{"601772":{"#nid":"601772","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Grad Students in 3 Degree Programs Make Their Pitch to Industry at Interactivity 2018","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGraduates from three different degree programs participated in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/interactivity.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInteractivity 2018\u003C\/a\u003E on Thursday, pitching themselves and their research to potential employers in the annual One-Minute Madness and poster session at the Historic Academy of Medicine in midtown Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne hundred and thirty-six students participated in the event, pitching to at least 150 industry guests from 75 different companies. Students from the MS-HCI, MS-Digital Media, and MS-Industrial Design degree programs participated in the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This event is such a great opportunity for our students to get in front of real industry people who are here to hire somebody,\u0026rdquo; said School of Interactive Computing Professor of the Practice and MS-HCI Program Director \u003Cstrong\u003ERichard Henneman\u003C\/strong\u003E, who leads the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd even for those who aren\u0026rsquo;t hiring, Interactivity is a great opportunity for related industries to stay connected with some of the best and brightest young minds coming through the academic ranks.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;ve had some who aren\u0026rsquo;t hiring, but come just because they want to get to know our students and the interesting research they are engaged in,\u0026rdquo; Henneman said. \u0026ldquo;That\u0026rsquo;s the kind of reputation these students have.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInteractivity is presented by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gvu.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGVU Center\u003C\/a\u003E and sponsored by Mailchimp. GVU Director \u003Cstrong\u003EKeith Edwards\u003C\/strong\u003E expressed his affinity for the event during an announcement at the beginning of the One-Minute Madness session.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is one of my all-time favorite events,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;I think you\u0026rsquo;ll be so impressed by the originality, but most of all by the quality of the work.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESome of the work this year included:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EA method to reveal criminal activities by visualizing the transportation trajectory of human trafficking,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Ean MS-HCI student with an affinity for screenwriting who recently worked on a project to improve the purchase experience of clothes in retail stores for individuals in wheel chairs,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Eand others who had worked on story development and prototyping of novel virtual reality concepts, among others.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResumes of the participating students \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/interactivity.cc.gatech.edu\/attendees\/\u0022\u003Ecan be found online here\u003C\/a\u003E. For photos from the event, go to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ccgatech\/albums\/72157663255245947\u0022\u003Ethis album on the College of Computing\u0026rsquo;s Fickr feed\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"One hundred and thirty-six students participated in the event, pitching to at least 150 industry guests from 75 different companies."}],"uid":"33939","created_gmt":"2018-02-02 16:40:48","changed_gmt":"2018-02-02 16:40:48","author":"David Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-02-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-02-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"601771":{"id":"601771","type":"image","title":"Interactivity 2018","body":null,"created":"1517589211","gmt_created":"2018-02-02 16:33:31","changed":"1517589211","gmt_changed":"2018-02-02 16:33:31","alt":"Interactivity 2018","file":{"fid":"229376","name":"IMG_1899.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_1899.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_1899.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":149122,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IMG_1899.jpg?itok=de37N3Da"}}},"media_ids":["601771"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ccgatech\/albums\/72157663255245947","title":"Photos from Interactivity 2018"},{"url":"http:\/\/interactivity.cc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Interactivity 2018"},{"url":"http:\/\/gvu.gatech.edu\/index.php?q=home-page","title":"GVU Center"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/academics\/master-science-human-computer-interaction","title":"MS-HCI"},{"url":"https:\/\/id.gatech.edu\/mid","title":"MS-ID"},{"url":"http:\/\/dm.lmc.gatech.edu\/program\/ms-program\/","title":"MS-DM"}],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"21141","name":"interactivity"},{"id":"107441","name":"ms-hci"},{"id":"176991","name":"ms-digital media"},{"id":"176992","name":"ms-industrial design"},{"id":"176993","name":"ms-dm"},{"id":"176994","name":"ms-id"},{"id":"166848","name":"School of Interactive Computing"},{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"111831","name":"Richard Henneman"},{"id":"13541","name":"Keith Edwards"}],"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\u003EDavid Mitchell\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:david.mitchell@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edavid.mitchell@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}