{"51629":{"#nid":"51629","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Human Computer Interaction Student Receives STAR Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E(November 7, 2006)--\u003C\/strong\u003ECollege of Computing graduate student Lan Guo was recently recognized with a BellSouth STAR Award for user interface design and usability services provided to client organizations. Guo is a Master\u2019s student in Human-Computer Interaction, and is a GVU Center intern assigned to BellSouth\u2019s Human Factors Laboratory.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Lan did a truly outstanding job providing valuable user interface input,\u201d says BellSouth Research Director Chet McQuaide. In addition to her ability, Guo was also praised for her teamwork and responsiveness to client needs, taking a dated interface that was extremely cluttered and overwhelming, and creating one that is much more user-friendly. \u201cOn behalf of BellSouth,\u201d said McQuaide, \u201cwe cannot praise Lan\u0027s work highly enough, and consider ourselves very luck to have her on our team.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGuo received her STAR Award at a recent BellSouth team meeting.\u00a0 \u201cHer award is an indication both of her personal contributions, and of the value BellSouth receives from its partnership with GVU\u2019s Human Factors Internship Program and the outstanding College of Computing graduate students who staff this program.\u201d Guo\u2019s award will be highlighted in the upcoming quarterly issue of BellSouth\u2019s Architecture and Emerging Technology newsletter.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about Lan Guo, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www-static.cc.gatech.edu\/grads\/l\/languo\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003EFor more information about the GVU Center Internship Program, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/gvu\/connections\/internship.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Computing graduate student Lan Guo was recently recognized\u00a0by BellSouth for outstanding user interface design and usability services provided to client organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:46:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:04","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-11-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-11-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}