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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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The Georgia Electronic Design Center 2011 Spring Review Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 26, from 8 am-4 pm. Morning events (8 am-12:15 pm) will take place at the Global Learning Center, Room 222, while lunch and the afternoon events will take place in the Technology Square Research Building Conference Area, located on the first floor.
The day's activities will begin with networking and
a continental breakfast. A welcome will be provided by Stephen Cross, Georgia Tech executive vice president for research; Mark Allen, senior vice provost for research and innovation; and Gary May, Steve W. Chaddick School Chair for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The meeting will feature GEDC
faculty and student presentations on current research and highlights of
completed research.
Bernard Meyerson, IBM Fellow and vice president for innovation, will
deliver a keynote address entitled "The Coincidence of Societal and
Technological Challenges." After lunch, attendees will have the opportunity to listen to a second keynote address delivered by Mark Phelps, senior program director for diagnostics and monitoring at Medtronics, entitled "Implantable Medical Device Electronics: Past, Present, and Future." Additional GEDC
faculty and student presentations and tours will conclude the day's events.
