{"669983":{"#nid":"669983","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Wan Selected as Machine Learning and Systems Rising Star","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPh.D. candidate \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/zishenwan.github.io\/\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/zishenwan.github.io\/\u0022\u003EZishen\u0026nbsp;Wan\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE)\u0026nbsp;has been selected as a 2023 Machine Learning and Systems Rising Star.\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\u003ELaunched by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mlcommons.org\/en\/\u0022\u003EMLCommons\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Ethis year, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mlcommons.org\/en\/news\/rising-stars-2023\/\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/mlcommons.org\/en\/news\/rising-stars-2023\/\u0022\u003EMachine Learning and Systems Rising Stars\u003C\/a\u003E initiative was created to identify and support a cohort of current and recently graduated Ph.D. students specializing in machine learning and systems in order to develop community, foster research and career growth, and enable collaborations across academia and industry.\u0026nbsp;This year 35 early-to-late-stage and recently graduated Ph.D. were selected as Rising Starts from over 100 applicants from dozens of global universities.\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\u003EWan is advised by ECE professors\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/arijit-raychowdhury\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/arijit-raychowdhury\u0022\u003EArijit Raychowdhury\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/tushar-krishna\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/tushar-krishna\u0022\u003ETushar Krishna\u003C\/a\u003E. His research interests center around computer architecture, VLSI, and embedded systems, with a focus on building hardware and systems for cognitive intelligence and autonomous machines (such as robots, drones, and unmanned vehicles), aiming to advance their performance, efficiency, resilience, and trustworthy.\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\u003EA highlight of Wan\u2019s work is his award-winning research, \u201cIntelligence in Robotic Computing: Agile Design Flows for Efficient and Resilient Autonomous Machines.\u201d Through synergistic advances in systems, hardware architectures, solid-state technologies, and collective intelligence, Wan led a team in developing an efficient and adaptive hardware accelerator, resilient and robust system optimization, and agile and scalable design methodology for autonomous machine computing.\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\u003EHis research has been recognized by the ECE Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) Excellence Award in 2023, IEEE Micro Top Picks Honorable Mention in 2023, first place in ACM Student Research Competition in 2022, the CRNCH Ph.D. Fellowship in 2022, and the Best Paper Award from the IEEE\/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC) in 2020.\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\u003EAs part of the Machine Learning and Systems Rising Star cohort, Wan presented at this year\u2019s rising star program at Google, Mountain View, CA on Aug. 17-18, 2023.\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\u003EIn addition to Wan, three other Georgia Tech Ph.D. students were recognized as Machine Learning and Systems Rising Stars: Yonggan Fu, Haoran You, and Yang (Katie) Zhao, all in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Computing\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\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe inaugural award from MLCommons recognized Ph.D. candidate Zishen Wan as a \u201cRising Star\u201d in machine learning research.\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","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The inaugural award from MLCommons recognized Ph.D. candidate Zishen Wan as a \u201cRising Star\u201d in machine learning research."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-09-27 19:06:29","changed_gmt":"2023-09-28 12:48:07","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-09-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-09-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671865":{"id":"671865","type":"image","title":"Zishen_Wan_Headshot.JPG","body":"\u003Cp\u003EPh.D. candidate\u0026nbsp;Zishen\u0026nbsp;Wan\u0026nbsp;in the\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech Electrical and Computer Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1695905237","gmt_created":"2023-09-28 12:47:17","changed":"1695905237","gmt_changed":"2023-09-28 12:47:17","alt":"Photo of Ph.D. candidate Zishen Wan in the Georgia Tech Electrical and Computer 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