Ed Price

Ed Price is the Research Director of the Interactive Media Technology Center at Georgia Tech. Ed is one of the founders of the Center, starting there as a student at its inception in 1989. Ed has led many research efforts, including the award-winning Odyssey Online educational program, which teaches cultural history through archeological artifacts. Ed holds two worldwide patents in telemedicine, and has filed additional patents on audio searching and eCommerce networks. He is past chair of the international Video Development Initiative (ViDe), which is the lead organization behind the proposed ITU H.350 standard for videoconferencing directories. Ed is also a project director in the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Mobile Wireless Technology for Persons with Disabilities, leading the development efforts in universal control and multi-modal interfaces as well as research into emerging wireless technologies. He is also a primary representative to the INCITS V2 standards committee developing the Alternative Interface Access Protocol, an emerging standard that will ensure that mobile devices will be able to interact with their surrounding environments.