{"668356":{"#nid":"668356","#data":{"type":"news","title":"NSF Fellowship Awardees\u0027 Research: Advancing Machine Learning for Healthcare, Supply Chain Optimization, and Manufacturing Systems","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJacob Aguirre\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a recipient of the NSF award titled \u0022Equitable and Comprehensible Machine Learning for Expert-in-the-loop Decisions in Medicine.\u0022 His research focuses on developing computationally efficient optimization algorithms and data-driven heuristics for Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAguirre\u2019s primary interests revolve around tackling challenges in the domains of Causal Inference, Personalized Medicine, and Medical Decision-Making. He is grateful to be advised by Dr. Turgay Ayer and Dr. Gian-Gabriel Garcia, and his work aims to advance the field of machine learning in healthcare.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoseph Boone\u003C\/strong\u003E, a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award, is interested in game theoretic optimization, logistics in contested environments, supply chain and infrastructure network resiliency, and applied statistics and simulation for risk-aware system design. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHis primary research goals involve developing methods to solve complex, multilevel optimization problems that arise in optimizing supply chain and infrastructure networks against worst-case or adversarial disruptions. Joseph aspires to apply these methods in various fields, including military logistics, equity in healthcare, and disaster relief efforts.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlina Gorbunova\u003C\/strong\u003E, a recipient of the NSF GRFP, focuses her research on systems monitoring, diagnostics, and prognostics using high-dimensional and high-variety data with machine learning and data analytics techniques. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHer research interests lie in creating a scalable causation-based quality improvement framework. This framework aims to monitor, diagnose, and control multistage manufacturing systems by leveraging high-dimensional and high-variety data. Gorbunova\u0027s work contributes to advancing the field of quality improvement in manufacturing systems through the application of machine learning and data analytics.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EJacob Aguirre focuses on efficient optimization algorithms for healthcare analytics, Joseph Boone aims to optimize supply chain networks in various sectors, and Alina Gorbunova advances quality improvement in manufacturing systems using machine learning and data analytics techniques.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jacob Aguirre, Joseph Boone, and Alina Gorbunova\u0027s contributions to the field, have landed them Fellowships in the National Science Foundation (NSF)."}],"uid":"36284","created_gmt":"2023-07-05 16:43:32","changed_gmt":"2023-07-06 11:51:11","author":"chenriquez8","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-05-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-05-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671100":{"id":"671100","type":"image","title":"NSF GRFP Awardees","body":null,"created":"1688577083","gmt_created":"2023-07-05 17:11:23","changed":"1688577140","gmt_changed":"2023-07-05 17:12:20","alt":"Jacob Aguirre, Joseph Boone, Alina Gorbunova","file":{"fid":"254104","name":"NSF GRFP.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/07\/05\/NSF%20GRFP.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/07\/05\/NSF%20GRFP.png","mime":"image\/png","size":938790,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/07\/05\/NSF%20GRFP.png?itok=shC_FyxO"}}},"media_ids":["671100"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0781-1140","title":"J. 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