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Wesley Center Celebration and Open House

Atlanta, GA (April 19, 2012) — As the first decade of the James and Mary Wesley Center for New Media Education and Research draws to a close, Georgia Tech's Digital Media graduate program celebrated with panel discussions, a faculty showcase and demo day on Monday, April 16. The one-day symposium trumpeted the successes and challenges of the center. Click here for photos of faculty and student demos from the open house.

The Digital Media program is part of School of Literature, Communication and Culture in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

For more information contact:

Jason Maderer
Media Relations
404-385-2966
maderer@gatech.edu

Photos

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Faculty

Amy Bruckman

Associate Professor
School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Educational Technology, Social Networking/Online Communities, Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, Internet Research Ethics, Human Computer Interaction, Human Computer Interaction for Kids
Carl DiSalvo

Assistant Professor
School of Literature, Communication and Culture, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
Areas of Expertise:
Participatory Design, Critical Design, Design Studies, Robotics and Sensing in Art and Community Settings
Keith Edwards

Associate Professor
School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Social Impacts of Technology, Home Network Security, Home Networking, Human-Computer Interaction
Irfan Essa

Professor
School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Areas of Expertise:
Computational Video, Computational Photography, Computational Journalism, Computational Media, Computational Perception
Beki Grinter

Associate Professor
School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Societal Impacts of Technology, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Renu Kulkarni

Executive Director, FutureMedia
Areas of Expertise:
Convergence of digital, social, mobile and multimedia industries, Strategic Alliances, Industry Partnerships, Open Innovation Practices
Blair MacIntyre

Associate Professor
School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing
School of Literature Communication and Culture, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
Areas of Expertise:
Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mobile Games, Social Games, Augmented Reality Games, Video Game Design, Video Game Architecture
Ali Mazalek

Assistant Professor
School of Literature, Communication and Culture, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
Areas of Expertise:
Tangible Interfaces, Experimental Media, Media Arts, Interaction Design, Emerging Technologies
Janet H. Murray

Ivan Allen College Dean's Professor
School of Literature, Communication and Culture, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
Areas of Expertise:
Game Design, Interactive Narrative, Interactive Television, Media Convergence, Information Design, Digital Media and Education
Elizabeth Mynatt

Director, GVU Center
Professor, School of Interactive Computing
Associate Dean for Strategic Planning and Initiatives
College of Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Centered Computing, Health Informatics, Ubiquitous Computing, Assistive Technologies
Ashwin Ram

Associate Professor
School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) (Case-Based Reasoning, Natural Language, & Game/Entertainment AI), Human-Centered Computing - Cognitive Science, Healthcare Informatics
Bruce Walker

Associate Professor
School of Psychology, College of Sciences School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing

Areas of Expertise:
Interactive Music, Mobile Music, Human-Computer Interaction, Auditory Perception, Psychology