http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/9429 Georgia Tech Faculty Speaker Series Search the Channel search http://smartech.gatech.edu/simple-search http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/28692 Title: The GT Accessible Aquarium Project <br/> <br/>Authors: Walker, Bruce N. <br/> <br/>Abstract: Zoos and aquaria are in the business of educating and entertaining the visiting public. However, as the number of people with disabilities living in the community has grown, and as public environments have become more accessible to them, such informal learning environments (ILEs) are faced with accommodating an increasingly diverse visitor population with varying physical and sensory needs. This is even more challenging for ILEs with dynamic exhibits, where the movements, changes, and interactions are extremely difficult to describe to individuals who lack vision. The GT Accessible Aquarium Project is an interdisciplinary team effort to make dynamic exhibits such as those at museums, science centers, zoos and aquaria more engaging and accessible for visitors with vision impairments by providing real-time interpretations of the exhibits using innovative tracking, music, narrations, and adaptive sonification. <br/> <br/>Description: Bruce N. Walker, professor of the School of Psychology, School of Interactive Computing, and the Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center presented a lecture on April 7, 2009, 2:00-3:30 pm in Neely Lobby of the Georgia Tech Library. http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/28691 Title: Music, Science, and Technology <br/> <br/>Authors: Hunt, William D.; Valk, Henry <br/> <br/>Abstract: Music and its performance have been part of our inheritance since primitive times. But what is music? How do we produce and hear it? How are popular instruments that we use to perform it, such as the guitar and piano, evolving? These and related questions will be discussed from the standpoint of current science and technology. <br/> <br/>Description: Henry S. Valk professor emeritus of the School of Physics and William D. Hunt, professor School of Electrical and Computer Engineering presented a lecture on March 3, 2009, 2:00-3:30 pm in the Neely Lobby of the Georgia Tech Library http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/25543 Title: Dwelling Studies <br/> <br/>Authors: Crawford, T. Hugh; Broglio, Ron <br/> <br/>Abstract: Dwelling studies examines how we engage with the earth so as to fashion a world and worldview. As a methodology, dwelling studies uses phenomenology to examine a variety of ecologies and economies of human comportment in order to further living well. <br/> <br/>Description: Hugh Crawford and Ron Broglio of the School of Literature, Communication & Culture presented a lecture on October 7, 2008 from 2:00-3:30 pm in the Neely Lobby of the Georgia Tech Library. http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/25067 Title: Older Adult Expertise in Emotion Regulation: Gains and Costs <br/> <br/>Authors: Blanchard-Fields, Fredda <br/> <br/>Abstract: Despite research that shows cognitive decline as we grow older, changes in emotion show a positive developmental trajectory. This talk will address two questions. What are the skills older adults possess and use when regulating their emotions? Under what conditions are older adults more effective and least effective at regulating their emotions? <br/> <br/>Description: Fredda Blanchard-Fields, professor of Psychology in the School of Psychology presented a lecture on September 16, 2008, 2:00-3:30 pm in Neely Lobby of the Georgia Tech Library