News for the GT Computing Community
June 1, 2018
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OMSCS Program Receives Funding for First-ever Fellowship Grants   

Georgia Tech’s online Master of Science in Computer Science (OMSCS) program has received funding for its first-ever fellowship grants. The OMSCS SnapTravel Fellowships will provide two $1,000 fellowships and are inspired by recent OMSCS graduate Henry Shi. “For me, it’s incredibly important to pay forward my experiences — especially with a program like OMSCS, an idea that’s so new and mission-driven that it wasn’t even possible just five years ago.” Read More

  

 Faculty News

GT Computing Community Celebrates Guzdial and Ericson

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 Research News

School of CSE Showcases Research at IPDPS’18

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ARC Hosts Third Workshop on Algorithms and Randomness

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Researchers Find New Way to Detect Double-Fetch Bugs
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 GT Computing in the News

Will Google Duplex Evolve Into a Virtual Teaching Assistant?

Inside Higher Ed Full Story
Ring, Wristband Combo Could Make Texting Really Subtle

Futurity Full Story
This Helpful Robot is Teaching Itself to Dress People

CNET Full Story
5 Big Questions About the Science of Star Wars

Lukor.net Full Story

 Bits & Bytes

• Professor Thad Starner and Ph.D. candidate Caitlyn Seim are using passive haptic learning to teach piano and help rehabilitate stroke victims. The online series, Super Human recently highlighted their work with this moving video.



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 Events

June 4
EVPR Search Finalist Seminar
Dimitris Lagoudas
11 a.m. - noon
Clough Bldg., Room 152
June 6
EVPR Search Finalist Seminar
Rashid Bashir
11 a.m. - noon
Clough Bldg., Room 152
June 6
IPaT & GVU Invited Lecture
Parallel Reality Displays
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
75 5th Street NW, Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30308
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