{"625955":{"#nid":"625955","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by Ceara Bryne","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETitle: WIDGETs: Wireless Interactive Devices for Gauging and Evaluating the Temperaments of Service and Working Dogs\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECeara Byrne\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPh.D. Student\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Interactive Computing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDate: Tuesday, September 17th, 2019\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTime: 1:45pm - 3:45pm (EST)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLocation: TSRB Room 223\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommittee:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProf. Melody Moore Jackson, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProf. Thad Starner, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProf. Gregory Abowd, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProf. Thomas Pl\u0026ouml;tz, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProf. Cynthia Otto, School of Veterinary Medicine Working Dog Center, University of Pennsylvania\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProf. David Roberts, Computer Science Department, North Carolina State University\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAbstract:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nBoth service and working dogs are significantly beneficial to society; however, a substantial number of dogs are released from time consuming and expensive training programs because of unsuitability in behavior. Early prediction of successful placement in their respective programs would save time, resources, and funding. My research focus is to explore whether aspects of canine temperament can be detected from interactions with sensors, and to develop machine learning models that use sensor data to predict the success of service and working dogs-in-training.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a 2-year study, we showed the potential of instrumented ball and tug toys for predicting, with 87.5% accuracy, the success (or failure) of dogs entering advanced training in the Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) Program. The proposed work extends this research to see if our existing model for service dogs is generalizable to predicting placement of working dogs-in-training. This proposal also investigates instrumenting problem-solving toys to better understand working dog roles. By quantifying a dog\u0026rsquo;s problem-solving capabilities, such as how they search for a treat or their problem-solving preferences and strategies, we may be able to apply this to candidate selection for working dog programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"WIDGETs: Wireless Interactive Devices for Gauging and Evaluating the Temperaments of Service and Working Dogs"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2019-09-10 16:37:45","changed_gmt":"2019-09-10 16:37:45","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2019-09-17T14:45:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2019-09-17T16:45:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2019-09-17T16:45:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2019-09-17 18:45:00","gmt_time_end":"2019-09-17 20:45:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2019-09-17 20:45:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}