{"41558":{"#nid":"41558","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Gates Scholar Aims to Revolutionize Computing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnthony Hylick doesn\u0027t want much out of life, only to help develop what could be the biggest revolution in computing since the Internet.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, he\u0027ll have his chance. As Georgia Tech\u0027s latest recipient of the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, he\u0027ll begin pursuing his doctorate at the University of Cambridge this fall in the Sentient Computing research group.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA computer engineering major from Warner Robins, Ga., Hylick said he wants to make computers easier to use for people who aren\u0027t computer experts. He doesn\u0027t mean just a little easier. He\u0027s thinking big - Dennis Hayes kind of big. Much like that Tech alumnus did with the computer modem in the late 1970s, Hylick wants to revolutionize the way computers communicate with each other and with users.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESentient computers could be that revolution. Equipped with sensors that allow the computers to see and hear, they can communicate with each other through ultrasonic waves. They have the potential to fix themselves when things go awry and respond to changes in the environment, reducing the amount of tasks computer users have to do.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I would like to develop a new type of hardware that totally changes the electronic field and will go on to benefit users that are not computer experts,\u0022 Hylick told the Gates Cambridge committee.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The computers could be useful in satellites, surveillance cameras, any system that\u0027s someplace where you don\u0027t want to have to go touch these devices every time something goes wrong,\u0022 he said. \u0022You want to have the assurance that if something does go wrong, it will be able to sustain itself and continue to function.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E Hylick said his research experience as an undergraduate at Tech has only increased his interest in changing the world. This past summer he worked with electrical and computer engineering Professor Ian Ferguson programming light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that can simulate sunlight. An LED uses less power than incandescent or fluorescent light bulbs and can adjust themselves to respond to changing lighting conditions.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrently Hylick is the president and regional vice president for his fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi, where he teaches young students through its mentoring programs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We have structured programs where we take young men, help them develop and encourage them to go to college. We try to give them that positive role model that they may not have,\u0022 he said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn between classes, research and his fraternity, Hylick has also found time to work. He currently works as a tech support specialist for the local service company I.T. Knowledge. Prior to that he participated in Tech\u0027s cooperative education program doing tech support for local schools at Virtucom.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStarted with funds from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, the Gates Cambridge Trust chooses approximately 100 students from across the globe to study at Cambridge University in England. The award covers the cost of tuition, airfare and a stipend.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Anthony Hylick doesn\u0027t want much out of life, only to help develop what could be the biggest revolution in computing since the Internet. Now, he\u0027ll have his chance. As Georgia Tech\u0027s latest recipient of the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, he\u0027ll begin pursuing his doctorate at the University of Cambridge this fall in the Sentient Computing research group.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Anthony Hylick wins Gates Cambridge Scholarship"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2005-04-04 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:27","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2005-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"41559":{"id":"41559","type":"image","title":"Anthony Hylick","body":null,"created":"1449174325","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:25:25","changed":"1475894375","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:35","alt":"Anthony Hylick","file":{"fid":"190067","name":"tfm24268.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tfm24268_2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tfm24268_2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":430973,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tfm24268_2.jpg?itok=M4crecYI"}}},"media_ids":["41559"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gates.scholarships.cam.ac.uk\/","title":"The Gates Cambridge Scholarship"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3205","name":"anthony"},{"id":"2429","name":"cambridge"},{"id":"208","name":"computing"},{"id":"2428","name":"gates"},{"id":"3206","name":"hylick"},{"id":"167285","name":"scholarship"},{"id":"170808","name":"sentient"}],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}