Introducing the
UT Austin-Amazon Science Hub

The five-year partnership hopes to leverage the collective strengths of both organizations and create an innovative environment for participants from local, regional, national, and international communities to accelerate the advancement of science and jointly solve challenges of societal and real-world impact.

The UT Austin-Amazon Science Hub has three collaborative pillars:

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Initial Research Focus Areas:

 

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News and Events

Amazon Teams Up With UT To Establish New Science Hub

The UT Austin-Amazon Science Hub is the sixth such alliance between the tech company and a leading university. It aims to advance research that prompts new discoveries and addresses significant challenges while creating solutions that benefit society. This will be achieved by fostering collaboration among faculty members and students along with the development of a diverse and sustainable pipeline of research talent.

Join us for Prime Time 2023 - April 12

Prime Time event

Join us April 12 on the Forty Acres to celebrate the launch of this partnership. Hear more about this exciting partnership and all that we're going to accomplish together.

 

Advisory Board

Responsibility for the strategic direction and governance of the HUB is handled by an Advisory Board composed of representatives from UT and Amazon.

 
Al Bovik

Al Bovik (Director)

Professor, Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and UT-Amazon Science HUB Director

Bovik is a pioneer in streaming video technology, whose work has been honored twice with Emmy Awards from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

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Sujay Sanghavi

Sujay Sanghavi (Associate Director)

Science Hub associate director; associate professor, Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Matt Lease

Matt Lease (Board)

Professor, School of Information

Lease is the founder and leader of UT Austin's Good Systems program, an eight-year, university-wide challenge to design responsible AI technologies.

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Adam Klivans

Adam Klivans (Board)

Professor, Computer Science Department at the College of Natural Sciences

Klivans leads the new National Science Foudation AI Institute for Foundations

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Adam Fineberg

Adam Fineberg (Board)

Sr. Principal Engineer, Consumer Robotics at Amazon

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Vishy Vishwanathan

Vishy Vishwanathan (Board)

Sr. Principal, Research Science, Search at Amazon

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Yongjun Wu

Yongjun Wu (Board)

Sr. Principal SDE, Prime Video at Amazon

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Lainey Corliss

Lainey Cie Corliss (Member)

Science Hub Alliance Manager; Director of Industry Engagement at the Cockrell School

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