{"607017":{"#nid":"607017","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Second-Year Stefamikha Suwisar Takes Top Prize in IC T-Shirt Design Contest","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter a close vote via social media and a web-based survey, the School of Interactive Computing (IC) has identified its t-shirt design contest winner.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESecond-year Industrial Design major \u003Cstrong\u003EStefamikha Suwisar\u003C\/strong\u003E overcame three other finalists in a closely-contested vote for the victory. Her design, which features a lightbulb and brain combination at the center of a number of examples of computer science in use, demonstrated her idea of the intersection between human and machine.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;My design illustrates how ideas emerge from the brain to constantly fit the research opportunities within IC,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;It depicts the eight threads for the future of computer science education in the United States: devices, info internetworks, intelligence, media, modelling and simulation, people, systems and architecture, and theory.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESuwisar said that she has always been interested in art and science. Her major, Industrial Design, combines both. It doesn\u0026rsquo;t only focus on the appearance of a product, but also how it functions, is manufactured, and ultimately the value and experience it provides for users.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In the future, I aspire to help people and ultimately make life better through my designs,\u0026rdquo; she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe other finalists for the contest were computational media undergraduate student John Britti, computer science undergraduate student Brian Cochran, and GVU Center research technologist Tim Trent.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School appreciates all the fantastic submissions and the wonderful voter turnout. Stay tuned for information on how to procure a t-shirt after the finished product has been produced.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Suwisar\u0027s design focused on the interaction between human and machine, and depicted eight threads of CS education."}],"uid":"33939","created_gmt":"2018-06-13 16:20:05","changed_gmt":"2018-06-13 16:20:05","author":"David Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"607016":{"id":"607016","type":"image","title":"IC T-Shirt Contest Winner","body":null,"created":"1528906490","gmt_created":"2018-06-13 16:14:50","changed":"1528906490","gmt_changed":"2018-06-13 16:14:50","alt":"","file":{"fid":"231536","name":"Screen Shot 2018-06-13 at 12.13.46 PM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202018-06-13%20at%2012.13.46%20PM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202018-06-13%20at%2012.13.46%20PM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":160352,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202018-06-13%20at%2012.13.46%20PM.png?itok=rHXO1lcc"}}},"media_ids":["607016"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"178289","name":"stefamikha suwisar"},{"id":"166848","name":"School of Interactive Computing"},{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"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":""}}}