{"642127":{"#nid":"642127","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student Teams Sought for Inaugural IoT Challenge","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their creative Internet of Things (IoT) related design, deployment, and policy ideas during the Spring 2021 semester as part of the inaugural Student IoT Innovation Capacity Building Challenge. The Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies (CDAIT) is sponsoring the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cdait.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECDAIT\u003C\/a\u003E, housed in the Center for Advanced Communications Policy (CACP), a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E, will provide up to $3,000 in development funding for as many as eight teams. Three winning teams will receive a scholarship award to be divided among the teams\u0026rsquo; student participants.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe application deadline is Jan. 8. For details, including application instructions, go to\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cdait.gatech.edu\/projects\/Student_IoT_Innovation_Challenge_2021\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/cdait.gatech.edu\/projects\/Student_IoT_Innovation_Challenge_2021\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;CDAIT\u0026nbsp;is excited to be able to sponsor this new opportunity to stimulate innovative student collaborations focused on the Internet of Things,\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/paul-manuel-aviles-baker\u0022\u003EPaul M.A. Baker\u003C\/a\u003E, CDAIT\u0026rsquo;s interim chief operating officer. \u0026ldquo;While many IoT competitions focus primarily on the technology, we are especially interested in proposals that explore IoT systems applications and outcomes, submitted by innovative teams that include the humanities, digital media, public policy, and inclusive design specialties.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe inaugural competition is open to teams of up to three Georgia Tech students, paired with a faculty advisor. Teams can propose papers, apps, or devices, which must be realized by June 1. An event will be held in early summer to present the projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETopics CDAIT hopes to see addressed include IoT-related policy challenges; accessibility, usability, and inclusivity of IoT interfaces; content, digital media, and IoT platforms; IoT and underserved populations; ethical design; security; and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECDAIT seeks to foster interdisciplinary Internet of Things (IoT) thought leadership, research, and education. It moved to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cacp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECACP\u003C\/a\u003E from its founding home at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) in June.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Center focuses on exploring the many critical social and policy questions facing the IoT field while maintaining its deep expertise in technological issues.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their creative Internet of Things (IoT) related design, deployment, and policy ideas during the Spring 2021 semester as part of the inaugural Student IoT Innovation Capacity Building Challenge.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their creative Internet of Things (IoT) related design, deployment, and policy ideas during the Spring 2021 semester as part of the inaugural Student IoT Innovation Capacity Building Challenge"}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2020-12-15 14:22:47","changed_gmt":"2020-12-15 16:49:51","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-12-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-12-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"642126":{"id":"642126","type":"image","title":"CDAIT IoT Challenge","body":null,"created":"1608042054","gmt_created":"2020-12-15 14:20:54","changed":"1608042054","gmt_changed":"2020-12-15 14:20:54","alt":"","file":{"fid":"243945","name":"cdait iot challenge.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cdait%20iot%20challenge.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cdait%20iot%20challenge.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":406281,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cdait%20iot%20challenge.jpeg?itok=3rBpmpaY"}}},"media_ids":["642126"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMichael Pearson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmichael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}