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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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We're excited to announce the results of the 2015-16 GVU Center and IPaT Research and Engagement Grants. GVU and IPaT support research initiatives committed to building on our success in interdisciplinary research and innovation in the human experience of computing. These investments create a path for external funding as our research prospers. Thank you to GTRI and the Center for Urban Innovation for supporting two of this year's projects. Each year, the selection process is very competitive and this year was no different. The winner's of this year's competition are:
Applying Design Studio Pedagogy in STEM Learning with Novel Presentation and Sensing Technologies
Betsy DiSalvo
Mark Guzdial
Blair MacIntyre
Reimagining Humanities Visualization: A Research-Through-Design Workshop for Civic and Cultural Data
Rahul Basole
Polo Chau
Carl DiSalvo
Alex Endert
Jim Foley
Nassim JafariNaimi
Lauren Klein
Yanni Loukissas
John Stasko
Jimeng Sun
Promoting Cognitive Systems Research at Georgia Tech (With additional support through GTRI)
Ashok Goel
Elizabeth Whitaker
Real-Time Control to Replace Schedules on the Atlanta Streetcar (With additional support through the Center for Urban Innovation)
Kari Watkins
Russ Clark
Congratulations to all of the winners! Mark your calendar for the first GVU Brownbag of the Fall semester on Thursday, August 20th from 12-1pm at TSRB to listen to an overview of these projects.
