IPaT: GVU Lunch Lecture Series
The IPaT: GVU Lunch Lecture Series is free and features guest speakers presenting on topics related to people-centered technologies and their impact on society. Lunch is provided at 12:00 p.m. and the talks begin at 12:30 p.m. Join us weekly or watch video replays. Lectures are coordinated by Dorie Taylor.
Fall 2024 Speaker Abstracts and Bios
The speaker dates are listed below. This semester's speaker lecture information can be found here. Information includes talk abstracts, biographies, and fall 2024 recorded lectures (if available). 
Speaker Calendar for Spring 2025
Talk titles and abstracts will be linked from this page before each talk. Lunch starts at 12:00 and the talks start at 12:30 and end at 1:30 pm.
| DATE | SPEAKER | ORGANIZATION | LOCATION |
| Jan 9 | Allen Hyde (Welcome) | Associate Professor, School of History and Sociology, Georgia Tech | TSRB Ballroom, 1st fl. |
| Jan 16 | Rich DeMillo | Professor and Charlotte B. and Roger C. Warren Chair in Computing, School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, Georgia Tech | TSRB Ballroom, 1st fl. |
| Jan 23 | Abeba Birhane | Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland | TSRB Ballroom, 1st fl. |
| Jan 30 | Dietmar Offenhuber | Associate Professor, Chair of Art and Design, Northeastern University | TSRB Ballroom, 1st fl. |
| Feb 6 | Pat Langley | Georgia Tech Research Institute | TSRB Ballroom, 1st fl. |
| Feb 13 | Danielle Willkens | Associate Professor, School of Architecture, College of Design, Georgia Tech | TSRB Ballroom, 1st fl. |
| Feb 20 | Thad Starner | Professor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech | TSRB Ballroom, 1st fl. |
| Feb 27 | TBA | TSRB Ballroom, 1st fl. | |
| Mar 6 | Jack Qui | Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Shaw Foundation Professor of Media Technology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore | TSRB Ballroom, 1st fl. |
| Mar 13 | TBA | TSRB Ballroom, 1st fl. | |
| Mar 20 | SPRING BREAK | No lecture | TSRB Ballroom, 1st fl. |
| Mar 27 | Ashok Goel | Professor, Computer Science and Human-Centered Computing, School of Interactive Computing | TSRB Ballroom, 1st fl. |
| Apr 3 | Seed Grant Winners | Yanni Loukissas, Hyun Joo Oh, Moeiini Reilly, and Richmond Wong | TSRB Ballroom, 1st fl. |
| Apr 10 | Multiple Speakers | Dissertation Lightning Talks | TSRB Ballroom, 1st fl. |
| Apr 17 | Foley Scholars | 2024 Foley Scholar Award Winners (MS) Momin Siddiqui and (PhDs) Vanessa Oguamanam, Charles Ramey & Jiawei Zhou |
Live lecture broadcasts shown below (day of talk only):
The seminars start at 12:30pm on Thursdays! When available, a livestream of the talk occurring that day will be livestreamed below (click play to initiate livestream). Some talks are only presented in-person.
