{"638586":{"#nid":"638586","#data":{"type":"news","title":"PACE Hosts Introduction to Machine Learning and Deep Learning","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Partnership for Advanced Computing (PACE) hosted Introduction to Machine Learning and Deep Learning hands-on\u0026nbsp;workshops throughout the summer.\u0026nbsp;Dr. Nuyun \u0026quot;Nellie\u0026quot; Zhang, research scientist and team lead at PACE, instructed\u0026nbsp;workshops garnering more than\u0026nbsp;400 registrations\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;300 remote participants. Zhang was joined by PACE undergraduate\u0026nbsp;student employee, Savannah Quinn, who served as a teaching assistant.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring these three-hour workshops students were introduced to the basic concepts of machine learning \u0026ndash; supervised learning and unsupervised learning, including neural networks and deep learning \u0026ndash; before engaging in interactive coding exercises with practical programming skills, general workflows and optimization best practices followed by question and answer sessions. Participants - primarily\u0026nbsp;comprised of Ph.D and master\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;students -\u0026nbsp;as well as some\u0026nbsp;undergraduates, staff, faculty, and post doctorates, were given the\u0026nbsp;chance\u0026nbsp;to work with Scikit-Learn, Tensorflow2.2, and\u0026nbsp;Keras\u0026nbsp;machine learning libraries through open-source web applications like\u0026nbsp;Jupyter\u0026nbsp;Notebook and Google\u0026nbsp;Colab\u0026nbsp;with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pace.gatech.edu\/pace-ice-instructional-cluster-environment-education\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPACE-ICE\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;clusters provided as the computational resource.\u0026nbsp;Outside of the Bluejeans sessions, participants were encouraged to utilize resources provided on Canvas for continued\u0026nbsp;learning\u0026nbsp;or independent study.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough the\u0026nbsp;workshops, many participants felt empowered to apply the concepts they learned to tackle machine learning projects in their respective disciplines ranging from Mechanical Engineering to Language and Design.\u0026nbsp;In an anonymous survey distributed post-workshop, participants were incredibly pleased with the breadth of\u0026nbsp;topics covered\u0026nbsp;as well as the pace of the lectures and\u0026nbsp;opportunity for hands on learning.\u0026nbsp;Zhang and PACE look forward to\u0026nbsp;hosting many more rewarding workshops this fall.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Partnership for Advanced Computing (PACE) hosted Introduction to Machine Learning and Deep Learning hands-on\u0026nbsp;workshops throughout the summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Partnership for Advanced Computing (PACE) hosted Introduction to Machine Learning and Deep Learning hands-on\u00a0workshops throughout the summer."}],"uid":"34822","created_gmt":"2020-08-31 17:44:27","changed_gmt":"2020-08-31 19:56:59","author":"Malynda Dorsey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-08-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-08-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"638587":{"id":"638587","type":"image","title":"Dr. Nuyun \u0022Nellie\u0022 Zhang","body":null,"created":"1598895946","gmt_created":"2020-08-31 17:45:46","changed":"1598895946","gmt_changed":"2020-08-31 17:45:46","alt":"","file":{"fid":"242835","name":"nellie_150.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nellie_150.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nellie_150.png","mime":"image\/png","size":24563,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/nellie_150.png?itok=X3LcIUXk"}},"638588":{"id":"638588","type":"image","title":"Savannah Quinn","body":null,"created":"1598895978","gmt_created":"2020-08-31 17:46:18","changed":"1598895978","gmt_changed":"2020-08-31 17:46:18","alt":"","file":{"fid":"242836","name":"Savannah-Quinn.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Savannah-Quinn.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Savannah-Quinn.png","mime":"image\/png","size":32022,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Savannah-Quinn.png?itok=ZNFfofGl"}}},"media_ids":["638587","638588"],"groups":[{"id":"174291","name":"OIT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"183656","name":"oit feature"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}