{"610326":{"#nid":"610326","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Machine Learning Ph.D. Student Wins Solutions Community Honor Scholarship\t","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJana Boerger,\u003C\/strong\u003E a second-year Machine Learning Ph.D. student, was recently named the 2018 recipient of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mhi.org\/media\/news\/26377\u0022\u003ESolutions Community Honor Scholarship\u003C\/a\u003E sponsored by MHI, the nation\u0026#39;s largest material handling, logistics, and supply chain association.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBoerger was selected for the award based on an application about her goals in machine learning and her current focus in the research space.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHer research involves the application of machine learning in supply chain management and logistics systems. She is currently working on applying reinforcement learning to inventory management and hopes to one day bridge the gap between industry and academia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This award means a lot to me because it is recognition that I\u0026rsquo;m on the right path. This motivates me even more to pursue the work that I am currently dedicating my time to,\u0026rdquo; said Boerger.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAssociate Director of ML@GT, and Boerger\u0026rsquo;s advisor, \u003Cstrong\u003ESebastian Pokutta\u003C\/strong\u003E added, \u0026ldquo;This scholarship is a great honor and will enable Jana to pursue innovative research at the intersection of supply chains and machine learning. We\u0026rsquo;re very proud of her and look forward to seeing what else she accomplishes throughout her education and her career.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe scholarship was awarded through MHI\u0026rsquo;s\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mhi.org\/mhefi\/scholarship\u0022\u003E Material Handling Education Foundation Inc.,\u003C\/a\u003E which promotes the study of logistics, supply chains, and material handling by exposing students and educators to the industry through financial support. The foundation has provided more than $2.5 million in scholarships and grants to students at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Second year machine learning Ph.D. student, Jana Boerger, wins supply chain management scholarship."}],"uid":"34773","created_gmt":"2018-08-24 15:15:38","changed_gmt":"2018-08-24 15:44:43","author":"ablinder6","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-08-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-08-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"610325":{"id":"610325","type":"image","title":"Jana Boerger","body":null,"created":"1535123547","gmt_created":"2018-08-24 15:12:27","changed":"1535123547","gmt_changed":"2018-08-24 15:12:27","alt":"","file":{"fid":"232408","name":"740xX_scale.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/740xX_scale_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/740xX_scale_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":59703,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/740xX_scale_0.jpg?itok=KvPBHu3k"}}},"media_ids":["610325"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"576481","name":"ML@GT"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAllie McFadden\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eallison.blinder@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}