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ATLAS Institute PhD candidateĀ Peter Gyory passed his comprehensive exam on August 18. His work on his dissertation, āDeveloping Tools to Support Approachable Game Controller Design,ā is overseen by committee members, ProfessorĀ Ellen Do, Associate ProfessorĀ Amy Banic, Associate ProfessorĀ Joel Swanson,Ā Michael Rivera, Patrick LeMieux and ProfessorĀ Mark Gross.
ATLAS welcomes Professor Sheng-Fen āNikā Chien, who joins us as a visiting scientist and scholar for the fall semester.Chien explores computational intelligence and experience design as a means to stimulate human creativity. She
The ATLAS Institute is delighted to welcome Anthony Pinter to the CU ĄÖ²„“«Ć½ faculty this fall as a teaching assistant professor. He teaches courses on web development, computational thinking and programming, focusing on how data
Beginning this year, ATLAS faculty member Joel Swanson is promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure in the Herbst Program for Ethics, Engineering and Society. A member of the ATLAS faculty since 2005, Swanson played
The ATLAS Institute and the College of Music are delighted to welcome Grace Leslie to the CU ĄÖ²„“«Ć½ faculty this fall as an assistant professor in the ATLAS Institute with a tenure home in the College of Music. Leslie is an
Watch Teaching Assistant Professor Annie Margaret talk aboutĀ social media's role in teen self esteem in this webinar by Forward Together, anĀ organization that develops resources for parent-to-youth and youth-to-youth communication and relationship building.
ATLAS Institute'sĀ Unstable Design Lab, directed byĀ Laura Devendorf, willĀ hostĀ its thirdĀ experimental weaving residency this spring to develop techniques and open-source resources that support collaboration andĀ innovation across the fiber arts and engineering communities.Ā New this year, the lab will actively work to grow community at the intersection of craft and technology through inviting interested parties to attendĀ a series of experimental weaving talks.
Fulbright IrelandāUSA has announced that CU ĄÖ²„“«Ć½ās ATLAS Institute will host Fulbright Scholar Eoin Whelan, professor of business analytics and society at the National University of Ireland, Galway, during summer 2023.Ā
Researchers from ATLAS Institute's Unstable Design, THING, Living Matter and Superhuman Computing labs presented four papers, including three that received āHonorable Mentionā awards, at the ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS '22).
Prior psychology findings show humans can communicate distinct emotions solely through touch. In this award-winning work presented at DIS'22, THING LabĀ researchers hypothesize that similar effects might also be apply to robotic touch.Ā