IPaT: GVU Lunch Lecture Series
The IPaT: GVU Lunch Lecture Series is free and features guest speakers presenting on topics related to people-centered technologies and their impact on society. Lunch is provided at 12:00 p.m. (while supplies last) and the talks begin at 12:30 p.m. Join us weekly or watch video replays.
Spring 2026 lectures will mostly be held in the Hodges Room, located on the 3rd floor in the Centergy One building in Technology Square. However, there will be a few lectures held in the Tuff Suite located on the 10th floor of the Centergy bldg.
Lectures are coordinated by Priscilla Gaona.
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Spring 2026 Speaker Talk Abstracts and Bios
The speaker dates are listed below. This semester's speaker lecture information can be found here. Information includes talk abstracts, biographies, and recorded lectures (if available). Please be advised that by attending this event, you may be filmed or photographed. Georgia Tech may use your image online or in other promotional material.
Speaker Calendar for Spring 2026
Talk titles and abstracts will be linked from this page before each talk. Lunch starts at 12:00 pm (while supplies last) and the talks start at 12:30 pm and end at 1:30 pm. Please be advised that by attending these events, you may be filmed or photographed. Georgia Tech may use your image online or in other promotional material. This calendar will be populated as speakers confirm attendance. Spring 2026 Lectures are held in the Hodges Room, located on the 3rd floor in the Centergy One building in Technology Square. However, there will be a few lectures held in the Tuff Suite located on the 10th floor of the Centergy bldg.
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC (when provided) / ORGANIZATION | LOCATION |
| Jan 15 | Anthony Robinson | Will AI Change Cartography, Or Will Cartographers Change AI? Professor of Geography, Director of Online Geospatial Education Programs, and Director of the GeoGraphics Lab at Penn State University. | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Jan 22 | TBD | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. | |
| Jan 29 | Betsy DiSalvo | Associate Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Feb 5 | Susan Wyche | Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Information at Michigan State University | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Feb 12 | Haoqi Zhang | Associate Professor in Computer Science and Design at Northwestern University | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Feb 19 | TBD | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. | |
| Feb 26 | Stacy Branham | Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Mar 5 | Madeline Balaam | Professor in Interaction Design at Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden This talk is part of the IC Distinguished Lectures Series | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Mar 12 | Katie Siek | Professor, School of informatics, Computing and Engineering at Indiana University | Tuff Suite 1025, 10th fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Mar 19 | May Wang | Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech. | Tuff Suite 1025, 10th fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Mar 26 | Spring Break | No lecture | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Apr 2 | Mohsin Yousufi, Rachel Lowy, and Niharika Mathur | Foley Award Winner presentations | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Apr 9 | Allison Mickel | H. Bruce McEver Chair in Archaeological Science and Technologies, School of History and Sociology, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Apr 16 | Ashok Goel | Professor of Computer Science and Human-Centered Computing in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Apr 23 | Naveena Karusala, Cindy Lin, Minoru Shinohara, and Yixiao Wang | IPaT Seed Grant Winners | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
Live lecture broadcasts shown below (day of talk only):
The seminars start at 12:30pm on Thursdays! When available, a livestream of the talk occurring that day will be livestreamed below (click play to initiate livestream). Some talks are only presented in-person.
