News for the GT Computing Community
April 28, 2017
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GT Computing Moving the Needle Forward in Autism Research
The kind of technological advancement that drastically moves the research needle forward has been lagging in the field of behavioral psychology. However, it’s a challenge that many researchers in the College of Computing’s School of Interactive Computing (IC) are trying to overcome. IC Professor Jim Rehg is one of a number of faculty focusing their efforts on developing new computational analysis tools to measure behavior. A key goal of the work is to improve understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorder, a complex group of disorders of brain development characterized by repetitive behaviors and difficulties in social interaction and communication. Read more>>

 News

Work to Speed Graph Processing Earns Best Student Paper Award
  • School of CS grad students win top prize at EuroSys2017
  • April 28
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Intuitive Point-and-Click Interface Lets Students Control Robotic Arm
  • Work led by Sonia Chernova simplifies controls for non-experts
  • Yahoo! Finance
  • April 26
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Interview with Lance Fortnow
  • School of CS Chair on favorite gadget, typical work day, and inspiration
  • Best Programming Books
  • April 26
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Charles Wang Receives Love Family Foundation Scholarship
  • Dual major earns Institute's top award
  • April 24
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Introducing Caffe2 to the Academic Community
  • Two School of CSE faculty members get peek at new Facebook Research framework
  • Srinivas Aluru & Rich Vuduc
  • April 21
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 Bits & Bytes

• The Center for 21st Century Universities will celebrate its fifth anniversary, May 12 from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. The event will include panel discussions, lunch, and keynote remarks from Columbia University's Jonathan Cole.

• If you missed it last week, GT Computing has released a virtual reality experience that is available for Android and iPhone devices. The VR tour of the College is also available in plain 360-degree video.

 Please send your contributions for Bits & Bytes to Ben Snedeker at albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu.

 Events

May 1
Cyber MayDay
Rep. Tom Graves + panel discussion
10 a.m. - noon
TSRB Auditorium
May 1
Midnight Breakfast: Cruisin' Into Finals
Free with valid GT BuzzCard
7 p.m. - 11:59 p.m.
GT Student Center
May 4
Dean's New Graduate Alumni Reception - Spring 2017
Celebrating students earning advanced degrees
5 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Academy of Medicine

 
May 5
Dean's New Undergraduate Alumni Celebration - Spring 2017
Celebrating students earning undergraduate degrees
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Klaus Bldg. Atrium
May 5
Ph.D. Hooding Ceremony
10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
McCamish Pavilion
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