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Georgia Tech Wins NSF Award for Next-Gen Supercomputing

Klaus building

The Georgia Institute of Technology announced its receipt of a five-year, $12 million Track 2 award from the National Science Foundation to develop and deploy an innovative and experimental high-performance computing (HPC) system.

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Older Adults Want Robots That Do More Than Vacuum, Researchers Find

Roomba

Researchers at Georgia Tech have discovered that, contrary to previous assumptions, older adults are more amenable than younger ones to having a robot “perform critical monitoring tasks that would require little interaction between the robot and the human.

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Graduate Co-op Program Celebrates 25 Years

Tech Tower

The Georgia Institute of Technology’s graduate co-op program, the nation’s largest, is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

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Dr. Robert Guldberg Named New IBB Director

Guldberg

After the completion of a nationwide search, Dr. Robert Guldberg has been named the new director of The Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB) at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Is My Robot Happy to See Me?

The virtual iCat is angry

Scientists at Georgia Tech decided to test our ability to interpret a robot’s “emotion” by reading its expression to see if there were any differences between the ages. They found that older adults showed some unexpected differences in the way they read a robot’s face from the way younger adults performed.

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New Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience Director Named

IBB Director Robert Guldberg

Mechanical Engineering Professor Robert Guldberg has been named the new director of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience.

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New IBB Director Named

IBB Director Robert Guldberg

Mechanical Engineering Professor Robert Guldberg has been named the new director of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience.

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Tech Kicks Off Charitable Campaign

Tech Charitable Campaign

On Monday, Oct. 19, the Institute kicks off its annual charitable contributions campaign.

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Tech Trolley to Try Publix Stop

Tech Trolley

Starting October 19, the Tech Trolley will make pilot stops at the Publix supermarket on Spring Street. The Trolley will stop at the corner of Peachtree Place and Spring Street beginning at 6 p.m. on weekdays and during the normal schedule on Saturday and Sunday.

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Tech Joins the Center for Sustainable Engineering

A federally funded center dedicated to raising awareness and improving education of sustainable engineering practices now counts Georgia Tech among its members.

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