{"74211":{"#nid":"74211","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Computing Releases 2011 Holiday Gift Guide","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EATLANTA \u2013 Dec. 15, 2011 \u2013 What makes a perfect holiday gift for the technology enthusiast? There are hundreds of lists out there that showcase the hottest electronics and \u201cmust-have\u201d devices for this year\u2019s holiday season. However, for those hard-core technophiles who are truly ahead-of-the-curve, smartphones and tablet computers are so last year. With 10 shopping days left, the Georgia Tech College of Computing \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/holiday-gift-guide\u0022\u003Ehas released its own unique spin on the traditional holiday gift guide\u003C\/a\u003E, showcasing some of the year\u2019s biggest research stories and providing top technologists with all sorts of \u201cgift\u201d ideas for this holiday season.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThey sometimes bristle at being called \u2018elves,\u2019 but we\u2019ve got a College full of faculty and students who\u2019ve been working very hard on these projects all year,\u201d said Zvi Galil, John P. Imlay Jr. Dean of Computing. \u201cWe are, obviously, having a bit of fun in showcasing our research like this, but there\u2019s also a serious point. Part of our mission is to help improve the world through education and research, and the projects in this gift guide can legitimately be counted among our efforts to give back to society\u2014indeed, some are explicitly intended as computational ways to serve the social good.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Gift Guide includes projects created by students and faculty in the College and its three constituent schools: the School of Computer Science, the School of Interactive Computing and the School of Computational Science and Engineering. With 10 suggestions incorporating a dozen overall projects, the Gift Guide has something for everyone\u2014or, at least, everyone who\u2019s computationally minded.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProjects include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPercepto\u003C\/strong\u003E: iPhone puzzle game created by Georgia Tech undergraduate Daniel Hooper.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2012 Emerging Cyber Threats Report\u003C\/strong\u003E: annual report detailing the newest and most serious threats to cyber security in the coming year, prepared by the Georgia Tech Information Security Center and the Georgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECourteous.ly\u003C\/strong\u003E: Gmail application that allows users to see a prospective email recipients current email load, created by professor Eric Gilbert\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHome Network Management Tools\u003C\/strong\u003E: Three software packages that allow home network users to monitor and manage connection speeds, usage patterns and more; created by professors Constantine Dovrolis and Nick Feamster and research scientist Marshini Chetty\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPipeline\u003C\/strong\u003E: Web-based collaboration system optimized for creative multimedia projects, created by Ph.D. student Kurt Luther\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbelard to Apple\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E: New book by former Dean Rich DeMillo that takes a 100-year look at the future of U.S. colleges and universities, including the role of new technologies in higher education\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPSI4\u003C\/strong\u003E: Suite of quantum chemical programs designed for efficient, high-accuracy calculations of properties of molecules, created by professor David Sherrill\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELifeNet\u003C\/strong\u003E: Software that allows users to create mobile ad hoc computer networks, designed specifically for use in disaster response; created by professor Santosh Vempala and master\u2019s student Hrushi Mehendale\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETrimensional\u003C\/strong\u003E: App that turns any iPhone 4 into a full-fledged 3D scanner, created by research scientist Grant Schindler\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESimon\u003C\/strong\u003E: Socially embedded humanoid robot that can learn simple tasks from spoken conversations with everyday people, no programming knowledge required; created by professor Andrea Thomaz\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/holiday-gift-guide\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EVisit the 2011 Holiday Gift Guide on the College of Computing website!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDISCLAIMER\u003C\/strong\u003E: The 2011 Holiday Gift Guide is a lighthearted way to call attention to the College\u2019s research. Though some of the items described in the Gift Guide are indeed available for purchase or free download, it is not intended as a practical reference for consumers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E###\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Georgia Tech College of Computing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech College of Computing is a national leader in the creation of real-world computing breakthroughs that drive social and scientific progress. With its graduate program ranked 10th nationally by U.S. News and World Report, the College\u2019s unconventional approach to education is defining the new face of computing by expanding the horizons of traditional computer science students through interdisciplinary collaboration and a focus on human centered solutions. For more information about the Georgia Tech College of Computing, its academic divisions and research centers, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EContacts\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBrendan Streich\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Computing at Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:bstreich@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebstreich@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-7253\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Just in time for holidays, the best Georgia Tech \u0027gifts\u0027 are digital"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EATLANTA \u2013 Dec. 15, 2011 \u2013 With 10 shopping days left until the biggest holiday of the year, the Georgia Tech College of Computing has released its own unique spin on the traditional holiday gift guide,\n showcasing some of the year\u2019s biggest research stories and providing \ntop technologists with all sorts of \u201cgift\u201d ideas for this holiday \nseason.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech College of Computing has released its own unique spin on the traditional holiday gift guide, with all sorts of research \u201cgift\u201d ideas for this holiday season."}],"uid":"27174","created_gmt":"2011-12-15 12:58:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:50","author":"Mike Terrazas","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"74201":{"id":"74201","type":"image","title":"CoC 2011 Holiday Gift Guide rotator image","body":null,"created":"1449178046","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:26","changed":"1475894686","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:46","alt":"CoC 2011 Holiday Gift Guide rotator image","file":{"fid":"193778","name":"coc_holiday_gift_guide_v2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/coc_holiday_gift_guide_v2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/coc_holiday_gift_guide_v2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":192597,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/coc_holiday_gift_guide_v2_0.jpg?itok=emE4hfPf"}}},"media_ids":["74201"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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:bstreich@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBrendan Streich\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Computing\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bstreich@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}