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2024 Summer Research Internships
Institute for People and Technology is seeking undergraduate students to participate in our IPaT Summer internship program for 2024. This is an opportunity for students looking to gain real-world experience related to research, and community engagement. The Summer Internship Program is a 12-week program (May 13th to August 2nd). All Georgia Tech undergraduate students are invited to apply. Summer Interns will receive a total of $7,000 for a full-time internship paid bi-weekly.
Faculty Opportunities
IPaT is currently seeking faculty candidates to apply for IPaT Initiative Lead positions that will support one of our strategic research areas. As an IPaT Initiative Lead, you will be responsible for successfully advancing work in one of our four strategic areas. There are four positions available. IPaT will assist you in the administrative and organizational aspects of tasks as needed. Click to learn more.
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.
Featured Research Videos
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.
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.
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...
More Research Videos
Check out IPaT's Research Expo website that features some current and past research projects at the Institute for People and Technology and Georgia Tech. We encourage you to explore projects within our broad research areas or explore those projects by research topic.
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Researchers help robots navigate efficiently in uncertain environments MIT News, March 14, 2024 Georgia Tech's Sonification Lab Revolutionizes Eclipse Experience for Visually Impaired Georgia Tech News, April 5, 2024 MIT Develops Algorithm To Enhance Robot Navigation In Complex Terrains, Wowing Experts And Aiding Future Missions Hoodline/Boston, March 16, 2024 UltraCon: Ultrasound empowers patients with prosthetic limbs AuntMinnie.com (Clinical News), April 9, 2024 How Forbes Compiled The 2024 AI 50 List Forbes, April 11, 2024 Georgia Tech Presents Satya Nadella With Honorary Degree Georgia Tech News, Jan. 2024 Freeman Named Interim Associate Vice Provost for the Arts Georgia Tech News, Feb. 2024 Earth Month Features Sustainability Events Georgia Tech News, April 4, 2024 |
There's AI, and Then There's AGI: What You Need to Know to Tell the Difference CNET, Feb, 2024 Should workers get paid for their commute? wbur | NPR, Jan, 2024 Celebrating 100 Years of Psychology at Georgia Tech Georgia Tech College of Sciences, Feb, 2024 What Are The Methods Used To Predict Bankruptcy? Rebellion Research, Jan, 2024 Veranex Acquires Leading Preclinical Services Provider T3 Labs PR Newswire, Dec, 2023 Demystifying science and technology through art at Georgia Tech RoughDraft Atlanta, Dec, 2023 A wrongful arrest. A “racist robot.” A call for new laws. Atlanta News First, Nov, 2023 IEEE Fellow Status Bestowed Upon Durgin, Kim, Inan, Yu, and Zhang Georgia Tech College of Engineering, Dec, 2023 |