Gregory Abowd at Georgia Tech, http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/~abowd/

Gregory Abowd is an Associate Professor in the College of Computing and GVU Center at Georgia Tech, and co-Director of the Aware Home Research Initiative. His research explores applications of ubiquitous computing technologies, combining both human-centered and technology-driven research themes. Since 1995, Dr. Abowd has lead the development and evaluation of several influential ubiquitous computing projects: Cyberguide; eClass (nee Classroom 2000); the Aware Home; and most recently a suite of tools to support caregivers for children with autism and other developmental disabilities. Dr. Abowd is the co-author of a major textbook on Human-Computer Interaction and has published over 150 peer-reviewed scientific articles in the areas of Ubiquitous Computing, HCI and Software Engineering. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he studied Mathematics and Physics. He has a M.Sc. (1987) and D.Phil. (1991) in Computation from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Prior to joining the faculty at Georgia Tech in 1994, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of York in the U.K. and at Carnegie Mellon University. One of 12 children growing up in suburban Detroit, Dr. Abowd himself is the father of three children, two of whom have diagnoses on the autism spectrum. For the past four years, Dr. Abowd has been a strong advocate for technology research related to autism and serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Cure Autism Now Foundation and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Autism Society of America Greater Georgia Chapter.

Talk Title: Using automated capture in classrooms to support understanding of the learning experience

Abstract:
In the field of ubiquitous computing, a common theme of research is to instrument an everyday environment, enabling the recording of live experiences that can be replayed at some point in the future. This general idea of "automated capture and access" has been applied in several interesting ways to educational environments. Dr. Abowd's research group first explored this concept in a project called Classroom 2000, focused on university education. More recently, he has explored classroom capture for children with developmental disabilities. This talk will summarize several case studies of classroom-based capture, with a focus on the role artificial intelligence may play to improve upon the work.