{"640012":{"#nid":"640012","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Elizabeth Mynatt Named Finalist for 2020 Women of the Year in STEAM Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWomen in Technology (WIT) have named \u003Cstrong\u003EElizabeth Mynatt\u003C\/strong\u003E, a Distinguished Professor in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, as a finalist for WIT\u0026rsquo;s 2020 Women of the Year in STEAM Award. She is one of three finalists in the technology category for this annual WIT sponsored Women of the Year award held in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMynatt is also the executive director of the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT), a University System of Georgia Regents\u0026#39; Professor, and the director of the Everyday Computing Lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, her research includes supporting informal collaboration and awareness in office environments, enabling creative work and visual communication, and augmenting social processes for managing personal information. She is also one of the principal researchers in the Aware Home Research Initiative; investigating the design of future home technologies, especially those that enable older adults to continue living independently as opposed to moving to an institutional care setting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOver the past 15 years, Mynatt\u0026rsquo;s research has focused on the role of ubiquitous computing in health. She\u0026rsquo;s worked with several partners, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Columbia Medical, to understand the design and adoption of socio-technical computer-based systems that enable people to alter their behavior as a means of improving their health. She\u0026rsquo;s currently a principal investigator on the MyPath project, an application that provides breast cancer patients with personalized recommendations during their cancer journey. The National Cancer Institute has sponsored the research, and it was also featured in a report to President Barack Obama by the President\u0026rsquo;s Cancer Panel.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMynatt is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of ubiquitous computing and assistive technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mywit.org\/events\/women-in-technology-awards\/\u0022\u003EWIT 2020 Women of the Year in STEAM Award event\u003C\/a\u003E will be held as a virtual gala on November 12. The WIT Awards celebrate female visionaries, ground-breakers in business and remarkable leaders who make a difference in the Atlanta community. The Coca-Cola Company is the title sponsor of the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPrevious WIT Women of the Year Award winners from Georgia Tech include:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELynn Fountain\u003C\/strong\u003E, GTRI Principal Research Scientist - 2019\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ESherry Farrugia\u003C\/strong\u003E, Chief Operating \u0026amp; Strategy Officer for the Children\u0026rsquo;s Healthcare\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp; of Atlanta Pediatric Technology Center at Georgia Tech - 2018\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EMaryam Alavi\u003C\/strong\u003E, Dean of Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech - 2017\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EJill Gostin\u003C\/strong\u003E, GTRI Principal Research Scientist - 2016\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ELeanne West\u003C\/strong\u003E, Chief Engineer of Pediatric Technology at Georgia Tech - 2014\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ELora Weiss\u003C\/strong\u003E, Chief Technology Officer and Deputy Director for Research for GTRI - 2012\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EMargaret Loper\u003C\/strong\u003E, GTRI Principal Research Scientist - 2010\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWomen in Technology (WIT) have named \u003Cstrong\u003EElizabeth Mynatt\u003C\/strong\u003E, a Distinguished Professor in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, as a finalist for WIT\u0026rsquo;s 2020 Women of the Year in STEAM Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Women in Technology (WIT) have named Elizabeth Mynatt as a finalist for WIT\u2019s 2020 Women of the Year in STEAM Award."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2020-10-08 15:02:51","changed_gmt":"2020-10-08 15:04:24","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-10-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-10-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"640013":{"id":"640013","type":"image","title":"Elizabeth Mynatt","body":null,"created":"1602169426","gmt_created":"2020-10-08 15:03:46","changed":"1602169426","gmt_changed":"2020-10-08 15:03:46","alt":"Elizabeth Mynatt, Distinguished Professor in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology","file":{"fid":"243294","name":"IMG_0698-wider.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_0698-wider.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_0698-wider.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":306061,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IMG_0698-wider.JPG?itok=MVUySfot"}}},"media_ids":["640013"],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}