{"551491":{"#nid":"551491","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"UNU-CS Hosts Georgia Tech Study Abroad Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Study Abroad Program was featured in a June 25 write-up on the website of the United Nations University on Computing and Society (UNU-CS). The UNU-CS is led by Nunn School Associate Professor Michael Best who is on leave during his tenure as director of the university.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cs.unu.edu\/\u0022\u003EUNU-CS\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;successfully hosted the 2016\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oie.gatech.edu\/content\/macau-program\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Study Abroad Program\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in Macau from May 20 to July 1. The\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;sent a group of students, three graduates and six undergraduates, to spend six weeks at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cs.unu.edu\/\u0022\u003EUNU-CS\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to study science, technology, and international affairs. The program was led by Prof\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/wang\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFei-Ling Wang\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;with assistance from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cs.unu.edu\/people\/\u0022\u003EUNU-CS research staff\u003C\/a\u003E. The students, majoring in international affairs or engineering, took classes and engaged in research activities on information and computing technologies (ICTs) and society. Under the supervision of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cs.unu.edu\/people\/\u0022\u003EUNU-CS research staff\u003C\/a\u003E, the Georgia Tech students studied and presented on the following research topics: \u0026ldquo;ICTs and Myanmar political and technological transformations,\u0026rdquo; \u0026ldquo;Social and formal media tracking for crisis response and election monitoring,\u0026rdquo; and \u0026ldquo;ICTs and peacekeeping operations and innovation.\u0026rdquo; The graduate students also wrote and presented their research papers on \u0026ldquo;ICT policy and the Economic Development in Japan and Taiwan,\u0026rdquo; \u0026ldquo;ICTs and state security and national defense,\u0026rdquo; and \u0026ldquo;Internet in China.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe article can be read in full \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cs.unu.edu\/news\/gatech-study-abroad\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"32716","created_gmt":"2016-07-07 16:06:16","changed_gmt":"2018-12-13 21:26:50","author":"Hayden Russell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"staff council events","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/cs.unu.edu\/news\/gatech-study-abroad\/","dateline":{"date":"2016-06-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-06-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"551501":{"id":"551501","type":"image","title":"UNU-CS Hosts Georgia Tech Study Abroad Program","body":null,"created":"1467982834","gmt_created":"2016-07-08 13:00:34","changed":"1475895348","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:48","alt":"UNU-CS Hosts Georgia Tech Study Abroad Program","file":{"fid":"93179","name":"img_3707-350x263.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_3707-350x263.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_3707-350x263.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":44956,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_3707-350x263.jpg?itok=bBG3JZAz"}}},"media_ids":["551501"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"167256","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"},{"id":"166843","name":"Study Abroad"}],"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":""}}}