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Amazon and Virginia Tech announce new fellowship, faculty research award recipients

Amazon is funding the next generation of AI researchers. Here's what Virginia Tech's fellows are building.

Reporting by Amazon Science 1 min brief
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Enterprise investment in academic AI research signals where industry sees critical gaps—robustness and efficiency are becoming competitive moats, not nice-to-haves.

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  1. 2 PhD students receiving fellowships

  2. 5 faculty members receiving research awards

  3. Research focus: robustness and efficiency of AI systems

  4. Amazon-Virginia Tech partnership for AI advancement

  5. Published October 2023

  6. 2 PhD fellowship recipients

  7. 5 faculty research award recipients

  8. Partnership: Amazon and Virginia Tech

  9. Published: October 2023

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Publisher excerpt: Two PhD students and five professors will receive funding to conduct research toward improving the robustness and efficiency of AI systems.
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