{"583618":{"#nid":"583618","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Explaining Why a Problem Matters Key to 3MT Success","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing Ph.D. student Tesca Fitzgerald has made the finals of the second annual Georgia Tech Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFitzgerald will present her research into developing cognitive systems for interactive robots during the final round of the competition on Nov. 15 from 5-8 p.m. in the LeCraw Auditorium at Scheller College of Business. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFitzgerald\u0026#39;s research focuses on helping robots to leverage skills learned in one demonstration for other similar tasks. \u0026ldquo;Robots can learn to complete a task by receiving a demonstration of it from a human teacher,\u0026rdquo; said Fitzgerald. \u0026ldquo;However, they cannot immediately reuse that knowledge to complete similar tasks with different objects.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBased on a competition that started at the University of Queensland in Australia and has spread to universities around the world, Fitzgerald and nine other doctoral students from across campus will have just three minutes to explain the crux of their work to a group of judges and an audience.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The time limit is challenging, but I feel that the bigger challenge is trying to explain my research topic to an academic audience with various backgrounds,\u0026rdquo; 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