Institute for People and Technology (IPaT)

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New Assistant Vice Provost for Research Faculty

Maribeth Gandy Coleman, Regents’ Researcher in the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT), has been named interim Assistant Vice Provost for Research Faculty (AVP-RF) and will lead strategic engagement with research faculty on behalf of the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty at Georgia Tech.

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Global Health Equity and Wellbeing

Protecting health both locally and worldwide.

Just, Resilient, and Informed Communities

Discovering strategies that benefit and inform communities from all walks of life.

Responsible and Ethical Technologies

Evaluating potential consequences to mitigate negative effects.

Arts, Expression, and Creative Technologies

Using advanced technology to enhance creative processes, artistic expression, and innovation.

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Captioning on Glass

Captioning on Glass is an on-going project creating captioning eyeglasses with a companion Android phone app to assist the hard-of-hearing in everyday conversations. We are also working on another version of this app, "Translation on Glass", which will add the ability to translate languages.

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Ambient Alerting

Ambient Alerting project. No matter what age we are, we have likely forgotten to turn off the stove or oven, iron, heater or even water. Forgetfulness can lead to serious events that may result in costly damage to the home or even injury or death. Older adults are more prone to such forgetfulness. When an older adult forgets to turn off a hazardous appliance, it is often attributed to losing mental capacity and may lead to loss of self-confidence, embarrassment, and judgment from others.

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CopyCat: Helping Young Deaf Children Acquire Sign Language Skills

CopyCat and PopSign are two games that help deaf children and their parents acquire language skills in American Sign Language. 95% of deaf children are born to hearing parents, and most of those parents never learn enough sign language to teach...

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About IPaT

Our goal is to maximize Georgia Tech’s societal impact through people-centered innovation. IPaT supports and connects faculty and students across the entire Georgia Tech campus by blurring the lines between academic disciplines and partnering to translate research results into real-world use. Georgia Tech is at the forefront of science and technology research, and home to state-of-the-art facilities and world-renowned experts who are working every day to find answers to tough problems. IPaT brings together researchers, industry, and other partners to identify technology solutions that will shape our global future. IPaT was created in 2011 to embrace these opportunities and needs, to create a networked research ecosystem of Georgia Tech faculty and industry partners, and to amplify their combined thought leadership and on-the-ground results to create a positive economic and societal impact in critical areas that define much of everyday life.

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