Hedayati with robot

Hooman Hedayati lands prestigious Microsoft Research internship

Sept. 11, 2018

Hooman Hedayati, a computer science PhD student based in the ATLAS Institute鈥檚 Interactive Robotics and Novel Technologies (IRON) Lab, participated in a prestigious summer internship at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington, where he worked on teaching robots social skills in group conversations.

Kari Santos teaches two women to make the peanut roaster.

ICTD alumna teaches micro:bit lessons to students in Botswana

Sept. 4, 2018

Kari Santos, ICTD alumna and member of the Laboratory for Playful Computation, lends a hand as Letang Sefako (left) and Ketletseeng Sedumago (middle) drill holes to add a hinged door to the peanut roaster they built in Kaputura, Botswana in August 2018. The peanut roasting business was one of eight...

Members of CU Science Discovery Robotics Engineering Academy sit around a table.

BTU Lab hosts CU Science Discovery camp

Aug. 27, 2018

This summer, the ATLAS BTU Lab hosted CU Science Discovery Robotics Engineering Academy and camp for high school students, instructed by ATLAS Lecturer Wayne Seltzer , along with Cicada Scott , teaching assistant and BTU lab assistant. "The campers enjoyed their time in the BTU Lab, making great use of...

Jeeeun Kim

Jeeeun Kim, ATLAS affiliated PhD student, wins Adobe Research student fellowship

Aug. 27, 2018

Ellen Do

Professor Ellen Yi-Luen Do shares research on Chinese technology show

ATLAS Professor Ellen Yi-Luen Do's Virtual Cocktail Project was featured on China's 鈥淢y Future,鈥 a popular technology TV show broadcast nationwide.

Photo of Calvin Pohawpatchoko Jr.

Calvin Pohawpatchoko Jr. delivers PhD defense

Pohawpatchoko鈥檚 research investigates why Native Americans are underrepresented in computing and how Indigenous representation might be increased.

Screenshot from ravine promo video of bitten hand playing cards

Two ATLAS faculty members show games at XOXO festival

鈥淚t鈥檚 crazy that two ATLAS games are going to be there,鈥 says Matt Bethancourt, 鈥淚t shows we are doing really good work.鈥

Michael Theodore plays electric guitar in a sold-out show at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn on June 26.

Michael Theodore rocks in music and art world

Theodore had a busy and interesting summer, performing alongside Francisco L贸pez in a sold-out show at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn.

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