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• Why You Should Never Email a Social Security Number

  May 23, 2016

  Highlight from the Time article:

  Tax season is officially in the rear view, which means most of us are breathing a sigh of relief. But some of us remain anxious. It’s not about the chance of being audited (which is small, though terrifying), but rather about the fear that we’ll have our identity stolen. If you’re self-employed — whether an Uber driver, an Etsy artist, or something less 21st century (like a freelance journalist) — the companies that pay you are legally required to provide a 1099 to help you prepare your taxes. And with the explosion of the “sharing economy,” more people are getting these documents instead of W-2s, the tax form reserved for employees. Companies physically mail out 1099s, but because mistakes happen, tax deadlines are immovable, and the Internet is so convenient, some finance departments email these forms out instead… When emails are sent, they typically move from the software on the sending computer to servers called mail transfer agents. They will likely go through several of these nodes until they reach their recipient. Between these relays, emails are encrypted, but when they hit a server, they are unencrypted, read, and then re-encrypted before being sent along to the next node.

  Milton Mueller, professor of public policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, warns this process could be “imperfect” in terms of security. “The content of the messages is revealed to, and can be altered by, intermediate email relays,” he says.

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  Published in: Time (Fortune, MSN)

• Had LSD Never Been Discovered Over 75 Years Ago, Music History Would Be Entirely Different

  May 20, 2016

  When we think of psychedelics and music, visions of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane's tie-dyed "Volunteers" and the 13th Floor Elevators' mind-bending beats, dance in our heads. These bands lived and died by their trips, however, none of these bands truly consecrated the long and fruitful relationship between hallucinogens and music, which has utterly transformed the art form as we know it. Acid absolutely has, but it wouldn't have done so if it hadn't been for two bands few think of as explicitly psychedelic projects: The Beatles and the Beach Boys, whose inaugural psychedelic masterpiece Pet Sounds turned 50 on Monday.

  The thing about psychedelic rock is you don't necessarily associate the Beach Boys with it," Philip Auslander, a professor in the school of literature, media and communication at the Georgia Institute of Technology, said in a phone conversation in early April. "A group like the Beach Boys — such a popular group, so successful — to start experimenting and moving in odd directions and doing things that sounded very different, I think those were what put it all on the map. I think basically that sort of opened the door — not for groups to be formed or to start to make music, but certainly to become as visible as say Jefferson Airplane or somebody like that.

  Read more of what Auslander had to say in full article: https://mic.com/articles/143256/had-lsd-never-been-discovered-over-75-years-ago-music-history-would-be-entirely-different#.ucutGwDR9

  Published in: Music.Mic

  

• The Robot Uprising Has Begun

  May 17, 2016

  Clark Howard did a special feature on WSB-TV Atlanta showcasing Georgia Tech's work on robotics and artificial intelligence. The Robot Uprising Has Begun featured the LuminAI co-creative artificial intelligence project led by Brian Magerko, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication Graduate Program in Digital Media. 

  Published in: WSBTV - Atlanta

  

• This AI Has Killer Dance Moves

  May 16, 2016

  The LuminAI research project led by LMC digital media professor Brian Magerko was featured in a segment on Radio Canada.

  Some people will say you should dance like there's nobody watching you. And that's just what computer scientists at Georgia Tech want you to do. Except that there is something watching you - LuminAI. It's a program that's trying to perfect what project co-lead Brian Magerko and his fellow researchers call "co-creative artificial intelligence."

  Published in: Radio Canada

  

• Virtual Reality's New Frontier: Peacekeeping, Iraq War Therapy, and Digital Paradises

  May 10, 2016

  LMC Professor Janet Murray was interviewed by VOX for a feature on Virtual Reality:

  Janet H. Murray is the author of Hamlet on the Holodeck, a famed 1997 book examining the frontiers of online media. She told Vox that despite the wide degree of variation in VR tech that currently exists in the market, we're a long way from establishing VR as a stable creative medium.

  “We are at a very early stage with VR and AR, where we have exciting new technologies for recording and viewing, but we do not yet have an actual medium,”Murray said. “To create a medium, you need much more stable platforms, with much more refined features, and new genre conventions that turn technological novelty into an expansion in human expression.”

  Published in: Vox

  

• Forget Taking Over the World. All this AI Wants to Do Is Dance

  May 5, 2016

  Forget Taking Over the World. All this AI Wants to Do Is Dance featured LMC professor Brian Magerko's virtual artificial intelligence project. LiveScience, May 5.

  "Co-creative artificial intelligence, or using AI as a creative collaborator, is rare," project leader Brian Magerko, an associate professor of digital media [Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts School of Literature, Media, and Communication] at Georgia Tech, said in a statement. "As computers become more ubiquitous, we must understand how they can coexist with humans. Part of that is creating things together." - See more at: http://www.livescience.com/54651-artificial-intelligence-virtual-dancer-partner.html#sthash.z1BV36Fd.dpuf 

  Published in: LiveScience

  

• The Virtual Figure in this Dance Dome Will Groove with You

  May 2, 2016

  The Virtual Figure in this Dance Dome Will Groove with You, our article featured  on Futurity May 2 highlights a research project by digital media (LMC) professor Brian Magerko on artificial intellegence.

  “Let’s say a computer and a person are going to write a story together about a family conversation at a restaurant. The story could go in a typical fashion or veer wildly into novel territory," said Magerko. "The computer won’t do well unless it has been programmed with all of the pieces of knowledge that the story could possibly contain.

  “However, if it can learn that knowledge from people and prior experiences, its improvisation can become somewhat consistent and accurate and the AI learning new story content (or dance moves) becomes part of the user experience.”

  Published in: Futurity

  

• Futureshock: How the Technological Environment Is Rewiring Our Brains

  May 1, 2016

  “Futureshock: How the Technological Environment Is Rewiring Our Brains” quoted Robert Rosenberger, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. Read more in The Herald Scotland.

  Published in: The Herald Scotland

  

• Plant Washington Misses Construction Start Deadline

  May 1, 2016

  “Plant Washington Misses Construction Start Deadline” quoted Marilyn Brown, professor in the School of Public Policy in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. The Telegraph, May 1.

  Published in: The Telegraph

  

• Nuclear Threat Now Greater than during Cold War, say Nunn, Perry at UGA

  April 26, 2016

  “Nuclear Threat Now Greater than during Cold War, say Nunn, Perry at UGA” quoted Sam Nunn, distinguished professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. Read full article in Online Athens.

  Published in: Online Athens

  

• Studio 360

  April 25, 2016

  “Studio 360” quoted Janet Murray, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communcation in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. Read full article in The New Yorker.

  Published in: The New Yorker

  

• How Colleges Help Foreign Grad Students with Their Teaching

  April 24, 2016

  “How Colleges Help Foreign Grad Students with Their Teaching” quoted Karen Head, assistant professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. Read full article in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

  Published in: The Chronicle of Higher Education

  

• Eles Não Deixam a Peteca Cair

  April 20, 2016

  “Eles Não Deixam a Peteca Cair” quoted Kirk Bowman, associate chair and Jon Wilcox Term Professor of Soccer and Global Politics in the Ivan Allen College Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech. Read full article in Brasileiros.

  Published in: Brasileiros

  

• Phantom Vibration Syndrome

  April 14, 2016

  “Phantom Vibration Syndrome” featured Robert Rosenberger, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. Read full article on Academic Minute.

  Published in: The Academic Minute

  

• Academic Minute: Phantom Vibration Syndrome

  April 14, 2016

  “Academic Minute: Phantom Vibration Syndrome” featured Robert Rosenberger, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. Read full article on Inside Higher Ed.

  Published in: Inside Higher Ed

  

• The Minecraft Generation

  April 14, 2016

  “The Minecraft Generation” quoted Ian Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communcation in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. Read full article in The New York Times.

  Published in: The New York Times

• Share Your Lunch with Graham Seaman

  April 12, 2016

  “Share Your Lunch with Graham Seaman” featured Robert Rosenberger, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. Listen to radio segment on BBC Wiltshire (starting at 01:31:35).

  Published in: BBC Wiltshire

  

• The Tesla Model 3 Is Still a Rich Person's Car

  April 7, 2016

  “The Tesla Model 3 Is Still a Rich Person's Car” wrote Ian Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communcation in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. Read full article in The Atlantic.

  Published in: The Atlantic

• A Video Game about the Secret Lives of Everything in the Universe

  April 5, 2016

  “A Video Game about the Secret Lives of Everything in the Universe” quoted Ian Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communcation in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. Read full article on Co. Design.

  Published in: Co. Design

• ISIS Possessing Dirty Bombs Concerns Nuclear Security Summit

  March 31, 2016

  “ISIS Possessing Dirty Bombs Concerns Nuclear Security Summit” interviews Sam Nunn, distinguished professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. Listen to interview on NPR.

  Published in: NPR

  

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