{"623209":{"#nid":"623209","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Meet ML@GT: Jana Boerger, a Logistics Queen with a Heart for Community Building","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ml.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EThe Machine Learning Center at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(ML@GT) is home to many talented students from across campus, representing all six of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s colleges and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThese students have diverse backgrounds and a wide variety of interests both inside and outside of the classroom. Today, we\u0026rsquo;d like you to meet\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EJana Boerger,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ea Ph.D. student who is passionate about supply chain management and building stronger connections across ML@GT.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHometown:\u003C\/strong\u003E Osnabr\u0026uuml;ck, Germany\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHome School: \u003C\/strong\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvisor:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/benoit-montreuil\u0022\u003EBenoit Montreuil\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECurrent Georgia Tech degree program:\u003C\/strong\u003E Machine Learning Ph.D.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOther degrees earned: \u003C\/strong\u003EB.S. in Logistics from Technische Universit\u0026auml;t Dortmund, and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPrevious experience: \u003C\/strong\u003EBefore going to graduate school I worked in the industry for a few years at Audi AG, Beiersdorf AG, and Deloitte where I focused on supply chain management, logistics, and material management.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETell us about your research:\u003C\/strong\u003E I\u0026rsquo;m interested in the application of Machine Learning in Supply Chain and Logistics Systems. Currently I focus on Reinforcement Learning in Inventory Management.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFavorite place to hang out on campus or in Atlanta and why:\u003C\/strong\u003E The Beltline is a great place to spend a sunny Sunday.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are your summer plans? \u003C\/strong\u003EThis summer, I\u0026rsquo;ll be interning as a JSPS research fellow at RIKEN Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP) in Tokyo, Japan.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFavorite Georgia Tech experience:\u003C\/strong\u003E This actually has not happened yet, but I\u0026rsquo;m excited about a project that my friend and fellow Ph.D. student \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ml.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/618200\u0022\u003ENathan Hatch\u003C\/a\u003E and I are working on for this upcoming academic year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStarting this fall, Nathan and I will be organizing a bi-weekly seminar for machine learning (ML) Ph.D. students. The talks will be given by a ML student about their current research or a tool that they like to use (like Python package), with time for questions and mingling.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe created this seminar series to help ML students get to know each other on a personal basis and build a stronger community. Because machine learning is spread out across campus, it\u0026rsquo;s often hard to know what other students are working on. We\u0026rsquo;re hoping these seminars will help continue to build connections while also giving students an opportunity to share their work and practice giving talks for conferences and other presentations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Machine Learning Center at Georgia Tech is full of amazing students. Today, we\u0027d like you to meet Jana Boerger."}],"uid":"34773","created_gmt":"2019-07-11 18:27:46","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"ablinder6","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-07-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-07-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"576481","name":"ML@GT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAllie McFadden - Communications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["allie.mcfadden@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}