{"686192":{"#nid":"686192","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Built in I2P: The Student Inventions You\u2019ll Want to See to Believe","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECricket powder-based protein brownies. A visualization system for fencing blades. A personalized AI application for analyzing blood work. All I2P Showcase prototypes. See what Georgia Tech students have been developing this semester at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/i2p-showcase-fall-2025-tickets-1748117429289?aff=article\u0022\u003EFall 2025 Idea to Prototype (I2P) Showcase\u003C\/a\u003E on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 5 p.m. in the Marcus Nanotechnology Building. This year, attendees will have even more\u0026nbsp;original inventions to view, with over 60 teams\u0026nbsp;displaying prototypes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event marks the culmination of the semester-long I2P course, where undergraduate students develop functional prototypes aimed at solving real-world problems. Prototypes this semester include a smart military drone, a gentler device for cervical cancer screening, a rotating espresso station, tools to keep AI safe, compact data centers, systems that simulate cyberattacks to help companies strengthen their defenses, and many more.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe showcase is free and open to students, faculty, staff, and members of the local community.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWinning teams will receive prizes and a \u201cgolden ticket\u201d into CREATE-X\u2019s Startup Launch, a summer accelerator that provides optional seed funding, accounting and legal service credits, mentorship, and more to help students turn their prototypes into viable startups.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is a free event, and refreshments will be provided.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/i2p-showcase-fall-2025-tickets-1748117429289?aff=article\u0022\u003ERegister for the Fall 2025 I2P Showcase\u003C\/a\u003E today!\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMore than 60 undergraduate teams will present functional prototypes at the Fall 2025 Idea to Prototype (I2P) Showcase at Georgia Tech, Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 5 p.m. in the Marcus Nanotechnology Building. See innovative student creations developed over the semester and designed to solve real-world problems. Winning teams earn prizes and a \u201cgolden ticket\u201d into CREATE-X\u2019s Startup Launch accelerator, which offers funding, in-kind services, mentorship, and more. 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That\u2019s just how her brain works\u2014blending tech, artistry, and everyday play into something entirely her own.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAleksandra is a master\u2019s student in Music Technology at Georgia Tech, but \u201cstudent\u201d barely scratches the surface. This summer, she\u2019s been everywhere\u2014physically in Massachusetts and intellectually somewhere between a Pride performance and a human-AI jam session at MIT.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m always with my microphone and MIDI keyboard,\u201d she says, like it\u2019s just second nature. \u201cI love singing and coming up with tunes.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELive from MIT \u2014 It\u2019s Human + AI Jamming\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EForget dusty textbooks and silent labs\u2014Aleksandra\u2019s research life is about real-time musical interactions between humans and AI. As a visiting researcher at MIT this summer, she\u2019s digging into what it looks like when musicians \u0022jam\u0022 with intelligent systems. Think futuristic band practice, but with algorithms joining in.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s giving me a lot of exposure to co-design methodologies,\u201d she explains, \u201cand letting me observe how musicians respond to each other\u2014and to AI.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s not just code and theory, either. The insights come alive when she brings them to the stage. This summer, Aleksandra\u2019s band performed at The Music Porch in Reading, MA for Pride Month. Their cover of \u003Cem\u003EPink Pony Club\u003C\/em\u003E turned into a moment she won\u2019t forget.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt was so fun seeing people\u2014especially teenagers\u2014singing and dancing together,\u201d she says. \u201cThat\u2019s one of those moments where I just thought, yep, this is why I picked music tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrom Winehouse Covers to Ableton Experiments\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDespite her research chops, Aleksandra hasn\u2019t lost touch with the joy of just making music. She sings and plays keyboard in a band, covers Amy Winehouse songs, and occasionally writes music just for fun. (Her dream studio partner? You guessed it: Amy herself.)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe\u2019s also been expanding her technical toolkit this summer, diving deeper into sound design with Ableton and Serum.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cStill learning,\u201d she says, \u201cbut I\u2019m using them for sound design in songs\u2014and loving it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd then there are the unexpected \u201cwhoa\u201d moments. Like when she built a vocal patch for the Pixies\u2019 \u003Cem\u003EWhere Is My Mind?\u003C\/em\u003E to use live during a performance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt was haunting,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd it worked so well live.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDream Tech and Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAsk Aleksandra what she\u2019d invent if she could mash up two instruments, and she already has an idea:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAutomatic vocal effects through a microphone with a built-in amplifier,\u201d she says, laughing. \u201cHonestly, someone probably already made this, but I want it anyway.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat kind of thinking is exactly what her time at Georgia Tech has sparked. Before the program, she saw music mostly through the lens of conventional instruments. Now? She\u2019s all about how software and hardware can expand what music even is.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHer Summer, in Sound\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIf Aleksandra\u2019s summer had a vibe, it\u2019d be:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA creek bubbling in the background\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA long, ghostly reverb trail on a siren vocal\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAnd the ever-cozy tones of Animal Crossing\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENot exactly your typical lab soundtrack\u2014but that\u2019s the beauty of it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis fall, she\u2019s heading back to Georgia Tech after a gap year at Bose, ready to jump into research on multimodal music source separation (AKA teaching machines to pick apart and understand layers in music the way humans do).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd yes, she\u2019ll still be singing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHits with Aleksandra\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECurrent summer jams: \u003Cem\u003ERosebud\u003C\/em\u003E by Oklou \u0026amp; the new Lorde album\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWhat people don\u2019t \u201cget\u201d about her work: \u201cHow music signals work on a granular level\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAleksandra Ma doesn\u2019t just study music tech\u2014she lives it. Whether she\u2019s tweaking reverb patches, performing under porch lights, or teaching AI how to groove, she\u2019s showing what it really means to be a 21st-century musician.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom human-AI jam sessions at MIT to live performances for Pride Month, for Georgia Tech\u0027s Music Technology student Aleksandra Ma, summer bridged music research, technology, and creative expression.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Music Technology student Aleksandra Ma spent the summer researching human-AI jamming, performing live, and building new sounds."}],"uid":"36761","created_gmt":"2025-07-31 20:04:46","changed_gmt":"2025-07-31 20:06:48","author":"malonso35","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-07-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-07-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"194606","name":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"id":"194568","name":"Arts and Performance"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"},{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"},{"id":"42931","name":"Performances"},{"id":"42951","name":"Student Art"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"1309","name":"music technology"},{"id":"1621","name":"georgia tech music technology"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193655","name":"Artificial Intelligence at Georgia Tech"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["Melissa.Alonso@design.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"681961":{"#nid":"681961","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Thesis on Human-Centered AI Earns Honors from International Computing Organization","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech alum\u2019s dissertation introduced ways to make artificial intelligence (AI) more accessible, interpretable, and accountable. Although it\u2019s been a year since his doctoral defense,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/zijie.wang\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZijie (Jay) Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s (Ph.D. ML-CSE 2024) work continues to resonate with researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang is a recipient of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/medium.com\/sigchi\/announcing-the-2025-acm-sigchi-awards-17c1feaf865f\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2025 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. The award recognizes Wang for his lifelong work on democratizing human-centered AI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThroughout my Ph.D. and industry internships, I observed a gap in existing research: there is a strong need for practical tools for applying human-centered approaches when designing AI systems,\u201d said Wang, now a safety researcher at OpenAI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy work not only helps people understand AI and guide its behavior but also provides user-friendly tools that fit into existing workflows.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E[Related: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/research\/chi-2025\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Computing Swarms to Yokohama, Japan, for CHI 2025\u003C\/a\u003E]\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang\u2019s dissertation presented techniques in visual explanation and interactive guidance to align AI models with user knowledge and values. The work culminated from years of research, fellowship support, and internships.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang\u2019s most influential projects formed the core of his dissertation. These included:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/poloclub.github.io\/cnn-explainer\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECNN Explainer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E: an open-source tool developed for deep-learning beginners. Since its release in July 2020, more than 436,000 global visitors have used the tool.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/poloclub.github.io\/diffusiondb\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDiffusionDB\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E: a first-of-its-kind large-scale dataset that lays a foundation to help people better understand generative AI. This work could lead to new research in detecting deepfakes and designing human-AI interaction tools to help people more easily use these models.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/interpret.ml\/gam-changer\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGAM Changer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E: an interface that empowers users in healthcare, finance, or other domains to edit ML models to include knowledge and values specific to their domain, which improves reliability.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jennwv.com\/papers\/gamcoach.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGAM Coach\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E: an interactive ML tool that could help people who have been rejected for a loan by automatically letting an applicant know what is needed for them to receive loan approval. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/new-tool-teaches-responsible-ai-practices-when-using-large-language-models\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFarsight\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E: a tool that alerts developers when they write prompts in large language models that could be harmful and misused. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI feel extremely honored and lucky to receive this award, and I am deeply grateful to many who have supported me along the way, including Polo, mentors, collaborators, and friends,\u201d said Wang, who was advised by School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/poloclub.github.io\/polochau\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPolo Chau\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis recognition also inspired me to continue striving to design and develop easy-to-use tools that help everyone to easily interact with AI systems.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELike Wang, Chau advised Georgia Tech alumnus\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fredhohman.com\/\u0022\u003EFred Hohman\u003C\/a\u003E (Ph.D. CSE 2020).\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/alumnus-building-legacy-through-dissertation-and-mentorship\u0022\u003EHohman won the ACM SIGCHI Outstanding Dissertation Award in 2022\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/poloclub.github.io\/\u0022\u003EChau\u2019s group\u003C\/a\u003E synthesizes machine learning (ML) and visualization techniques into scalable, interactive, and trustworthy tools. These tools increase understanding and interaction with large-scale data and ML models.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChau is the associate director of corporate relations for the Machine Learning Center at Georgia Tech. Wang called the School of CSE his home unit while a student in the ML program under Chau.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang is one of five recipients of this year\u2019s award to be presented at the 2025 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chi2025.acm.org\/\u0022\u003ECHI 2025\u003C\/a\u003E). The conference occurs April 25-May 1 in Yokohama, Japan.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESIGCHI is the world\u2019s largest association of human-computer interaction professionals and practitioners. The group sponsors or co-sponsors 26 conferences, including CHI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang\u2019s outstanding dissertation award is the latest recognition of a career decorated with achievement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMonths after graduating from Georgia Tech,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/research-ai-safety-lands-recent-graduate-forbes-30-under-30\u0022\u003EForbes named Wang to its 30 Under 30 in Science for 2025\u003C\/a\u003E for his dissertation. Wang was one of 15 Yellow Jackets included in nine different 30 Under 30 lists and the only Georgia Tech-affiliated individual on the 30 Under 30 in Science list.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile a Georgia Tech student, Wang earned recognition from big names in business and technology. He received the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/student-named-apple-scholar-connecting-people-machine-learning\u0022\u003EApple Scholars in AI\/ML Ph.D. Fellowship in 2023\u003C\/a\u003E and was in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/georgia-tech-machine-learning-students-earn-jp-morgan-ai-phd-fellowships\u0022\u003E2022 cohort of the J.P. Morgan AI Ph.D. Fellowships Program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlong with the CHI award, Wang\u2019s dissertation earned him awards this year at banquets across campus. The\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com\/sites.gatech.edu\/dist\/0\/283\/files\/2025\/03\/2025-Sigma-Xi-Research-Award-Winners.pdf\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech chapter of Sigma Xi presented Wang with the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award\u003C\/a\u003E. He also received the College of Computing\u2019s Outstanding Dissertation Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech attracts many great minds, and I\u2019m glad that some, like Jay, chose to join our group,\u201d Chau said. \u201cIt has been a joy to work alongside them and witness the many wonderful things they have accomplished, and with many more to come in their careers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech alum\u2019s dissertation introduced ways to make artificial intelligence (AI) more accessible, interpretable, and accountable. Although it\u2019s been a year since his doctoral defense,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/zijie.wang\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZijie (Jay) Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s (Ph.D. ML-CSE 2024) work continues to resonate with researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang is a recipient of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/medium.com\/sigchi\/announcing-the-2025-acm-sigchi-awards-17c1feaf865f\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2025 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. 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Sharma: Transforming Music With AI and Data Science","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X is set to host its next Deep Startups panel event on Thursday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. in the Marcus Nanotechnology Building Rooms 1116\u2013 1118. The event will feature S.K. Sharma \u2014 former chief analytics and AI officer at Universal Music Group \u2014 and an expert in AI, data science, and strategic analytics. During Deep Startups, Sharma will dive into startup development within the context of the music business industry. Seating is limited. Students can \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.campuslabs.com\/engage\/event\/10832322\u0022\u003Eregister for Deep Startups on Engage\u003C\/a\u003E. Faculty, staff, and the general public can \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/deep-startups-sk-sharma-tickets-1205832149419?aff=dailydigest\u0022\u003Eregister for Deep Startups on Eventbrite\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDeep Startups is a series that brings together knowledgeable entrepreneurs and Startup Launch alumni from various business sectors to discuss their experiences forming companies that address significant, contemporary challenges. Attendees spend an informative evening discovering the intersection of technology and entrepreneurship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom 2016 until recently, S.K. Sharma led a global team of Ph.D. data scientists, engineers, and strategists at Universal Music Group (UMG) to develop innovative and scalable solutions that drive real-time market insights and audience engagement. His leadership has been instrumental in creating differentiated intellectual property and market-leading capabilities in AI, machine learning, and prescriptive analytics, earning him multiple patents in marketing analytics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESharma\u0027s academic background includes a Ph.D. in chemical physics and physical chemistry from Caltech. His research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, and he has held concurrent roles in academia and industry, including senior research scientist at Caltech\u0027s Beckman Institute. His corporate career includes significant positions such as vice president at Lehman Brothers, executive director at UBS, and vice president and partner at Mitchell Madison Group, where he advised global private equity funds and venture capital managers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his role at UMG, Sharma is an entrepreneur in residence at UC San Diego\u0027s Office of Innovation and Commercialization, where he supports pioneering advancements in science and engineering. He is also an investor at Provisio Medical, a company revolutionizing endovascular procedures with its Sonic Lumen Tomography technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESharma\u0027s contributions to the field of AI and analytics have been widely recognized. He was awarded \u003Cem\u003EBillboard\u003C\/em\u003E magazine\u0027s 40 Under 40 and has been a commencement speaker at UC San Diego\u0027s Jacobs School of Engineering. His work in developing AI-driven marketing technologies has set new standards in the industry, ensuring compliance with global privacy regulations while driving significant improvements in marketing efficiency.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAttendees of Deep Startups will hear practical knowledge and actionable advice on entrepreneurship from Sharma. Each CREATE-X event is an opportunity to network, build ideas, and prepare for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E program, which provides $5,000 in optional seed funding, $150,000 in in-kind services, mentorship, entrepreneurial workshops, networking events, and resources to help build and scale startups. Students, faculty, researchers, and alumni interested in developing their own startups are encouraged to apply. 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The team used the findings to inform their design of AI exhibits that the museum could display as early as 2025.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBelghith is a Ph.D. student in human-centered computing. Her advisor is Assistant Professor Jessica Roberts in the School of Interactive Computing. Magerko advises Mahdavi, a Ph.D. student in digital media in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBelghith and Mahdavi presented a paper about their study in May at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 2024 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) in Honolulu, Hawaii.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheir work is part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant dedicated to fostering AI literacy among middle schoolers in informal environments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EExpanding Accessibility\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile there are existing efforts to reach students in the classroom, the researchers believe AI education is most accessible in informal learning environments like museums.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s a need today for everybody to have some sort of AI literacy,\u201d Belghith said. \u201cMany middle schoolers will not be taking computer science courses or pursuing computer science careers, so there needs to be interventions to teach them what they should know about AI.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers found that most of the middle schoolers interacted with ChatGPT to either test its knowledge by prompting it to answer questions or socialize with it by having human-like conversations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOthers fit the mold of \u201ccontent explorers.\u201d They did not engage with the AI aspect of ChatGPT and focused more on the content it produced.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMahdavi said regardless of their approach, students would get \u201ctunnel vision\u201d in their interactions instead of exploring more of the AI\u2019s capabilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf they go in a certain direction, they will continue to explore that,\u201d Mahdavi said. \u201cOne thing we can learn from this is to nudge kids and show them there are other things you can do with AI tools or get them to think about it another way.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers also paid attention to what was missing in the students\u2019 responses, which Mahdavi said was just as important as what they did talk about.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNone of them mentioned anything about ethics or what could be problematic about AI,\u201d she said. \u201cThat told us there\u2019s something they aren\u2019t thinking about but should be. We take that into account as we think about future exhibits.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMaking an Impact\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers visited the Museum of Science and Industry June 1-2 to conduct the first trial run of three AI-based exhibits they\u2019ve created. One of them is LuminAI, which was developed in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expressivemachinery.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMagerko\u2019s Expressive Machinery Lab\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELuminAI is an interactive art installation that allows people to engage in collaborative movement with an AI dance partner. Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State recently held the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.kennesaw.edu\/arts\/news\/posts\/lumin_ai_performance_collaboration.php\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Efirst performance\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E of AI avatars dancing with human partners in front of a live audience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuri Long, a former Georgia Tech Ph.D. student who is now an assistant professor at Northwestern University, designed the second exhibit. KnowledgeNet is an interactive tabletop exhibit in which visitors build semantic networks by adding different characteristics to characters that interact together.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe third exhibit, Data Bites, prompts users to build datasets of pizzas and sandwiches. Their selections train a machine-learning classifier in real time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBelghith said the exhibits fostered conversations about AI between parents and children.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe exhibit prototypes successfully engaged children in creative activities,\u201d she said. \u201cMany parents had to pull their kids away to continue their museum tour because the kids wanted more time to try different creations or dance moves.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at Georgia Tech are creating accessible museum exhibits that explain artificial intelligence (AI) to middle school students, including the LuminAI interactive AI-based dance partner developed by Regents\u0027 Professor Brian Magerko.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPh.D. students Yasmine Belghith and Atefeh Mahdavi co-led a study in a museum setting that observed how middle schoolers interact with the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBelghith and Mahdavi conducted their study with nine focus groups of 24 students at Chicago\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.msichicago.org\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMuseum of Science and Industry\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. 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She also worked with students in the College of Computing to integrate linguistics and cultural studies with computer science and statistics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhy it matters\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Technology provides empirical and quantitative evidence or data to verify human intuitive perceptions of art,\u0022 Liu explained. \u0022This is an interdisciplinary project that extends beyond the range of any single researcher\u0027s knowledge and expertise,\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHer co-authors on the paper included Amanda She (CS 2023), Haosong Ma (MS CS 2022), Jiahong Yuan, a professor at the University of Science and Technology of China, and Hongyuan Dong, an associate professor of Chinese language and linguistics at George Washington University.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022My field is linguistics and cultural studies, and we needed to collaborate with people in computer science to develop an algorithm and write a program to compute the Tonal Congruence Index,\u0022 Liu said. \u0022People in computer science need our expertise in linguistics and computational phonetics to develop different rules and criteria to distinguish the tones and learn the related pitch software.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EMore About the Study\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnlike English, Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language, meaning using the same word with different pitches can change the meaning of the words.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn Liu\u0027s study, she found that while Chinese rappers used standard tones in the earlier rap styles, artists following more recent trends \u2014 such as trap music and mumble rap \u2014 are more likely to change or ignore Chinese tones to better fit the hip hop style in their work.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELiu and her co-authors also report that Chinese rappers now use more English words in their work to achieve musical flow.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As hip-hop music continues to diversify, the correlation between tone and rap gradually decreases,\u0022 Liu said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhat\u0027s Next\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researcher\u0027s next step is to develop an open-source tool to further automate the audio-processing pipeline.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELiu\u0027s work also has educational applications. For example, she recently presented \u0022AI and Tones in Chinese Songs\u0022 at a symposium on education in the age of artificial intelligence.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Language instructors should teach songs with a high score on the Tonal Congruence Index because tonal shapes and contrasts are better accommodated in them,\u0022 she said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research is partially supported by the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Small Grants for Research funding at Georgia Tech. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09298215.2024.2329075\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0022Linguistic Tone in Chinese Rap: An Interdisciplinary Approach\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E was published in the \u003C\/em\u003EJournal of New Music\u003Cem\u003E in March 2024. It is available at: \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09298215.2024.2329075\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09298215.2024.2329075\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChinese rap is straying further from standard Mandarin and using more English, according to Associate Professor Jin Liu in the School of Modern Languages. She worked with students in the College of Computing to create computational tools to uncover the trends.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Chinese rap is straying further from standard Mandarin and using more English, according to Associate Professor Jin Liu in the School of Modern Languages. 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