Archive for the ‘Computing’ Category
January 17, 2012 — The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has received a $1.5 million contract to produce an online environment that would let multiple design teams work together to develop new military vehicles. The VehicleForge project’s goal is to create a secure central website and other web-based tools and methods that would facilitate such collaborative development.
November 14, 2011 — Systems engineers at Georgia Tech offered Georgia Aquarium leaders accurate predictions on how the new AT&T Dolphin Tales exhibit would impact guest flow within the aquarium and how to optimize the operations logistics, efficiency and show schedules for the new exhibit.
November 10, 2011 — Researchers at Georgia Tech are developing new approaches for identifying “insider threats” before an incident occurs. They are creating a suite of algorithms that can detect threats by analyzing massive amounts of computer data for unusual activity.
Summer/Fall 2011 Research Horizons Magazine — By harnessing its engineering, scientific and computing capabilities and its entrepreneurial tradition, as well as the Atlanta medical community, Georgia Tech is advancing the field of medical device design and bringing new devices to market.
September 29, 2011 — The National Science Foundation has awarded $6 million through its Division of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation to fund three projects involving researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Winter/Spring 2011 Research Horizons Magazine — Georgia Tech cybersecurity faculty members are helping grow the cybersecurity industry by spinning off companies.
Winter/Spring 2011 Research Horizons Magazine — Georgia Tech cybersecurity researchers are developing technologies and security strategies to enable the global cybersecurity solutions of the future. Their efforts span the areas of threat monitoring and analysis, mobile device and telephone security, secure information sharing, and U.S. government agency security.
August 15, 2011 — A new computer model that describes the evolution of the Internet’s architecture suggests a process similar to natural evolution took place to determine which protocols survived and which ones became extinct.
July 7, 2011 — Critical cyber-technology will be among the featured topics at the Military Open Source Software (Mil-OSS) organization’s Third Annual Working Group Conference scheduled for Aug. 30 – Sept. 1 in Atlanta. The conference is open to anyone utilizing or considering open-source/open technology to build military capabilities.
June 28, 2011 — Georgia Tech researchers have developed innovative software for active reading, an activity that involves highlighting, outlining and taking notes on a document. Taking advantage of touch-screen tablet computers, LiquidText enables active readers to interact with documents using finger motions.
