2007 News
Scientists Discover Implantable Bio-batteries Powered off Human Fluids
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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?
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
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
New Computer Interface: Blow on the Screen
College of Computing PhD student Shwetak Patel and Professor Gregory Abowd
have published a paper that describes how to use a computer microphone to
determine where on a screen a person is blowing. They were able to achieve 100%
accuracy for the hands-free user interface. Source: News.com
Military Videogames, circa 1981
Ian Bogost, a professor with the GVU Center at Georgia Tech and author of
several books on serious gaming, is serving as a guest editor on the Kotaku site
this week. In one of his articles, he talks about the military as being a prominent
player in serious video games. Source: Kotaku.com
First Book on Petascale Computing Launched at SC07
The College of Computing at Georgia Tech and Chapman & Hall/CRC
Press today announced the launch of “Petascale Computing: Algorithms
and Applications”, the first published collection on petascale
techniques for computational science and engineering, at the SC07
conference.
Computing Student Kamesh Madduri Wins Honorable Mention from ACM/IEEE-CS HPC Fellowship
Kamesh Madduri, a PhD student at the College of Computing has won a
special mention at the ACM/IEEE-CS High Performance Computing Fellows
for 2007. The selection committee has informed him that it was very
impressed with his "research excellence, academic progress, the
potential of his plan of study to enhance HPC-related skills and his
use of HPC resources."
Georgia Tech Developing Driverless Car System
Deep in the labs at Georgia Tech, researchers are perfecting yet another
have-to-see-to-believe technology -- a car that can actually drive without a
human driver. College of Computing faculty member Henrik Christensen said that
thanks to recent advances such as the LS 460, commercialization possibilities
are right around the corner. Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle (Subscription Required)
The Mind of the Machine
Inspired by a visit to Alfred Nobel's resting place, College of Computing Professor Ron Arkin, one of the nation's leading roboticists, set out to
research on how to give a robot a conscience. The Defense Department awarded
Arkin $290,000 to fund his three-year study. Source: Atlanta Magazine
Toddlers Bond With Robot, Study Shows
"It is groundbreaking … and helps to forward human-robot interaction
studies significantly" said Ronald Arkin, Regents' Professor in the School of
Interactive Computing commenting on research at University of California, San
Diego. He also cautioned that researchers don't yet understand the
consequences of increased human-robot interaction. Source: National Geographic News
ORNL Computing Guru Assumes UT Vice-Presidency
Thomas Zacharia, Part-time Professor at College of Computing and the
driving force behind Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s rise to international
leadership in scientific computing, has been named vice president for science
and technology at the University of Tennessee. Source: Knox News
Home of the Future
On the outside a home might look like any other, but inside, it’s can be
high-tech all the way. Here's a look at what some of the leading scientists from
College of Computing at Georgia Tech, such as Elizabeth Mynatt, John Stasko
and Thad Starner are working on today to bring into your homes tomorrow. Source: Ivanhoe.com
UGV Missions for the Military, Police and Fire Brigade
Henrik Christensen, robotics professor at College of Computing at Georgia Tech
and Carl Lundberg, National Defense College in Stockholm, report on a study
which examines the common requirements for robots in four areas of military and
police operations. Source: Royal United Services Institute
Barbara Ericson Wins Anita Borg 'Systers Pass-It-On' Grant for Hispanic Outreach Initiative
A project to boost outreach to Hispanic women, authored by College of Computing Instructor and Director of Computer Science Outreach Barbara Ericson, was recently awarded a $500 Systers Pass-It-On Grant from the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.
Driverless Vehicles Get To Show How They 'Think'
"What we're doing is much more difficult than an autopilot on an airplane," said Georgia Tech's Sting Racing team leader Tucker Balch, a former Air Force F-15 fighter pilot who should know. "Unlike an autopilot, we're driving on a road system where you have to obey traffic laws and so forth." Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
Peter Freeman Honored with Tapia Achievement Award
Peter A. Freeman, Dean Emeritus and Founding Dean of the College of
Computing from 1990 to 2002 was presented with the Richard A. Tapia Achievement
Award for Scientific Scholarship, Civic Science, and Diversifying
Computing. Source: Hpcwire.com
Yellow Jackets Place 2nd at ACM Regional Programming Contest
The Georgia Tech Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (gtACM) won 2nd place at the 2007 Southeastern Regional ACM Programming Contest held at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, on October 13th, 2007. Now, the students start practicing and await an invitation to the World Finals to be held in Banff Springs, Alberta, later next spring.
Talking a Good Game
Celia Pearce, director of the Experimental Game Lab at the GVU Center says
that while the purpose of games was "to create quality time among
intergenerational family members," video games “have created a bigger generation
gap in that adults seldom play [them] with their children.” Source: The Monitor
Computing Professor Mark Guzdial Appointed Vice-Chair of the ACM Education Board and Council
College of Computing Professor Mark Guzdial was appointed Vice-Chair of the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) Education Board and Education Council at a meeting of the ACM Council in New York last week.
Georgia Tech-SAIC Sting Racing Team Departs for DARPA Urban Challenge
The College of Computing at Georgia Tech today announced that the Sting
Racing team, a collaboration between Georgia Tech and Science
Applications International Corporation [NYSE: SAI], has left for
Victorville, Calif. to compete in the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Urban Challenge semifinals and finals events
with their fully autonomous vehicle entry, Sting 1.
Stop and Think Before You Hit 'Send' on That Wild, Wacky E-mail
"Workers should exercise discretion with e-mails" advised Amy Bruckman,
associate professor at College of Computing. She said "Such messages have the
potential to cross professional boundaries, but they can also build bonds and
social capital." Source: CNN
Composer Finds His Niche in Music for Video Games
Thanks to the gaming music talent provided by Georgia Tech's GVU Center, Atlanta
is quickly establishing itself as a major force in the video game industry. An
established musician can make $800 to $2,000 for every minute of recorded sound
that goes into a game. Source: AtlantaBizJournals.com
Interview with Celia Pearce
Celia Pearce, a GVU Center faculty member and Director of Emergent Game Group
discussed conscious vs. unconscious game design in a Blip.tv interview. She
says that since most games have a causal relationship between actions and
advance, designers should be more conscious about the values conveyed through
the game. Source: Blip.tv
Interview with Michael Nitsche
GVU Center faculty member Michael Nitsche in a Blip.tv interview said
that games need layers of values as their underlying design to
generate artificial intelligence behaviors. Source: Blip.tv
OOPSLA Podcast: The Eclipse Technology Exchange
College of Computing Assistant Professor Alex Orso recently participated in a podcast of the International Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications (OOPSLA). In Episode 15, organizers talk about
the history of the ETX workshops and poster sessions and then
about some of the exciting elements of this year's workshop
program. Source: OOPSLA Podcast
UC Irvine’s Beall Center Opens Exhibition Featuring GVU Center's AR Façade
“This is the first time AR
Façade has been seen outside a university research laboratory,” stated Blair
MacIntyre, associate professor in the School
of Interactive Computing at Georgia
Tech’s GVU Center and an expert in augmented
reality, computer graphics and human-computer interaction.
Fashion Statement for the Tech-Savvy: Computers to Wear
Nirmal Patel, a doctoral student working on Wearable Computing at the
College of Computing, showed off prototypes for cellphone versions of Dance
Dance Revolution and Mario Kart at 11th Annual International Symposium on
Wearable Computers. Source: Daily Free Press
Sex and Marriage with Robots? It Could Happen
"Humans are very unusual creatures," College of Computing Regents'
Professor Ron Arkin said, "If you ask me if every human will want to marry a
robot, my answer is probably not. But will there be a subset of people? There
are people ready right now to marry sex toys." Source: MSNBC
AirDefense's David Thomas Joins the GTISC's Advisory Board
AirDefense, Inc. announced that David Thomas, the company's vice president of
product strategy was appointed to the Georgia Tech Information Security Center's
Industry Advisory Board. "Our faculty and students look forward to interacting
with David" said Mustaque Ahamad, director of GTISC. Source: PR Inside
France, Georgia nurture connection
French ambassador to the United States, Pierre Vimont said that Georgia Tech's partnership with France's Lorraine region to foster research in areas such as security and computer science is helping to build upon the "new friendship" between France and the United States. Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
U.S.-India Higher Education
Georgia Tech aims to become the first American university in India to offer U.S.-recognized graduate degrees identical to those received by students at its American campus in Atlanta. It's looking for faculty and hoping to build a state-of-the-art research campus in Hyderabad, India. Source: US Embassy, India
Grand Text Auto Exhibit Opens
The GVU Center is collaborating with Beall Center at University of California, Irvine to organise the Grand Text Auto symposium and performances. The exhibit opened on Thursday, with opening symposiums and performances on Friday and will be open until 14 December. Source: Wired.com
Aging Under A High-Tech Eye
College of Computing faculty member Elizabeth D. Mynatt, one of the principal researchers in the Aware Home Research Initiative, is investigating the next generation of high-tech tools to keep seniors connected. Source: LA Times
Look out, Logan: Software is Soft Wear
College of Computing faculty member Thad Starner, a founding member and chairman of this year's International Symposium on Wearable Computers at Boston says he has worn his computer every day for 15 years. Source: Boston Globe
On The Road To Robot Race
Henrik Christensen, Director, Robotics and Intelligent Machines Center and
Sting Racing member, said "The most important qualification is our competence in
systems integration, but our strategy to control (the robot) is also a major
component of our design." The team has spent about $200,000 on hardware for the
robot, but about $2 million on the total project. Source: News.com
Media Players the New Front in Delivering Spam
As hackers are finding new ways to deliver spam, steal data and introduce
computer viruses, the Georgia Tech Information Security Center's report
on emerging threats suggests that online media players could be their next
weapons. Source: National Public Radio
Computing Faculty, Students Win IEEE VAST 2007 Symposium Contest
College of Computing Professor John Stasko, along with Post-Doc Carsten Goerg and students Zhicheng Liu, Kanupriyah Singhal, Neel Parekh have won the university division of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) 2007 Symposium Contest.
College of Computing Brings Master's Curriculum to Korea University with New Dual Degree
The Georgia Tech Board of Regents has recently approved a Dual Degree Masters Program in Embedded Software to be administered jointly by the College of Computing and Korea University (KU), Seoul, South Korea.
Computing Faculty Win IBM SUR Award to Create New Critical Enterprise Grid Services Facility
A team of College of Computing researchers, jointly with colleagues at Ohio State University, have received a new IBM Shared University Research (SUR) award to create a Critical Enterprise Grid Services (CEGS) facility, a prototype corporate grid that will link the two institutions.
Security Summit Warns of 'Bot Armies'
It is the fastest growing, fastest changing type of crime in the world
and Georgia Tech is on the frontlines of the battle to control it.
GTISC just held a cyber security summit and experts talked about the
latest threats like bot-networks, targeted messaging attacks, and
threats to mobile phones. Source: 11Alive.com
Online Video Emerges As PC Security Hole
According to the Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2008 released by
Georgia Tech ISC, online videos might be conduits for malicious code
that can infect your computer. As anti-spam technology improves,
hackers are finding new vehicles to deliver their malicious code. Source: Associated Press
Made For Hacking
Speaking at the GTISC Security Summit on Emerging Cyber Security
Threats and Countermeasures, keynote speaker Vint Cerf, Google's chief
Internet evangelist, said the Internet is insecure. And he should know
— he helped build the thing. Source: Forbes.com
Grand Text Auto
The GVU Center is collaborating with Beall Center at University of
California, Irvine to organize the Grand Text Auto symposium and
performances. Grand Text Auto presents six artists wheeling their way
to the forefront of digital games and narrative. Source: Beall Center, UC Irvine
Latest Robots Help Clean, Even Spy
Ayanna Howard, a College of Computing Adjunct Professor with School of ECE feels that iRobot has been successful by selling very specialized devices instead of "coming up with one robot that can do everything." She is specializing in human-robot interactions at home. Source: Ajc.com
Weaving a Brave New Web
Ellen Zegura, College of Computing Associate Dean of Special Programs and co-chair of a group exploring uses for Global Environment for Network Innovation advocates understanding of both how Internet works and how it could work better. Source: NJ.com
Study Finds Human-Robot Attachment
Rebecca Elizabeth Grinter, associate professor at the school's College of Computing and Program Coordinator of Human Centered Computing comments on her study: "Robot owners are more willing to work with a robot that does have issues because they really, really like it." Source: KTVB.com
GTISC Releases 2008 Cyber Threats Forecast
The GTISC Emerging Cyber Threats Report for
2008, released at the annual GTISC Security Summit on
Emerging Cyber Security Threats and Countermeasures, outlines the top five areas of security concern and risk for consumer and
enterprise Internet users for the coming year.
McAfee, Inc. to Present on Emerging Cyber Security Threats
McAfee, Inc. vice president and chief scientist George Heron will discuss threats and countermeasures being seen today in the security industry along with a panel of security experts at Georgia Tech Security Summit on October 2, 2007. Source: Money.CNN.com
Halo 3 Arrives, Rewarding Gamers, and Microsoft
Computational Media students Ari Velazquez and Dan Gibson have converted
their apartment into a sort of high-tech video game cave, sealing windows with
blankets and cardboard and stocking up on ramen noodles, chips and white-cheddar
popcorn. Source: New York Times
Work on Paralysis Shows Just How Hard It Is to Read Minds
College of Computing faculty member Melody Moore Jackson is working on a
"brain-computer interface" to communicate with the minds of paralyzed patients
by monitoring their brain activity. Source: Wall Street Journal
A Robot Didn't Write This
Ronald Arkin, Regents' Professor in the School of Interactive Computing, comments on the ethical, legal and moral ramifications of society's dependence on robots. He is developing an artificial-conscience mechanism to govern robot behavior. Source: Washington Post
Finishing The Fight: At Midnight, 'Halo 3' Battles On
Ian Bogost, a GVU Center faculty member and co-founder of Persuasive Games, comments on Microsoft's Halo 3: "This is like the summer action movie of the video world, the big release with the explosions and the crazy special effects." Source: ajc.com
ARC ThinkTank Member Wins Johnson Prize for Work on Ancient Math Problem
College of Computing Postdoctoral Fellow and ARC ThinkTank member Luis Rademacher has won the Johnson prize for 2006-07, given by the MIT mathematics department to the most outstanding paper co-authored by a graduate student.
Application to Classify Electrical Activity in Houses Wins Best Paper and Best Presentation
A paper titled "At the Flick of a Switch: Detecting and Classifying Unique Electrical Events on the Residential Power Line," written by College of Computing Graduate Students Shwetak N. Patel and Julie A. Kientz, along with Research Scientist Thomas Robertson, Senior Research Scientist Matthew Reynolds and Professor Gregory Abowd, has won the Best Paper Award at the 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp 2007), held in Innsbruck, Austria, on September 16-19, 2007.
Georgia Tech Librarian, Prof To Loan Land in Second Life
College of Computing Associate Professor Blaire MacIntyre has teamed up with Georgia Tech librarian Brian Matthews to develop a space in the Second Life virtual world from which students could "check out" land parcels in order "to hang out, explore, and learn the basics of the software." Source: CampusTechnology.com
HPC Leader Touts Manycore Processors to Advance Biomedicine and Security
College of Computing Associate Professor David A. Bader delivered a keynote talk on "Petascale Computing for Large-Scale Graph Problems" at the 7th International Conference on Parallel Processing (PPAM) on September 11, 2007 in Gdansk, Poland.
School of Computer Science Establishes Development Office
The College of Computing has announced that Dr. Juan McGruder will lead the newly established Office of Development for its School of Computer Science. Dr. McGruder has served as Associate Director of Development for the College for the past four years.
College of Computing Ph.D. Dissertation on "Chatting to Learn" Published by Cambria Press
College of Computing Ph.D. graduate James M. Hudson's book, "Chatting to Learn: The Changing Psychology and Evolving Pedagogy of Online Learning," is releasing this week in hardcover from Cambria Press.
Computing Researchers Study Robot-Human Interaction, Win Best Paper Award
Graduate Research Assistant Alan Wagner and Regents' Professor Ronald Arkin won the best technical paper award at the 15th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 06).
Video Gaming Market Adds CDC Games
Ian Bogost, a GVU Center faculty member and co-founder of Persuasive Games, says
the cultures in China and particularly in South Korea are driving big growth in
the online game market. Source: BizJournals.com
GTISC Names Advisory Board
The Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) has created a 19-member board of industry advisors to give GTISC advice and strategy as it grows as an academic research organization in information security. The board features security and technology executives from top organizations in the IT industry and the global business community. Source: MoneyCentral.Msn.com
Smart Homes Could Track Your Electrical Noise
Gregory Abowd, a professor in the School of Interactive Computing, will present a paper with colleagues at the International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing to
show that they could train a computer to distinguish between activity
in different rooms as their lights were switched on and off, or to tell
the signature of microwave oven from that of a ceiling fan. Source: NewScientist.com
Sim-U Conference Explores Games in the Classroom
Ian Bogost, a GVU
Center faculty member and co-founder of Persuasive Games, was the keynote speaker at the first Sim-U gaming conference. The event focused on the role of video games in interactive learning. Source: TravelerOnline.com
Second Life's Success Placed in Doubt
Recent interest in Second Life from marketers and other companies has made it
difficult to assess the success or importance of this platform. However, Jose
Zagal, Ph.D. student in the School of Interactive Computing, notes that some companies are using Second Life
experimentally as environments for R&D. IBM, for example, is experimenting with
ways to support distributed work teams. Source: Diario Financiero, Chile (spanish)
Robots Programmed to Seduce Coeds
Universities like the College of Computing at Georgia Tech
are trying to stanch the downturn by dropping prerequisites, instituting
mentoring programs, and, in some cases, using interactive technology to give
introductory classes a bit more sex appeal. Source: UTNE Reader
Ron Arkin Works to Equip Robot Soldiers with a Conscience
Over the next two months College of Computing Regents' Professor Ron Arkin will visit
several U.S. military installations to talk about the armed services’ use of
robots. But Arkin’s interest in military applications extends beyond simply
helping out on the battlefield; he foresees a day when robots serve not just as
a valuable tool for soldiers, but their conscience as well. Source: SundayPaper.com
Internet Security Firm Lands $6M in New Financing
Damballa, a provider of Internet security software that targets so-called “bot
armies,” has landed $6 million in Series B funding. Merrick Furst, associate dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech,
founded the company. Source: LocalTechWire
Georgia Tech Information Security Center to Host Summit on Emerging Cyber Threats
The Summit will bring together prominent leaders and visionaries in the information technology and security fields to discuss and debate the top emerging cyber security threats, as well as possible countermeasures to safeguard the user and business communities. Source: Business Wire
Revenge of the Frosh-Seeking Robots
Microsoft Research has formed a partnership with Bryn Mawr, the venerable
liberal-arts women’s college near Philadelphia, and the College of Computing at
Georgia Tech. The three jump-started a $2 million pilot program called the
Institute for Personal Robots in Education that is developing an easily
programmable tabletop robotic device to introduce to first-year computer science
students. Source: The American
A New Computing Standard: The Klaus Advanced Computing Building
The Klaus Advanced Computing Building is like a computer chip: high tech,
multi-layered, and the hub of frenetic activity. It’s host to laboratory
research, classroom teaching, and faculty collaboration in a wide array of
workspaces, all focused on the science of computing. Plus,the Klaus building has
become the hot new location for staging all manner of Georgia Tech campus
events. Source: SteelCase
GTISC and ARC Researchers Collaborate to Develop Next-Generation Spam Filters
Graduate student Anirudh Ramachandran's work on filtering spam using network-level properties will appear at the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), ACM's top security conference, at the end of October.
Haile Grabs Attention of Federal Agency
GVU professor Gil Weinberg has been jamming at concerts all over the world with his invention, Haile the drum-playing robot. Haile uses artificial intelligence to improvise on real drums and respond to human musicians in an ensemble. Source: AJC
Interactive Computing Faculty Named 2007 Young Innovator by Technology Review
As a computer science graduate student at the University of Washington in
the early 2000s, current College of Computing at Georgia Tech Assistant
Professor Karen Liu set out to find an easier method. Her article of faith:
"There [had] to be some way, from our knowledge of physics and biomechanics, to
distill the properties that create motion styles." Source: Technology Review
Georgia Tech Debuts Robotic Car
Ga. Tech engineers have created a robotic car that drives...by itself!
Source: CBS 46
Attack of the Killer Robots
It will be a while before the humanoid murderers portrayed in Hollywood
films like "Robocop" and "Terminator" will be unleashed on humanity.
"But there are no scientific barriers standing in the way of autonomous
combat robots," says Ronald Arkin of the Atlanta-based Georgia
Institute of Technology. "The parts of the whole are being assembled as
we speak." Source: Spiegel Online
Seymour Goodman's Speech on Securing Cyberspace Appears on C-Span
The Hudson Institute
sponsored a talk on the "International Dimensions of Securing
Cyberspace." The lecture, given by Prof. Seymour Goodman, Georgia Tech,
looks at the international nature of the Internet and the problems this
poses for securing cyberspace. Source: C-Span (Link requires Real Player)
Flight Plan for Security
The odds in the struggle have favored the bad guys, who focus on
exploiting what others create, said Seymour Goodman, of the Georgia
Institute of Technology.
“These guys are becoming innovative faster than the good guys,” Goodman
said. Source: GCN
Facebook Code Leaked on Site
Despite these alarm bells, the specific code release doesn't mean much
for Facebook's security, according to Jon Giffin, an assistant
professor at Georgia Tech's School of Computing Science and a
researcher at the school's Information Security Center. Source: ABC News
RoboCup 2007 Featured on CNN Student News
It shoots. It scores! Robots and their humans from 37 countries are
competing at RoboCup 2007 at Georgia Tech. While these students are
very smart, so are their 'bots. Source: CNN
Blurring World Boundaries
Already online worlds such as Second Life challenged
notions of what was meant by "cyberspace", said Amy Bruckman, associate
professor in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of
Technology. Source: BBC News
'Smart' Making It Big as the New 'New'
Smart house: A residential
structure that reacts to its occupants, turning lights on and off
automatically, adjusting temperature, and sending a robotic maid to fix
you a martini (well, almost). For an example, see the Georgia Tech
Aware Home. Source: AJC
Georgia Tech Sting Racing Team Selected as Semi-Finalist in DARPA Urban Grand Challenge
The College of Computing at Georgia
Tech today announced that the Sting Racing team competing in the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Urban Challenge has passed its site
visit and is one of 36 teams judged technologically capable of competing in the final round.
Ian Bogost Dished on The Colbert Report
Georgia Institute of Technology Assistant Professor Ian Bogost Bogost wants to harness interactive entertainment for more than just tooling around in fantasy la-la land... Now stop thinking and have some fun with Professor Bogost on Monday's edition of The Colbert Report. Source: Comedy Central
High Performance Computing and Web Science Initiatives Receive Seed Money from Provost's Office
The Office of the Provost has awarded Focused Research Program (FRP)
funding for research proposals in high performance computing for
$30,000 and web science for $29,313. The proposals were coordinated by
College of Computing Associate Professor David A. Bader and
co-coordinated by Associate Professors Amy Bruckman and Milena Mihail,
respectively.
The Institute for Personal Robotics in Education Honored at AI Exhibition for 'Educational Impact'
The Institute for Personal Robotics in Education (IPRE), a joint effort of the College of Computing, Microsoft Research, and Bryn Mawr College, received the "Technical Innovation Award for Educational Impact" at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Robot Competition & Exhibition held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from July 22-26, 2007.
A Handy Way to Lose Data
Keith Edwards, an associate computer science professor at Georgia Tech,
said many are often too cavalier with the drives. "They're so small and
inexpensive, people think of them as being disposable," he said. If you left a
laptop at airport security, you would quickly notice and run back for it, he
said. "But a flash drive? Probably not."
Meetings in a Virtual World
Christopher Klaus, College of Computing Advisory Board member and CEO and
founder of Atlanta-based Kaneva, Inc., says companies must market themselves on
the site that is best-suited for their brands.The Virtual World of Kaneva which
is still in test mode, plans to make money by charging for virtual items.
Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle
Exploring Internet Alternatives: the GENI Project
There are few aspects of our lives that are not touched in some way by the
Internet, and few technological developments have had such broad impact in such
a short time. Article by School of Computer Science Chair Ellen W. Zegura.
Source: OST Bridges
Behind Microsoft's Bid To Gain Cutting Edge
As the man designated to replace Bill Gates as Microsoft Corp.'s long-term
strategic thinker, Craig Mundie, College of Computing alum, is at the center of a daunting corporate challenge:
positioning the company to survive and thrive in the post-Gates era. Source: Wall Street Journal
Is It Live or Is It AR?
"By blending digital creations with our view of the world, augmented
reality is set to transform the way we entertain and educate ourselves."
Article co-written by College of Computing Professor, and Director of the
Augmented Environments Lab, Blair MacIntyre, and LCC Professor Jay David
Bolter. Source: Spectrum IEEE
Alter Egos in a Virtual World
Game designer Celia Pearce, a GVU Center faculty member and head
of The Experimental Games Lab, is no stranger to the transformative experiences
people often have through their avatars. Source: NPR
Ian Bogost Appears on Bloomberg
Founder and president of Persuasive Video Games, and Assistant Professor of
Digital Media, Ian Bogost, speaks in and interview with Bloomberg about his new
book, video games, the CNN/YouTube debates, and the various ways in which media
can affect today's society. Source: Bloomberg
David Bader Elected to Serve on Advisory Board for Internet2
Formed in 1996, Internet2 is a
non-profit consortium contributing to the advancement of networking
research with projects like the Abiline Network and the National Lambda
Rail (NLR) project, which has deployed the highest bandwidth research
network in the country.
AMD Develops New Memory Technology For High-End Chips
"AMD and its platform partners have developed an innovative technology that
directly addresses the need for efficient and cost-effective memory capability,
which is one of the most significant computing requirements of the scientific
community," said Thomas Zacharia, associate laboratory director of Computing and
Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and part-time professor at
the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Source: HPCWire
Remote Access Software Aided Hacker, CEO Says
Mustaque Ahamad, director of the Georgia Tech information security center, warns
computer users to beware of remote programs that can record the keystrokes of a
password as it is typed and secretly transmit the information to a hacker. "Typically, we have defenses for things
we know, but we keep finding new ones all the time," said Ahamad.
"You have to make sure you turn off access where you don't want access." Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
The Debates' New Face
YouTube users will quiz the candidates, but Ian Bogost, assistant professor
of digital media at Georgia Tech, calls the debate "superficial" and "overly
hyped." "First of all, I frankly don't think we get a deeper understanding of
policy on YouTube than we do in the newspaper or TV," Bogost said. Source: Washington Post
ARC ThinkTank Makes Strong Contribution at Top ACM Symposium
Five papers from members of the Algorithms and Randomness Center and ThinkTank (ARC ThinkTank) were presented at the Symposium on the Theory of Computing (STOC 2007), June 10-13 in San Diego, California. The symposium is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory (SIGACT) and is one of the top annual conferences in theoretical computer science.
RoboCup 2007 Photo Essay
The RoboCup Federation's annual competition invites scientists and amateurs to construct a robot team capable of defeating the 2050 human World Cup Soccer champions. Source: Time
Hand Gestures Replace Buttons in Tech
A group of researchers at the College of Computing at Georgia Tech want to do
away with the keyboard. They’ve designed a wristwatch that recognizes
hand gestures and uses them for touch-free control of electronic devices such as
MP3 players, cell phones, and home appliances. The technology could also be used
by a doctor to control a medical device during an operation. Source: Discovery Channel
Stolen Data Now More Marketable
Mustaque Ahamad, director of the Georgia Tech
Information Security
Center, comments on
recent development of hackers. "Traditionally, hacking started with some
kids in a basement doing it for fun or for bragging rights, " said Ahamad.
"The last several years, the trend shifted to criminals and now it's more
of an organized crime." Source: St. Petersburg Times
Watching Cities in 4D
Associate Professor Frank
Dellaert, College of Computing Ph.D. Student Grant Schindler, and Microsoft
Research have developed 4D Cities, a software that shows the evolution of a
city over time. The software
automatically builds an animated 3D model that shows changes. This application
will be useful for architects, historians or town planners. Source: ZDNet
Robots Start Your Engines
The silver 2007 Porche Cayenne looks like any other SUV, however the car,
called Sting, is a robot, able to drive itself, and it's being built by scientists at Georgia
Tech's College of Computing. Source: Public Broadcasting
Computing Professor and Student Win Best Paper Award for Study on Usefulness of Web Lectures
Interactive Computing Professor James Foley and Computer Science Grad Student Jason Day have won the IEEE Education Society's 2007 Best Transactions Paper Award for a paper titled "Evaluating a Web Lecture Intervention in a Human-Computer Interaction Course," published in the November 2006 issue of IEEE Transactions on Education.
College of Computing Faculty Named Best Georgia Tech Freshman Professor
College of Computing Instructor Cedric Stallworth has been named Best Freshman Professor for 2007 by the Georgia Tech Freshman Activities Board (FAB), a freshman leadership organization that is part of Georgia Tech Housing's Freshman Experience program.
Just for Kicks, RoboCup Expands to Include Nanobots
RoboCup 2007, which is being held at the Georgia Tech, will host 1,700
robot researchers and 300 robot teams from 33 countries. This year,
the competition will feature a new Nanogram League in which microscopic robots
will compete. Source: EETimes
Design-Based Learning and Student Achievement
A research Team, including Janet Kolodner, a professor at the College of
Computing at Georgia Tech, recently conducted a study see if a design-based
approach to a unit on the human respiratory system would result in greater
student learning than more traditional direct instruction methods. Source: ASCD
The Internet Overhaul: A Web Discussion with Ellen Zegura
Is the Internet in trouble? Should it be revamped? Ellen W. Zegura is
trying to answer both of these questions. Zegura is chairwoman of the School of Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of
Technology. She is also co-chair of the science council at GENI, the
National Science Foundation's proposed new testbed for Internet
innovation. Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
Hundreds of Robots Gather at Georgia Tech
If you’re a closet robot fanatic, then you may want to head over to Georgia
Tech. The world’s largest robotics competition kicks off Tuesday at Georgia Tech
and involves some of the most intricate, sophisticated, and complicated robots
today. Click on video for more information. Source: Fox Atlanta
'Jaguar' 2nd Fastest Supercomputer
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's "Jaguar" supercomputer is now the second fastest
in the world, according to rankings released Wednesday. "We fully expect these contributions to accelerate in the coming months and years," said Thomas Zacharia, associate lab director for computing and computational sciences and part-time professor at the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Source: Forbes
Goldman Meets Match in Googleplex When Recruiting Graduates
Lucrative careers and opportunities await graduating students. Before earning
her master's degree in Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology in
May, Qiushuang Zhang had two job offers from Goldman Sachs Group Inc., two from
Microsoft Corp. and one from Google Inc. Source: Bloomberg
Team SpelBots Prepares for RoboCup 2007 at Georgia Tech
The Spelman College robotics soccer team will compete
at the world’s most-renowned competition for research robotics. SpelBots, will compete
in the inaugural Microsoft Robotics Studio Soccer Challenge demonstration and
the Four-Legged Robot Technical Challenge at RoboCup 2007, July 1-10 at the
Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
Source: Newswise
Welcome to "Fatworld!" Experience Refreshing Moral Discomfort!
Georgia Tech professor Ian Bogost designs popular Web games
powered by sarcasm and social commentary, with social themes and moral lessons.
In his latest, “Fatworld,” players navigate a consumer paradise, rule their own
empire of restaurants and convenience stores, and enjoy food allergies,
diabetes, heart disease, and death. Source: Wired
Can the Internet Be Saved?
"The Internet is like a big wonderful house that was
built in the 1970s," says Ellen W. Zegura, chairwoman of computer sciences
at the Georgia Institute of Technology. "It's really important to you and
you love it, but it may not do things you need it to do today. And while I'm
not saying the house has termites, there are signs of decay." Source: The Chronicle Of Higher Education
Transportation Study Wins Best Paper at 21st Annual Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation Conference
Regents' Professor and Chair of the Computational Science & Engineering Division Richard Fujimoto and civil engineering faculty and students won the best paper award for "Ad Hoc Distributed Simulations" at the 21st annual Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation (PADS) conference.
Georgia Tech High Performance Computing Pioneer Joins Nation's Brightest Engineers to Tackle Green Issues
College of Computing Associate Professor David A.
Bader is one of eighty-three of the nation's brightest young engineers who have
been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) 13th
annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium.
Computing Student Whips up Web Games
Stick figures that dodge falling triangles, dots that
explode into giant color circles when they touch, welcome to the online world
of Danny Miller, a Georgia Tech College of Computing student with a talent for
writing code and a passion for creating Internet games. Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
Alum Proposes Actions to Prevent Identity Theft
At a Congressional hearing today on protecting the privacy of
social security numbers, Annie Antón testified on behalf of the U.S. Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery (USACM) that the theft of social security numbers has become the primary tool for stealing an individual's identity, enabling criminals to unlock access to credit, banking accounts, and other services. Source: ACM
CRA Names GVU Director to First Computing Community Consortium
The Computing Research Association, in consultation with the National Science Foundation (NSF), has announced the membership of the first permanent Council for the Computing
Community Consortium (CCC). GVU Center Director Elizabeth Mynatt is one of 16 leaders named to the council. Source: Computing Research Association
IMS Goes to School
The IMS Research Competition was an innovative collaboration
between AT&T, Nokia Siemens Networks and the Georgia Institute of
Technology. “We encouraged students to form teams from different programs,”
said Russell Clark, a research scientist in Georgia Tech's College of Computing,
who mentored students as they developed projects.
Source: Telephony Online
Tech Professor Developing Camera Cloak
College of Computing Professor Gregory Abowd, who has a patent pending for a technology that disables the recording features of digital recording devices, has been traveling around the world looking for clients and backers of his idea.
Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle
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Big Game Merges Activism with Play Across Atlanta
"Can a game change the world?" This question was posed to the GVU Center's Celia Pearce a
couple of years ago, and now she and the Georgia Tech Emergent Game
Group intend to show that it can.
Source: Earth Times
Georgia Tech Professor Sounds Off on Virginia Tech Game
Ian Bogost, a game designer and assistant professor at the Georgia
Institute of Technology, challenges the video-game industry to develop
a thoughtful and respectful game that encourages people to reflect on
the shootings at Virginia Tech.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Got Your Tickets for RoboCup 2007 Yet?
RoboCup 2007 is shaping up to be the hottest sporting event of the
summer. RoboCup is the zany project of a group of robotics researchers
who are determined to build a squad of robots capable of beating the
world champion soccer team.
Source: The Huffington Post
Augmented Reality Games Merge Physical World with Fantasy
"AR Facade" is an "augmented reality" game, a genre that mixes a virtual world with physical reality. At the College of Computing at Georgia Tech where "AR Facade" was created, researchers are using the technology to create "interactive dramas." The games are "somewhere between a movie and a video game," said Steven Dow, a Ph.D. student in Georgia Tech's human-centered computing program.
Source: The Associated Press
Robot Wars
Ronald Arkin of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech is developing a set of rules of engagement for battlefield robots to ensure that their use of lethal force follows the rules of ethics. In other words, he is trying to create an artificial conscience.
Herd of Frisky Robots Illustrates Appeal of Innovative Computer Science Curriculum
A groundbreaking Introduction to Computing course offered for the first
time this Spring is the first offering from the Institute for Personal
Robots in Education (IPRE), a joint venture of Bryn Mawr, The College
of Computing at Georgia Tech and Microsoft Research aimed at increasing
student enrollment in computer science.
College of Computing, Kaneva Kick off Monthly Student Video Competition
The College of Computing and Kaneva are awarding $100 each month
starting in June for the best student project or research video
submissions on Kaneva.com, the virtual 3D-world networking site. The
competition is open to all Georgia Tech students and is planned to run
for at least one year.
Computing Grad Programs Ranked 4th in Nation; Professor Ranked 1st in World
The College of Computing at Georgia Tech has been ranked 4th in the Nation for graduate programs in an article published in the June 2007 issue of Communications of the ACM. The article also ranks Georgia Tech 3rd in the nation for software engineering and lists NSF ADVANCE Professor of Computing Mary Jean Harrold as the number one software engineering scholar in the world.
Robots to the Rescue
Robots roughly the size and shape of large turtles — if turtles were
bright blue, with wheels on either side and a pen-sized hole in the
center — scuttle along the floors of the College of Computing at
Georgia Tech. They draw squares. They run away from lights. They play
the tune "La Cucaracha" and the theme from Close Encounters of the
Third Kind. They may also save computer science in America.
College of Computing Hosts Workshop to Drive Innovation in Cell Broadband Engine Processor Research
Georgia Tech Leadership in Cell/B.E. Processor Research Includes Status as One of the First Universities to Receive IBM QS20 Blade Servers
Robot Curriculum Attracts Programmers
A new robotics course at the College of Computing at Georgia Tech is aimed at reigniting interest in computer science among undergraduates. Educators at Georgia Tech and elsewhere are turning to innovative programs like the Scribbler to draw more students to the field and reverse the tide of those leaving it.
KUKA Chair Henrik Christensen Predicts the Future of Robotics
At the 2007 RoboBusiness Conference and Expo, Henrik Christensen, KUKA
Chair of Robotics at the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, sits
down with Design News to talk about his role and what the near future
will bring for robotics.
Antón Named 2007 St. Pius X Distinguished Alumna
Dr. Annie Antón, College of Computing alumna and associate professor of
computer science at NC State University, has been honored by the St.
Pius X Catholic High School in Atlanta, Georgia, as the recipient of
the 2007 St. Pius X Distinguished Alumna award.
Bridging Real and Virtual Worlds Through Marketing
"When designing online environments, keep in mind the kind of
experience you want your users to have. If the experience is
compelling, whether it is branded or not becomes a non-issue because if
the experience is compelling so is the brand experience," according to
José Pablo Zaga, PhD candidate at the College of Computing at Georgia
Tech.
Persuasive Games: Why We Need More Boring Games
Georgia Institute of Technology assistant professor and Persuasive
Games founding partner Ian Bogost argues that what the industry needs
right now is "games that would demystify the medium", citing clothing
designer Marc Ecko's "insightful and ironic" observations, and
examining how this applies to the serious games market.
NASA Video Game Invites Players for Study
The GVU Center's Ian Bogost, an internationally recognized game
designer, led the game design with a student team at Georgia Tech.
Ideas to Attract Young People to IT Careers
Student interest in technology careers is lagging. State departments
of education and institutions that train teachers need to make sure
that teaching programs adequately prepare teachers. For example, the
College of Computing at Georgia Tech just redid its computer science
curriculum and is now trying to work out a model for teacher
certification in the subject.
2007 RoboBusiness Conference and Expo Showcases Consumer Robotics
On the industrial side of the conference, Henrik Christensen,
director of robotics at Georgia Tech and KUKA chair of robotics, spoke
about the continued integration of machines into assembly and factory
processes, but put emphasis on using machines for the “dirty, the dull
and the dangerous” and using humans where intelligence is required.
Camera Captures Autism Moments
Recording autistic children isn't new, but the technology to capture moments without continuously recording them is something developed a couple years ago at Georgia Tech's College of Computing by Dr. Gregory Abowd. Watch Video
Technology Helps Autistic Children
Technology developed at Georgia Tech is making life easier for those
who teach children with autism. "We wanted [teachers] to get the data
that they wanted in a way that still respects their ability to manage
their classroom," said Dr. Gillian Hayes, a recent graduate of the
College of Computing at Georgia Tech.
Computational Media Academic Advising Ranked Best on Campus
In its April 2007 Report, the Georgia Tech Office of Assessment reported the Computational Media (CM) Interdisciplinary Degree at the College of Computing and the School of Literature, Communication and Culture ranked highest on campus among students for academic advising.
Caring Technologies Receives $1 Million from NIH for Autism
Caring Technologies / TalkAutism of Boise, ID, collaborated with
College of Computing Associate Professor Gregory Abowd to develop and
patent a digital video recording system that lets professionals,
caregivers and parents uniquely capture and then securely replay the
last few moments before a behavior of interest or concern of a child
with autism.
College of Computing Students Win Industry Awards for Creating Next-Generation Mobile Applications
Fifteen students at The Georgia Institute of Technology, including eleven from the College of Computing, were awarded $100,000 in cash prizes for creating next-generation mobile applications as part of the 2007 IMS Research Competition.
Drummer Droid Evolves Its Mojo
A robot called Haile was programmed by Gil Weinberg and colleagues
at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, US, to listen to the rhythm played by a
human drummer and mimic it. It could even improvise around the drum
pattern by dividing, multiplying or skipping beats.
Audio Menus for iPods
Historically, handheld consumer gadgets haven't widely used audio
menus. There are a few reasons for this, says Bruce Walker, professor
in the school of psychology and the College of Computing at Georgia
Tech.
New Musical Work Treats Audience Like Notes in a Score
Composer and GVU Assistant Professor Jason Freeman doesn't much like
concert halls, with their audiences sitting in silent rows. They just
don't fit the modern, interactive world, he says.
David Bader Joins IBM Technical Leadership Forum
What do Harley-Davidson, Lehman Brothers, eBay, Volkswagen, Electronic Arts, and Georgia Tech all have in common? Each is a member of the highly-selective IBM Technical Leadership Forum, which is comprised of high-tech representatives from around the world who serve as an advisory board for IBM on information technologies.
College of Computing Awards Posthumous Degree to Daniel Compton
On April 18th, the Institute Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (IUCC) approved the granting of a posthumous degree for CS undergraduate Daniel Compton. Compton died last year and would have been a senior graduating this month.
Gabriel Loh Receives NSF CAREER Award
School of Computer Science Assistant Professor Gabriel Loh recently received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his research project titled "Computer Architecture Foundations for 3D-Integrated High-Performance Microprocessors."
Five Years after Maligned Merger, Hewlett-Packard Prospers
Rich DeMillo, dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech,
remembers his initial shock when HP Chief Executive Carly Fiorina told
HP's then chief technology officer she wanted to do a merger of equals
with Compaq.
Corporations Join Forces to Link Universities Through High Definition Video Communications
Associate Professor, Gregory D. Abowd from the School of Interactive
Computing and GVU Center from Georgia Tech acknowledged, "This
equipment will help to maintain active collaborations across several
major universities and provide opportunities to establish more
meaningful interactions with colleagues with similar research
perspectives. We also expect it to provide connection between our
student populations as well."
CS International Honor Society Taps Computing Faculty, Students
Fifty-three College of Computing undergraduates, graduate students and two faculty have been tapped into the Upisilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) International Honor Society for Computer Science.
Re-inventing Telecom Technology in Liberia
During E-Liberia Vision 2010, Dr. Michael Best, assistant professor
in Georgia Tech’s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and in the
College of Computing, will co-organize a two-day workshop examining the
Liberian vision for ICT.
College of Computing Faculty The Only Regents’ Professors Named for 2007
Richard Fujimoto and Nancy Nersessian have received the only two available Regents’ promotions from the Institute for 2007. The promotions were confirmed this week by letters from Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough.
College of Computing Student Creates Virginia Tech Wristband
College of Computing student Amrit Bhavinani designed a wristband
like the yellow "live strong" band popularized by Lance Armstrong,
which says "Remembering VT." All proceeds from the wristbands will go
to the Hokie Memorial Fund at Virginia Tech.
Botnets Getting Harder to Kill
At a conference last week called HotBots, in Cambridge,
Massachusetts—the first Usenix conference devoted to
botnets—researchers from three U.S. institutions, including College of
Computing Ph.D. student David Dagon, presented a paper highlighting the
recent evolution of peer-to-peer botnets.
A Chat with Michelle Venable-Foster
Venable-Foster teaches mathematics and computer science at South
Gwinnett High and attended Summer workshops at the College of
Computing: "I think it's great that Georgia Tech took the time to try
to get more kids involved in computer science. To hit that age group
was perfect because that's when they start developing their own little
personalities and learning what they like and don't like."
Robot Wars: An Attempt to Build an Ethical Robotic Soldier
Ronald Arkin, Regents' Professor in the College of Computing at
Georgia Tech, is developing a set of rules of engagement for
battlefield robots to ensure that their use of lethal force follows the
rules of ethics.
The College of Computing Honors Exceptional Students, Faculty, and Staff
The College of Computing at Georgia Tech hosted its 16th Annual Awards Celebration on April 17, 2007. Master of Ceremony and CoC Associate Dean and Honors & Awards Chair Merrick Furst led the College in congratulating students, faculty, and staff on another exciting and productive year.
ORNL's 'Jaguar' Purring Perfectly
"It's truly the fastest 'open science' machine in the world," Thomas
Zacharia, ORNL's scientific computing chief and part-time professor at
the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, said Wednesday.
The H-1B Rush: U.S. Schools Need Radical Change
According to a recent article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, the nation's supply of high-tech talent is the lowest it's been since before the dot-com boom days. With its groundbreaking curriculum called Threads, the college of computing is prepared to meet the demand.
10 Hot Security Startups: Damballa
Damballa, a new venture spun off from research conducted at the The
College of Computing at Georgia Tech, is working on products that can
recognize the online transmissions used to form botnets. It can tell
you which systems are being conscripted, and by what army, so that you
can quarantine or reformat them.
CSE Leadership in Petascale Computing
David A. Bader, Executive Director of High-Performance Computing, and Associate Professor in the Computational Science and Engineering Division of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, recently delivered a keynote talk on “Petascale Computing for Large-Scale Graph Problems“ at the 8th IEEE International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing (PDSEC).
University of Colorado Implements Strategy Similar to College of Computing's Threads
The College of Computing at Georgia Tech changed its coursework into
"threads" of study emphasizing emerging niches in computer technology.
CU is doing something similar.
Microsoft Funds New Mapping Research Programs
Researchers at the College of Computing at Georgia Tech also
received grant money from Microsoft to continue working on its City
Capture project. They want to mount sensors developed by Microsoft
Research that have high-resolution, high-focal-length camera lenses
around a city to document changes over time.
Researchers Are Using VisTracker for Their Augmented Reality Applications
"The benefit of InterSense's IS-1200 VisTracker is its ability to
track multiple, wide areas, including obstructed views, without losing
performance, and within the const raints of research budgets,"
commented Blair MacIntyre, associate professor in the School of
Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech and Georgia Tech's GVU Center.
The Future of CSE Is Now
Richard Fujimoto, Director of the Computational Science and Engineering Division, recently delivered a keynote talk at a joint session of the ACM/SCS SpringSim 2007 conference and the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Simulation Interoperability Workshop (SIW) titled "Modeling, Simulation and Parallel Computation: The Future is Now"
Gregory Abowd Receives Social Impact Award from SIGCHI
The Computer Human Interaction Special Interest Group (SIGCHI) within the Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) has awarded School of Interactive Computing Professor Gregory Abowd their Social Impact Award.
Jim Foley Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from SIGCHI
The Computer Human Interaction Special Interest Group (SIGCHI) within the Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) has awarded School of Interactive Computing Professor James D. Foley their Lifetime Achievement Award.
Computing Student Paper Examines Digg.com Community
A paper published for class by students at the College of Computing at Georgia Tech titled "Digging for Diggers: Analysis of a Social Media Website" analyzes the user community of Digg.com and was featured on the front page of Digg.com Tuesday, March 13th.
Using FPGA Devices to Accelerate Biomolecular Simulations
A paper co-authored by College of Computing at Georgia Tech and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Joint Faculty Member Jeffrey Vetter titled "Using FPGA Devices to Accelerate Biomolecular Simulations" has been selected for the cover of Computer Magazine.
Student Filmmakers Define "The New Face of Computing," Win Prizes
A digital film short directed by computing undergraduate Beth York won both first place and the people's choice award at the first annual College of Computing iMovie Competition Red Carpet Premiere and Awards Ceremony held on Friday, March 2, 2007.
College of Computing at Georgia Tech Hosts New Face of Computing Symposium
More than 200 corporate executives, industry leaders and technologists from across the country attended the New Face of Computing Symposium. Richard A. DeMillo, John P. Imlay Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech joined featured speaker, Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer at Microsoft Corporation, for an onstage discussion focused on computing’s impact across industries, societies and cultures.
Study on Popularity of IM Technology with Teens Receives Top Hits for 2006
College of Computing Associate Professor Beki Grinter's paper "Instant Messaging in Teen Life" (Grinter and Palen, 2002) found that the popularity of IM technology was linked to increased home and school obligations, the development of independent work practices, Internet connectivity, and even access to transportation.
Georgia Tech Computer Science Ranked 7th in the World by The Academic Rankings of World Universities
When it comes to the Colleges of Computing and Engineering, Georgia Tech is seventh in the world, according to a 2007 academic ranking of world universities by broad subject field published this month by the Institute of Higher Education at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
College of Computing at Georgia Tech Announces Creation of Two Schools
School of Computer Science and School of Interactive Computing Mark Higher Education’s First Step Toward Creating Sub-disciplines in Computing
Nick Feamster Receives NSF CAREER Award
The assistant professor recently won the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation for his research project titled "Kaleidoscope."
Visualization & Geometric Modeling Research Supported By IronCAD
College of Computing Professor Jarek Rossignac says "We was to help improve the speed of calculation as well as the quality of the data extracted."
Computing Awarded NSF Grant to Broaden CS Pipeline
The College of Computing will receive $2 million from the National Science Foundation to expand the pipeline of quality students and faculty at all educational levels and increase the participation of historically under-represented groups.
Zombie Computer Attacks Are A Growing Threat
David Dagon, Ph.D. student and co-founder Damballa, says botnet programs are present on about 11 percent of the more than 650 million computers attached to the Internet.
Developing Visions & Creating New Research Activities
Associate Dean Ellen Zegura, as an appointed expert to two important NSF advisory groups, provides scientific leadership on issues related to the future of large-scale computing research.
Tech Alum & EarthLink CEO Dies At 49
At Georgia Tech, Betty chaired President Clough's advisory board. "I was constantly amazed that a sitting CEO of a major company would be that generous with his time," said Rich DeMillo, Computing Dean. "He was always there."
Tech Scores RoboCup 2007 For Atlanta
As chair, College of Computing Associate Professor Tucker Balch and Georgia Tech will host the world's most renowned research competition among custom-built robots and their designers.
