{"234781":{"#nid":"234781","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sokol Appointed Fouts Family Associate Professor","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoel Sokol\u003C\/strong\u003E has been appointed as the Fouts Family Associate Professor in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE) for a three year term of service, beginning August 15, 2013. The Fouts Family \u0026nbsp;Early Career Professorship is designed to enhance the ability of ISyE to \u201cattract and retain eminent teacher-scholars.\u201d\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhether attracting worldwide attention for the development of a highly accurate method for predicting the outcomes of the NCAA basketball tournament or having one of his research papers recognized with the 2007 EURO Management Science Strategic Innovation Prize in Logistics, Sokol\u2019s accomplishments are remarkable in both teaching and research. \u0026nbsp;Sokol\u2019s primary research interests are in sports analytics and applied operations research and he has had the opportunity to work with teams and leagues in all three of the major American sports.\u0026nbsp; Sokol is the recipient of one of Georgia Tech\u2019s highest awards for teaching and his LRMC method for predictive modeling of the NCAA basketball tournament is an industry leader.\u0026nbsp; He currently serves as INFORMS Vice President of Education, and is a past Chair and founding officer of the INFORMS section on sports operation research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESokol\u2019s contributions to education include leading ISyE\u2019s current efforts to develop an MS Analytics degree program and enhancements to Senior Design that have been recognized at the National Academy of Engineering Foundations of Engineering Education Symposium, by the Georgia Tech Class of 1934 Outstanding Use of Innovative Educational Technology award, and by the 2011 Institute of Industrial Engineers\/Council of Industrial Engineering Academic Department Heads Innovation in Curriculum Award.\u0026nbsp; In addition, Joel\u2019s teaching awards include the 2010 IIE Excellence in Teaching Operations Research Award, the 2009 Hesburgh Award Teaching Fellow, the 2008 Class of 1940 W. Roane Beard Outstanding Teacher Award, the 2007 institute-wide Apple Award, the 2007 Women in Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, the 2006 CETL\/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, and the 2005 ANAK award. \u0026nbsp;Sokol\u2019s PhD in operations research is from MIT, and his bachelor\u2019s degree in mathematics, computer science, and applied sciences in engineering are from Rutgers University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Fouts Family early career professorship appointment provides a well-deserved opportunity to enhance Joel\u2019s growing research and educational impacts,\u201d said Jane Ammons, ISyE School Chair.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoel Sokol has been appointed as the Fouts Family Associate Professor in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering for a three year term of service, beginning August 15, 2013.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27868","created_gmt":"2013-09-05 15:50:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:49","author":"Lizzie Millman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"55507":{"id":"55507","type":"image","title":"Joel Sokol, ISyE associate professor","body":null,"created":"1449175533","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:45:33","changed":"1475894491","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:31","alt":"Joel Sokol, ISyE associate professor","file":{"fid":"190304","name":"Sokol_Joel_-_Bust.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sokol_Joel_-_Bust_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sokol_Joel_-_Bust_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2017737,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Sokol_Joel_-_Bust_0.jpg?itok=_NHtZSzU"}}},"media_ids":["55507"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"73131","name":"Dr. joel sokol"},{"id":"73141","name":"fouts family associate professor"},{"id":"1191","name":"industrial engineering"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}