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. and the talks begin at 12:30 p.m. Join us weekly or watch video replays.
Fall 2025 Lectures will be held in the Hodges Room, located on the 3rd floor in the Centergy One building in Technology Square.
Lectures are coordinated by Cynthia Moore.
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Fall 2025 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 Fall 2025
Talk titles and abstracts will be linked from this page before each talk. Lunch starts at 12:00 and the talks start at 12:30 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. Fall 2025 Lectures are held in the Hodges Room, located on the 3rd floor in the Centergy One building in Technology Square.
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC (when provided) / ORGANIZATION | LOCATION |
| Aug 21 | -- | NO LUNCH LECTURE | -- |
| Aug 28 | Michael Best | Welcome from the Executive Director, Institute for People and Technology Lecture: "The IPaT Way: Things happening at the Institute for People and Technology" | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Sept 4 | Robert Rosenberger | Professor of Philosophy in the Carter School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech Lecture: "What Can Get Lost Within User Experience" | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Sept 11 | Hui Cai | Executive Director, SimTigrate Design Lab and Professor, School of Architecture, Georgia Tech Lecture: "Exploring the Impacts of Environment of Care (EoC) on Nurses' Hand Hygiene Compliance" | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Sept 18 | Carl DiSalvo | Professor, School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing, Georgia Tech Lecture: "Accompaniment, Design, and Research" | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Sept 25 | Michael Hanson | Senior Director of Business Transformation, AI & Data, Verizon | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Oct 2 | Rahul Saxena | Director, CREATE-X, Georgia Tech Lecture: "Minimum Lovable Interaction: Introducing HCI frameworks as part of the "zero to one" startup creation phase" | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Oct 9 | Alex Cabral | Postdoctoral Fellow, Ka Moamoa Lab, Georgia Tech Lecture: "Co-Designed Hyperlocal Sensing for Environmental Justice" | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Oct 16 | Alex Mariakakis | Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto Lecture: "Embracing Ubiquitous Technology to Complement, Scale, and Extend Traditional Healthcare" | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Oct 23 | Alex Adams | Assistant Professor, School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing, Georgia Tech Lecture: "Remote Diagnostics and Patient Monitoring Technologies for Ubiquitous Healthcare" | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Oct 30 | -- | NO LUNCH LECTURE | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Nov 6 | Kauna Ibrahim Malgwi | Founder, Digital Rights and Mental Health Initiative Lecture: "The Hidden Cost of AI: Content Moderation, Mental Health, and the Fight for Ethical AI in Africa" | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Nov 13 | Leanne West | Principal Research Scientist and Chief Engineer of Pediatric Technologies, Georgia Tech Lecture: "The New Shriners Children’s Research Institute" | Hodges Rm, 3rd fl, Centergy One Bldg. |
| Nov 20 | Aaron Gabryluk, Brian Jones, Scott Gilliland, Richard Starr | "IPaT Research Lightning Talks" A selection of IPaT researchers will provide quick updates on their current work. | 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.
