Health & Education
Older Adults Want Robots That Do More Than Vacuum, Researchers Find
Atlanta (October 21, 2009) — Researchers at Georgia Tech have discovered that, contrary to previous assumptions, older adults are more amenable than younger ones to having a robot "perform critical monitoring tasks that would require little interaction between the robot and the human.
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Is My Robot Happy to See Me?
Atlanta (October 19, 2009) — Scientists at Georgia Tech decided to test our ability to interpret a robot’s “emotion” by reading its expression to see if there were any differences between the ages. They found that older adults showed some unexpected differences in the way they read a robot’s face from the way younger adults performed.
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Teaching Young Artists to Design Robots
Atlanta (August 3, 2009) — Carl DiSalvo and Jonathan Lukens at Georgia Tech are working with Youth Art Connection and the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Atlanta to teach middle school and high school students interested in the arts and humanities how they can use their skills to create innovative uses of technology, not just build the technology.
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Faculty
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Associate Professor
School of Interactive Computing, College of ComputingAreas of Expertise:
Educational Technology, Social Networking/Online Communities, Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, Internet Research Ethics, Human Computer Interaction, Human Computer Interaction for Kids -
Assistant Professor
School of Literature, Communication and Culture, Ivan Allen College of Liberal ArtsAreas of Expertise:
Participatory Design, Critical Design, Design Studies, Robotics and Sensing in Art and Community Settings -
Associate Professor
School of Interactive Computing, College of ComputingAreas of Expertise:
Societal Impacts of Technology, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Supported Cooperative Work -
Assistant Professor
School of Literature, Communication and Culture, Ivan Allen College of Liberal ArtsAreas of Expertise:
Adaptive Digital Media, Board Games, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Game-based Learning -
Professor and Director of Graduate Program in Digital Media
School of Literature, Communication and Culture, Ivan Allen College of Liberal ArtsAreas of Expertise:
Game Design, Interactive Narrative, Interactive Television, Media Convergence, Information Design, Digital Media and Education -
Director, GVU Center
Professor, School of Interactive Computing
Associate Dean for Strategic Planning and Initiatives
College of ComputingAreas of Expertise:
Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Centered Computing, Health Informatics, Ubiquitous Computing, Assistive Technologies -
Associate Professor
School of Psychology, College of Sciences School of Interactive Computing, College of ComputingAreas of Expertise:
Interactive Music, Mobile Music, Human-Computer Interaction, Auditory Perception, Psychology