New Virginia Tech Building opens on campus NBC4 Washington [Video]

The Virginia Tech Innovation Campus, opening next week, looks more like a tech company than a typical academic building. It’s designed to be a pipeline of tech talent — students earning master’s degrees in computer science and computer engineering. 

“I think we’re incredibly excited to finally be our home,” Virginia Tech Innovation Campus Vice President and Executive Director Lance Collins said. 

“We really wanted to be a campus that is highly integrated, highly collaborative and able to work with all of the companies that are in the region,” Collins said.

More than 400 students stepping through the doors next week will see some traditional classrooms, but what really stand out are the new spaces where they can work collaboratively and get the opportunity to work with outside business to troubleshoot their tech challenges. Areas of focus range from machine learning and artificial intelligence to quantum computing. 

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