A version of this media release was first published on the website of Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health. A recent nationwide cohort study published in Nature Communications has found that long-term exposure to air pollution may increase the risks for developing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The study was led by…
Whether they are fake accounts, sock puppet accounts, spammers, fake news spreaders, vandal editors, or fraudsters, malicious users pose serious challenges to the security of nearly every virtual platform. Now, research led by Georgia Tech has identified a new threat to deep learning models used to detect malicious users on Facebook and other…
Tests to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans have become more widely available as the Covid-19 pandemic approaches the end of its second year. But rapidly monitoring for and detecting infectious virus aerosols within indoor environments is currently not possible. As workers go back to the office and children return to school, knowing what’s in…
For over 30 years, Georgia Tech-Lorraine has led the European presence in Georgia Tech’s commitment to academics, research, and innovation. Now, the campus joins an extensive network of universities and industry partners throughout Europe with that same commitment. Georgia Tech-Lorraine, located in Metz, France, was recently officially announced…
Next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) models used in public health, IoT, and other critical applications will soon be able to make better decisions and more accurate predictions thanks to a bit of philosophical wisdom being instilled in them at Georgia Tech. School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) researchers are using a…
