A team led by INFORMS member Pascal Van Hentenryck is getting some major help with their research.
The National Science Foundation has awarded the team a 5-year, $20 million dollar grant for their study in artificial intelligence and mathematical optimization in automated decision making.
Van Hentenryck is an A. Russell Chandler III Chair and professor in Georgia Tech's H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Many of the collaborators on the project are INFORMS members! The interinstitutional team includes researchers and faculty from Georgia Tech, as well as the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Southern California (USC); Clark Atlanta University; the University of Texas at Arlington; and Spelman College.
According to Van Hentenryck, another significant goal of the institute is to democratize access to AI education, research, and jobs for underrepresented groups.
To learn more about the NSF Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute for Advances in Optimization, visit www.ai4opt.org. To learn more about the team and the project, go to https://www.isye.gatech.edu/news/team-led-isyes-pascal-van-hentenryck-awarded-20m-nsf-grant.
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Ashley Smith
Public Relations Specialist
INFORMS
Catonsville MD
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