Keeping up with our recent students trips, a group of graduate students undertook a visit to Microsoft's Atlanta headquarters last week, with a primary focus on gaining valuable insights into the latest developments in the field of technology. During the visit, graduate students engaged in informative presentations and discussions with Microsoft professionals. The experience as a whole allowed our graduates to deepen their understanding of the current trends and innovations within the technology sector and continue to make connections within the professional networking.

Last Friday, 45 UGA students including 22 Computer Science and 2 Data Science majors went on a trip to Atlanta to visit the Google Headquarters for the Google Career Caravan! The Google representatives were enthusiastic and welcoming, and our students got a chance to participate in a panel discussion with several Googlers, networked and connected with our hosts and had a tour of the Google offices  (which included lunch). We would like to extend our thanks again to Google for hosting this wonderful event and thank you to Career Services at UGA for organizing this event.

Prof. Tianming Liu and his collaborators in UGA College of Engineering (Prof. Xianqiao Wang, PI) and in UNC Chapel Hill (Prof. Gang Li, Co-I) received an NIH R01 grant titled "SCH: Using Data-Driven Computational Biomechanics to Disentangle Brain Structural Commonality, Variability, and Abnormality in ASD". This is a 4-year grant with a $1.1 million budget. This grant was reviewed by the joint NSF/NIH Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science (SCH) program. 

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