The grant will support Chu as she uses radar data and generative AI to map temperatures beneath the Antarctica ice sheet, aiming to improve climate predictions, support coastal planning, and train future scientists through open-access tools and education.

The new center will promote research and collaboration focused on using state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to address complex scientific challenges.

Robel will create a new open-access software package — complete with state-of-the-art tools and paired with ice sheet models that anyone can use, even on a laptop or home computer.

The team's new methodology offers hope for better coral connectivity monitoring and protection in the future.

The AI-ALOE Institute offers the Georgia Tech led web application VERA to local technical college.