The NSF AI Institutes Virtual Organization (AIVO) is launching a new podcast series highlighting the people, research, and innovations shaping the future of artificial intelligence. Through conversations with researchers and leaders across the National Science Foundation’s AI Institutes, the series will explore how universities are developing beneficial AI solutions to address some of society’s most complex challenges.

The podcast will feature representatives from across Georgia Tech’s AI Institutes, showcasing the university’s broad impact in advancing AI research and applications. For AI4OPT, the NSF AI Institute for Advances in Optimization, the series will highlight the Institute’s work in developing AI systems that combine artificial intelligence and mathematical optimization to improve decision-making across critical areas such as supply chains, energy systems, manufacturing, and more.

Featured upcoming podcast episodes is Amira Hijazi, research faculty member in AI4OPT at the Georgia Tech, who leads the Institute’s Supply Chain and Logistics thrust. Her work focuses on advancing AI-driven approaches to improve complex operational systems and create more resilient, efficient, and sustainable supply chains.

The episode will also feature AI4OPT leadership, including Pascal Van Hentenryck, Director of AI4OPT and A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, and Kevin Dalmeijer, Managing Director of AI4OPT and Senior Research Associate in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech.

Through these conversations, AIVO aims to showcase the collaborative nature of AI research and highlight how the NSF AI Institutes are working across disciplines and institutions to solve challenging problems in the real world.

Get a sneak peek of the AIVO podcast series on the AIVO YouTube channel, here.