{"677584":{"#nid":"677584","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by Charles Ramey","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETitle: Sensing Systems for Studying Animal Activities, Behavior, and Communication\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDate: October 22nd, 2024\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETime: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELocation: Technology Square Research Building (85 5th St NW), Room 217a\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVirtual meeting: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/91435374840?pwd=jjnQ1VkN5kmhaGXFObaWmz7f9bR1jl.1\u0026amp;from=addon\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/91435374840?pwd=jjnQ1VkN5kmhaGXFObaWmz7f9bR1jl.1\u0026amp;from=addon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECharles Ramey\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Computing\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommittee:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Thad Starner (co-advisor) - School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Melody Jackson, (co-advisor) - School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Thomas Ploetz - School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Omer Inan - School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. David Roberts - College of Engineering, North Carolina State University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe field of Animal Computer Interaction was founded as an interdisciplinary community of researchers for the development of technology that improves animal welfare, supports animal agency, and fosters the relationship between humans and non-human animals. While wearable and ubiquitous sensing systems for humans only need to concern themselves with designing around the form factor, affordances, sensing, and articulation ability of a single species, this is not the case within sensing systems developed for studying similar phenomena in animals. Technologies for studying animals must be designed across these dimensions and more, including environment and domestication status, for each new system.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the unique contexts across design dimensions limit the development of generalized animal-centered technology frameworks, advances in digital sensing technologies and manufacturing techniques have made the creation of bespoke computing systems that are optimized for each study\u0027s unique set of constraints more accessible than ever. In this dissertation, I present three novel animal-centered studies, each leveraging an embedded sensing system, custom study methodology, and time-series machine learning-based analysis to recognize animal activities, characterize animal-object interactions, and mediate two-way acoustic interactions between animals and humans. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESensing Systems for Studying Animal Activities, Behavior, and Communication\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Sensing Systems for Studying Animal Activities, Behavior, and Communication"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2024-10-15 12:34:37","changed_gmt":"2024-10-15 12:34:59","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-10-22T09:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2024-10-22T11:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-10-22T11:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-10-22 13:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-10-22 15:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-10-22 15:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Technology Square Research Building (85 5th St NW), Room 217a","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}