News for the GT Computing Community
August 11, 2017
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Fellowship Projects Benefit Atlanta & Beyond
Data Science for Social Good Atlanta (DSSG-ATL) students and mentors concluded another year of solving problems for the city of Atlanta and beyond. The annual student showcase, which took place July 24 at Ponce City Market, attracted nearly 75 people including, data scientists and representatives from local companies, non-profit agencies, and organizations. Read more

 Student News

Ph.D. Students Selected for Premier Workshop at Stanford
  • School of IC Rising Stars heading to top networking event
  • Aug. 10
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Team Brings Home 2nd Place in Imagine Cup World Finals
  • Microsoft recognizes student team for its innovative software solution
  • Aug. 10
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 Conference News

Faculty and Students Present Nine Papers at CVPR 2017
  • GT Computing leading the way at premier computer vision conference
  • IEEE Spectrum
  • Aug. 9
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 #GTComputing in the News

Actually, I was Biologically Designed to be an Engineer
  • GT Computing alumna counters Google manifesto
  • Medium
  • Aug. 10
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A Googler's Would-Be Manifesto Reveal's Tech's Rotten Core
  • Ian Bogost details why more women and minorities are needed in computing
  • The Atlantic
  • Aug. 6
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Facebook AI Researcher Slams 'Irresponsible' Reports About Smart Bot Experiment
  • Dhruv Batra weighs in to assuage fears of an AI agent that "invented its own language"
  • CNBC
  • Aug. 1
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 Bits & Bytes

• The #GTComputingAdventures Summer Selfie Scavenger Hunt is winding down. Don't miss your chance to get a free T-shirt, and be entered for the grand prize, a GoPro Hero! The contest ends Aug. 21.


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

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Fall 2017 Move-in
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Aug. 16
2017 Graduate Student Employee Processing
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Aug. 24
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