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Scientists Discover Implantable Bio-batteries Powered off Human Fluids

College of Computing — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:36:45 -0500

As scientists are attempting to power implanted medical devices with body fuel like glucose, College of Computing faculty member Thad Starner comments, "It is the electronic version of a tapeworm." He says, "It sits there, it is harmless, it takes such a tiny amount of food from you that it doesn't matter, and it does something useful for you." Source: The Guardian

DNS Attack Could Signal Phishing 2.0

College of Computing — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:27:13 -0500

College of Computing faculty member Wenke Lee and his team along with researchers from Google are studying a virtually undetectable form of attack that quietly controls where victims go on the Internet. The study, set to be published in February, takes a close look at “open recursive” DNS servers. Source: PC World

New Technology Combines GPS Benefits with Privacy Protection

College of Computing — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:30:05 -0500

Computing faculty member Ling Liu and IBM Watson Center researcher Bugra Gedik recently developed a new technology that could protect cell phone and mobile device users from privacy abuse, while still enabling them to enjoy the benefits that location-based technologies have to offer. Source: PhysOrg

Rocking The Virtual World

College of Computing — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:06:25 -0500

Christopher Klaus, the donor of the Klaus Advanced Computing Building at Georgia Tech and founder & CEO of Kaneva, Inc. says "Virtual worlds are still in the very early stages. We are where MP3s were seven years ago. Our goal is to combine the virtual world with social networking and videogaming." Source: Forbes Special Report

Computing Student Cindy Robertson and Associate Professor Blair MacIntyre Win Honorable Mention Award at ISMAR 2007

College of Computing — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:07:37 -0500

College of Computing graduate student Cindy M. Robertson and Associate Professor Blair MacIntyre have won the Honorable Mention Award at the Sixth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2007) held between November 13-16, 2007 in Nara, Japan. Their entry was one of the three papers awarded this year in the symposium.

CNN Newsroom: Wearable Computing

College of Computing — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:50:29 -0500

As wearable computers are becoming a fashion statement and an indispensable accessory, Thad Starner, College of Computing associate professor commented on projection screens mounted on his glasses: "I can actually have a research conversation with you and suddenly be an expert… while I'm still looking at you in the eye." Source: CNN

Yellow Jackets Programming Team advances to the ACM-ICPC World Finals

College of Computing — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:10:34 -0500

The Georgia Tech Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (gtACM) has advanced to the 2008 ACM-International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals to be held on April 6-10, 2008, at Banff Springs, Alberta, Canada. The programming team has earned a 'wildcard' slot and is one of the top 94 teams out of over 7,000 teams worldwide that have been invited to the world finals.

Facebook Tweaks Feature That Critics Said Shared Too Much

College of Computing — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:05:23 -0500

Commenting on Facebook's Beacon technology, Rebecca Grinter, professor at School of Interactive Computing, said the bruhaha may illustrate a learning curve for a 3-year-old computer startup. "Privacy is not black or white. It's not on or off," Grinter said. "It's determined by our relationships with other people, and that's something Facebook hasn't quite grasped yet." Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution

ARC ThinkTank Faculty Present Ideas to Improve the Internet and Speed-Up Wireless Networks at HotNets 2007

College of Computing — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:41:50 -0500

Papers by Algorithms and Randomness Center (ARC) and ThinkTank members that provide new ways of increasing Internet connectivity and the speed of wireless networks will be presented at the Sixth Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets-VI) from November 14-15 in Atlanta, GA.

Petascale Computers: The Next Supercomputing Wave

College of Computing — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:05:25 -0500

College of Computing faculty member David Bader's book "Petascale Computing: Algorithms and Applications" was launched this month as the world's first published collection on petascale techniques for computational science and engineering. Petascale computers are capable of performing one quadrillion operations per second - nearly ten times the speed of today's fastest supercomputers. Source: iTnews

25 Most Influential People in Southeast Tech

College of Computing — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:34:02 -0500

Christopher W. Klaus, the donor of the Klaus Advanced Computing Building at Georgia Tech and founder & CEO of Kaneva, Inc. has been included in the list of 25 of the most influential people in Southeast tech by TechJournal South. Klaus is also highly regarded as an Internet pioneer as well as a philanthropist and community leader. Source: TechJournal South

12 Spam Research Projects That Might Make a Difference

College of Computing — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:41:21 -0500

College of Computing faculty members have been involved with developing technology to thwart the latest tricks employed by spammers, phishers and other cyber-criminals. Three of these techniques have been included in a NetworkWorld.com report as new technology to stop spam. Source: NetworkWorld.com

With Robotic Eyes

College of Computing — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:22:56 -0500

Faculty members Frank Dellaert and Bruce Walker have developed a wearable computing system designed to help the visually impaired and others navigate their way in unknown territory. "We have a working prototype using computer vision to see street-level details, such as light posts and benches,” says Dellaert. Source: The Times of India

Robots’ Allure: Can It Remedy What Ails Computer Science?

College of Computing — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:22:46 -0500

With a goal to attract more students into Computer Science, the College of Computing at Georgia Tech has spiced up their classes with gaming, media, manipulation, applications to other disciplines such as biology, economics and robots. Tucker Balch, a faculty member said “Students don’t get turned on by classical dry assignments." Source: ScienceMag.org (Subscription Required)

Bee Strategy Helps Servers Run More Sweetly

College of Computing — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:42:32 -0500

According to new research by School of ISyE Adjunct Professor Craig Tovey, the swarm intelligence of amazingly organized honeybees can be used to improve the efficiency of Internet servers faced with the similar challenges of limited resources and no central command . Source: Georgia Tech News Room