Past IGERT Speakers
| December 1, 2009 | Methods and Technologies Enabling Home-Based Continuous Assessment of Cognitive and Health Status with Aging | Jeffrey Kaye, MD |
Current clinical longitudinal research on aging relies on data acquired during a relatively brief “episode” such as a telephone call, clinic or home visit; or indirectly via questionnaires and surveys about a discrete event such as a fall or faint, or a slowly evolving or subacute syndrome such as memory loss or depression. Inaccuracies potentially introduced by these methods, along with the overall inherent intra-individual temporal variability of data captured infrequently and intermittently, render such methods less than ideal. |
| November 12, 2009 | Designing Technologies to Enable Aging-in-Place | Wendy A. Rogers, Ph.D. |
Imagine if your home were “aware” of your activities so that it might help you remember what it was you went into the kitchen for or whether the visitor at the front door is someone you know or even what the proper procedure is for performing a recently learned home medical procedure. Such technological developments have the potential to enable older adults to maintain their functional independence and to “age-in-place.” An innovative research program at Georgia Institute of Technology is focused on developing psychological and computer science to support home activities. |
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