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SCI faculty member Pedro Guillermo Feijóo-García
July 24, 2026

SCI Faculty Brings Human-Centered AI Expertise to International Fulbright Summit

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A School of Computing Instruction (SCI) faculty member recently shared his expertise in computing education with a distinguished to an international audience.
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Researcher fits and adjusts an EEG brain-monitoring cap with electrode leads on a seated participant in a neuroscience laboratory while holding a tablet.
July 22, 2026

The Neuro Revolution Is Dawning. Are We Ready?

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As neuroscience and neurotechnology accelerate, Georgia Tech researchers are examining what a neuro-connected future could mean for society and for humanity itself.
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Georgia Tech Cybersecurity and Privacy Professor Rich DeMillo
July 14, 2026

DeMillo Recognized for Lasting Contributions to Software Engineering

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Richard DeMillo has been named to the inaugural class of the ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Academy.
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Cool Routes App
July 9, 2026

Hot Enough For Ya? Georgia Tech Has an App for That, and It’s More Useful Than You Might Think

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School of City and Regional Planning Assistant Professor Rounaq Basu knows it, too. So he and his students (supported by the Center for Urban Resilience and Analytics) created the Cool Routes app
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Radu Casapu
July 6, 2026

Researchers Use GeoGuessr Champion to Test Geolocation Accuracy in VLMs

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Researchers have developed what they believe is the strongest benchmark dataset on measuring the geolocation accuracy of LLMs.
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Some of the researchers and coastal community members participating in the study. Front row: Melanie Pearson and Kasey McClary from Emory University, Semona Holmes from Urbana Perry Park Neighborhood Planning Assembly, and Rachael Thompson from Glynn Environmental Coalition. Back row: Anita Collins from Urbana Perry Park Neighborhood Planning Assembly, Katy Smith from University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, Noah Scovronick from Emory University, community organizer and activist Jazz
July 6, 2026

Georgia’s First Superfund Research Center to Study Hazardous Industrial Pollution, Remediation

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A coalition of scientists from six universities and community partners has received a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) grant to establish Georgia’s first Superfund Research Center.
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Robotic arm holding circular sensor devices with exposed wiring in a lab setting with a blurred brick wall background.
June 17, 2026

Taking a Cue From Horror Movies: When Music Tells You What’s Coming

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Georgia Tech researchers developed Spherephones, a wearable system that uses directional music to help people anticipate movement and improve safety and awareness.
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Person in blue medical scrubs demonstrates a small device to a seated patient in a clinical exam room with medical equipment visible in the background.
June 3, 2026

Helping Patients See Again: How One Doctor Uses Georgia Tech Research to Treat Eye Disease With Precision

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A doctor uses a tiny microneedle developed at Georgia Tech to preserve patients’ vision, reduce their pain, and give them more time for daily life.
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Three men use their phones to control a robot arm
May 29, 2026

New App Allows Anyone to Operate a Robot From Their Phone

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A new mobile app turns smartphones into controllers for robot arms.
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May 27, 2026

New Framework Enhances AR Experience by Predicting Where Users Will Look

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Ph.D. student Fiona Ryan has created a new framework for tracking and predicting user gaze in Augmented Reality devices
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Fiona Ryan
May 27, 2026

New Framework Enhances AR Experience by Predicting Where Users Will Look

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Ph.D. student Fiona Ryan has created a new framework for tracking and predicting user gaze in Augmented Reality devices
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College Recognizes 8 Faculty Members with Excellence Awards
May 22, 2026

College Recognizes 8 Faculty Members with Excellence Awards

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Honorees have demonstrated outstanding service, teaching, inventorship, and commercialization.
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