Lunch plans for next Tuesday? 🥪 Georgia Tech’s Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) GVU Lunch Lecture Series in the Clubhouse is featuring Dominic Kao, assistant professor in the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He will dig into how virtual worlds shape the people who spend time in them, from the games we play to the digital spaces we build. 📍 TSQ ATL Clubhouse 🗓️ Tuesday, Oct. 20, 12-1 PM 🔗 peopletech.gatech.edu/events…

✈️ Great tech doesn't automatically mean a great market fit, especially when you cross the Atlantic. After 20+ years in European enterprise tech, our latest contributor, Snezana Zivcevska, moved from Amsterdam to Atlanta and started mentoring founders in Georgia Tech's CREATE-X (@gtcreatex) program. What stood out: founders here bring customers, mentors and investors into the conversation early, while they're still shaping the business. Her advice for European companies eyeing the US? Swap "How do we enter the market?" for "What do we need to learn before we scale?" And Atlanta might be the best place to find out. Read the full piece 👉 techsquareatl.com/tech-squar… Interested in writing for Tech Square ATL? Click here 👉 techsquareatl.com/contribute

What happens to all that plastic once it leaves your hands? 🌀 Next Tuesday, @IPaTGT is bringing Conversations@TechSquare back to the Clubhouse for “Talkin’ Trash.” Tim Trent will kick things off with a quick look at the new Trash Lab in TSRB and updates on the miniTrashpresso, then it opens up to everyone. Bring your ideas on keeping plastic out of the waste stream, tying the lab into classes, or research it could spark. Or just come curious and brainstorm with the group. 📅 Tues, Oct. 20 | 3:30-5 p.m. 📍 Tech Square Clubhouse Register 👉 gatech.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe…

What if a career fair skipped the long lines, the stack of printed resumes and the “just apply online” brush-off? That was the idea behind Not A Career Fair, which hit Tech Square and the Biltmore Innovation Center yesterday. @hackerhouseco founder Yamil Quispe Silva built it around his own frustrations as a student job hunter. Companies reviewed every resume ahead of time, booked interview slots in advance and came ready to make offers on the spot. More than 30 fast-growing startups showed up looking for builders, with juniors and seniors from Georgia Tech, Emory, Georgia State, Kennesaw State, Morehouse, Spelman and Agnes Scott in the room. The goal: at least one hire per company, ideally the same day. It’s the latest move from the team behind the new HackerHouse at the Biltmore Innovation Center, and they plan to run it every semester. 🔗 techsquareatl.com/tech-squar…

Want to know more about the code, tools, and people behind open source? Join @RefactrTech for Open Source Night at the Clubhouse. This event will include talks on open source from the people working on it, time to connect with others in the ATL tech community, and food and drinks. 📆 Tuesday, October 20th from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM 📍TSQ ATL Clubhouse Register for Open Source Night and check out other upcoming events at the Clubhouse. 👇 techsquareatl.com/events#cal…

From the universal to the nuanced. From concentrated power to a participatory approach. From exclusive to inclusive. In 2010, Dr. Shaowen Bardzell, a Professor and Chair of Georgia Tech’s School of Interactive Computing, published a foundational paper titled “Feminist HCI: Taking Stock and Outlining an Agenda for Design.” And now, 16 years later, this paper has received over 1,700 citations from researchers all across the world, has provided a systematic way for designers to investigate their assumptions, and continues to inspire researchers, including right here in Tech Square. In this publication to provide structure on the evaluation and application of feminist HCI into interaction design, Bardzell outlines six characteristics of feminist interaction design, including pluralism, participation, and advocacy. From projects focused on deeply human experiences to fashion and technology, AI in healthcare, and the environmental footprint of AI infrastructure, what unites these projects is their roots in Bardzell’s 2010 publication and ongoing commitment to feminism. Read more in the full story about how Bardzell’s 2010 publication continues to shape a path forward for feminist human-computer interaction 👉 techsquareatl.com/tech-squar…

📣 Reminder to submit your responses for Brains in the Bar by 10/16 for the opportunity to attend the event! This edition's question is, "If you could design a healthcare robot tomorrow, what would it do and who would it help?" The fifteen most thoughtful and creative responses will receive invitations to this exclusive event. Send your responses here: luma.com/tsqatl-7ijp

October's TSQ Traveling Library is here! 📖🎃 Join us in the TSRB lobby this Wednesday to donate your old books and check out a new spooky read. Whether you're a student, faculty, or just stopping by Tech Square, we're here to help you find your next read and connect with the community! Coffee and treats will be available. 📆 Wednesday, October 14th from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM 📍TSRB Lobby This is a monthly event. Learn more and find future Traveling Library events here: techsquareatl.com/events#cal…

Inspired by the golden light, falling leaves, and energy extending from Georgia Tech campus to The Biltmore Innovation Center, the Tech Square ATL team took to the streets to capture the scene 📸 It may have been Fall Break, but Tech Square was buzzing with activity 🐝

Cheer on the final student teams for the Atlanta Innovation Cup! 🏆 Presented by Avant South, the Atlanta Innovation Cup brings together students from different colleges to compete in an innovation challenge. Come to the showcase to see which of the final four teams takes home the cash prize. 📆 Oct. 12th from 2- 3 PM 📍Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center 🎟️ RSVP and learn more here: atlinnovationcup.softr.app/

Join Civic Tech Atlanta for October's Civic Action Night. 👩‍💻 This event is a welcoming space for civic-minded, social good tech projects open to coders of all skill levels. Stop by the Clubhouse to ask questions or work on one of Civic Tech Atlanta's ongoing projects. 💭 📆 Monday, October 12 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM 📍 TSQ ATL Clubhouse 🔗 Learn more and register for the event here: buff.ly/1gGtyVG

At first, determining site readiness for artificial intelligence's physical infrastructure sounds straightforward. Find a property. Check the land and building. Look at the zoning. See whether power and fiber are nearby. Work through the economics. But once you start verifying those factors, “site readiness” gets harder to define. Read how Mosaic Ventures has been testing some of these questions against real Atlanta properties to better understand what “site readiness” really means 👉 techsquareatl.com/tech-squar… Contributing author Nsikan Uboh is the founder of Mosaic Ventures, an Atlanta-based venture platform focused on AI infrastructure, regional innovation systems, and technology for public benefit. Through Mosaic Ventures, he is developing the Atlanta Distributed Infrastructure Initiative, a research and coordination effort focused on responsible AI infrastructure growth in the Atlanta region. 📣 Interested in sharing your story with Tech Square ATL? Learn more here: buff.ly/qJwgZK2 or send an email to [email protected]

Threading a line of orange barrels at midnight, with the highway lane pinching down and a semi filling your mirror, is nobody's idea of a good time. And Georgia runs more than 500 active work zones at any given time, ranking fourth in the nation for fatal work zone crashes involving large trucks. A new study published in Future Transportation asks whether artificial intelligence can help traffic signals reduce traffic congestion in work zones while also reducing safety risks around the work zone merge. Read how these researchers, from Parsons Corporation, Jacobs Engineering, Iowa State University, and The University of Alabama, developed traffic signals that learn 👉 techsquareatl.com/tech-squar… Contributing author Israel Afriyie is a transportation engineer and researcher based in Metro Atlanta. He works at Parsons Corporation, is a co-author of the Future Transportation study described in this article, and his research focuses on using artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to improve traffic safety and mobility. 📣 Interested in sharing your story with Tech Square ATL? Learn more here: buff.ly/qJwgZK2 or send an email to [email protected]

Join @atdc in a virtual session hosted by Connie Casteel, the ATDC SBIR/STTR/Federal Funding expert, to learn whether or not SBIR funding is right for your startup. 💲 This class to open to anyone curious about SBIR, even if you no little or nothing. Drop by to learn the basics and decide if SBIR is the right funding option for you. 📆 10/13 from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM 🔗 Register for the class here: portal.atdc.org/s/community-…

It's time for the second edition of Brains in the Bar. 🍻 We'll send 15 invitations for this exclusive event, based on submissions to this edition's question. The people who submit the most creative and thoughtful responses will be invited to a secret location to share their ideas with other curious minds and enjoy refreshments. This edition's question is, "If you could design a healthcare robot tomorrow, what would it do and who would it help?" 🩺 🗓️ The deadline to submit your 150-word response is 10/16. Send us your ideas here: luma.com/tsqatl-7ijp

Avant South 2026 is coming up soon. 🌇 Avant South is an annual event that highlights culture, innovation, and technology in ATL and advances the city's position as the leading technology hub of the South. This year's theme is AI in Action. Panels and sessions will explore how AI is transforming all industries, from media to healthcare. 📆 Oct. 12 -23 📍 Tech Square Secure your spot and buy tickets here: eventbrite.com/e/avant-south…

While enrolled at Spelman College, Naomi Wagner, a political science student, was involved in voter engagement efforts in Atlanta. From the office where she was reaching out to voters, she could see an emergency care clinic across the street. As she kept looking at the medical building, she reflected on what she was seeing. She asked herself, “How would people get to this location, so far from transit options and the center of the city?” As a result, Naomi wanted to bring together her interests in civic engagement, environmental justice, sustainability, and education, and when she learned about the SDG Futures Fellowship, she couldn’t wait to apply. 🌎 The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are at the core of the SDG Futures Fellowship. “We take a global to local impact approach,” said Anna Tinoco-Santiago, co-lead of the SDG Futures Fellowship Program and Community Engagement Manager at the Georgia Tech Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education (SCoRE) in the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS), related to how the fellowship applies the global framework of the SDGs to make a local impact. As a fellow, Wagner built skills in data analysis and social determinants of health, and she even contributed to a project with the nonprofit after the initial fellowship ended. Read more in the full story about how the Sustainable Development Goals Futures Fellowship is implementing local solutions to global problems 👉techsquareatl.com/tech-squar…

🧠 Some brain tumors sit where a surgeon's tools can't go. The MEMS Lab in TSRB led by Dr. Azadeh Ansari is working on that problem. Ansari, Ph.D. student Emmett Freeman, and Emory neurosurgeon Dr. Kimberly Hoang are building microrobots about the size of a grain of sand. Magnets outside the body steer them along curved paths through brain tissue, so they could one day take biopsies, deliver medicine, or place electrodes in spots that are hard to reach today. The whole project started because Hoang saw a viral story about Ansari's early robots. Now the team has a patent filed, early funding lined up, and Freeman spent the summer in Quadrant-i's 2026 cohort figuring out how to turn it into a company. Read the full story: techsquareatl.com/tech-squar… @gtcreatex @gatechengineers @GeorgiaTech_ECE @GeorgiaTech @EmoryUniversity @WinshipAtEmory

Tech Talks Business is this Thursday. 🎤 This session, you'll hear from Jim Hannan, President and Chief Operating Officer of Koch. Jim will discuss his leadership journey, transformational change, innovation, and long-term value creation. Hosted by @gatechscheller and Dean Anuj Mehrotra, Tech Talks Business is a series of conversations with leaders and experts in business and technology. After the conversation, there will be a Q&A 📆Thursday, Oct. 1 from 5:30 - 7 PM 📍Scheller Tower Learn more and register here: techsquareatl.com/events#cal…