David
Howard

General Information

Email:
davidhoward@gatech.edu
Phone:
4048947505
Location - Building:
CCB
Location - Room:
225
Roles:
Research Faculty
Primary Unit:
College of Computing

Details

Degrees with subject and Postdoc Experience:
Degree Type
M.S
Subject
Human Computer Interaction
Year
2019
Institution
Georgia Institute of Technology
Location
Atlanta
Degree Type
B.S
Subject
Industrial Design
Year
2017
Institution
Georgia Institute of Technology
Location
Atlanta
Statement of Research Interests:

Computer Systems Management

High Performance Computing

Interactive Media Installations

Statement of Teaching Interests:

David works at teaching students the principles and technologies of Interaction Design that are used in large scale interactive installations. David's course focuses on teaching students digital interaction in the physical environment. This teaching focuses on teaching student the various multimedia software environments that are used by current industry standards while also giving guidance to student teams on designing prototyping methods, presentation designs, and project timeline design. The goals of David's teaching aims to simulate project timelines that a student may see in their professional careers and give students opportunities to create large scale interactive demos that can be interacted with at live events.

Selection of recent research, scholarly, and creative activities:

David works with the College of Computing's Technical Services Organization to ensure that the various high performance computing devices utilized by the various research groups within the college are all operational. This can be seen in the regular updates to GPU configurations, endpoint management, and custom storage configurations.

David recently acquired funding to acquire professional grade lighting equipment to be used by the College of Design's IPDL. David is currently writing template software and documentation to give students opportunities to use professional grade equipment for their coursework and allow student's easier access to this technology. This hardware has already seen use in the recent event from the College of Design, Launchpad, where several student teams were able to digitally control the lighting surrounding their projects to be interactive with attendee of the event.