Research Interests

• On-body Sensing
• Gesture Recognition
• Machine Learning
• Pattern Recognition
• Computer Vision
• Mobile Collaborative Gaming

Biography

Tracy Westeyn is a Ph.D. student at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her primary research areas are on-body sensing, wearable computing, and applied machine learning. Currently, she is researching the use of on-body sensors along with sensors embedded in toys to support the early identification of children with autism and other developmental delays. Her previous research involved eye-based gesture recognition as an interface for persons with severe disabilities. She is a primary author of the Georgia Tech Gesture Toolkit (GT2K), which supports gesture-based research applications. Westeyn is also an instructor for Kennesaw State University's CyberTech II program, an introductory computer science course aimed at involving underrepresented students in computer oriented fields. Outside of the lab, Westeyn is an active member of the Women@CC organization which helps support women in computer science at Georgia Tech. She has her black belt in Shaolin Kung Fu and has served as both president and goalie for the Georgia Tech Women's Lacrosse club.

Contact Information

Tracy Westeyn
turtle at cc.gatech.edu

85 5th Street, NW
TSRB Rm 206
Atlanta, Georgia 30308

Advised by Dr. Thad Starner
Contextual Computing Group, GVU Center
College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology