IPaT Fall Townhall
October 8, 2014
IPaT Proposal and Funding Highlights
New NIDRR Center (TechSAge) focused on support for aging with
disability ($5M).
Passed NSF ERC pre-proposal round. Engineering for Healthcare
Transformation. Vanderbilt as lead with Berkeley and Tennessee
State. But declined in proposal round 
NRT-DESE: Biomedical Analytics: Data-Driven Modeling and
Prediction for Improved Health Outcomes (under review)
Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology
Enhancement (CREATE) renewal (under review).
Continued major growth in HealthCare funding. Growth in
Humanitarian Systems and seeds are sprouting for growth in Media.
(Year 1: $10M; Year 2: $20M; Year 3: $25M)
IPaT Proposal and Funding Highlights
$10.8M award from the NIH U54 Program for BD2K Centers of Excellence “Center of Excellence for
Mobile Sensor Data-to-Knowledge (MD2K).” Univ Memphis is lead. Jim Rehg.
$1.4M NIH RO1 - Identifying social media measures of post-traumatic stress and anxiety in
communities facing prolonged crisis. New faculty in IC (Munmun deChoudhury, Jacob Eisenstein).
with UT Austin
$2.1M Computational Phenotyping using Tensor Factorization project; NSF Smart Connected Health
with Vanderbilt, Northwestern and UT Austin. Jimeng Sun is PI.
$185K Similarity based Just-in-time Learning Pilot for Public Health Informatics project (CDC), Jimeng
Sun.
$1.7M NIH / NCI RO1 in the Smart Connected Health Program for Creating Interactive Models of
Healthcare Journeys to Improve Patient-Centered Care and Patient Engagement (Beth Mynatt, Thad
Starner)
$190K AHRQ Relieving Anxiety in Children Undergoing Radiation Therapy though Virtual Preparation.
Leanne West
$157K UCB collaboration with the I3L to improve existing IBM-developed algorithms that can
provide the analytics tables for clinical "suggestion of treatment" support for epilepsy diagnosis
management.
Smart City
Community
Voice
Innovation
District
Mobile Tech
Midtown Buzz is the Buzz
New app for light-weight
mobile AR experiences
Based on GT Mobile;
Uses Argon
Launching point for Cycle
Atlanta and OneBus Away
Nominated for Atlanta
Groundbreakers award
Impetus for Mobility Star
Award
Next year...
Instructions for download at midtownbuzz.org
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Fall editions (7th & 9th ) of the Convergence Innovation Competition
focused on GT Journey
4 campus centric categories
2013: Over 250 Participants, 45 Teams, 8 Winners
Multidisciplinary Teams of Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Winners of CIC fostered in succeeding semesters to productize and release to the GT
community via GT Mobile
• Gripe
• SeatMe
• GeoPost
• Clicker
• Barcode Fitness
For video of live demos of entries, visit www.cic.gatech.edu
>1000 Device checkouts
~500
>500 Support Requests
>20 released widgets and
projects
CS 6452
CS 8803
CS 7470
CS 6440
CS 6650
CS 4605
CS 6998
CS 4320
Thursday Think Tank
The Thursday Think Tank is a
weekly gathering of the IPaT
community to brainstorm
about research, stay
informed about the work
that everyone is doing, and
help define IPaT strategy.
Listen to a short
presentation, then discuss
and brainstorm.
Nobel Peace Summit
Possible Opportunities for
GT researchers and students
Currently working with Leigh
McCook, Ellen Zegura, Beki
Grinter, Mike Best, and Jiten
Chhabra
In coordination with Joe
Bankoff and Henrik
Christensen
Look for a future TTT this fall
Aware Home Activities
Whole Home Gaming
Internet of Things
consumer device testbed
Home/Mobile
integration
w/EMR via I3L
TechSAge:
accessible
bathroom
More Cool Stuff
Rahul Basole receives CGE (Center for Global
Enterprise) research award in
Computational Enterprise Analytics
GT-RNOC partners to create GT Art Crawl;
Mobile AR Tour
Sandy Springs Education Force (SSEF) in
collaboration with GTRI won the
2014 Georgia STEM Education Award
GT folks travel to Capitol Hill for roundtables on
Pediatric Healthcare and Georgia HeathIT
Verizon Foundation funds research in AR
Physics for STEM education
TedX Peachtree Talks: Riedl (2013), Starner
(2014), MM Jackson (2014)
More Cool Stuff
Rahul Basole receives CGE (Center for Global
Enterprise) research award in Computational
Enterprise Analytics
GT-RNOC partners to create GT Art Crawl;
Mobile AR Tour
Sandy Springs Education Force (SSEF) in
collaboration with GTRI won the
2014 Georgia STEM Education Award
GT folks travel to Capitol Hill for roundtables on
Pediatric Healthcare and Georgia HeathIT
Verizon Foundation funds research in AR
Physics for STEM education
TedX Peachtree Talks: Riedl (2013), Starner
(2014), MM Jackson (2014)
More Cool Stuff
Rahul Basole receives CGE (Center for Global
Enterprise) research award in Computational
Enterprise Analytics
GT-RNOC partners to create GT Art Crawl;
Mobile AR Tour
Sandy Springs Education Force (SSEF) in
collaboration with GTRI won the
2014 Georgia STEM Education Award
GT folks travel to Capitol Hill for roundtables on
Pediatric Healthcare and Georgia HeathIT
Verizon Foundation funds research in AR
Physics for STEM education
TedX Peachtree Talks: Riedl (2013), Starner
(2014), MM Jackson (2014)
More Cool Stuff
Rahul Basole receives CGE (Center for Global
Enterprise) research award in Computational
Enterprise Analytics
GT-RNOC partners to create GT Art Crawl;
Mobile AR Tour
Sandy Springs Education Force (SSEF) in
collaboration with GTRI won the
2014 Georgia STEM Education Award
GT folks travel to Capitol Hill for roundtables
on Pediatric Healthcare and Georgia HeathIT
Verizon Foundation funds research in AR
Physics for STEM education
TedX Peachtree Talks: Riedl (2013), Starner
(2014), MM Jackson (2014)
More Cool Stuff
Rahul Basole receives CGE (Center for Global
Enterprise) research award in Computational
Enterprise Analytics
GT-RNOC partners to create GT Art Crawl;
Mobile AR Tour
Sandy Springs Education Force (SSEF) in
collaboration with GTRI won the
2014 Georgia STEM Education Award
GT folks travel to Capitol Hill for roundtables on
Pediatric Healthcare and Georgia HeathIT
Verizon Foundation funds research in AR
Physics for STEM education
TedX Peachtree Talks: Riedl (2013), Starner
(2014), MM Jackson (2014)
More Cool Stuff
Rahul Basole receives CGE (Center for Global
Enterprise) research award in Computational
Enterprise Analytics
GT-RNOC partners to create GT Art Crawl;
Mobile AR Tour
Sandy Springs Education Force (SSEF) in
collaboration with GTRI won the
2014 Georgia STEM Education Award
GT folks travel to Capitol Hill for roundtables on
Pediatric Healthcare and Georgia HeathIT
Verizon Foundation funds research in AR
Physics for STEM education
TedX Peachtree Talks: Riedl (2013), Starner
(2014), MM Jackson (2014)
Hutchins Leads Design of HPCC
OVERALL LEADS
• Steve French (CoA)
• Sudha Yalamanchili
(ECE)
• Steve Dewerth (CoE)
• Lisa Sills (GTRI)
• Don McConnell
(GTRI)
SMART BUILDING,
SENSOR NETWORKS,
BIM
Building sensors control Waste
heat recovery from Data center
into offices, Computer controlled
lighting And thermostats, sending
occupants
Mary Ann Weitnaur (ECE)
Fried Augenbroe (CoA)
Alain Louchez
PLACE- SPACE,
LOCATION, COMMUNITY,
WASTE HEAT
Collaboration, co-working Startup
hosting, water Fountain effect
(Starbucks), Midtown Atlanta
Beth Mynatt (IPaT)
Catherine Ross
Carl DiSalvo
CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
SECURITY
Wenke Lee
Paul Royal
GTISC
SMART GRID,
CONTROL SYSTEMS
Ties smart grid research into
computer systems – Clock speed
adjusts based on power costs
COMPUTER SYSTEMS
Rick Hartlein (NEETRAC)
Dimitry Mavris (AE)
Scott Duncan (ASDL)
Includes Data Center, Computer
Architecture, Virtualization, cloud
hosting For sensitive data,
regional Data center support
Yogi Joshi (ME)
Tom Conti (CoC)
Sudha Yalamanchili (ECE)
NETWORK – DATA
CENTER, COMMUNITY,
INTERNET
Software defined networks,
Community technology hosting
For economic development,
ATDC companies, Global footprint
For distributed data centers
Ellen Zegura ( CoC)
Matt Sanders (CTO)
Magnus Egerstedt (ECE)
DATA HOSTING
/MANAGEMENT
/ANALYTICS/POLICY
Big Data storage, Machine
Learning, business analytics,
Health care data, materials
Genome, combustion research
Data
Dana Randall
Sandy Slaughter (CoB)
To be named later
New Centers Launched
Center for Transforming
Pediatric Healthcare Delivery
Wearable Computing Center
Seed Grant Opportunities
GVU: new round in May 2015
CHOA: new round in Feb 2015
Wearable Computing
due Oct 24
CDC: Current open call
LOI due today …
Proposals due Nov 7
Awards for Jan 2015
Digital Policy: Communication Tools to Shrink the Science to
Policy Gap
Nassim JafariNaimi, School of Literature, Media, and
Communication
Kim Isett, School of Public Policy
The Move Lab: a STEAM Community of Learners
Betsy DiSalvo, School of Interactive Computing
Al Matthews, Eyedrum
Onar Topal-Sumer, Eyedrum
Exploring Movement-Based Games to Encourage Social
Behaviors in Children with Autism
Agata Rozga, School of Interactive Computing
Brian Magerko, School of Literature, Media, and
Communication
Ashley Cheek, The Lionheart School
Victoria McBride, The Lionheart School
Patients’ Information Needs Related to Diagnostic Processes
around Health Concerns
Lauren Wilcox, School of Interactive Computing
Munmun De Choudhury, School of Interactive Computing
Aarti Sekhar, Emory Healthcare
Wearable Technology Exhibition Digital and Literary Extension
Clint Zeagler, School of Industrial Design
Seed Grant Opportunities
GVU: new round in May 2015
CHOA: new round in Feb 2015
Wearable Computing
due Oct 24
CDC: Current open call
LOI due today …
Proposals due Nov 7
Awards for Jan 2015
Automatic and Early Detection of IV
Infiltration using Non-Invasive Sensing
Omar Inan, Russell McCrory, Leanne West,
Renee Watson, Lynn Pogue
Optimization of the algorithms for screening
for critical congenital heart disease
Pinar Keskinocak, Turgay Ayer, Matthew
Oster, Scott Grosse
Effectiveness of Rhythmic Auditory
Stimulation in Virtual Reality Games for
Improving Upper-Arm Function in Children
with Cerebral Palsy
Yu-Ping Chen, Barbara Weissman, Ayanna
Howard
Utilization of Diagnostic Radiology Reports
by Pediatric Patients’ Family Members
Lauren Wilcox, Steven Simoneaux, Aarti
Sekhar
Seed Grant Opportunities
GVU: new round in May 2015
CHOA: new round in Feb 2015
Wearable Computing Center
due Oct 24
CDC: Current open call
LOI due today …
Proposals due Nov 7
Awards for Jan 2015
Seed Grant Opportunities
GVU: new round in May 2015
CHOA: new round in Feb 2015
Wearable Computing Center
due Oct 24
CDC: Current open call
LOI due today …
Proposals due Nov 7
Awards for Jan 2015
Only Constant is Change
Mynatt takes role as vice-chair of the CCC
LeDantec now IPaT Assistant Director
Farrugia now IPaT Managing Director,
Health Research Partnerships
Schoner now managing IPaT events and HQ suite
Hutchins takes new responsibilities;
reporting to the EVPR
RNOC moving to IPaT
Raul Perez joins as IPaT Graphic Designer
New hiring in health IT /
protected health data services
IRI Mission
Catalyze GT leadership addressing societal grand challenges.
Increase connectivity to major industries.
Provide cutting-edge resources for ground-breaking research.
Increase interactions and reduce friction for
multi-disciplinary research.
Year 4 Goals
Increase faculty leadership and focused
faculty-led initiatives.
Increase national leadership.
Improve internal operations,
transparency and sustainability.
Year 4 Goals
Increase faculty
leadership and
focused faculty-led
initiatives.
Centers and Consortiums.
Resource management.
Tell the next level of the IPaT story.
Increase national
leadership.
Computing Community Consortium (CCC)
and other national initiatives.
Improve internal
operations,
transparency and
sustainability.
New roles and processes.
Leigh McCook,
Renata LeDantec, Don Schoner,
Sherry Farrugia, Rahul Basole
IPaT 3T Approach
Defining Campus Research Orgs
Interdisciplinary
Research Institutes
(IRIs)
Interdisciplinary
Research Centers
(IRCs)
Support multiple centers and
other research entities
Professional support staff
Manage several strategic external
partnerships
Facilitate economic
development
Support interdisciplinary research
that spans multiple colleges/GTRI
Provide staff support in
concert with IRI and / or
Colleges
Large award opportunities
Centers
Support multiple faculty engaged
in collaborative research
Lab or Group
Research of a single PI with
students, postdocs …
Supporting the network
Embedded
Centers
Daily engagement
National
Centers
Laboratory support
Industry engagement
Event support
General IPaT Support Mechanisms
Annual review of IPaT Support
Annual People and Technology Forum
Industry
Centers
Contracting support
Marcom and event support
Faculty recruiting; Startup support
Campus
Centers
Coordinated resources, seed grants,
laboratories …
Current and Prospective Industry
Partnerships
Labs
Hosting industry equipment
Consolidated infrastructure
Specialized technical support
Proposal Support; Marcom Support; Event
Support….
Student
Programs
Event support
Industry engagement
Faculty
Initiatives
Program managers;
Proposal and meeting support
Your idea here….
Thursday Think Tank