We had two incredible open forum sessions yesterday to discuss the future of ATDC. The Hodges Room was pretty much filled both times, so I suspect nearly 200 people took the time to come down and share their ideas with us. … [Read more...]
Knudsen numbers
August 13, 2009 by
One of the reasons Bud Peterson rocks as the new president of Georgia Tech: When walking him down to the lobby after our all-employee meeting yesterday, we ran into Ken Stewart (Commissioner of Economic Development), and had a brief but useful conversation. I mentioned how great it was to have so many related functions in the Centergy building, … [Read more...]
Why Are We Doing This?
July 27, 2009 by
So by now you've seen the press release about reorganizing ATDC, VentureLab, and the SBIR Assistance Program under the single banner of ATDC. And that we're throwing open the doors of ATDC to all technology entrepreneurs in Georgia. This is different. … [Read more...]
Rebooting the ATDC Franchise
July 27, 2009 by
Below is the text of a press release that Georgia Tech will send out on Monday, 27 July 2009. … [Read more...]
My Position Description
July 15, 2009 by
For anyone who may have an interest, below is a brief position description for the Vice Provost for Economic Development and Technology Ventures job, as defined by the Provost Office in my offer letter. Acronyms in the original! … [Read more...]
The Usual Suspects
June 29, 2009 by
The usual suspects at St. Charles Open Breakfast. … [Read more...]
GCMI
May 19, 2009 by
Watching Governor Perdue kick off GCMI, the Global Center for Medical Innovation. … [Read more...]
Tied!
April 22, 2009 by
We love our cross-town rivals at Emory. But this screenshot from the latest US News and World Report ranking of business schools warms the heart of a Georgia Tech partisan. … [Read more...]
Augmented Reality at Georgia Tech
April 9, 2009 by
Interesting article on Augmented Reality research at Georgia Tech here. One of the linked videos demonstrates a Virtual Pet application on a current generation iPhone. The iPhone overlays an animated image of a dog on realtime video input from the iPhone's camera. The result is a pet that appears to reside in the real world in front of you. … [Read more...]
Microsoft at GEDC
April 7, 2009 by
Microsoft just announced their $600,000 investment in the Georgia Electronic Design Center at Georgia Tech, to focus on "RF-DNA"... the next generation of RFID. One of the key applications will be anti-counterfeiting technology for pharmaceuticals. Here's the signing ceremony at GEDC in Technology Square. Joy Laskar, director of GEDC, is at the … [Read more...]
