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:
Ph.D. Fellowships
Call for Ph.D. Fellowships (download)
Research (Grants and Sponsored Projects)
Call for Research Proposals (download)
Community Events
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Initial Research Focus Areas:
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Amazon Teams Up With UT To Establish New Science Hub
Join us for Prime Time 2023 - April 12
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 (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.
Sujay Sanghavi (Associate Director)
Science Hub associate director; associate professor, Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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.
Adam Klivans (Board)
Professor, Computer Science Department at the College of Natural Sciences
Klivans leads the new National Science Foudation AI Institute for Foundations
Lainey Cie Corliss (Member)
Science Hub Alliance Manager; Director of Industry Engagement at the Cockrell School
