Melody Moore Jackson, PhD, CPDT-KA

Professor

School of Interactive Computing

Georgia Institute of Technology

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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.

Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of

Health (NINDS), NIDRR, DARPA, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).