{"41546":{"#nid":"41546","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Last Library Tuesday Talk of Semester","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Tuesday April 26, Thad Starner will present a lecture on \u0022Interfaces for Augmenting Face-to-Face Conversation Using Wearable Computers,\u0022 at 2p.m. in the Wilby Room.  The lecture will be the last of this semester\u0027s Tueday Talks sponsored by the Georgia Tech Library.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStarner is an assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Computing.  He is a wearable computing pioneer, having worn a wearable as an everyday personal assistant since 1993.  He holds four degrees from MIT, including his Ph.D. from the MIT Media Laboratory in 1999.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStarner has authored more than 90 scientific publications on mobile computing, intelligent agents, computer vision, and augmented reality and his work focuses on computational assistants for everyday use.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis talk will explore the current use of mobile devices and will describe studies on two promising technologies: dual-purpose speech and the Twiddler one-handed keyboard.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, Starner will discuss the ongoing development of a one-way sign-to-English phrase translator, which may some day augment conversation between hearing and deaf individuals.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Thad Starner presents lecture on wearable computers"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"On Tuesday April 26, Thad Starner will present a lecture on \u0022Interfaces for Augmenting Face-to-Face Conversation Using Wearable Computers,\u0022 at 2p.m. in the Wilby Room.  The lecture will be the last of this semester\u0027s Tueday Talks sponsored by the Georgia Tech Library.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Thad Starner will give the last Tuesday Talk"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2005-04-19 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:27","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2005-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.library.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Library and Information Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2437","name":"lecture"},{"id":"1205","name":"Library"},{"id":"169286","name":"Starner"},{"id":"3196","name":"Talk"},{"id":"3193","name":"Thad"},{"id":"3195","name":"Tuesday"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}