{"52718":{"#nid":"52718","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Charting GVU\u0027s Future, Elizabeth Mynatt","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EABSTRACT:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn this opening brown bag, Elizabeth Mynatt will give an\u003Cbr \/\u003E\noverview of the GVU Center drawing attention to our mission at Georgia\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTech and outlining plans for this coming year.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe GVU Center is much more than Graphics,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nVisualization and Usability - the initial mission that gave rise to its\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nname and first research directions. With more than a decade and a half\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nyears of experience in interdisciplinary computing research, GVU is\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ndedicated to unlocking human potential through technical innovation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThis historical shift from monolithic mainframe systems to personal\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ncomputers and now to social and ubiquitous computing emphasizes\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nempowering people by augmenting abilities and enabling creative visions\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nthat address society\u2019s most pressing needs and opportunities. The sheer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\npervasiveness of computing in all aspects of life presents great\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nopportunities and responsibilities to deeply examine the influence of\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ncomputing on many forms of daily human experiences.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe GVU Center brings together a research\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ncommunity that is dedicated to meet these challenges. GVU now embarks\u003Cbr \/\u003E\non a research agenda that engages the potential of people, through the\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nlenses of creativity, emotion, independence, learning, persuasion,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nwellness, and trust, and that envisions technology as catalyst, enabler\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nand sustaining force for collectively inventing our shared future.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGVU\u2019s goal is straight-forward; to shape the\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nfuture through our scholarship, our inventions and the future pursuits\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nof our graduates.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBIO:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u00a0\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nElizabeth Mynatt is an associate professor in the\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSchool of Interactive Computing and director of the GVU Center at the\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology. The center brings together over sixty\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nfaculty drawn from computer science, psychology, liberal arts, new\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nmedia design, history of science and technology, engineering,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\narchitecture, management, and music. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMynatt played a pivotal role in creating the College of Computing Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nprogram in Human-Centered Computing, integrating studies in\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nhuman-computer interaction, learning sciences and technology, cognitive\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nscience, artificial intelligence, robotics, software engineering, and\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ninformation security.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the last decade, Mynatt has directed a research program in\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nubiquitous computing and technologies adapted to everyday life. With\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nwork that began at Xerox PARC and has grown to fruition at Georgia\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTech, she examines the pervasive presence of computation in everyday\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nlife.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMynatt earned her Bachelor of Science summa cum laude in computer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nscience from North Carolina State University and her Master of Science\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nand Ph.D. in computer science from Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-11 15:57:44","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:50:05","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2008-08-28T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2008-08-28T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2008-08-28T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2008-08-28 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2008-08-28 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2008-08-28 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"52717":{"id":"52717","type":"image","title":"Charting GVU\u0027s Future, Elizabeth Mynatt","body":null,"created":"1449175459","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:44:19","changed":"1475894476","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:16","alt":"Charting GVU\u0027s Future, Elizabeth Mynatt","file":{"fid":"146088","name":"GVULogoPositiveWeb.gif","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GVULogoPositiveWeb.gif","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GVULogoPositiveWeb.gif","mime":"image\/gif","size":4882,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/GVULogoPositiveWeb.gif?itok=02sDsbY1"}}},"media_ids":["52717"],"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":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}