Georgia Tech Library News

Research for all of us! The Georgia Tech Library sponsors a lecture series featuring research by Georgia Tech faculty “presented for the rest of us.” Lecturers discuss their research in laymen’s terms. The aim of the series is to make research understandable to all of us in the Georgia Tech community.

April 7, 2009
2 – 3:30 pm
Neely Lobby (1 West) – Library and Information Center

Speaker: Bruce Walker; Associate Professor
School of Psychology & School of Interactive Computing

Poster

Title: The GT Accessible Aquarium Project

Abstract:
The goal of the GT Accessible Aquarium Project is to make dynamic exhibits such as those at museums, science centers, zoos and aquaria more engaging and accessible for visitors with vision impairments by providing real-time interpretations of the exhibits using innovative tracking, music, narrations, and adaptive sonification. It is an interdisciplinary collaboration between GT researchers, bringing together the fields of Psychology, Computing, Music, and Assistive Technology.

This presentation is free and open to all! No pre-registration is needed.

Questions? Contact: Lori Critz, Information Services Department
Lori.critz@library.gatech.edu 404-385-4392

Research for all of us! The Georgia Tech Library sponsors a lecture series featuring research by Georgia Tech faculty presented for the rest of us.

Lecturers will discuss their research in laymen’s terms. The aim of the series is to make research understandable to all of us in the Georgia Tech community.

March 3, 2009
Neely Lobby (GT Library – 1st Floor)
2 – 3:30 pm

Speakers: Henry S. Valk; Professor Emeritus – School of Physics & Bill Hunt; Professor – School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Title: Music, Science, and Technology

Music and its performance have been part of our inheritance since primitive times. But what is music? How do we produce it and hear it? How are popular instruments that we use to perform it such as the guitar and piano evolving? These and related questions will be discussed from the standpoint of current science and technology.

This presentation is free and open to all! No pre-registration is needed.

Poster

Questions?
Contact: Lori Critz, Information Services Department
Lori.critz@library.gatech.edu
404-385-4392

Research for all of us! The Georgia Tech Library sponsors a lecture series featuring research by Georgia Tech faculty presented for the rest of us.

Lecturers will discuss their research in laymen’s terms. The aim of the series is to make research understandable to all of us in the Georgia Tech community.

February 3, 2009
Wilby Room (GT Library – Ground Floor)
12 – 1:30 pm

Speaker: Asst. Professor Melissa Kemp – Dept. of Biomedical Engineering

Title: Cellular Oxidation and its Role in Disease

Many foods and supplements are advertised as having antioxidant properties, under the presumption that this is beneficial to your health. But what does that mean? Are they good for you? Dietary antioxidants have been investigated for the treatment of a number of diseases – such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, cardiovascular disease, and cancer prevention – with very mixed results. I’ll discuss why, at a cellular level, the story on antioxidants is so complicated and how engineering approaches to studying cellular oxidation may ultimately shed light on how to better treat diseases with antioxidants.

This presentation is free and open to all! No pre-registration is needed.

Poster

Questions? Contact: Lori Critz, Information Services Department
Lori.critz@library.gatech.edu
404-385-4392

Research for all of us! The Georgia Tech Library sponsors a lecture series featuring research by Georgia Tech faculty presented for the rest of us.

Lecturers will discuss their research in laymen’s terms. The aim of the series is to make research understandable to all of us in the Georgia Tech community.

October 7, 2008
Neely Lobby (GT Library – 1 West)
2 – 3:30 pm

Speakers: Hugh Crawford and Ron Broglio
School of Literature, Communication & Culture
Poster

Title: Dwelling Studies

Abstract: Hugh Crawford and Ron Broglio will discuss dwelling studies as a set of disciplinary and pedagogical practices around growing cultural issues such as home and food. Dwelling studies examines how we engage with the earth so as to fashion a world and worldview. As a methodology, dwelling studies uses phenomenology to examine a variety of ecologies and economies of human comportment in order to further living well. The presentation will introduce the audience to this field of study and provide examples of scholarship and student work at Georgia Tech.

This presentation is free and open to all! No pre-registration is needed.

Questions? Contact: Lori Critz, Information Services Department
lori.critz@library.gatech.edu
404-385-4392

Research for all of us! The Georgia Tech Library sponsors a lecture series featuring research by Georgia Tech faculty presented for the rest of us.

Lecturers will discuss their research in laymen’s terms. The aim of the series is to make research understandable to all of us in the Georgia Tech community.

Sept. 16, 2008
2 – 3:30 pm
Library: Neely Lobby (1 West)

Speaker: Fredda Blanchard-Fields
Professor of Psychology
Chair, GT School of Psychology

Title: Older adult expertise in emotion regulation: Gains and costs.

Abstract:
Despite research that shows cognitive decline as we grow older, changes in emotion show a positive developmental trajectory. This talk will address two questions.
– What are the skills older adults possess and use when regulating their emotions?
– Under what conditions are older adults more effective and least effective at regulating their emotions?

This presentation is free and open to all! No pre-registration is needed.

Poster

Questions? Contact: Lori Critz, Library and Information Services
lori.critz@library.gatech.edu
404-385-4392

9/5/08, 4:50 pm:

The ScienceDirect problems finally have been resolved. You should no longer be asked to choose an organization and should have access to all GT-entitled journals.

Important: Please clear your browser’s cache and try again if you are still having problems.

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April 1, 2008
2 – 3:30 pm
Neely Lobby – GT Lobby

Speaker: Brian Stone
Assoc. Professor
City and Regional Planning Program
Georgia Tech College of Architecture

Title: Are cities warming faster than the planet as a whole?
Abstract: How rapidly are large U.S. cities like Atlanta warming and what steps can be taken to manage climate change in urban areas? This talk will explore the methods employed to measure urban and global temperature trends and document the rate of temperature change within 50 of the most populous U.S. metropolitan areas between 1950 and 2000. The distinction between the urban and global mechanisms of warming will be considered as part of a more general discussion of climate change management in cities.

This presentation is free and open to all!

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For more information, contact Lori Critz (lori.critz@library.gatech.edu; (404) 385-4392)

Tuesday Talk
March 4, 2008
12 – 1:30 pm
Neely Lobby

Speaker: Jason Freeman , D.M.A. Assistant Professor – Music Department – College of Architecture

Title:
Composer, Performer, Listener
Abstract:
Even as social networking, multi-player gaming, and collaborative content creation become increasingly important in our lives, concert musical performance continues to follow a model in which the audience remains passive, with little connection to the composer, to the performers, or to each other. This Talk will explore how technology can transform the concert experience by inviting the audience to shape the music as it is performed or by engaging audiences in personalized musical experiences online.

This presentation is free and open to all!View Poster

Tuesday Talk: Making Computer Science 101 Fun with Robots

Tuesday, November 6, 2007
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Location: Neely Lobby
Speaker: Tucker Balch; Associate Professor – Interactive and Intelligent Computing

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Abstract: “We’re trying an experiment here at Georgia Tech: We’re teaching freshmen Computer Science 101 (CS 1301 to be exact) with personal robots. Every student has her own robot to take home and work with. All the fundamentals of CS are taught in the context of programming a mobile robot with sensors, motors, a camera and a speaker. During this talk I will report on our success with this approach.”

Tuesday, October 2, 2007
2:00 – 3:00
Location: Neely Lobby
Speaker: Michael Goodisman, Assistant Professor, Biology
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Social insects, including ants, bees, wasps, and termites, are ‘among the greatest achievements of evolution’. They dominate terrestrial environments and make up a substantial part of the animal biomass. The tremendous success of social insects stems from their ability to effectively manage ecological problems through their complex social systems. In fact, the formation of the remarkable societies displayed by social insects represents one of the major transition points in evolutionary history. In this talk, I will provide an overview of the biology of social insects. I will focus on discussing the development and importance of social insect societies. I will then discuss the natural history of important social insects found locally, including fire ants and yellowjackets.