Closeup on Interactive Computing Research

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Got your remote control handy? Lately the College of Computing has been burning up the hot lights on both TV and the Web. During Fall 2010, a host of researchers from the School of Interactive Computing were featured on CNN, Discovery Channel and in a special National Science Foundation webcast. Check out our stars of the flat-screen below.

Closeup on Interactive Computing Research

	NSF Webcast: "Computing Made Cool: CS Ed Week 2010" As part of CS Education Week 2010, the National Science Foundation featured GLITCH Game Testers as an example of how to both instruct and engage young people in computing. Associate Professor Amy Bruckman, Ph.D. candidate Betsy DiSalvo and GLITCH graduate James Bowland-Gleason appear in an NSF-sponsored webcast to talk about the program.
	The Wired Brain Associate Professor Melody Moore Jackson appears on an episode of “Dean of Invention,” on Discovery Channel’s new Planet Green network. Jackson talks about the neurally controlled “Aware Chair,” one of the projects in her School of IC BrainLab.
	Super Accurate Video Games Assistant Professor Karen Liu explains how her research could change the way video gamers interact with their characters. Activate 3D allows players to use just only body movements to have total control over a character.
	Augmented Reality Video Games Associate Professor Blair MacIntyre returns to the CNN studios with Ph.D. student Maribeth Gandy to demonstrate augmented reality games on a mobile phone and explain how the applications could go far beyond gaming.
	Study with Others Around the World Associate Professor Ashwin Ram's talks about "the Match.com of online learning," OpenStudy, which matches students up all over the world who are studying the same topic, allowing them to both ask and answer questions as if they simply were in a very large study group.
	Track Your Diet, Exercise on Web Ph.D. student Yevgeniy Medynskiy introduces Salud!, an online application that can not only track calories, but also other things such as protein intake or exercise performed.
	Augmented Reality Web Browser Associate Professor Blair MacIntyre talks about how he is bringing online data to the world around us by using Argon, a web browser that incorporates augmented reality.
	Usable Health.com, the Website for Tracking Healthy Menus Research scientist Jiten Chhabra returns to demonstrate usablehealth.com, which recommends healthier eating choices to users over the Web.
	Changing the Way You Look at Menus Professor Beth Mynatt and research scientist Jiten Chhabra demonstrate the Usable Health kiosk, being tested at an Atlanta eatery in Technology Square.
	Glove Helps You Play Piano Like a Pro Associate Professor Thad Starner demonstrates his computerized glove that teaches wearers simple piano licks by delivering electrical impulses to the appropriate fingers to indicate which notes to play.