It has a pilot test at Georgia Tech University.

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"Instead of being deaf, dumb, and blind sitting on our desks or in our pockets, our computers might be able to observe what we do all day, understand what is important to us, and act as a virtual assistant who helps us on a second-by-second basis, " said Thad Starner, Associate Professor of the Contextual Computing Group at Georgia Tech University.

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He says that his company invites students every year from colleges like Georgia Tech, University of Southern California and Carnegie Mellon to intern at his shop.

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However, Professors Lin Jiang and Marie Thursby from Georgia Tech and Justin Tan from York University discovered that there are some exceptions to this rule, and some incumbents do manage to be inventors during the stage of technological dirsruption.

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Classes start with three days of in-person training, at Stanford, the University of Michigan or Georgia Tech.

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These partners include the University of Maryland, Penn State, Georgia Tech, the National Climate Data Center and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Sokol, of Georgia Tech, puts Louisville in the Final Four with UNC, Pittsburgh and the University of Memphis.

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