{"544791":{"#nid":"544791","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mynatt Honored at ACM Awards Banquet While Sporting Wearable Tech Wrap","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe world\u0026rsquo;s leading computing society has honored IPaT Executive Director Beth Mynatt for her significant contribution to the development and application of computing. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) named Mynatt a new Fellow in December for her work in human-centered computing and the development of health information technologies, and formally recognized her at its annual awards banquet on June 11th in San Francisco.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The awards ceremony honored the top tier of the computing field, including the two Turing award winners. It was an amazing event and I\u0026rsquo;m deeply honored to be recognized as an ACM Fellow,\u0026rdquo; said Mynatt.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMynatt established her\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.cc.gatech.edu\/ecl\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEveryday Computing Lab\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech in 1999, which investigates emerging interaction techniques, research methods, and applications that are compelling and effective in a world where computing technologies are ubiquitously available yet integrated into the social fabric of everyday life. Mynatt\u0026rsquo;s focus on everyday computing requires understanding people in the context of their everyday lives, so she often assembles multidisciplinary teams with psychologists, designers, and healthcare workers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/mynatt-selected-new-acm-fellow\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELearn more about Mynatt\u0026rsquo;s work at Georgia Tech and with other nationally and internationally-recognized organizations\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMynatt showed off a wearable tech wrap at the awards banquet that was designed and built by Ceara Byrne, Jessica Pater, and Clint Zeagler\u0026nbsp;of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/wcc.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Wearable Computing Center\u003C\/a\u003E. Mynatt asked to wear\u0026nbsp;the garment in order to\u0026nbsp;highlight Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s work in human-centered and wearable computing.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPlayfully dubbed \u0026quot;Professor on Fire,\u0026quot; the wrap includes a detachable modular structure made up of aluminum rods. The structure\u0026#39;s honeycomb shape is a nod to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Zeagler designed and created the structure that housed LED lights and a microphone. Byrne programmed the lights to provide a personal spotlight and react to sound captured by the built-in microphone, while Pater created the textile component, knitting a shawl out of black raw silk.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026quot;Combining the shawl with a wearable tech device beautifully blends together traditional and modern handicrafts,\u0026quot; said Pater.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nACM recognized 42 of its members for their contributions to the development and application of computing in areas from data management and spoken-language processing to robotics and cryptography. Additional information about the 2015 ACM Fellows is available on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/awards.acm.org\/fellow\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EACM website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBeth Mynatt showed off a wearable tech wrap at the ACM awards banquet that was designed and built by the Georgia Tech Wearable Computing Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Beth Mynatt showed off a wearable tech wrap at the ACM awards banquet that was designed and built by the Georgia Tech Wearable Computing Center"}],"uid":"27980","created_gmt":"2016-06-14 15:46:51","changed_gmt":"2019-07-11 13:18:45","author":"Alyson Key","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"544781":{"id":"544781","type":"image","title":"Beth Mynatt at ACM Awards","body":null,"created":"1465934400","gmt_created":"2016-06-14 20:00:00","changed":"1475895336","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:36","alt":"Beth Mynatt at ACM Awards","file":{"fid":"91030","name":"beth_acm.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/beth_acm.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/beth_acm.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3866692,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/beth_acm.jpg?itok=3_FhbH6J"}}},"media_ids":["544781"],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"42951","name":"Student Art"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3047","name":"ACM"},{"id":"55631","name":"ACM Awards"},{"id":"10989","name":"Beth Mynatt"},{"id":"172127","name":"Ceara Byrne"},{"id":"9873","name":"clint zeagler"},{"id":"42621","name":"jessica pater"},{"id":"96081","name":"Wearable Computing Center"},{"id":"181703","name":"HTF"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlyson Powell\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Officer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nInstitute for People and Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:alyson.powell@ipat.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ealyson.powell@ipat.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}