National Security

Georgia Tech has helped meet the need for mission-critical defense and security research since the 1950s. Today, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) experts, collaborating with other Georgia Tech research and academic units, apply scientific, engineering, and policy know-how to help solve some of the toughest problems of the modern battlefield.

The Latest National Security News

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Connected New World

Posted: March 8, 2018

The internet of things will soon account for more than half of the world’s connected devices. Georgia Tech researchers are working to ensure IOT security, fuse large IOT data streams, and provide necessary connectivity.

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The Minds of the New Machines

Posted: January 25, 2018

New theories and innovative algorithms support computer learning for improved prediction and decision-making

Georgia Tech Produces Key Components for Governor’s Coronavirus Test Initiative

Posted: April 22, 2020

Volunteer Georgia Tech researchers burn midnight oil to produce important enzymes that make coronavirus test kits work.

New Smartphone App Will Record Interactions

Will Smartphones Help Us Keep COVID-19 Under Control?

Posted: April 14, 2020

Smartphones could provide a critical service of automating contact tracing to control future COVID-19 outbreaks.

Digital Tool Helps Hospital Make Important Coronavirus Retest Decisions

Posted: April 13, 2020

The dearth of coronavirus tests and the many false negatives confront doctors with a difficult decision this new tool helps them make.

The Case For DIY Masks To Slow Coronavirus’ Spread

Posted: April 11, 2020

If coughing in your sleeve is effective, face masks must be, too, and successes in Asia and Europe corroborate this, physicist says.

Create Dedicated Pandemic Clinics Now to Address COVID-19

Posted: March 25, 2020

COVID-19 needs pandemic clinics focused on treating it and keeping it away from non-COVID patients.

$2 Million “Small Bets” Seed Grant Initiative Fosters Research Collaboration

Posted: February 18, 2020

A new "Small Bets" seed grant program has been launched to encourage research collaboration.

Modify Hurricane Relief Strategies, National Academies Report Recommends

Posted: February 3, 2020

Hurricane devastation calls for heavy government relief, but a counterintuitive shift toward restoring private sector supply lines would help more quickly.

$25 Million Project Will Advance DNA-Based Archival Data Storage

Posted: January 16, 2020

A new research initiative is using DNA as an efficient and robust archival storage medium.

Centralized Ordering, Modeling Will Keep PPE Supplied to Research Labs

Posted: June 29, 2020

Georgia Tech has developed an automated and centralized system for replenishing PPE stock in research labs.

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‘SlothBot in the Garden’ Demonstrates Hyper-Efficient Conservation Robot

Posted: June 16, 2020

Visitors to the Atlanta Botanical Garden can observe the testing of SlothBot, a new high-tech tool in the battle to save some of the world’s most endangered species.