{"668663":{"#nid":"668663","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students Earn Prestigious Fellowships Underscoring Institute\u2019s Leadership in AI","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EArtificial intelligence (AI) research by two Georgia Institute of Technology students has caught the attention of one of the world\u0027s leading financial services companies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGaurav Verma and Yuxi Wu are recipients of 2023\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jpmorgan.com\/technology\/artificial-intelligence\/research-awards\u0022\u003EJ.P. Morgan AI Research Ph.D. Fellowship Awards\u003C\/a\u003E. They are among 13 scholars being honored this year by J.P. Morgan Chase \u0026amp; Co. for AI research projects taking on real-world challenges.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our goal is to recognize and enable the next generation of leading AI researchers. We want to create an environment where researchers can inspire change and make a lasting impact in our communities and across our industry,\u0022 said Manuela Veloso, Ph.D., head of AI Research, J.P. Morgan Chase \u0026amp; Co.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jpmorgan.com\/technology\/artificial-intelligence\/research-awards\/phd-fellowship-2023\/gaurav-verma\u0022\u003EVerma\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is pursuing his Ph.D. in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computational Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. Working with his advisor, Assistant Professor Srijan Kumar, Verma expects to ensure safety, equity, and well-being by creating multimodal learning and natural language processing approaches to achieve better human-AI interactions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jpmorgan.com\/technology\/artificial-intelligence\/research-awards\/phd-fellowship-2023\/yuxi-wu\u0022\u003EWu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a Ph.D. candidate in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ic.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/a\u003E. Empowering people regarding their privacy concerns is at the core of her research. Wu examines how cross-sector, collective action systems could better support end-user privacy. Professor Keith Edwards and Adjunct Assistant Professor Sauvik Das advise Wu.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It\u0027s inspiring to see our students and their work being honored with these prestigious fellowships,\u0022 said Irfan Essa, computer science professor and director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ml.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMachine Learning Center at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech continues to lead in AI education and research. These fellowships for Gaurav and Yuxi are evidence that we\u0027re continuing to move in the right direction.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVerma and Wu are part of a spectrum of AI research spanning Georgia Tech. To unite this broad community and ensure it continues moving in the right direction, the Institute recently established\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/06\/ai-hub-georgia-tech-unite-campus-artificial-intelligence-rd-and-commercialization\u0022\u003EAI Hub at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022AI has a deep history at Georgia Tech, and we continue to serve as leaders in many areas of AI research and education,\u0022 said Essa, interim co-director of AI Hub at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Bringing all areas of AI under one umbrella, AI Hub at Georgia Tech will provide structure and governance as the Institute continues to lead and innovate in the burgeoning discipline of AI.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo Georgia Tech Ph.D. students are being recognized for their innovative research with J.P. 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