2008 Media Coverage

Klaus Building’s Eco-Friendly Design and Construction Garner ‘Green’ Award

plahay — 2008-09-04T19:04:27Z

Green building practices and many energy- and water-saving features helped the Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building (KACB) win a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification. Source: Southface Journal

Atlanta: Rising Star in Internet Security

plahay — 2008-08-27T19:27:18Z

Experts trace the roots of Atlanta’s security business to Internet Security Systems, a company started in 1994 by former Tech students Christopher Klaus and Tom Noonan, and other companies germinated through the Georgia Tech Information Security Center have helped make the city a center for cyber-security startups. Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution

Gadgets of the Future 'Disappear Into Your Life'

plahay — 2008-08-18T17:19:58Z

Researchers at the College of Computing are developing futuristic gadgets that can help blind people find their most-prized possessions with the click of a button and alert adult children if an elderly parent has fallen in his or her home and can't get up. Source: ABC News

Alumnus Succeeds in Industry, Sets Sights on Bridge and Poker

plahay — 2008-08-18T14:59:39Z

Phil Gordon, who graduated in 1991 with a B.S. in Information and Computer Science and helped found a tech company that later sold for $95 million, now seeks to triumph in the world of professional card playing. Source: New York Times

Computing Students Help Community Center

plahay — 2008-08-18T14:07:38Z

During the summer session of Operation P.E.A.C.E., a community center in downtown Atlanta, kids chatted and networked, did learning assignments and played games using a single Internet portal created by College of Computing students as part of a class assignment. The course led some students to Africa to work on public health and policy issues. Source: ajc.com

When Worlds Collide

plahay — 2008-08-12T18:02:15Z

Interactive computing Professor Blair Macintyre talks about the AR Second Life project that interfaces Second Life client code with augmented reality technologies. One of the project's experiments brings avatars out of the virtual world of Second Life and into the real world to interact with real people. Source: The Escapist

Asking the Hard Questions about New Technology

plahay — 2008-08-12T13:56:20Z

Engineers, scientists, philosophers, ethicists and lawyers are talking about the ethical implications of emerging technologies in scholarly journals, online discussions and conferences. “It’s a hot topic,” said Ronald Arkin, a College of Computing professor who advises the Army on robot weapons. “We need ... to be aware of the consequences of our research.” Source: New York Times

Controlling Crowded Web Challenges Comcast

plahay — 2008-08-11T17:12:26Z

Don't block video files, FCC orders. It doesn't, company says, it merely delays some big-file deliveries to avert clog-ups. Good service, or discrimination? Computer Science Professor and Chair Ellen Zegura gives her take. Source: ajc.com

Robotics: The 4th “R” for Computer Science Education

plahay — 2008-08-11T13:48:31Z

The Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE), a joint program of the College of Computing, Bryn Mawr College and Microsoft Research, has given out $250,000 in grants to help establish robotics-based curriculum at 28 high schools and universities. Source: Gizmag

Dangerous Security Gaps in Wireless Networks Put Personal Information At Risk

plahay — 2008-08-11T13:34:53Z

Computer science Professor Jonathon Giffin hits the road with an assistant and a laptop to show there are thousands of open wireless access points that allow hackers to gain entry into someone else's network. Source: CNN

Tech Gets Federal Grant to Help Analyze Data

plahay — 2008-08-08T16:15:28Z

In today's digital age, scientists and government agencies are experiencing what many can relate to: information overload. For help, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Science Foundation are turning to a group of scientists at the College of Computing to lead a nationwide research effort in data and visual analytics. Source: Cox News

28 Colleges and High Schools to Use Personal Robots in Class

plahay — 2008-08-07T01:35:31Z

The Institute for Personal Robots in Education, a partnership between the Georgia Institute of Technology, Bryn Mawr College, and Microsoft Research, has awarded grants to 28 colleges and high schools throughout the country to use personal robots to teach basic computing skills. Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education

College Gets $3 Million Grant to Establish New Research Approach

plahay — 2008-08-08T14:29:49Z

As scientists explore new ways to sift through huge troves of information and transform them into tidbits that researchers, health officials and even police officers can act on, Georgia Tech announced Wednesday it had received a $3 million grant aimed at establishing visual and data analytics as a distinct research field for the first time. Source: Associated Press (Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The Canadian Press, cnbc.com, msnbc.com, red.orbit.com et al)

Computing Researcher Warns of Major Internet Flaw

plahay — 2008-08-06T16:11:09Z

A first-of-its-kind flaw in the Internet's infrastructure makes it easy for hackers to divert users to fake Web sites where their personal information—passwords, e-mails, etc.—is vulnerable. "The range of potential abuses [is] disturbing and alarming," said College of Computing researcher David Dagon. Source: ABC News

Space Technology Applies to Earth, Too

plahay — 2008-07-28T16:38:50Z

Interactive Computing Adjunct Professor Ayanna Howard, a member of NASA's Mars technology program team that developed an autonomous, next-generation Mars rover, believed that robotics could lead to new discoveries in the Arctic. The result? Snomotes. Source: SnoWest Magazine