{"668501":{"#nid":"668501","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Li Earns NSF CAREER Award to Advance Machine Learning in Graph Data","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/pan-li\u0022\u003EPan Li\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has been named as a recipient of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/new.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/faculty-early-career-development-program-career\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award\u003C\/a\u003E. Li is an assistant professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E(ECE). He is also an assistant professor (on leave) at Purdue University\u2019s Department of Computer Science.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\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\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe NSF CAREER award is the most prestigious award in\u0026nbsp;\u201csupport of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.\u201d Approximately 500 awards are given annually to universities and research institutions throughout the country. The NSF especially encourages women, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities to apply.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\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\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELi\u2019s NSF CAREER project, \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2239565\u0022\u003EModern Machine Learning on Graphs: From Theory to Practice\u003C\/a\u003E,\u201d aims to enhance \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eour understanding of the theoretical foundations and \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003Edevelop robust algorithms for learning from complex graph-structured data. It focuses on scalable models for higher-order relations and provably expressive and generalizable deep learning models, with applications in various fields such as network anomaly detection, particle collision data analysis, and material property analysis.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\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\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAccording to Li, the success of the project will improve the understanding of network\/graph data across various scientific disciplines and enhance the quality of data processing in high-energy physics. Additionally, the project will foster collaborations among college students studying data science, professionals in the computing industry, and scientists working in specific fields.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\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\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis year, Georgia Tech ECE faculty members have garnered significant recognition through NSF CAREER awards. Other recipients at Georgia Tech ECE this year include: Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/shaolan-li\u0022\u003EShaolan Li\u003C\/a\u003E received funding to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/li-receives-national-science-foundation-early-career-award\u0022\u003Eresearch novel analog integrated circuit (IC) design automation flow\u003C\/a\u003E and Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/vidya-k-muthukumar\u0022\u003EVidya Muthukumar\u003C\/a\u003E was awarded the CAREER award to pursue \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/muthukumar-lands-nsf-career-award-foundational-machine-learning-research\u0022\u003Efoundational machine learning research\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\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\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELearn more about the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/new.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/faculty-early-career-development-program-career\u0022\u003ENSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\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\u003ELi is the third ECE faculty this year to receive the highly esteemed NSF CAREER Award, which is recognized as the most prestigious grant aimed at supporting junior faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The project aims to develop theoretically principled and robust algorithms that can effectively learn from complex graph-structured data."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-07-18 13:05:12","changed_gmt":"2023-07-18 13:19:16","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671177":{"id":"671177","type":"image","title":"Pan Li.jpeg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EPhoto of\u0026nbsp;Pan Li, assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1689686068","gmt_created":"2023-07-18 13:14:28","changed":"1689686068","gmt_changed":"2023-07-18 13:14:28","alt":"Pan Li, assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ","file":{"fid":"254191","name":"Pan Li.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/07\/18\/Pan%20Li.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/07\/18\/Pan%20Li.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":132896,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/07\/18\/Pan%20Li.jpeg?itok=YWVU30qO"}}},"media_ids":["671177"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192861","name":"Pan Li"},{"id":"362","name":"National Science Foundation"},{"id":"12004","name":"Faculty Early Career Development Program"},{"id":"66891","name":"Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"192862","name":"machine learning on graphs"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}