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Summary Sentence: From Living Labs to Convergence Innovation
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Matt SandersSpeaker:
Matt Sanders
Title:
From Living Labs to Convergence Innovation
Abstract:
In this talk I will give a brief overview of IPaT's living labs and some RNOC projects where we have opportunities for students and faculty to leverage and contribute resources. This will include: the GT Journey Initiative, Midtown Buzz, the Aware Home, the I3L Health IT testbed, Magic Window, GT mobile, and the Argon based Campus Tour among others. I will then present the categories and timeline for the Spring Convergence Innovation Competition, which is open to all Georgia Tech students and offers an exceptional opportunity for GVU students to extend their research and class projects for the purposes of commercialization or industry engagement. The Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC) is an annual event produced by GT-RNOC and the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT). This unique competition is open to all Georgia Tech students and is run throughout the Fall and Spring semesters. Each year the categories in the CIC are defined by our Industry partners who provide mentorship, judging, and category specific resources which are often available exclusively to CIC competitors. While the competition is not tied to any specific course, competitors are often able to take advantage of class partnerships where lecture and lab content, guest lectures, and projects are aligned with competition categories. CIC Competitors are supported by GT-RNOC research assistants who provide technical support and shepherd teams through the competition process. The overarching goal of the CIC is to create innovative and viable products and experiences including a strong user experience and a business case. Winning entries will include a working end-to-end prototype, which operates on converged services, media, networks, services, and platforms. CIC winners go on to commercialization, other competitions, as well as internship and job opportunities strengthened by their competition experience.
Bio:
Matt Sanders is the Director of Research Operations at IPaT. Matt works with Georgia Tech students and researchers, along with industry partners in the creation of innovative mobile and converged applications and services. He is also the Associate Director, and co-founder, of the Georgia Tech Research Network Operations Center (GT-RNOC), a unique research center supporting industry and student engagement through research and operational projects; and the wireless services manager for Georgia Tech in the Office of Information Technology. Matt is a principal in the annual Convergence Innovation Competition, now in its ninth year, which provides industry sponsors an opportunity to engage students in wide ranging categories including Connected Home, Connected Communities, Connected Transportation, and Connected Work using a wide variety of platforms and resources available in our living labs. Through the GT Journey initiative, Matt is also responsible for GT mobile, an HTML5 based portal for mobile, desktop, kiosks, and Glass; where any member of the campus community can access campus IT services and contribute content, meta-data, and the applications themselves.
