{"51750":{"#nid":"51750","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Opening Doors To New Ubiquitous Computing Applications","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EATLANTA (June 19, 2006)\u2014\u003C\/strong\u003EKeith Edwards, associate professor within the College\u2019s Interactive \u0026amp; Intelligent Computing (IIC) division, along with Ph.D. students Jeonghwa Yang (CS) and Erika Shehan (HCC) have won Cisco\u2019s University Research Program Award for Human-Centered Home Networking.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn today\u2019s flat world, home networking is increasingly adopted by the young and old alike. However, the networking protocols, technologies, and tools that are being used were created in the 1970\u0027s for skilled network administrators. This tension between the usability of networking and the users\u2019 needs shows up in the marketplace in that home networking products are the most returned items at \u0022big box\u0022 consumer electronics stores.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the College of Computing, Edwards, Yang, and Shehan are looking at how to rethink networking technology from a human-centered perspective, making it easy to install, deploy, manage, troubleshoot, and use. \u201cThe Cisco award will be supporting our research to develop new technologies that make it easier for unskilled home users to adopt and use complex networking technologies,\u201d says Edwards. \u201cWider deployment of these technologies will open the doors to new applications of ubiquitous computing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Cisco University Research Program Award for Human-Centered Home Networking totals $75,000. For additional information, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cisco.com\/web\/about\/ac50\/ac207\/research\/overview.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\u003EAssociate Professor Keith Edwards, along with Ph.D. students Jeonghwa Yang and Erika Shehan win $75,000 Research Award from Cisco.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:46:57","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:12","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-19T00:00:00-04:00","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":""}}}