Charting GVUs Future

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Charting GVUs Future

• Elizabeth Mynatt
• Director
• GVU CenterCollege of ComputingGeorgia
  Techwww.gvu.gatech.edu

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In the beginning (around 1991)

• Jim Foleys vision gave us the Graphics,
  Visualization,and Usability Center
• This initial mission represented the outward
  focus of Computing
• Interdisciplinary research center with faculty
  from Computing, Psychology, LCC, Architecture,
  and Engineering

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But we grew

• Graphics became how to make photorealistic
  images animation added as fundamental question.
• Visualization added information vis, not just
  scientific VR and AR become significant.
• Computer Vision (its just pixels anyway) and
  the connection between vision and graphics. Then
  robotics.
• Traditional HCI gives way to Everyday and
  Ubiquitous computing interfaces.
• Focus on pragmatic tasks extended to include
  expression and content.

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GVU Mission

• We create interactive computing technologies
  that enable people to change their world.

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How

• Structure
• Content
• Legacy

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Structure

• GVU is a university-wide research center
  dedicated to interdisciplinary research that
  examines the impact of computing in all walks of
  human life.
• Enable great research
• Help with the why
• Help with the who
• Provide resources
• Tell the world

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Health
Education
Home
Useable Security
Work
Entertainment
Gaming
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Health Gregory Abowd, Dan Fisk, Julie Jacko,
Wendy Rogers, Jarek Rossignac, Thad Starner,
Bruce Walker, Ajit Yoganathan
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Home Gregory Abowd, Irfan Essa, Keith Edwards,
Dan Fisk, Beki Grinter Ed Price ( IMTC), Wendy
Rogers
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Useable SecurityKeith Edwards, Beki Grinter,
Charles Isbell, Jeff Pierce GTISC
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WorkKeith Edwards, Beki Grinter, Irfan Essa,
Blair MacIntyre, Jim Rehg, John Stasko
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GamingIan Bogost,Michael Mateas, Michael Nitsche

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EntertainmentJay Bolter, Irfan Essa, Blair
MacIntyre, Janet Murray, Gil Weinberg
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EducationAmy Bruckman, Jim Foley, Mark Guzdial
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Putting the pieces together

• Policy and economic models
• Expectations and trends
• Emerging media
• Novel interactive experiences
• New interface capabilities
• Algorithmic techniques
• Computing architectures
• Sensing

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Legacy

• Research centers are the advance scouting party
  for university change
• Defining a field (Graphics Human Interaction,
  1996)
• Culture of interdisciplinary research
• HCI MS and Computational Media ugrad programs
• HCC PhD program, Digital Media PhD program
• IC division

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GVU Fall 2005-Spring 2006

• GVU Showcases
• Graphics and animation (tba)
• Aware Home (Oct 4)
• HCI (Dec 8th)
• Living Games World II (Feb 16)
• Seminars and tiger team competition in useable
  security (Sept 9 kickoff mtg, 3pm, TSRB)
• NSF sponsored workshops
• Intellectual property and commercialization
• Brokering outside collaboration and sponsorship
• Brown bags

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GVU Brown Bags, Fall 2005

• Best of SIGGRAPH
• Tenure talks - Blair MacIntyre, Tucker Balch
  and Thad Starner
• Industry Intel, EBay, Klaus Entertainment
• New faces and new directions
• Michael Nitsche, Ian Bogost, Beki Grinter, Ajit
  Yoganathan
• Like-minded efforts (Scott Fisher, Lisbeth
  Klaustrup)

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Getting Together

• GVU Brown Bags
• Lunch starts at 1130
• GVU Faculty Meetings
• First Monday of every month
• Sept 12 for this month
• GVU Steering Committee
• GVU Student Committee

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GVU Steering Committee

• Keith Edwards
• Irfan Essa
• Jim Foley
• Julie Jacko
• Ken Knoespel
• Gil Weinberg
• Wendy Rogers
• Greg Turk

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GVU Staff

• Carole Galanty
• Tina Crouch
• Leisha Stewart
• Vivian Chander
• Spencer Reynolds

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GVU Rev 4.0

• Is GVU changing? You bet!
• Dedicated to harnessing computing technologies
  for daily human endeavors
• GVU is

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GVU Rev 4.0

• Is GVU changing? You bet!
• Dedicated to harnessing computing technologies
  for daily human endeavors
• GVU is Great people, Very interesting
  research and Unlimited opportunities