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Automod: A Path Toward Combating Abusive Behavior Online

Lab:

Since its earliest days, flaming, trolling, harassment and abuse have plagued the Internet. Our aim is to computationally model abusive online behavior to build tools that help counter it, with the goal of making the Internet a more welcoming place. In particular, we look at a novel approach to identify online verbal abuse using cross-community linguistic similarities between posts on different communities. This work will enable a transformative new class of automated and semi-automated applications that depend on computationally generated abuse predictions.

Invisible Cities: Multi-user AR Public Monuments

Lab:

Augmented Environments Lab

Invisible Cities is a mobile dashboard for collaboratively developing AR monuments and expansive artworks in public squares. Users are able to create, share, and maintain public AR works that can be shared with a small community or the entire city. To get started, users need only download the Georgia Tech's Argon AR browser and be in a public space with AR content. From there, they can engage in creating a socially engaged AR with their fellow citizens. In an age of post-truth and fake news, AR public monuments serve as a touchstone for cultural heritage and expression.

Came From Nothing: An Interactive Documentary

Lab:

Design and Social Interaction Studio

Came From Nothing is an interactive documentary that chronicles the incredible life story of Benjamin "Big Mouth Ben" Graham, an entrepreneur and motivational entertainer in Atlanta's Historic Sweet Auburn community. Big Mouth Ben overcame 17 years of addiction and homelessness on Auburn Avenue to open, together with his wife Tanya, a convenience store just two blocks from the same bridge under which he once slept.

Website:

https://www.nicktippens.com/camefromnothing

Upcoming Events

Mar 29

GA Smart Community Growth Workshop

The workshop will address how Smart Cities can drive economic growth and development.
Apr 3

ML@GT Spring Seminar: Livio Dalloro, Siemens Research

Livio Dalloro, Product Modeling and Simulation research group at Siemens Corporate Technology will be on campus to present a talk as a part of the ML@GT Spring Seminar Series.
Apr 10

Spring 2019 Convergence Innovation Competition

Please mark your calendar and join us as a guest for the invitation-only live demonstration event for the 2019 Spring Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC).

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GVU News

Michael Best to Speak at U.N. for Release of Report on Digital Gender Equality

Michael Best will speak at the United Nations next week during the formal release of a research report by the EQUALS Global Partnership, a coalition of more than 90 partners from government, industry, and academia that he helped found in 2015.
Celebrating International Women's Day 2019 -- GVU style

GVU Center at Georgia Tech, Mar 8, 2019
Dream Makers: How the Women in AI Are Shaping Our Future

Vogue, Mar 6, 2019