Years from now, when connecting your smartphone or tablet to the Internet from your friends’ homes is as seamless as doing the same from your own domicile or even motor vehicle, you might have Ceara Byrne to thank.

Byrne, who is slated to begin her doctoral studies in human-centered computing this fall at Georgia Tech’s School of Computer Science, is working on just such a project at the AT&T Foundry™ in Technology Square.