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Melody Jackson
Professor
melody.moore@cc.gatech.edu
Dr. Jackson is the Director of the Georgia Tech Animal-Centered Computing Lab, whose mission is to investigate ways that technology can enhance partnerships between humans and animals such as dogs, horses, dolphins, elephants, and sea otters. Through wearable systems and environmental devices, they are creating technologies for animal communication, health monitoring, behavioral quantification, and enrichment. Dr. Jackson has extensive experience training dogs and horses; she is a certified professional dog trainer (CPDT-KA) and has raised five service dog puppies for Canine Companions for Independence. She is also an active competitor in dog agility and canine scentwork. She received an Impact Award for her research from the Georgia Tech GVU center, and also a ten-year Impact award from the International Symposium on Wearable Computing (ISWC) for her team’s Animal-Computer Interaction research. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health (NINDS), NIDRR, DARPA, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Charles Ramey
PhD Student
cramey7@gatech.edu
Arianna Mastali
PhD Student
amastali6@gatech.edu
Arianna is a PhD student in Computer Science. She completed her BS in Computer Engineering and her MS in Human-Computer Interaction from Georgia Tech. Her research focuses on designing interactive enrichment systems for long-term behavioral monitoring of zoo animals.
Annie Zhang
Master's Student
azhang636@gatech.edu
Annie is a 2nd year Human Computer Interaction Master's student working on the BEATS project as a UI/UX designer and researcher. She loves staring at all animals (even the scary ones) and also loves staring at Figma.
Christine Taylor
Master's Student
ctaylor372@gatech.edu
Christine is a second-year MS Human-Computer Interaction student exploring monitor lizard enrichment and behavior in a new lab project. A lifelong animal lover, she cares for a “mini zoo” at home, featuring a cat, two snakes, a blue-tongue skink, nine tarantulas, a centipede, and more!
Rossy Dang
Master's Student
rdang31@gatech.edu
Tristan Daniel
Master's Student
tdaniel60@gatech.edu
Tristan Daniel is a 2nd year master's student majoring in Computer Science with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence. Tristan's research interests are concentrated in the user centered design of interfaces and the development of artificial intelligence. Currently, Tristan is investigating how ubiquitous computing can be utilized to promote welfare.
Will Stull
Master's Student
wstull3@gatech.edu
Will is a cybersecurity professional translating ethical and privacy-preserving design to animal computing.
Shane Rosse
Master's Student
srosse6@gatech.edu
Shane is a graduate student at Georgia Tech with nine years of industry experience developing customer-facing software systems. His studies in Artificial Intelligence explore how data can deepen our understanding of nature and support more meaningful interactions between humans, animals, and technology.
Thomas Chan
Undergrad Student
tchan49@gatech.edu
Thomas is an undergrad student in Computer Engineering with interests in embedded systems, fiber arts, and wearable computing. His current research involves posture detection for patients in equine assisted therapy.
Sophie Penson
Undergrad Student
spenson3@gatech.edu
Sophie is a 4th year undergraduate student studying Business Administration with minors in French and German. She is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer- Knowledge Assessed (CPDT-KA) with nearly 3 years of professional training experience. She has earned over 200 titles with her two personal dogs and assists with animal handling in the lab.
Apramey Akkiraju
Undergrad Student
aakkiraju30@gatech.edu
Apramey is a CS undergrad student at Georgia Tech with an interest in artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction. He loves to build projects that combine these interests!
Shashank Ramireddy
Undergrad Student
sramireddy7@gatech.edu
Ryan Zhang
Visiting Scholar
rzhang628@gatech.edu
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