Speaker: 

Keith Edwards

Title:

GVU Center Brown Bag Kickoff - Research and Engagement Grant Project Overviews

Special Ice Cream Social after Brown Bag

Abstract:

In the first GVU Brown Bag Seminar of the academic year, Keith Edwards, GVU Center Director and Professor of Interactive Computing, will open the event with an overview of the center, outlining its unique resources and opportunities available to the research community and previewing some events coming up this semester.

Georgia Tech researchers funded by the GVU Center and IPaT Research and Engagement Grants will follow. They will give brief overviews of their work and its contributions to their respective fields.

Presentations:

Digital Policy: Communication Tools to Shrink the Science to Policy Gap
Nassim JafariNaimi, School of Literature, Media, and Communication
Kim Isett, School of Public Policy

The Move Lab: a STEAM Community of Learners
Betsy DiSalvo, School of Interactive Computing
Al Matthews, Eyedrum
Onar Topal-Sumer, Eyedrum

Exploring Movement-Based Games to Encourage Social Behaviors in Children with Autism
Agata Rozga, School of Interactive Computing
Brian Magerko, School of Literature, Media, and Communication
Ashley Cheek, The Lionheart School
Victoria McBride, The Lionheart School

Patients’ Information Needs Related to Diagnostic Processes around Health Concerns
Lauren Wilcox, School of Interactive Computing
Munmun De Choudhury, School of Interactive Computing
Aarti Sekhar, Emory Healthcare

Wearable Technology Exhibition Digital and Literary Extension
Clint Zeagler, School of Industrial Design