Georgia Tech and Emory University are investing more than $1 billion in artificial intelligence to strengthen Atlanta’s position as a national AI and technology hub, create jobs, develop an AI-skilled workforce, accelerate research and innovation, and drive economic growth across Georgia. The combined investment supports advanced computing, AI research, healthcare innovation, workforce development, manufacturing, and real-world AI applications while attracting companies, investment, and federal research funding to the state.
Avant South returns to Tech Square on Oct. 12 – 13 to convene founders, executives, policymakers, investors, researchers, creators, and students to focus on the intersection of technology, culture, and innovation.
New degree aims to prepare professionals to apply AI responsibly in their field.
Campus and Community
New degree aims to prepare professionals to apply AI responsibly in their field.
Classes will not meet Oct. 5 – 6. For those staying in town, the city offers many attractions and events.
Triple Jacket Thomas A. Fanning has been approved by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents to serve as the system's next chancellor, succeeding Sonny Perdue.
Health and Medicine
Georgia Tech and Emory researchers found that delivering vaccine and GLP-1 mRNA nanoparticles through different regions of the gastrointestinal tract can redirect therapies to key organs while reducing side effects.
D.J. Wu discusses how his brain activity research could help inform future business decisions.
Inspired by the ionic signaling of our nervous system, researchers built sensors and therapeutic devices that can communicate and coordinate with each other through tissue.
Science and Technology
The collaboration will support research in robotics, industrial and systems engineering, and aerospace technology while fostering innovation in foundational and emerging technologies.
AI agents don’t go rogue. That’s something only humans do.
Georgia Tech researcher Saman Zonouz is helping shape resilient AI practices for the electricity grid. His work connects workshop planning with research on AI-enabled grid protection and emerging vulnerabilities.
Earth and Environment
ATDC portfolio company Gaia Agricultural Technology is bringing its patented Gaia Box technology to Downtown Los Angeles.
Learn about the work of space policy scholars in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.
Scientists used the Mississippi River Basin’s 100-year record to show that liming, long considered a source of carbon emissions, may actually remove carbon overall.
Society and Culture
Economists have long dismissed the public perception that presidents influence gas prices as economic illiteracy. New research from Georgia Tech economists Dylan Brewer and Matthew Oliver calls that assumption into question.
Avant South returns to Tech Square on Oct. 12 – 13 to convene founders, executives, policymakers, investors, researchers, creators, and students to focus on the intersection of technology, culture, and innovation.
Combined efforts improved water access by 45% in Mumbai’s informal settlements.
Business and Economic Development
The funding strengthens Georgia’s ability to attract companies, develop talent, and accelerate Atlanta’s growth as a leading tech hub.
The collaboration will support research in robotics, industrial and systems engineering, and aerospace technology while fostering innovation in foundational and emerging technologies.
Avant South returns to Tech Square on Oct. 12 – 13 to convene founders, executives, policymakers, investors, researchers, creators, and students to focus on the intersection of technology, culture, and innovation.
