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Georgia Tech-Savannah lecture to focus on mobile apps [Savannah Morning News, Ga.](Savannah Morning News (GA) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Sept. 28--Russell Clark has a confession. "For someone who works in the field, I may have been among the slowest to utilize my bank's mobile app," the professor and senior research scientist in Georgia Tech's School of Computer Science said with a wry smile. "Being cautious is not a bad thing, but the good news is that we've finally reached the point where enough time and energy has been put into these apps that we can be much more confident in their security," he said. "In fact, I would say the vast majority of mobile banking apps are much more secure than paper checks." Clark should know. The associate director of the Georgia Tech Research Network Operations Center engages hundreds of students each semester in mobile app development, emphasizing innovation, entrepreneurship and industry involvement. His teaching and research is primarily focused in the areas of networking, network management and mobile applications and services. He will be in Savannah Oct. 9 to kick off Georgia Tech-Savannah's Speaker Series with a discussion on the latest in app development, mobile phones and tablets. "We'll demonstrate Georgia Tech's Google Glass app, offer some demonstrations of augmented reality and preview some of the innovations coming to your mobile device in the near future," he said, adding that Georgia Tech has been working with wearable apps for some time. "In fact, one of the key Google Glass designers was a Georgia Tech professor, and our Atlanta campus was one of the first in the world to take student-designed campus maps and bus schedules and make them an official app for Google Glass," Clark said. And augmented reality? Imagine you're looking through a camera lens at an historic site and up pops information on that site, he said. "Or you're working under the hood of your car guided by illustrations from the owner's manual in Google Glass." In addition to Clark's lecture, Georgia Tech has planned a series of mobile application development courses for its Savannah campus, beginning in December. Based on a popular sequence developed over the last eight years at Georgia Tech's Atlanta campus, the first course will combine Apple's latest iOS/Swift development tools with business and entrepreneurial skills and technical expertise. Scheduled for Dec. 8-11, the course will teach attendees how to create apps for the future and to manage a successful app launch. "Georgia Tech is working to expand this initial course into a broader program to help technical professionals and tech hobbyists develop skills relevant to logistics, interactive media, transportation, home automation and health care," Clark said. "We're committed to providing innovative training and career advancement opportunities around the state and Savannah is a great place to start," he said. IF YOU GO The first in Georgia Tech-Savannah's Speaker Series on mobile apps will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9 at Georgia Tech-Savannah, 210 Technology Circle. Russell Clark, who holds undergraduate degrees in mathematics and computer science from Vanderbilt University and master's and doctorate degrees in information and computer science from Georgia Tech, will be the speaker. Cost is $45 and includes lunch. To register, go to http://www.pe.gatech.edu/courses/speaker-series-keeping-mobile-device-and-application-landscape ___ (c)2014 the Savannah Morning News (Savannah, Ga.) Visit the Savannah Morning News (Savannah, Ga.) at savannahnow.com Distributed by MCT Information Services |