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QoLT Center Events Calendar
June 25 - 26, 2008 - Stevenson, WA
Supportive Technology and Design for Healthy Aging The future of healthy aging will be inextricably linked with the development of new technologies and creative designs to support older adults in remaining independent and maintaining their quality of life.
June 28 - July 2, 2008 - Ames, Iowa
The Sixth Annual ICOST2008 The theme is Gerontechnology: Enhancing the Quality of Life for Rural Elders. QoLT Scientific Co-Director Kate Seelman will be a keynote speaker.
World Congress on Disabilities Expo WCD Expo is dedicated to improving the lives of those with developmental and physical disabilities, their families and professionals who work with them.
April 23, 2008 QoLT on News Hour with Jim Lehrer: The QoLT Center and partners Blueroof Technologies and Intel were featured in a story about robotics in Pittsburgh. [read transcript]
April 7, 2008 Lee Weiss wins 2008 CMU Steven J. Fenves Award for Systems Research: This award is presented annually to individuals for their contributions to systems research in areas that are relevant to the College of Engineering and the Institute for Complex Engineered Systems. [see recipients]
March 3, 2008 Takeo Kanade wins 2008 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science: Among science's highest honors, The Franklin Institute Awards identify individuals whose great innovation has benefited humanity, advanced science, launched new fields of inquiry, and deepened our understanding of the universe. [read more]
October 18, 2007 Carnegie Mellon Professor Takeo Kanade To Receive Okawa Prize: Kanade is being honored for "far-reaching and pioneering research achievements in computer vision, artificial intelligence, and robotics, and the outstanding and innovative teaching that has produced the next generation of leaders in these fields." [see press release]
May 18, 2007 QoLT in the news: CNET has a cutting edge story about CMU and its Robotics Institute, including a mention about QoLT. [read story]
April 1, 2007 Takeo Kanade IEEE award: Takeo Kanade has received the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society's Pioneer Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the fields of computer vision, manipulation, autonomous mobile robots and medical robotics. [IEEE Robotics and Automation Society]
February 6, 2007 Blueroof Technology in the News: Our partner Blueroof Technologies has been featured in local newspapers recently. [read article]
December 11, 2006 Hitting the Road: People used to come to the lab to participate in research; now the lab may come to you. Carnegie Mellon's Data Truck is a mobile social science laboratory that will let researchers conduct studies off campus. [read article]
October 6, 2006 Kate Seelman Receives Honor: Kate Seelman has been named to the ANSI Committee on Education [more about ANSI]
September 27, 2006 Latanya Sweeney Named Fellow: Latanya Sweeney Named Fellow in the American College of Medical Informatics [read announcement]
July 16, 2006 Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh Awarded NSF Grant: Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh Receive $15 Million from NSF To Establish A Center Focused on Improving Americans Quality of Life [see press release]
