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Russell Clark receives CEISMC Impact Award
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Global Health Equity and Wellbeing


Global Health Equity and Wellbeing

Protecting health both locally and worldwide.

Just, Resilient, and Informed Communities


Just, Resilient, and Informed Communities

Discovering strategies that benefit and inform communities from all walks of life.

Responsible and Ethical Technologies


Responsible and Ethical Technologies

Evaluating potential consequences to mitigate negative effects.

Arts, Expression, and Creative Technologies

Arts, Expression, and Creative Technologies

Using advanced technology to enhance creative processes, artistic expression, and innovation.

Featured Research Videos

Helping Children with Dyslexia Read using Augmented Reality

Augmenta11y is an Augmented Reality (AR) app that helps people with learning disabilities like dyslexia easily read textual material in the real world using their smartphones and tablets. 

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Captioning on Glass

Captioning on Glass is an on-going project creating captioning eyeglasses with a companion Android phone app to assist the hard-of-hearing in everyday conversations. We are also working on another version of this app, "Translation on Glass", which will add the ability to translate languages.

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Ambient Alerting

Ambient Alerting project. No matter what age we are, we have likely forgotten to turn off the stove or oven, iron, heater or even water. Forgetfulness can lead to serious events that may result in costly damage to the home or even injury or death. Older adults are more prone to such forgetfulness.

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In a recent interview on The Weather Channel, Kait Morano, a research scientist from Georgia Tech, discussed disaster resilience and the strategies…
Russell Clark, lead principal investigator of the Coastal Equity and Resilience Hub (CEAR) and senior research scientist at the Institute for People…
ATLANTA — (Oct. 21, 2024) – The Institute for People and Technology (IPaT), an interdisciplinary research institute at the Fulton…
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Researchers in the News

"All-in-one wearable drug efficacy assessment systems for bulbar muscle function using amyotrophic lateral sclerosis animal models"
Nature Communications, Aug 9, 2024 (W. Hong Yeo research paper)

"Why mentors are key to unlocking social mobility"
Innovators, Aug 20, 2024 (Debra Lam article)

"Tesla is hiring workers for $48 an hour to wear motion-capture suits to train its humanoid robots"
Fortune, Aug 19, 2024 (Animesh Garg quoted)

"Dems and GOP agree: Ditch computerized voting in Georgia"
11 Alive News, Aug 3, 2024 (Rich DeMillo quoted)

"Study Highlights Challenges in Detecting Violent Speech Aimed at Asian Communities"
Georgia Tech News, Aug 7, 2024 (Munmun De Choudhury mentioned)

"Google DeepMind tests whether AI can do comedy like a comedian"
Gigazine, Jun 20, 2024 (Mark Riedl quoted)

"Prolonged exposure to mixed reality alters task performance in the unmediated environment"
Scientific Reports, Aug 15, 2024 (Michael Nitsche research paper)

"Lawmakers and regulators to study impact of blockchain and cryptocurrency on Alabama"
Alabama Reflector, July 31, 2024 (Vijay K. Madisetti quoted)

"5G tech patent infringement trial against Verizon begins"
The Marshall News Messgenger, Jun 28, 2024 (Vijay K. Madisetti expert witness)
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"A Professor's Digital Mini-Me"
Chronicle of Higher Education, July 10, 2024 (Ashok Goel mentioned)
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"All Data Are Local. VIDEO & PODCAST: Thinking Critically in a Data-Driven Society"
Berkman Klein Center, Harvard University, May 30, 2024 (Yanni Loukissas presentation)