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Summary Sentence: The GVU Center kicks off the weekly Brown Bag Seminar Series with a GVU Center overview.
Full Summary: This seminar will provide an overview of GVU Center activities and discuss the weekly GVU Center Brown Bag Seminar Series. In addition, the seminar will include an introduction of funded research projects.
Keith Edwards compressedAbstract:
In the first GVU Brown Bag Seminar of the academic year, Keith Edwards, GVU Center Director and Professor of Interactive Computing, will kick off our talk series with an overview of the GVU Center detailing its unique resources and opportunities, and previewing some of the events coming up this semester.
Also, each year, the GVU Center and IPaT announce funding for the Engagement Grants, which support early stage work by Georgia Tech researchers. This year’s winners will give brief overviews of the work they will be doing over the coming academic year.
Speaker Bio:
Keith Edwards is a Professor in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech and Director of the GVU Center. His research interests focus primarily on driving human-centered concerns into core computing infrastructure. He is a pioneer in the exploration of human-centered perspectives on computer networking, particularly in the home and has been active in developing more usable approaches to information security systems. Lately, his research has expanded into a number of explorations of the social impacts of computing technology, and understanding how technology can support the work of non-profits and NGOs. While he is a technologist at heart, he enjoys working with designers, as well as ethnographers and other social scientists.
How to watch: If you can't attend. please watch the Live Stream, or view the Recording (available 30 days after event).
Schedule of Brown Bag Speakers Fall 2022
