{"64010":{"#nid":"64010","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Research Institute to Connect People and Technology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETo support the\nstrategic plan\u2019s focus on faculty-led, interdisciplinary and transformative\nresearch, Executive Vice President for Research\u0026nbsp;Steve Cross has announced\nthe launch of the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESimilar to the\nPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, IPaT will catalyze research\nactivities, create new economic development opportunities, and address\nimportant societal problems. It will support various college research centers\nthat collectively pursue transformations in healthcare, education, consumer\nmedia, and other complex human enterprises by integrating advances in\nhuman-centered computing, architectural and digital design, policy, and system\nscience and engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022IPaT\nwill create an innovation crossroads where Georgia Tech faculty, students,\nindustry partners, government partners and other stakeholders meet to\nco-innovate, collaborate and pave the road for Georgia Tech research that addresses\ncomplex societal challenges,\u201d stated Cross. \u201cIPaT will focus on\nengaging\u0026nbsp;the Tech community and our external partners in far-reaching\nleadership goals through its investment in unique research platforms, through\nour living laboratories and datasets, through partnership with Georgia Tech\u0027s\nEnterprise Innovation Institute (EI2), and through alignment with the many ongoing\nresearch activities on campus.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute\nfor People and Technology will be led by Executive Director Beth Mynatt, College\nof Computing professor and former director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gvu.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGVU Center\u003C\/a\u003E. Mynatt is a\nrenowned researcher in human-computer interaction, health informatics and\nubiquitous computing. She is a member of ACM\u0027s SIGCHI Academy, is a Sloan and\nKavli research fellow and serves on Microsoft Research\u0027s Technical Advisory\nBoard. She has published more than 100 scientific papers and recently chaired\nthe CHI 2010 conference, the premier international conference in human-computer\ninteraction. Prior to joining the faculty in 1998, she was a member of the\nresearch staff at Xerox PARC, working with the founder of ubiquitous computing,\nMark Weiser. Mynatt earned both her master\u2019s and PhD in computer science from\nGeorgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m thrilled that Beth has agreed to lead the Institute for\nPeople and Technology,\u0022 said Cross. \u0022Her vast understanding of the complexities\ninherent in today\u0027s social and business institutions and the transformative\nrole of technology in those enterprises is a critical foundation for this new\ninstitute. Moreover, her track record in bringing together diverse stakeholders\nto accomplish difficult interdisciplinary and translational research and to\nprovide solutions for today\u2019s challenges is a prized asset for leading an\ninstitute that will connect so many parts of the Georgia Tech community.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe IPaT\nleadership team\u0026nbsp;includes Deputy Director Jeff Evans, deputy director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)\nInformation and Communications Laboratory. In addition to being a graduate of\nGeorgia Tech, Evans has been a research engineer for GTRI for more than 20\nyears, directing more than 70 successful external sponsored research programs\nin networked systems, performance applications and emerging wireless services.\nHe has collaborated extensively across campus in leading and supporting\nresearch efforts in the Georgia Centers for Advanced Communications Technology (GCATT) and several interdisciplinary centers, establishing\nnetwork-based platforms and test beds to support a wide range of research\nefforts. Evans will continue the development of technology convergence test\nbeds for IPaT, and his leadership will promote a broad set of research\nopportunities for a diverse group of government and industry interactions with\nGeorgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERon Hutchins\n(OIT), Bill Rouse (ISyE\/COC), and Renu Kulkarni (GTRI\/EI2) will also play important\nleadership roles. IPaT will be supported by EI2\u2019s Strategic Partners Office.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIPaT will\nbring together many notable, cutting-edge and renowned research activities,\nincluding:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003Ethe Health Systems Institute;\u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003Ethe Tennenbaum Institute;\u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003Ethe College of Computing\u2019s GVU Center;\u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003Ethe College of Architecture\u2019s Center for Music\n     Technology;\u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003Ethe College of Architecture\u0027s Digital Building\n     Laboratory;\u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003Ethe Interactive Media Technology Center;\u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003Ethe Center for 21st Century Universities; \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003EGTRI\u2019s nationally recognized expertise in applied\n     research and systems development;\u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003Ethe Ivan Allen Institute for Advanced Studies; and\u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003EFuture Media, a campuswide, collaborative initiative\n     focused on transforming the way content is created, distributed and\n     consumed.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;These\nexisting centers represent every college at Georgia Tech as well as GTRI and\nEI2.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETo support the\nstrategic plan\u2019s focus on faculty-led, interdisciplinary and transformative\nresearch, Executive Vice President for Research\u0026nbsp;Steve Cross has announced\nthe launch of the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"College of Computing Professor Beth Mynatt to serve as executive director"}],"uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2011-02-02 10:23:46","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:06","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-02-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-02-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64009":{"id":"64009","type":"image","title":"Dr. Beth Mynatt","body":null,"created":"1449176720","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:20","changed":"1475894561","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:41","alt":"Dr. Beth Mynatt","file":{"fid":"191915","name":"Mynatt.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Mynatt.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Mynatt.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":61063,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Mynatt.jpg?itok=unaR9H8J"}}},"media_ids":["64009"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.evpr.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Executive Vice President for Research"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ipat.gatech.edu\/","title":"Institute for People and Technology"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7850","name":"EVPR"},{"id":"11726","name":"Institute for People and Technology"},{"id":"11336","name":"mynatt"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:monique.tavares@carnegie.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMonique Tavares\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EOffice of the Executive Vice President for Research\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}