{"651414":{"#nid":"651414","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Interdisciplinary Team Led by ISyE\u2019s Yao Xie Awarded $1M NSF Grant to Study Deep Learning Algorithms","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $1 million grant to a team led by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/yao-xie\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYao Xie\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Early Career Professor and associate professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE). Xie, who is also the associate director for machine learning and data science in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ml.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Machine Learning\u003C\/a\u003E, will study \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2134037\u0026amp;HistoricalAwards=false\u0022\u003EBridging Statistical Hypothesis Tests and Deep Learning for Reliability and Computational Efficiency\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There have been enormous changes in the fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence, with deep learning algorithms developed that have been quite disruptive,\u0026rdquo; Xie said. \u0026ldquo;But in theoretical terms, we don\u0026rsquo;t understand very well how and why these algorithms, which use complex neural networks, work the way they do.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHer project aims to build a bridge between statistical hypothesis testing and modern machine learning, leveraging deep learning to develop efficient, powerful testing tools for high-dimensional and complex data (akin to the role hypothesis testing has played in previous decades), and also use-testing to develop principled validation tools for machine learning models and provide the foundation of deep models themselves. It\u0026rsquo;s essential to push the theoretical understanding of deep learning algorithms, so they have what Xie calls \u0026ldquo;proof of reliability\u0026rdquo;; in other words, users can know whether or not these algorithms will be reliable in practical situations, such as with stochastic power systems or supply chain issues. Other end-use cases include disease outbreak detection and healthcare systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research tasks are built on multidisciplinary expertise and strong collaborations between the project\u0026rsquo;s co-PIs: These include ISyE faculty members \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/george-lan\u0022\u003EGeorge Lan\u003C\/a\u003E, A. Russell Chandler III Professor, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/tuo-zhao\u0022\u003ETuo Zhao\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor; Mark Davenport, associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Xiuyuan\u0026nbsp;Cheng, assistant professor of mathematics at Duke University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYao Xie\u0026rsquo;s project aims to build a bridge between statistical hypothesis testing and modern machine learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Yao Xie\u2019s project aims to build a bridge between statistical hypothesis testing and modern machine learning."}],"uid":"35757","created_gmt":"2021-10-06 00:03:02","changed_gmt":"2021-10-14 19:54:26","author":"goberst3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-10-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-10-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"651410":{"id":"651410","type":"image","title":"Yao Xie","body":null,"created":"1633478207","gmt_created":"2021-10-05 23:56:47","changed":"1633478207","gmt_changed":"2021-10-05 23:56:47","alt":"Yao Xie","file":{"fid":"247160","name":"Yao Xie_Square.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Yao%20Xie_Square_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Yao%20Xie_Square_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":73714,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Yao%20Xie_Square_0.jpg?itok=-bjz7DME"}}},"media_ids":["651410"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"},{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:swundersmith3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EShelley Wunder-Smith\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}