{"595284":{"#nid":"595284","#data":{"type":"news","title":"School of Mathematics Will Crunch the Numbers for Advancing Data Science","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E is set to play an important role in the rapidly expanding field of data science, thanks to a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E initiative that will fund foundational research and educational training on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new institute, the Transdisciplinary Research Institute for Advancing Data Science (TRIAD), is one of 12 national data science projects to receive $17.7 million in NSF funds, the agency recently \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nsf.gov\/news\/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=242888\u0026amp;org=NSF\u0026amp;from=news\u0022\u003Eannounced\u003C\/a\u003E. The School of Mathematics is one of six Tech schools taking part in TRIAD, which will receive $1.5 million of the NSF funding.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The successful funding of the TRIAD partnership between the Colleges of Science, Computing, and Engineering recognizes Georgia Tech as a leader in the foundations of data science,\u0026rdquo; says School of Mathematics Professor and Chair \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/586736\u0022\u003ERachel Kuske\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;We welcome the opportunities and challenges that come with this recognition. TRIAD will be an important base as our leadership in the mathematical and quantitative sciences continues to expand, addressing both fundamental and applied questions.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOther schools participating in TRIAD are the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computational Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe rise of technology in everyday life has come with an increase in raw data generated by an ever-expanding number of connected devices. Media outlets are calling this information explosion \u0026ldquo;big data.\u0026rdquo; Companies, organizations, and governments are now on the hunt to find better ways of analyzing and modeling big data, with potential benefits for business, science, education, and law enforcement.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe NSF initiative \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/pubs\/2016\/nsf16615\/nsf16615.htm\u0022\u003ETransdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science\u003C\/a\u003E (TRIPODS) hopes to leverage academic expertise in mathematics, statistics, and theoretical computer science. In Phase I of TRIPODS, the NSF put out a call to support the development of small collaborative institutes. Georgia Tech responded with TRIAD, which will be operate\u0026nbsp;alongside the recently launched\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ideas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E Institute for Data Engineering and Science\u003C\/a\u003E (IDEaS).\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/xiaoming-huo\u0022\u003EXiaoming Huo\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering, will be TRIAD\u0026rsquo;S executive director; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~tetali\/\u0022\u003EPrasad Tetali\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Mathematics with a joint appointment in the School of Computer Science, will serve as co-principal investigator.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The emphasis on theoretical foundations of data science offers a great opportunity for mathematicians to actively engage with other scientists and help make breakthroughs in this fast-growing interdisciplinary field,\u0026rdquo; says Tetali. \u0026ldquo;Our team also recognizes the importance of being the only team, out of the dozen winners of Phase I, to have been selected from the Southeast,\u0026rdquo; he added.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFaculty from the College of Sciences with expertise in algebraic and convex geometry, applied dynamics, computational and numerical methods, discrete mathematics, quantitative and computational biology, high-dimensional probability, and statistical inference will provide research for TRIAD. Faculty members include School of Biological Sciences Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/joshua-weitz\u0022\u003EJoshua Weitz\u003C\/a\u003E and School of Mathematics professors \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\/people\/leonid-bunimovich\u0022\u003ELeonid Bunimovich\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~kang\/\u0022\u003ESung Ha Kang\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\/people\/vladimir-koltchinskii\u0022\u003EVladimir Koltchinskii\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/586736\u0022\u003ERachel Kuske\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~aleykin3\/\u0022\u003EAnton Leykin\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~glivshyts6\/\u0022\u003E, Galyna Livshyts\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~ipopescu\/Welcome.html\u0022\u003EIonel Popescu\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~mzhilova7\/\u0022\u003EMayya Zhilova\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Tech wins NSF funding for new interdisciplinary research institute that will tackle \u201cbig data\u201d "}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is getting $1.5 million in government funding to help take data science to the next level. 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