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Protecting health both locally and worldwide.

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Just, Resilient, and Informed Communities

Discovering strategies that benefit and inform communities from all walks of life.

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Responsible and Ethical Technologies

Evaluating potential consequences to mitigate negative effects.

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Using advanced technology to enhance creative processes, artistic expression, and innovation.

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Smart Solutions on the Georgia Coast

The Smart Sea Level Sensors project is a partnership between Chatham Emergency Management Agency officials, City of Savannah officials, and Georgia Tech scientists and engineers who are working together to install a network of internet-enabled sea level sensors across Chatham County. The real-time data on coastal flooding will be used for emergency planning and response.

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CopyCat: Helping Young Deaf Children Acquire Language Skills Using Sign Language Recognition

CopyCat and PopSign are two games that help deaf children and their parents acquire language skills in American Sign Language. 95% of deaf children are born to hearing parents, and most of those parents never learn enough sign language to teach...

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Project Aether: A tool to support communication between brain tumor patients and healthcare providers

Project Aether focuses on bridging the knowledge gap brain tumor and peak anxiety brain tumor patients experience after their initial diagnosis. As a tablet application, it comprises a patient workspace for consolidating information relating to...

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Check out IPaT's Research Expo website that features some of the ongoing research projects at the Institute for People and Technology and Georgia Tech. We encourage you to explore projects within our broad research areas or explore those projects by research topic.

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On March 25-26, the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) hosted the spring gathering of rural Georgia high school computer science teachers…
With new vehicle models being developed by major brands and a growing supply chain, the electric vehicle (EV) revolution seems well underway. But, as…
Ethos Medical recently made use of the College of Design’s L[ux] Lab to conduct a usability study of its needle guidance system prototype. Founded by…
With the number of older adults in the U.S. population rising and straining the systems in place to take care of them, Matthew Gombolay sees a…

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Researchers in the News

Five AI Ethics Concerns the Experts Are Debating
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts news, August 2023

Researchers highlight ethical issues for developing future AI assistants
TechXplore, August 1, 2023

Power 10: Here's the health care leaders you should know
Atlanta Business Chronicle, August 21, 2023

CU Boulder wins major Air Force grant to track objects orbiting the moon
University of Colorado Boulder, August 21, 2023
Karen Feigh (Georgia Tech) is part of the grant.

Stress test method detects when object recognition models are using shortcuts
TechXplore, July 18, 2023

Beltline kicks off transit planning on remaining segments
Axios Atlanta, Sept. 13, 2023

AI is so hot even KFC and Williams-Sonoma execs are talking about it
The Washington Post, August 24, 2023

National links: Car ads should be more truthful
Greater Greater Washington, August 18, 2023