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Atlanta, GA | Posted: December 15, 2011
Director of Communications
College of Computing
Summary Sentence:
The Georgia Tech College of Computing has released its own unique spin on the traditional holiday gift guide, with all sorts of research “gift” ideas for this holiday season.
Full Summary:
ATLANTA – Dec. 15, 2011 – With 10 shopping days left until the biggest holiday of the year, the Georgia Tech College of Computing has released its own unique spin on the traditional holiday gift guide, showcasing some of the year’s biggest research stories and providing top technologists with all sorts of “gift” ideas for this holiday season.
CoC 2011 Holiday Gift Guide rotator imageATLANTA – Dec. 15, 2011 – What makes a perfect holiday gift for the technology enthusiast? There are hundreds of lists out there that showcase the hottest electronics and “must-have” devices for this year’s holiday season. However, for those hard-core technophiles who are truly ahead-of-the-curve, smartphones and tablet computers are so last year. With 10 shopping days left, the Georgia Tech College of Computing has released its own unique spin on the traditional holiday gift guide, showcasing some of the year’s biggest research stories and providing top technologists with all sorts of “gift” ideas for this holiday season.
“They sometimes bristle at being called ‘elves,’ but we’ve got a College full of faculty and students who’ve been working very hard on these projects all year,” said Zvi Galil, John P. Imlay Jr. Dean of Computing. “We are, obviously, having a bit of fun in showcasing our research like this, but there’s also a serious point. Part of our mission is to help improve the world through education and research, and the projects in this gift guide can legitimately be counted among our efforts to give back to society—indeed, some are explicitly intended as computational ways to serve the social good.”
The Gift Guide includes projects created by students and faculty in the College and its three constituent schools: the School of Computer Science, the School of Interactive Computing and the School of Computational Science and Engineering. With 10 suggestions incorporating a dozen overall projects, the Gift Guide has something for everyone—or, at least, everyone who’s computationally minded.
Projects include:
Visit the 2011 Holiday Gift Guide on the College of Computing website!
DISCLAIMER: The 2011 Holiday Gift Guide is a lighthearted way to call attention to the College’s research. Though some of the items described in the Gift Guide are indeed available for purchase or free download, it is not intended as a practical reference for consumers.
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About the Georgia Tech College of Computing
The Georgia Tech College of Computing is a national leader in the creation of real-world computing breakthroughs that drive social and scientific progress. With its graduate program ranked 10th nationally by U.S. News and World Report, the College’s unconventional approach to education is defining the new face of computing by expanding the horizons of traditional computer science students through interdisciplinary collaboration and a focus on human centered solutions. For more information about the Georgia Tech College of Computing, its academic divisions and research centers, please visit http://www.cc.gatech.edu.
Contacts
Brendan Streich
Director of Communications
College of Computing at Georgia Tech
404-894-7253
