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• Noura Howell Receives NSF CAREER Award to Study Emotion AI

  July 1, 2024

  Georgia Tech’s Noura Howell received a prestigious NSF CAREER award to study emotion AI, which infers people’s emotions from their facial expressions. She discusses the award and her project, as well as this technology’s potential and pitfalls.

  

• Middle Schoolers’ Feedback Informs New Approach to AI-based Museum Exhibits

  June 21, 2024

  Researchers at Georgia Tech are creating accessible museum exhibits that explain artificial intelligence (AI) to middle school students, including the LuminAI interactive AI-based dance partner developed by Regents' Professor Brian Magerko.

  Ph.D. students Yasmine Belghith and Atefeh Mahdavi co-led a study in a museum setting that observed how middle schoolers interact with the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT. 

  Belghith and Mahdavi conducted their study with nine focus groups of 24 students at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. The team used the findings to inform their design of AI exhibits that the museum could display as early as 2025. 

  

• 30 Years Later, Story of Freaknik Gets Told

  March 20, 2024

  Joycelyn Wilson, assistant professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, says the release of Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told continues to raise the profile of Atlanta’s role in hip-hop overall, not just in the South.

  

• Richard Utz Named Interim Dean of Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

  March 19, 2024

  Richard Utz, senior associate dean and professor, has been appointed interim dean of Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, effective April 20. Dean Husbands Fealing, who served in that role since 2020, has been appointed assistant director of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. 

  

• Life of a Leap Baby

  February 28, 2024

  Only about 5 million people worldwide — less than 0.1% of the world’s population — have been born on Feb. 29. Andy Eichel, senior managing strategy consultant in Strategic Consulting, is one of them.

  

• First Cohort Announced for Ascend Faculty Professional Development Program

  January 16, 2024

  Ascend, a new career development program for mid-career faculty, launched its cohort for Spring 2024. Supported by the Office of Faculty Professional Development, Ascend cohort members include academic professionals and lecturers from across campus.

  

• Library and IMA present Media Arts Day 2024 Jan. 18

  January 7, 2024

  The Georgia Tech Library and Interdisciplinary Media Arts Center (IMA) are proud to bring Media Arts Day 2024 to campus Thursday, Jan. 18 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in various locations throughout the Library.

  

• 14th Annual France-Atlanta Event Series Returns to Georgia Tech

  September 28, 2023

  Since 2010, the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and the Georgia Tech have partnered together to present “France-Atlanta: Together towards Innovation”. This multidisciplinary event series takes place every fall and is centered on innovation and designed to foster cooperation and exchange between France and the U.S. Southeast. 

  

• Philanthropic Foundation Provides Six-Figure Grant to Engage Underrepresented Students in Computational Media

  July 11, 2023

  A major philanthropic grant is paving the way for more students from underrepresented groups to access computational media programs at Georgia Tech. The $500K grant will fund scholarship opportunities for students interested in video game design, web development, or other interactive media careers.

  

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