Virginia Tech and Amazon gathered for a Machine Learning Day held at the Virginia Tech Research Center — Arlington on April 25 to celebrate and further solidify their collaborative Amazon–Virginia Tech Initiative for Efficient and Robust Machine Learning .

Announced last year , the initiative — funded by Amazon, housed in the College of Engineering , and directed by researchers at the Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics on Virginia Tech’s campus in Blacksburg and at the Innovation Campus in Alexandria — supports student- and faculty-led development and implementation of innovative approaches to robust machine learning, such as ensuring that algorithms and models are resistant to errors and adversaries, that could address worldwide industry-focused problems. Read full story here .