{"620913":{"#nid":"620913","#data":{"type":"news","title":"South Big Data Hub Recognized for Expanding Georgia Tech Research Portfolio and Platform","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/staff-evpr\u0022\u003EOffice of the Executive Vice President for Research\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E(EVPR) awarded the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/southbigdatahub.org\/\u0022\u003ESouth Big Data Regional Innovation Hub\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(SBDH) the Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Award for 2019. The annual award is presented to a research team for efforts that create a new thought leadership platform that significantly expands Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s research portfolio.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We were proud to honor the leadership of the South Big Data Regional Hub this year,\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EChaouki T. Abdallah\u003C\/strong\u003E, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s executive vice president for Research. \u0026ldquo;The SBDH provides national visibility for Georgia Tech as a thought leader in big data and further positions the Institute as a regional center of excellence.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team members recognized for their leadership in this program include:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESrinivas Aluru,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eprofessor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computational Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(CSE) and co-executive director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ideas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Data Engineering and\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ideas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;Science\u003C\/a\u003E (IDEaS);\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERenata Rawlings-Goss,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eexecutive director of the South Big Data Hub;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAshok Goel,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eprofessor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/a\u003E;\u0026nbsp;and\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGari Clifford\u003C\/strong\u003E, adjunct professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWallace H.\u0026nbsp;Coulter Department of\u0026nbsp;Biomedical Engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;It is extremely gratifying to launch the South Big Data Hub and nurture it to grow into a national asset,\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp;Aluru,\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eprimary investigator of SBDH. \u0026ldquo;The Hub community is broad, undertaking regionally and nationally important challenges in diverse areas including health disparities, environmental sustainability, energy infrastructure, coastal hazard management, and data science education and workforce training.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe SBDH was launched in 2015 as part of the National Science Foundation\u0026rsquo;s Big Data Research and Development Initiative. The SBDH is jointly coordinated with the University of North Carolina and includes broad membership from academia, industry, government, and nonprofit organizations across 16 southern states and Washington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe award was presented to the SBDH leadership team at the Institute Faculty and Staff Honors Luncheon last week, shortly after the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ideas.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/620627\u0022\u003ESouth Big Data Regional Innovation Hub hosted the annual All-hands Meeting\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E[Related Links:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2019\/04\/24\/faculty-staff-honored-2019-luncheon?utm_campaign=daily-digest\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_source=dd-article:11082%7C2019-04-23%5D\u0022\u003EFaculty, Staff Honored at 2019 Luncheon\u003C\/a\u003E]\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s\u00a0Office of the Executive Vice President for Research\u00a0(EVPR) awarded the\u00a0South Big Data Regional Innovation Hub\u00a0(SBDH) the Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Award for 2019. 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