{"621431":{"#nid":"621431","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Xu Chu Named Inaugural JP Morgan AI Research Award Recipient","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJ.P. Morgan has recently begun investing heavily in artificial intelligence research, and Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E Assistant Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EXu Chu\u003C\/strong\u003E is one of the first to receive support from the financial firm.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs one of 47 recipients of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jpmorgan.com\/global\/technology\/ai\/awards\u0022\u003EJ.P. Morgan AI Research Faculty Awards\u003C\/a\u003E, Chu plans to further explore his research in machine learning and data management. His work will optimize machine learning algorithms to produce better results by cleaning up \u0026ldquo;messy\u0026rdquo; datasets so that data scientists can glean better insights and build better data models.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe $150,000 grant will also help data scientists better predict how data provides more insight into different sectors, like how location might affect the price of a house or credit score might determine whether or not someone is awarded a loan. \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is my first industry award, and I am very excited about how it will help my research group continue to grow and explore ways to better interpret data. The project that this award funds is foundational to all of my other projects, and this award gives me the resources to be able to pursue it,\u0026rdquo; said Chu, an affiliate faculty member of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ml.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMachine Learning Center at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe awards were created as a part of the bank\u0026rsquo;s commitment to \u0026ldquo;give people an almost unparalleled freedom in shaping their own future \u0026ndash; to tackle the challenges that matter to them, and solve the problems which\u0026nbsp;affect us all.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Xu Chu is one of the first people to receive a JP Morgan AI Faculty Research Award. He will use the funds to further explore his research in machine learning and data management."}],"uid":"34773","created_gmt":"2019-05-07 14:22:15","changed_gmt":"2019-05-07 14:22:15","author":"ablinder6","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-05-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-05-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"621429":{"id":"621429","type":"image","title":"Xu Chu is one of the first recipients of the J.P. Morgan AI Research Faculty Awards.","body":null,"created":"1557238747","gmt_created":"2019-05-07 14:19:07","changed":"1557238747","gmt_changed":"2019-05-07 14:19:07","alt":"Xu Chu, an assistant professor at Georgia Tech, stands for a portrait.","file":{"fid":"236698","name":"dsc_5770_full_res.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_5770_full_res.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_5770_full_res.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":43529,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dsc_5770_full_res.jpg?itok=onRrsjBp"}}},"media_ids":["621429"],"groups":[{"id":"576481","name":"ML@GT"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[],"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\u003Eallie.mcfadden@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}