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Helper Robot Gets In-Home Testing: A Marietta artist and others with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, are testing a helper robot developed by robotics researcher Charles Kemp. Source: CNN
The Ethics of Programming Robots for War: Professor Ron C. Arkin says it’s time to focus on aspects other the efficiency and safety of soldier robots, such as programming them to comply with the Laws of War and the Rules of Engagement. Source: The Takeaway
Can Robots Be More Ethical Than Soldiers?: Computing Professor Ronald C. Arkin, who designs software for battlefield robots, says that “intelligent robots can behave more ethically in the battlefield than humans currently can.” Source: New York Times
Georgia Tech Ranked 8th Worldwide for IT: U.S. News & World Report ranked Georgia Tech 8th in the world for engineering and information technology programs. Source: U.S. News and World Report
Robotics Researcher Makes Arctic Exploration Safer: Associate professor Ayanna Howard of the Robotics and Intelligent Machines Center helped build robots that someday will gather weather and climate data from remote parts of the Arctic and Antarctic that are too dangerous for scientists to traverse. Source: USA Today
Georgia Tech Plans Manycore Computing Center: The Georgia Tech Colleges of Computing and Engineering are embarking on a joint research effort that will include the creation of the Georgia Tech Center for Manycore Computing, a research center for innovations in computer architecture. Source: Dr. Dobb’s Portal
Cellular Networks Not Designed for Mass Texting: Virginia Tech's text-message alert system failed when the sound of gunfire was heard on campus last week. Patrick Traynor, computer science assistant professor, said text-alert systems that use current cellular networks can overwhelm the system and cause partial or complete failure. Source: eSchool News
Home-Care Robots Could Be Ready in Time to Serve Aging Baby Boomers: The average disabled American pays $16,000 for a properly trained service dog and waits years for one, says Charlie Kemp, an adjunct professor in the School of Interactive Computing. But robots now in development could soon be available commercially for $5,000. Source: Health.com
Georgia Tech Announces Plans For New Manycore Computing Research Center: AUSTIN, Texas (SC08) – November 18, 2008 – The Georgia Institute of Technology, a national leader in high-performance computing research and education, announced plans to create the Georgia Tech Center for Manycore Computing, a joint research center of the Colleges of Computing and Engineering that will pursue innovations in computer architecture. Source: Office of Communications
GT Information Security Center Identifies Five Growing Threats for 2009: In its "Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2009," the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) named five trends that will drive threats and countermeasures in the coming year: malware, botnets, cyberwarfare, threats to VoIP and mobile devices and the evolving cybercrime economy. Source: Networkworld
High Performance Computing Heavyweights Join Georgia Institute of Technology: AUSTIN, Texas (SC08) – November 17, 2008 – Georgia Tech, a national leader in high performance computing research and education, announced the addition of six distinguished researchers to its current roster of experts and luminaries in supercomputing. Source: Office of Communications
Researchers Examine Human Interaction with Music: Interactive Computing Professor Melody Moore Jackson and Music Professor Parag Chordia are using brain imaging techniques to learn how the brain reacts during the creative process, especially improvisation by musicians. Source: Georgia Tech Communications and Marketing
Robotic Helpers Are on Their Way: Robots that help disabled people the way service dogs do are expected to be available to the public within the next several years, and they would be cheaper and easier to get, says Professor Charlie Kemp of the Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines. Source: Fox 5 Atlanta
Hackers Threaten Critical Infrastructure in U.S.: The same hackers who infiltrated computer systems of the White House and the McCain and Obama campaigns also threaten power grids, water systems, transportation, communications and the commercial sector, said Howard Schmidt, a professor at the Georgia Tech Information Security Center. Source: Investors Business Daily
Giving a Hand to Would-Be Pianists: Interactive computing researchers have developed technology to help beginners learn to play piano. Piano touch is a light-weight glove, outfitted with electronics, that cues the musician with vibrations on each finger to tell him or her which one to use to play the next note. Source: Georgia Tech Communications and Marketing
Georgia Tech Enters the Spotlight at Supercomputing Conference: ATLANTA (November 11, 2008)—The Georgia Institute of Technology will command a significant presence at next week’s SC08, the international conference on high-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis being held Nov. 15-21 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. Source: Office of Communications
Smart Phones Among Top 5 Cyber Threats: “As these devices have richer functionality, you’re going to be able to install applications, and we’re going to run into the same kind of problems” that laptops and desktops have, said Mustaque Ahamad, director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center. Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
Researchers Aim to Make Sense of Massive Data: “If we rely solely on traditional science and technology methodologies, scientific problems are going to become more and more difficult to solve," says Professor Haesun Park of Computational Science and Engineering. Park heads up the Foundations of Data and Visual Analytics research initiative. Source: Genome Technology
Researcher Develops Models of Flow Physics: A team led by Adjunct Professor P.K. Yeung of Computational Science and Engineering is investigating fundamental problems of dispersion in turbulent fluid flow, which affect pollutant transport in both atmospheric and oceanic environments. Source: National Institute for Computational Sciences
Georgia Tech Ranked Eighth in the World for Information Technology Programs: The Georgia Institute of Technology recently was listed among the top world universities in engineering and technology in two separate global rankings. Source: Georgia Tech Communications and Marketing

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