{"51975":{"#nid":"51975","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Researchers Create the World\u2019s Fastest Detailed Computer Simulations of the Internet","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created the fastest detailed computer simulations of computer networks ever constructed --simulating networks containing more than 5 million network elements. This work will lead to improved speed, reliability and security of future networks such as the Internet, according to Professor Richard Fujimoto, lead principal investigator of the DARPA-funded project (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThese \u201cpacket-level simulations\u201d model individual data packets as they travel through a computer network. Downloading a web page to one\u2019s home computer or sending an e-mail message typically involves transmitting several packets through the Internet. Packet-level simulations provide a detailed, accurate representation of network behavior (e.g., congestion), but are very time consuming to complete.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEngineers and scientists routinely use such simulations to design and analyze new networks and to understand phenomena such as Denial of Service attacks that have plagued the Internet in recent years. Because of the time required to complete the simulation computations, most studies today are limited to modeling a few hundred network components such as routers, servers and end-user computers.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe end goal of research on network modeling and simulation is to create a more reliable and higher-performance Internet,\u201d says Fujimoto. \u201cOur team has created a computer simulation that is two to three orders of magnitude faster than simulators commonly used by networking researchers today. This finding offers new capabilities for engineers and scientists to study large-scale computer networks in the laboratory to find solutions to Internet and network problems that were not possible before.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech researchers have demonstrated the ability to simulate network traffic from over 1 million web browsers in near real time. This feat means that the simulators could model a minute of such large-scale network operations in only a few minutes of clock time.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing the high-performance computers at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, the Georgia Tech simulators used as many as 1,534 processors to simultaneously work on the simulation computation, enabling them to model more than 106 million packet transmissions in one second of clock time -- two to three orders of magnitude faster than simulators commonly used today. In comparison, the next closest packet-level simulations of which the research team is aware have simulated only a few million packet transmissions per second.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research team plans to present their findings at the IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS) in October. Team members include: Mostafa Ammar, Regents professor of Computing; Kalyan Perumalla, post-doctoral\/research faculty; George Riley, assistant professor in School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Fujimoto. Graduate students involved in this project include Alfred Park, Computing and Talal Jaafar, Electrical and Computer Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMajor funding was provided by the Network Modeling and Simulation Program of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the National Science Foundation. The cluster computing platforms at Georgia Tech were obtained through a grant from Intel.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore information about the Modeling \u0026amp; Simulation Research \u0026amp; Education Center is available at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.msrec.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMSREC website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created the fastest detailed computer simulations of computer networks ever constructed\u2014simulating networks containing more than 5 million network elements.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-08-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-08-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51974":{"#nid":"51974","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CoC Graduate Selected for the 2004-2005 Defense Science Study Group","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnnie Anton has been selected for the The Defense Science Study Group (DSSG), which allows leaders in science and technology to get involved in national security.\u00a0 \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-08-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-08-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51973":{"#nid":"51973","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Net Analysis Gets a Turbo Boost","body":"","field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Computing researchers create some of the fastest detailed simulations ever to improve network performance. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-08-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-08-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51988":{"#nid":"51988","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Computing Announces Appointment of New Members To Administrative Team","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEllen W. Zegura, Merrick Furst \u0026amp; Maureen Biggers Begin New Roles\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr.Richard A. DeMillo, Imlay Dean and Distinguished Professor of Computing, announced today three additions to the College of Computing (CoC) administrative team. Effective February 1, Ellen W. Zegura became associate dean for research and graduate programs. Zegura\u0027s duties include overall responsibility for overseeing the College\u2019s extensive research budget, and promoting and developing new research projects and initiatives. She also will oversee all aspects of the College\u0027s graduate programs and graduate student services. Zegura will retain her former duties related to space and facilities, and will continue to maintain her personal research activities in GCATT.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEllen\u0027s considerable administrative skills became apparent to all of us during her recent tenure as interim dean of CoC, so I am personally thrilled that she has agreed to bring her intelligence and energy to the dean\u0027s office on a permanent basis,\u201d DeMillo said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMerrick Furst has joined the College\u0027s faculty and the dean\u0027s administrative team as professor and associate dean for undergraduate programs and faculty development. Furst is a distinguished scholar and brings further strength to the College\u2019s already strong theory group. Furst and DeMillo have been colleagues, collaborators and friends for many years.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond his academic experience at Carnegie Mellon and Berkeley, he has commercial, entrepreneurial and administrative experience I value,\u201d said DeMillo. \u201cI have on many occasions relied on his good sense and judgment, so it gives me great personal pleasure to have him join us here at Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFurst has overall responsibility for all aspects of the College\u0027s undergraduate programs, including (jointly with Ellen Zegura) supervisory responsibilities for the office of Student Services. In addition, Furst will establish and monitor a systematic mentoring infrastructure aimed at the professional development of the College\u0027s junior faculty - particularly those faculty who join the College fresh from Ph.D. programs. Furst\u0027s challenge will be to aggressively enhance the College of Computing\u2019s stature as a national leader in undergraduate computing education, a priority for the College and the Institute. With a focus on innovation and technology, and CoC\u2019s access to a remarkably talented student body, the goal is to be as celebrated for the educational achievements as the College\u2019s research achievements.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso on February 1, Maureen Biggers becomes assistant dean for diversity and special programs. Biggers has overall responsibility for promoting diversity and diversity-based programs with the College. Bigger\u0027s role is to weave diverse student populations and programs into an innovative approach to diversity that places CoC and Georgia Tech among the top ranked institutions in this area. Biggers also has responsibility for a number of programs and initiatives that require dedicated attention from the dean\u0027s office.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBiggers has an extensive background in college-level administration and brings a dedication to diversity goals to this new position,\u201d DeMillo said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech College of Computing houses one of the largest computer science programs in the country with 68 academic faculty and 35 research faculty. The College strives to provide high quality instruction and to integrate computing knowledge into other academic disciplines as well as aspects of daily life. Approximately 1900 students are enrolled in the college; including approximately 1500 undergraduates and more than 400 graduate students, some 260 of which are Ph.D. students.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Richard A. DeMillo, Imlay Dean and Distinguished Professor of Computing, announced today three additions to the College of Computing (CoC) administrative team.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51972":{"#nid":"51972","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Recent Computer Science Double Major Receives Competitive Homeland Security Fellowship","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENew Scholarship Proves Extremely Competitive\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003ERecent Georgia Tech graduate V. Blair Dowling, who is passionate about mathematics and is a fierce competitor in Ultimate Frisbee, will soon become part of a much larger team. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has selected her to receive one of 100 fellowships in the new Homeland Security Scholars and Fellows Program. More than 2,500 students nationwide applied for the 100 openings available to undergraduate and graduate students studying a variety of disciplines related to scientific and technological innovations that can be applied to the DHS mission. Dowling graduated in May with degrees in applied mathematics and computer science and a minor in economics.\u00a0 Dowling will use the three-year graduate fellowship, which includes a stipend and full tuition, to pursue her doctoral degree in mathematics at Princeton University. Her long-term goal is to be a professor of mathematics.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI fell in love with math at a very early age,\u201d said Dowling. \u201cInitially my only goal was to make a contribution to theoretical mathematics \u2013 a beautiful result on a pedestal. Over the last four years, my goal has expanded to include the innovation of new applications of mathematics to societal problems \u2013 such as the HIV project I\u2019m working on now. I\u2019m looking forward to learning the foundations of mathematics at Princeton, and hope to be able to then teach them to the next generation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDowling feels this fellowship will give her the freedom to concentrate on her studies.\u00a0 In April when she received an e-mail from one of her math professors suggesting she apply for the fellowship, she had already been offered a teaching fellowship at Princeton, which covered all expenses for four years. Dowling felt the Homeland Security Fellowship provided more flexibility.\u00a0 As part of the fellowship, Dowling will be required to complete an internship with DHS the summer after her first year.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDowling, an outstanding student who graduated from Tech with a perfect 4.0 GPA, has received many honors. She was a finalist for the highly prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, which included an intensive application and interview process that she found very thought provoking.\u00a0 She also received the Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship Cup, awarded each year to the graduating senior with the most outstanding scholastic record in the class.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs an undergraduate, she pursued several research projects. She worked on a joint Georgia Tech - Emory University research project with Dr. Dana Randall, associate professor in the College of Computing and adjunct in the School of Mathematics at Georgia Tech and Dr. Guido Silvestri, assistant professor of medicine at the Emory Vaccine Research Center \u0026amp; Yerkes National Primate Research Center.\u00a0 The project\u2019s goal is to develop a mathematical model of HIV infection in vivo, along with computer software allowing biologists, to visualize the progression of the disease. For this project, she won first place in the annual UROC (Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Computing) competition. Dowling is involved in ongoing research with the project, and anticipates publication of their work sometime in the next year. Another project was a National Science Foundation-sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates focusing on elliptic curves and quadratic residue tournaments.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBlair completely embodies the type of student that made me want to become an academic,\u201d said Randall.\u00a0 \u201cShe demonstrated such extreme professionalism and scientific integrity in our HIV modeling research project that it is hard to believe that she was still an undergraduate.\u00a0 For the project, Blair had to comprehend the immunological dynamics involved in HIV infection at the level of a graduate student in biology, she had to understand partial differential equations used in mathematical modeling and reinterpret them as stochastic equations, and she had to demonstrate proficiency in programming methodologies.\u00a0 Her enthusiasm and dedication elevated this joint Georgia Tech-Emory project to a level far beyond our original expectations, and we were incredibly fortunate to have her work with us.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDowling, from Savannah, Ga., enjoys teaching.\u00a0 At Georgia Tech she worked as a teaching assistant for Calculus II courses.\u00a0 One summer, she served as head counselor for a math camp for high school students at Boston University called PROMYS \u2013 the Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite her heavy academic load, Dowling found time for extracurricular activities as well.\u00a0 She played on the Georgia Tech Women\u2019s Ultimate Frisbee team and additionally served as captain of an intramural ultimate team all four years.\u00a0 Dowling served as president of the Georgia Tech chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, the National Math Honor Society, and faculty credit her with reviving this organization and transforming it into a vibrant group that promotes excellence in mathematics and interactions among department faculty and students. Also, Dowling was an active member of Westminster Christian Fellowship and helped organize and raise funds for the renovation of their on-campus building in the spring of 2003.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough this education program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security supports the growth and mentoring of the next generation of scientists as they study ways to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America\u2019s vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and recovery efforts from attacks that occur. More than 100 experts from a variety of fields reviewed the applications. About one-third of the awards were given to students from engineering disciplines, followed by computer science and math, psychology and social sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore information about the Homeland Security Scholars and Fellows Program is available online at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.orau.gov\/dhsed\/\u0022\u003Eprogram website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERecent Georgia Tech graduate V. 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The committee will be chaired by Jim Foley, professor and Stephen Fleming Chair in Telecommunications, and Nancy Nersessian, professor in the College of Computing and the School of Public Policy.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe committee is the direct outgrowth of work by College of Computing professors Beth Mynatt and Amy Bruckman over the past few months to determine the feasibility of a new degree program in this area,\u201d said Dr. Richard DeMillo, Imlay Dean of Computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing \u0022Human-Centered Computing\u0022 as a working title, the committee is charged with developing a Ph.D. program proposal that meets the following goals:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFurther establish Georgia Tech and the College of Computing as a leader in research and education at the intersection between computing and the myriad ways in which humans use and are affected by computers\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECreate a cutting-edge program that will differentiate us from other schools with similar programs\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EClearly and definitively signal to ourselves, Georgia Tech and the world the breadth and diversity of the College of Computing\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELeverage Georgia Tech\u0027s strengths in computing, HCI, psychology, cognitive science, multimedia and media studies, human factors, ergonomics, assistive technologies and industrial design\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECreate stronger synergies between CoC faculty in HCI, AI, Intelligent Systems, Cognitive Science and Learning Science, and create a Ph.D. program that is highly relevant to faculty working in many of these areas\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAttract the very best students and faculty whose interests are research and education at the intersection between computing and humans\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe committee will initially focus on developing a CoC Ph.D. degree with a strong interdisciplinary orientation, with subsequent plans to work with interested schools to develop a multiple-entry degree similar to degrees in bioinformatics, HCI, and algorithms, combinatorics and optimization (ACO).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Ph.D. in HCC is yet another step toward broadening the College\u2019s intellectual base,\u201d said Foley. Nersessian agrees. \u201cWe see this as a step in fulfilling and further articulating our vision to extend the boundaries of computing,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing at Georgia Tech has announced plans to form a committee with the task of developing a new Ph.D. program in Human-Centric Computing (HCC).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51971":{"#nid":"51971","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CoC Alum and GTISC Co-Founder Honored by Information Security Magazine","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPhyllis Schneck has been named one of top 25 most influential women in information security by Information Security Magazine.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-09-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-09-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51986":{"#nid":"51986","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Anita Jones to Deliver Thomas E. Noonan Lecture in Information Security","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech College of Computing\u2019s Thomas E. Noonan Distinguished Lecture in Information Security will host the Honorable Anita K. Jones Thursday, April 3rd at 3 p.m. in room 117 of Georgia Tech\u2019s Smithgall Student Services Building. This will be the third annual Noonan Lecture established to honor Georgia Tech Alumnus Thomas Noonan for his many contributions to the College of Computing and to the field of information security.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJones returned to the University of Virginia in 1997 after being sworn in as the director of Defense Research and Engineering for the U.S. Department of Defense in June 1993. In that position, she was responsible for the management of the science and technology program which included the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the DoD laboratories, as well as being the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense for defense-related scientific and technical matters.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJones is a member and former vice-chair of the National Science Board. She is also a member of the Defense Science Board and the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Corporation. She co-chairs the Commonwealth of Virginia Research and Technology Advisory Commission and has served on other government advisory boards and panels for NASA, the National Research Council, the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJones is currently a member of the board of directors of Science Applications International Corporation and Avaki Corp. Other private sector experience includes serving as a founder and vice pal articles and two books in the area of computer software \u0026amp; systems and cyber-security. Jones holds an A.B. from Rice University in mathematics, a Master of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThomas E. Noonan is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Internet Security systems, Inc. (ISS), a leading global provider of information protection solutions that secure IT infrastructure and defend key online assets from attack and misuse. Established in 1994, ISS has soared under Noonan\u2019s leadership with over 1200 employees, operating in 22 countries with an annual revenue of nearly $250 million. Noonan\u2019s management style and vision have been recognized by industry leading publications and associations including Forbes, Business Week and Fortune magazine. He was Ernst and Young\u2019s \u201cEntrepreneur of the Year\u201d in 1999 and was recently appointed by President Bush to the newly formed National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC), as part of homeland defense. Noonan holds a mechanical engineering degree form Georgia Tech and a business degree from Harvard University.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech College of Computing\u2019s Thomas E. Noonan Distinguished Lecture in Information Security will host the Honorable Anita K. Jones Thursday, April 3rd at 3 p.m. in room 117 of Georgia Tech\u2019s Smithgall Student Services Building.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-03-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-03-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51970":{"#nid":"51970","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Yellow Jackets Place 2nd at 2003 Programming Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E Georgia Tech Team Awaits Their Seat At The World Finals\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EThe Georgia Tech Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (gtACM) won 2nd place at the Southeastern Regional of the 2003 ACM programming competition held in Daytona Beach, Fla. Now, the students start practicing for the March finals and look forward to representing Georgia Tech and Atlanta in the international competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech sent four teams, each with three students, to the Southeastern Regional. Out of the 88 teams from 39 universities at the competition, Georgia Tech teams placed second, seventh, 13th, and 22nd. Trayton Otto, Topraj Gurung, and Ryan Wilson made up the top team. Tech was also represented by nine other student participants: Christopher Oezbek, Ankur Kalra, Tyler Weston, Ram Gandhapuneni, Hitesh Kanwathirtha, Michael Sulak, Frank Rietta, Hussain Ali, and Nick Clift.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC), established in 1970, is the most prestigious programming competition for the world\u0027s universities and colleges. The contest fosters creativity, teamwork and innovation in building new software programs and demonstrates how students perform under pressure. The contest takes place in two stages, first regional competitions and then a worldwide final competition with the winners from each regional.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETwo months prior to the competition, students dedicated their Sunday afternoons to seven-hour practices with coach David Van Brackle. TheGeorgia Tech team traveled to Daytona with three College of Computing staff members: Dan Colestock, GTACM chapter sponsor; Maureen Biggers, assistant dean, and Monica Sweat, lecturer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThousands of teams compete world-wide in regional contests held from September to December 2003, but only seventy-two teams advance to the World Finals in Prague, Czech Republic on March 28-April 1, 2004. Awards, prizes, scholarships and bragging rights will be at stake for some of the world\u0027s finest computing students at the Obecni Dum (Municipal House) of the Czech Republic, courtesy of Mayor Bem and hosts at The Czech Technical University Prague and Charles University.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile the Yellow Jackets\u2019 seat at the World Finals is not yet certain, traditionally, the top two teams from the southeast region advance to the March competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EAbout gtACM\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFounded in 1947, ACM (the Association for Computing Machinery) is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated toadvancing the arts, sciences, and applications of computer science and information technology. ACM is the professional society for computing professionals. GTACM is the primary student organization for Georgia Tech computer science majors. Activities include organized corporate and faculty presentations and other events, which benefit both undergraduate and graduate students. GTACM also provides an avenue for students to develop corporate leadership skills.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (gtACM) won 2nd place at the Southeastern Regional of the 2003 ACM programming competition held in Daytona Beach, Florida.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-10-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-10-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51987":{"#nid":"51987","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Richard DeMillo to Keynote at First Annual Atlanta SecureWorld Expo","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERichard DeMillo, Imlay Dean and Distinguished Professor of Computing at Georgia Tech and Director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the first annual Atlanta SecureWorld Expo. Security professionals throughout the Southeast will gather at the Cobb Galleria May 21-22 to promote the ideals of fostering communication between security professionals and technology leaders, to discuss best practices and to bind that body of thought in a public\/private partnership with government.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDeMillo returned to academia in 2002 after a career as an executive in industry and government. He was chief technology officer for Hewlett-Packard, where he had worldwide responsibility for technology and technology strategy. Prior to joining HP, he was in charge of Information and Computer Sciences Research at Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore) in Morristown, New Jersey, where he oversaw the development of many Internet and web-based innovations. He has also directed the Computer and Computation Research Division of the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe author of over 100 articles and books, DeMillo\u0027s research has spanned several fundamental areas of computer science and includes fundamental innovation in computer security, software engineering and mathematics. His present research interests are focused on information security and nanotechnology. He is active in many aspects of the IT industry, serving on advisory boards and panels, and he is an advisor for several early-stage technology companies. He is a member of the board of directors for RSA Security.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe first annual Atlanta SecureWorld Expo will feature the most advanced physical and digital security products offered by top regional and national manufacturers and solution providers. In addition to keynote presentations, the event will focus on three educational conference tracks that address the most critical security issues today, including public\/private partnerships, IT security, workplace violence, security management, bioterrorism, integration of physical and digital security and so much more.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe SecureWorld Expo has partnered with the Georgia Tech Information Security Center, Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS), Southeast Cyber-Crime Institute, Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), InfraGard Atlanta, Information Systems Forensic Association, Georgia Technology Authority, FBI and the GBI.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESecureWorld is the first regional conference combining both physical and information security under a public private partnership. In 2003 SecureWorld Expo will host events in Baltimore, Atlanta, Seattle and Detroit. For additional information on SecureWorld Expo, and details on additional features within the event go to: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.secureworldexpo.com\u0022 title=\u0022www.secureworldexpo.com\u0022\u003Ewww.secureworldexpo.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESecurity professionals throughout the Southeast will gather at the Cobb Galleria May 21-22 to promote the ideals of fostering communication between security professionals and technology leaders, to discuss best practices and to bind that body of thought in a public\/private partnership with government.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-03-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-03-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51985":{"#nid":"51985","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Information as Art: Software Prototype Uses Pictures to Represent Information","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf your computer screen is covered with Web browser windows to let you monitor the news headlines, weather, traffic and stock market while you work, you might be suffering from information overload.\u00a0 \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51969":{"#nid":"51969","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Helping Firefighters with Virtual Reality Technology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u00a0Each year more than 3,900 people die from fires, and property loss due to fire totals more than $9.6 billion, according to the National Fire Protection Association. Tragically, firefighters too often lose their lives in the line of duty. On average about 102 firefighters die each year, about a 7 percent increase in deaths since 1990 (U.S. Fire Administration, FEMA). Consequently, firefighters need the best training possible to react to these emergencies in the most effective way.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn an effort to achieve that goal, the Atlanta Fire Department approached Georgia Tech about developing a fire command training simulator to better prepare their officers to react in emergencies. Collaborating with the Atlanta Fire Department, Georgia Tech researchers are refining a training application using virtual environment technology\u2014immersive computer-generated experiences\u2014to better train fire commanders directing teams of firefighters.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe key here is the safety of the firefighters,\u201d says Captain W.G. May, special projects coordinator, Atlanta Fire Department. \u201cBy reducing the dangers involved in training, we can greatly lower the chance of a firefighter injury.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis application simulates the progress of a fire in a single-family home and responds to the orders made by the fire commander on the scene. The virtual environment allows the user to navigate around the fire scene and view a house on fire from any angle; to direct firefighters and watch them execute commands; and see realistic fire and smoke behavior reacting to changes in the environment such as the opening of windows.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022pullquote\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBy reducing the dangers involved in training, we can greatly lower the chance of a firefighter injury.\u0022 - Captain W.G. May\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe world that firefighters work in is incredibly complex. Every fire and every situation is different, so a virtual environment, which can be changed fairly easily, is a good fit for this type of training,\u201d says Dr. Chris D. Shaw, senior research scientist in Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Computing and faculty member of the Graphics, Visualization and Usability (GVU) Center, who leads the project.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Firefighter Command Training Virtual Environment is designed as a training tool to be used by the fire company officer, who usually commands a four- to eight-person company of firefighters who respond to fire emergencies. The officer usually has a number of years of experience as a firefighter and has trained to be an officer in the classroom and by practicing command procedure at the fire department\u2019s training ground.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHowever, these training methods are limited. First, not all fire companies see all types of emergencies in equal amounts; some companies may see many more fires than others. The overall number of fires has declined over the years -- only about 3 percent of calls to the Atlanta Fire Department are for fires. Second, practice training always takes place at the training ground in exactly the same fireproof building, so realism and the element of surprise are limited. The virtual environment, on the other hand, can provide a variety of scenarios in a more realistic way and with less risk and expense than training with real fires.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen I came to Georgia Tech for graduate school, I was interested in working in computer graphics and with virtual reality, so this project was a good fit,\u201d said Tazama St. Julien, third year computer science Ph.D. student. \u201cThe visit to the actual fire training ground and seeing fires up close and personal was pretty interesting and fun.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the prototype application, Shaw and his team of students created a virtual environment with a furnished one-story house with a garage, a fire truck, firefighters, tools, and fire hydrant. The user, the fire company officer, sees the house on fire on a computer screen or a head-mounted display and gives verbal commands as he would in a real fire. The system operator types the officer\u2019s commands into the computer system via code. The project team decided to handle the command input in this fashion rather than incorporating a voice recognition system to translate the voice commands due to their unreliability for multiple users. Also, having an operator input the commands rather than the user allows the user to concentrate on evaluating the situation and making decisions. This arrangement also allows the operator to set up mistakes or traps for the user, again creating a more realistic experience. The officer then sees animated firefighters reacting to his commands, such as laying hoses or climbing onto the roof to cut a hole over the fire. Also, every 15 seconds the visuals of the smoke and fire change in reaction to the officer\u2019s commands.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDue to the number of factors involved, the project has proven technically challenging. The Atlanta Fire Department told us that accuracy is important. If the fire in our virtual environment doesn\u2019t respond like a real fire would to a door opening, for example, then it\u2019s not very useful as a training tool. So we\u2019ve concentrated on accuracy in the amount of smoke and fire produced, for example, which is a huge amount of data to calculate,\u201d said Shaw.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESignificant improvements have been made since the original prototype was created. Originally, the animated firefighters moved like robots; now the application includes motion scripts to make the firefighters\u2019 movements more realistic.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt has been amazing to see this project develop. The early stages were simply cylinders representing firefighters that hopped through a house with little candle flames sprouting from the floor. Now, we have firefighters that can walk, climb ladders, ventilate a roof, spray water, etc. The fire is very realistic, not only in the way it looks but in its behavior as well. For example, if the house has a limited oxygen supply, the fire will smolder and burn slower,\u201d says May.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDue to the complexity of calculating the amount of smoke and fire produced, the team turned to the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), which studies why firefighters die and compiles extensive data on this problem. The Georgia Tech team is using NIST\u2019s Fire Dynamic Simulator to compute realistic physical fire and smoke behavior. Due to the lengthy time to accurately compute the volume of fire and smoke, the team pre-computed the data for the entire house at one-second increments, and the system uses the pre-computed data to visualize and animate the fire and smoke in the virtual environment. On a current PC, the Fire Dynamic Simulator takes about eight hours to compute one minute of data, making it impossible to calculate the smoke and fire in real time.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe majority of my work has been on the volume renderer,\u201d said St. Julien. \u201cI worked with the Fire Dynamic Simulator (FDS) to simulate the fire and smoke data, then render or draw a visualization of that data in the virtual environment. This took learning the input and output file format for FDS, learning how to use FDS, and learning how to efficiently render the data. My other main contributions are path finding, the hose animation, control of the firemen, and the fire simulation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther challenges for this project include the need to develop compression techniques to make the huge data files manageable. The exponential growth of choices and conditions -- such as opening doors, spraying water -- result in an exponential increase in data. Also, the team had to create realistic-looking 3-D visuals of fire and smoke to accurately indicate to the officer the amount of soot, heat and smoke. At the scene of a real fire, officers look for these factors to determine the cause and type of fire to guide their decisions.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe firefighter project had a compelling blend of the technical challenges I\u2019m interested in: graphics and artificial intelligence, as well as concrete, real-world applicability,\u201d said Dan Cunning, senior in computer science. \u201cI am currently working on creating a more realistic looking fire simulation, exploring the possibilities of using different textures and transparency for different parts of the fire, and possibly using fragment and vertex shaders, a fairly cutting-edge technology. Most undergrads have no clue how easy it is to start working with one of the research groups on campus.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Firefighter Command project has provided hands-on experience to a number of computer science seniors and graduate students. Typically, a student is assigned to work on a specific component of this complex project. The team continues to refine the technical aspects of the application including developing a more complex path selection of the various choices a commander might make.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHoused in the new Technology Square Research Building, the Graphics, Visualization and Usability (GVU) Center, an interdisciplinary research center at Georgia Tech, fosters collaborations in computing and information technology research among Georgia Tech faculty and students. With more than 40 faculty and 150 affiliated students from the disciplines of Computing; Psychology; Architecture; Literature, Communication and Culture; and Electrical and Computer Engineering, GVU has gained international recognition in the research areas of graphics, animation, virtual reality, human-computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, augmented reality, wearable computing, 3-D compression, robotics, perception, collaborative web spaces and online communities.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen I came to Georgia Tech for graduate school, I was interested in\nworking in computer graphics and with virtual reality, so this project\nwas a good fit,\u201d said Tazama St. Julien, third year computer science\nPh.D. student. \u201cThe visit to the actual fire training ground and seeing\nfires up close and personal was pretty interesting and fun.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-11-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-11-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51984":{"#nid":"51984","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College\u2019s Ammar Receives Prestigious Regents\u2019 Professor Designation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Computing Professor Mostafa Ammar has been named Regents\u2019 Professor, effective July 1. A committee of Regents\u0027 and chaired professors recommended him for this honor, and their recommendation has been confirmed by Georgia Tech Provost Jean-Lou Chameau.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith this recognition Georgia Tech celebrates your long-term accomplishments in the field of networking and your exemplary teaching and educational leadership, and your service to the profession and to the Institute,\u201d said Dr. Bob McMath, professor of history and vice provost for undergraduate studies. \u201cThis elevation to the rank of Regents\u0027 Professor brings with it universal recognition on the Georgia Tech campus as an intellectual and educational leader of the highest order,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is allowed to nominate up to two individuals per year for appointment as Regents\u0027 Professors. Those considered already hold the rank of (full) professor and are nominated by their colleges based on excellence in research and teaching and contributions to their profession and to Georgia Tech over a considerable period of time. A committee made up of Regents\u0027 Professors and other chaired professors representing all six of the colleges considers the nominations and makes a recommendation to the Provost.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMostafa is very deserving of this prestigious award for his years of world-class research, teaching and leadership in networking,\u201d said Dick Lipton, professor and Frederick G. Storey Chair in Computing who represented the College on the Institute\u2019s selection committee.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmmar joined the College of Computing in September 1985 (then the School of Information and Computer Science) as an assistant professor. He is a member of the College\u2019s Networking and Telecommunications Group and is also a faculty member of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center. His research is in the area of computer networks architectures, protocols and services with specific interests and contributions in multimedia and multicast communication, scalable content distribution services, large-scale network simulation and peer-to-peer networks.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmmar became an IEEE Fellow in 2002, cited \u201cfor contributions to the design of scalable multimedia services and their network support.\u201d He has served as Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE\/ACM Transactions on Networking journal since 1999.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech College of Computing houses one of the largest computer science programs in the country with 68 academic faculty and 39 research faculty. The College strives to provide high quality instruction and to integrate computing knowledge into other academic disciplines as well as aspects of daily life. Approximately 1900 students are enrolled in the college, including approximately 1500 undergraduates and more than 400 graduate students, some 260 of which are Ph.D. students.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Computing Professor Mostafa Ammar has been named Regents\u2019 Professor, effective July 1.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-04-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-04-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51968":{"#nid":"51968","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Professor Featured as the \u0022Best Unsung Hero\u0022 in Information Security Magazine","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERalph Merkle, Distinguished Professor of Computing \u0026amp; Director of the Georgia Institute of Technology Information Security Center, knows his contributions to the development of public key cryptography could have received more attention.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter all, two other researchers -- Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman -- received the prestigious Marconi Foundation award in 2000 for advancing PKI technology, which paved the way for virtually every secure online transaction. But Merkle accepts that notoriety is fickle and understands that his well-documented contributions are known to anyone truly interested in infosecurity. Most Stanford University patents for public keys credit his work, and Merkle\u0027s research, which he began in the early 1970s, is cited in dozens of cryptography books.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The awareness of people\u0027s specific contributions in highly technical areas is often highly variable,\u0022 Merkle says. \u0022I actually feel quite fortunate to have as high a level of recognition as I have had. Looking at it objectively, quite a few people in the industry are aware of my contributions.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne reason why Merkle\u0027s work may have been somewhat overlooked is that he hasn\u0027t devoted his entire career to infosecurity. For years, he devoted most of his attention to cutting-edge nanotechnology research, most recently with a startup in Dallas. He did, however, continue some infosecurity work on the side.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen the Georgia Institute of Technology called with an offer to take over its Information Security Center, Merkle knew the time had come to focus more on infosecurity.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Interest in computer security is driven by events, and the number of events is increasing dramatically,\u0022 he says. \u0022That means that resources are now available that weren\u0027t 10 or 20 years ago. When there were no resources, working on the problem was a lot less interesting. Now that there\u0027s been this huge shift, it makes the whole thing a lot more fun.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERich Demillo, the dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, says that as soon as Merkle surfaced as a candidate, the university moved to land him. And while not all of his students know of his seminal contributions to the field, they quickly realize he has a lot to offer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022He\u0027s such an understated guy,\u0022 Demillo says. \u0022But the students catch on real quick. They can tell right away there\u0027s a lot of substance there.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022discreet\u0022\u003EMore Information:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/infosecuritymag.techtarget.com\/ss\/0,295796,sid6_iss288_art514,00.html\u0022\u003EInformation Security Magazine Article\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERalph Merkle, Distinguished Professor of Computing \u0026amp; Director of\nthe Georgia Institute of Technology Information Security Center, knows\nhis contributions to the development of public key cryptography could\nhave received more attention.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-12-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-12-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51983":{"#nid":"51983","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Grocery Shopping with a Wireless PDA: Shoppers Like Prototype Software\u0027s Assistance","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESomeday soon grocery shoppers using wireless personal digital assistants (PDA) may be able to interact with a store\u0027s computer system to locate items and learn about special promotions.\u00a0 \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51966":{"#nid":"51966","#data":{"type":"news","title":"NSF Board Approves Nano Infrastructure Network","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Science Board, the 24-member policy advisory group for the National Science Foundation, has authorized a fund to create a National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) composed of 13 university sites that will form an integrated system of national facilities for nanoscale science and research.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe NNIN, expected to launch in January, will be led by Cornell University. Other member universities are Georgia Institute of Technology; Harvard University; Howard University; North Carolina State University; Pennsylvania State University; Stanford University; the University of California, Santa Barbara; the University of Michigan; the University of Minnesota; the University of New Mexico, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Washington.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGoals for the network go beyond academic research. They will also include educational efforts involving students from kindergarten through high school as well as industry outreach activities.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Science Board, the 24-member policy advisory group for the National Science Foundation, has authorized a fund to create a National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) composed of 13 university sites that will form an integrated system of national facilities for nanoscale science and research.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:08","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-12-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-12-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51982":{"#nid":"51982","#data":{"type":"news","title":"UROC Has Best Year to Date","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EIn 1998, Amy Bruckman started a new initiative in the College of Computing to encourage undergraduates to take part in research: the Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Computing (UROC) Program. Now in its fifth year, UROC has grown dramatically in participation and is recognized as a model undergraduate research program at Tech and elsewhere.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s event on April 16 drew some 28 research projects, the most to date. In addition, \u201cthe quality of all of the projects was truly outstanding,\u201d according to UROC co-chair and assistant professor Amy Bruckman, and the competition becomes stiffer each year. The event involves exhibits of students\u2019 projects, while a panel of faculty judges choose winners, and a separate set of winners are picked by popular vote. Microsoft Corporation sponsored the event and generously donated prizes for the student winners. Handspring also donated products for student awards and raffle prizes.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUROC is modeled after the UROP program at MIT where Bruckman received her Ph.D. from the Media Lab\u0027s Epistemology and Learning group in 1997. UROC ensures that undergraduate research assistants are able to make meaningful contributions, while enhancing their educational experience. \u201cWhether going on to industry or graduate school, all students should include research as part of their experience at Tech,\u201d Bruckman said. Assistant Professor and UROC co-chair Tucker Balch agreed and added that he is pleased to see a growing cultural appreciation and awareness of the importance of research among CoC students.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing is the list of winner\u2019s from the 2003 UROC Symposium:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJUDGES\u0027 AWARDS\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E1ST PLACE:\u003Cbr \/\u003EBlair Dowling\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0022A Stochastic Model for HIV Infection\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003EAdvisor: Dana Randall\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E 2ND PLACE:\u003Cbr \/\u003ERavi Ruddarraju\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0022Fast Multiple Camera Head Pose Tracking\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003EAdvisor: Irfan Essa\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E 3RD PLACE:\u003Cbr \/\u003EYushi Jing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0022Speaker Detection\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003EAdvisor: Jim Rehg\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E PEOPLE\u0027S CHOICE AWARDS:\u003Cbr \/\u003E221 ballots cast\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E 1ST PLACE:\u003Cbr \/\u003EAkshay Dayal, Jeffrey Tchang, Lili Lili, Shivank Dua, and Umang Dua\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0022Biometric Interface using a Galvanic Skin Response System\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003EAdvisor: Melody Moore\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E 2ND PLACE:\u003Cbr \/\u003EYushi Jing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0022Speaker Detection\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003EAdvisor: Jim Rehg\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E 3RD PLACE:\u003Cbr \/\u003EStephen Frowe Ingram and Pravin Bhat\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0022Volume Analogies\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003EAdvisor: Greg Turk\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn 1998, Amy Bruckman started a new initiative in the College of Computing to encourage undergraduates to take part in research: the Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Computing (UROC) Program.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51967":{"#nid":"51967","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tucker Balch Leads Team of Tech Robotics Researchers as Part of BioTracking Project","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new computer vision system for automated analysis of animal movement\u2014honey bee activities, in particular\u2014is expected to accelerate animal behavior research, which also has implications for biologically inspired design of robots and computers.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:08","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-12-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-12-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51981":{"#nid":"51981","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Atlanta Electronic Commerce Forum Anticipates a Full House at EC Day 2003","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EThe Atlanta Electronic Commerce Forum (AECF) announced today that 15 exhibitors have been confirmed for its12th annual EC Day, a one-day conference to be held on Thursday, May 22, 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia. Jointly sponsored by AECF and the Georgia Electronic Commerce Association (GECA), EC Day 2003 offers 18 sessions focused on leveraging past investments in e-commerce to create a strong competitive advantage today.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe action-packed agenda offers keynotes from Leonard Haynes of Southern Company and Dr. Richard DeMillo, Dean of Computing at Georgia Tech along with speakers from companies such as Earthlink, Equifax, Ga. Department of Revenue, Experient, Noro-Moseley, Ga. State University, Gyst Group and others. For the first time the conference will also include a track dedicated to legal issues covering topics on electronic contracting, identity theft and data privacy. Attendees can even receive CLE credits toward continuing education.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEC Day 2003 exhibitors currently include AeA, B2B Technologies, Ceridian, Easylink Services, ForestExpress, IT Manna, Kennesaw State University, King \u0026amp; Spalding, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Sevista, Segue Software, Sterling Commerce, Southern Company, User Insight and Valicert. Conference attendees will visit with these organizations during breaks to learn more about the latest in e-Commerce trends and technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe conference will feature respected electronic commerce thought leader, Leonard Haynes, executive vice president of Southern Company, as the morning keynote. Mr. Haynes\u2019 remarks will include a discussion of the e-business strategy for America\u2019s most admired Electric and Gas Utility, according to Fortune magazine\u2019s 2002 and 2003 lists.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Richard DeMillo, Dean of Computing at Georgia Tech and past CTO for Hewlett-Packard will provide the luncheon keynote address on the topic of security. He will share his insights into how corporate, government and academic communities can work together to help achieve a common goal of providing a more secure world that contributes to, rather than detracts from, the bottom line.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIdeal for mid-level and senior executives who need to understand the latest issues surrounding electronic commerce, EC Day 2003 offers a total of four tracks that encompass strategies and tactics, public policy, future trends and legal issues. The complete agenda with registration information is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atlecf.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.atlecf.org\u0022\u003Ewww.atlecf.org\u003C\/a\u003E. The seminar is only $225 for members or $275 for guests.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe AECF is the oldest and largest non-profit trade association in Georgia, focused exclusively on business and technology issues relating to electronic commerce. Via a strong membership base that includes Atlanta\u2019s largest companies as well as emerging technology firms, the organization is able to provide an environment that fosters the development of best practices in e-commerce while maintaining an unbiased, non-commercial atmosphere.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGECA is a not-for-profit partnership of public and private sector organizations working together to reshape public policy for a knowledge economy. GECA advocates a favorable environment for electronic commerce and government by supporting public policy that is market driven, predictable, sustainable, simple, fair, technology and media neutral and harmonized.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlanta Electronic Commerce Forum (AECF) announced today that 15 exhibitors have been confirmed for its 12th annual EC Day, a one-day conference to be held on Thursday, May 22, 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51980":{"#nid":"51980","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CoC Imlay Dean DeMillo Part of GTBN Panel Discussion on Security","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECoC Imlay Dean and Distinguished Professor of Computing Rich DeMillo participated in a panel discussion held at the Coca-Cola Headquarters on May 14. The panelists discussed how the nation\u0027s heightened level of security is impacting global business by creating new threats, challenges, and opportunities that have never been experienced by today\u0027s society. The program, presented by the Georgia Tech Business Network and the Georgia Tech Coca-Cola Alumni Club, addressed domestic and international security issues including terrorism, privacy \u0026amp; product security. Panelists analyzed the impact each of these issues has across multiple industries.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPictured from left to right are moderator Chip White (ISyE Chair of Transportation and Logistics), Rich DeMilllo, Chris Klaus (Founder and CTO of Internet Security Systems and Georgia Tech alumnus), and Doug Lewis (CIO of Six Continents Hotels).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his keynote address, DeMillo said that today\u0027s security threats are asymmetric in that there is not one common perimeter of defense to consider but multiple points of entry that could be targeted indirectly and from the inside.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKlaus agreed and added that more investment in information technology is needed in terms of people, education and training. He also recommended that companies build security into their plan rather than after, and that they set common standards for pushing security throughout an organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELewis noted that information technology discussion is increasingly moving into the board room due to security\u0027s impact on a company\u0027s revenue, accountability and brand.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECreated and sponsored by the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Georgia Tech Business Network holds quarterly meetings on a wide variety of topics. For more information, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtbn.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.gtbn.org\u0022\u003Ewww.gtbn.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"CoC Imlay Dean and Distinguished Professor of Computing Rich DeMillo participated in a panel discussion held at the Coca-Cola Headquarters on May 14.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-05-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-05-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51979":{"#nid":"51979","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alum Wins 2003 World Technology Award","body":"","field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Computing Alum Krishna Bharat, a principal scientist at Google, has been given the 2003 World Technology Awards for work in media and journalism.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51978":{"#nid":"51978","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Approach to Introductory Computing Praised by Non-CS Students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EMost students at Tech will tell you that introductory computer science (CS) courses are not considered \u201cuser-friendly\u201d\u2014especially for non-CS majors and non-Engineering majors. In particular, non-CS majors have voiced concerns about the irrelevance of introductory CS content to their diverse fields of study. In fact, CS programs nationwide have witnessed dramatically low retention rates and failure rates as high as 50 percent.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERecent studies by the American Association of University Women show that the kinds of concerns voiced by Georgia Tech students have had an especially negative impact on female participation in CS. Margolis and Fisher\u2019s book titled \u201cUnlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing,\u201d suggests that many students view computing courses as overly technical, boring, and lacking opportunities for creativity and relationships to real application. The book suggests that women in particular find this view of computing unappealing enough to stay away.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne course offered as a pilot this spring in the College of Computing, however, may forever change the landscape for non-CS majors. Titled \u201cIntroduction to Media Computation,\u201d the pilot offering of the course included 120 students, two-thirds of whom were women. The course uses \u201ccomputation for communication\u201d as a guiding principle. CS1315 students study and create programs that manipulate sound, images and movies. Students program in Jython (JES), an implementation of the programming language Python integrated with Java. Specialized technology for the course was developed by a team of undergraduate students and includes an environment for programming in JES and a suite of applications that support students\u2019 exploration of media.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe technology built for the course was more effective than we anticipated, given the pilot nature of the course and the software,\u201d said Associate Professor Mark Guzdial, who created and taught the pilot course. \u201cThe results in our first offering of the course have been remarkable,\u201d he said. Ph.D. student and research assistant Andrea Forte said, \u201cwhile we are still in the process of exploring its effectiveness as a learning environment, I think the simplicity of JES\u2019 design contributed to students\u2019 success.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBy drop day, only three students out of 120 had dropped the class, resulting in one of the highest retention rates in CoC history for an introductory programming course for non-majors.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMany students run in fear of CS1321, and it is a lot of pressure for non-CS majors, so we decided to develop a pilot course (CS1315) that was less intimidating, but equally challenging,\u201d said Guzdial.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EComputer science classes traditionally emphasize issues such as speed of solutions because historically computers were slow in solving generalized problems. Instead, CS1315 emphasizes real-world applications of computing and creative social experiences with computing. Students learn to program in the context of learning how to use computers for communication, as opposed to calculation, an important distinction for non-CS majors.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen asked what they like about the class, students affirmed that the pilot program is succeeding at establishing a course that students recognize as relevant even among non-CS majors. One female student said, \u201cI dreaded CS, but all of the topics thus far have been applicable to my future career and personal plans. There isn\u2019t anything I don\u2019t like about this class!\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech requires all students to take an introductory course in computing, including programming skills. The traditional course is undoubtedly one of the most unpopular courses on campus, especially among non-CS majors. Results from the pilot course in media computation, however, indicate that the new approach appeals to liberal arts majors and yet retains a focus on programming.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGuzdial says, \u201cProgramming and computation will inevitably become part of a general liberal education, but computing courses will need to continue evolving for this to happen.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents in the pilot offering of Media Computation were surveyed at the beginning of the course this past spring along with students from 2 other introductory computing courses\u2014 CS 1321 (required for CS majors) and COE1361 (required for engineering majors). Andrea Forte wrote the survey with input from Guzdial, and responses were collected and analyzed with assistance from Rachel Fithian and undergraduate Lauren Rich. The survey responses indicated that at the beginning of the semester, students in different introductory CS courses had different perceptions about computer science. By the end of the courses, however, perceptions among students were much more similar, suggesting that parallel conceptions or understanding about CS arose from students in all three courses. Results also indicated that students in Media Computation appreciated the relevance of the course and even found computer science interesting. Students wrote eight programs (six collaboratively and two individually) involving the creation or manipulation of pictures, sounds, HTML pages and movies, with some of their programs reaching over 100 lines of code. Some students reported that they did programming on their own time \u201cjust for fun,\u201d to do things like play songs backwards or manipulate their personal photographs.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETeaching assistants who helped make the pilot offering successful were undergraduates Jim Gruen, Angela Liang, Larry Olson, Matt Wallace, Adam Wilson, and Ph.D. student Jose Zagal. Guzdial will teach two sections in the fall with an expected enrollment of 240 students. CoC Associate Professor Colin Potts and CoC Assistant Professor Blair MacIntyre will join Guzdial to teach CS1315 in the spring of 2004. The expected enrollment for spring is 360 students.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther colleges and universities have taken notice of the pilot\u2019s success and some have started implementing the approach as well. Gainesville College started a Media Computation class this summer with 12 students (9 female). Charles Fowler of Gainesville is working closely with Guzdial\u2019s team to evaluate how the class works to adapt materials at a variety of institutions. Other schools in the University System are talking with Guzdial about how to adapt the approach for their curricula as well.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOne course offered as a pilot this spring in the College of Computing may forever change the landscape for non-CS majors.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51977":{"#nid":"51977","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cybersecurity Pioneer Selected To Lead Information Security Center At Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology announced today that it has named Ralph Merkle, an inventor of the encryption technology that allows secure transactions over the Internet, as director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC). Merkle is known for his seminal contributions to information security and nanotechnology.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMerkle will be joining the College of Computing faculty as Professor of Computing and director of GTISC, reporting to the Office of the Provost, effective September 8. Merkle fills the position currently held on an interim basis by Richard A. DeMillo, the Imlay Dean of the nationally ranked College of Computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Ralph brings his undisputable expertise and worldwide name recognition in the field of information security, an important area of focus for Georgia Tech,\u0022 said Jean-Lou Chameau, provost and vice-president for academic affairs.\u00a0 \u0022His extensive research experience, credibility, and leadership will enhance GTISC\u0027s successes.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMerkle is widely recognized for his award-winning work in the field of cryptography as one of the co-founders of public-key cryptography. The New York Times said, \u0022Dr. Ralph C. Merkle is celebrated as an inventor of the encryption technology that allows secure transactions over the Internet.\u0022 More recently, he has focused in theemerging area of nanotechnology, also called molecular manufacturing, gaining a reputation for achievement in that field as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Ralph Merkle, together with Martin Hellman and Whitfield Diffie, invented modern cryptography,\u0022 said DeMillo. \u0022Today there are millions of ordinary people -- internet users, cell phone subscribers, bank customers, soldiers in the battlefield -- who depend on Ralph\u0027s inventions for security and trust in cyberspace. He really provided the key insight that led to the explosion of security innovation that we see today. We are, needless to say, very excited that Ralph will be joining our community and leading information security research here at Georgia Tech.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Ralph\u0027s selection is great news,\u0022 said Christopher W. Klaus, founder and chief technology officer of Internet Security Systems.\u00a0 \u0022It\u0027ll be a good time for him to bring leadership to GTISC and be a part of the next big security wave. I look forward to working with him.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EComputers have exploded into every facet of our lives as never before.\u00a0 They shape what we know, what we can do, and what is done to us - and yet we cannot and do not trust them. That must change, and the time for that change has now come, said Merkle. \u0022It is both an honor and a pleasure for me to return to my first loves of computer security and cryptography to help Georgia Tech play a pivotal role in this coming transformation.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EAbout Merkle\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMerkle comes to Georgia Tech from Zyvex LLC, a nanotechnology start-up company headquartered near Dallas, where as principal fellow he led the company\u0027s nanotechnology research efforts since 1999. During this time he kept up his interests in security by consulting with, among others, Xerox PARC, Securify, and various confidential clients.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom 1988 - 1999, Merkle pursued research in both computer security and computational nanotechnology as a research scientist at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). From 1980 - 1988, he was manager of compiler development at Elxsi Corporation, a Silicon Valley start-up company.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMerkle has published and spoken extensively and holds 11 patents.\u00a0 He holds the fundamental patents on many of the major technologies in cryptography and cryptographic protocols.\u00a0 Notable are his patents with Martin Hellman and Whitfield Diffie on public key distribution and public key cryptosystems.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMerkle has published extensively in such leading journals as IEEE Spectrum, MIT Technology Review, Nanotechnology, Journal of Cryptology, and Crypto.\u00a0 His influential books include \u0022Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems,\u0022 UMI Research Press (1982).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe was co-recipient of the 1998 Feynman Prize for Nanotechnology for Theory. For his security work he received the Association for Computing Machinery\u0027s (ACM) Kanellakis Award for Theory and Practice, the 2000 RSA Award in Mathematics and the Kobayashi Award of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe served for many years as the executive editor of the journal Nanotechnology. He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society, and the IEEE. He sits on the Board of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation and serves as vice president for technology assessment at the Foresight Institute, a Palo Alto based non-profit focused on nanotechnology.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Merkle received his B.A. and M.S. degrees in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E About GTISC\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Information Security Center, a National Security Agency (NSA) Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education, conducts interdisciplinary research and development on all aspects of information security, including systems-vulnerability assessment, theory development, and public and organizational security policies. GTISC\u0027s three-pronged mission includes: conducting research that will lay the foundations for a discipline of information security and that contributes to the development and testing of systems, devices, strategies, policies, practical concepts, and techniques; educating and training information security professionals through degree and continuing-education programs, and to insure that information security awareness is instilled in all Georgia Tech students; and assisting industry, non-profit organizations, government, and individuals to solve information security problems through outreach programs and support of groups devoted to information security.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe interdisciplinary center is housed in the College of Computing and involves faculty from Computing, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, and the School of Public Policy.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERalph Merkle will be joining the College of Computing faculty as Professor of Computing and director of GTISC, reporting to the Office of the Provost, effective September 8.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"51976":{"#nid":"51976","#data":{"type":"news","title":"First Two Cyber Corps Scholarship Students To Graduate from Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe first two Georgia Tech students in the National Science Foundation\u00e2s Cyber Corps scholarship program graduate this semester with highly sought after information security expertise. Cyber Corps, a scholarship opportunity for students in either the Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program or the NSF Scholarship for Service Program, is designed to increase and strengthen the cadre of Federal information assurance professionals that protect the government\u0027s critical information infrastructure.The program provides full scholarships for qualified students attending an approved institution of higher learning. In addition, students in the program work in paid internships with a Federal agency and may be offered permanent employment upon graduation.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChristopher Messer, Master of Science in International Affairs, and Charles \u201cChad\u201d Sellers, Master of Science in Computer Science with a concentration in Information Security, were selected for the NSF\u2019s Scholarship for Service program for students studying information security. Georgia Tech as a Center of Academic Excellence for Information Assurance Education (CAE\/IAE) coordinates these efforts through the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC). At Georgia Tech, the College of Computing and the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts both offer graduate-level information security concentration or degrees.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCyber Corps is intended to cover the broad spectrum of information security from policy to technology,\u201d said Mustaque Ahamed, professor of Computing and co-director of GTISC. \u201cThat the first two Cyber Corps graduates from Georgia Tech are graduating with degrees in International Affairs and Computer Science really fits the mission of the program.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe best part of my studies here at Georgia Tech has been exploring the cutting edge of security,\u201d says Sellers. \u201cAt Georgia Tech, I have been able to explore the technologies of tomorrow, as well as analyze the technologies of today in order to improve upon them.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMesser has accepted an offer to work in the Information Assurance Directorate of the National Security Agency (NSA) and will focus on information security policies and procedures. Sellers, a self-described \u201ctechnical guy,\u201d plans to work in network security with the NSA Information Assurance Directorate as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Cyber Corps program has given me the opportunity to get in on the ground level of a field of huge importance to national security,\u201d says Messer. \u201cIt has helped me to make professional and career contacts with leading scholars and practitioners across the country, and it has provided the finances necessary to do this.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech as a Center of Academic Excellence has a unique relationship with three historically black colleges and universities in Atlanta. Georgia Tech has partnered with Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College for a NSF Scholarship for Service grant, enabling each school to award scholarships to qualified information security students.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EAbout GTISC\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Information Security Center, a National Security Agency (NSA) Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education, conducts interdisciplinary research and development on all aspects of information security, including systems-vulnerability assessment, theory development, and public and organizational security policies. GTISC\u0027s three-pronged mission includes: conducting research that will lay the foundations for a discipline of information security and that contributes to the development and testing of systems, devices, strategies, policies, practical concepts, and techniques; educating and training information security professionals through degree and continuing-education programs, and to insure that information security awareness is instilled in all Georgia Tech students; and assisting industry, non-profit organizations, government, and individuals to solve information security problems through outreach programs and support of groups devoted to information security.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe interdisciplinary center is housed in the College of Computing and involves faculty from Computing, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, and the School of Public Policy.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtisc.gatech.edu\/edInit.htm\u0022\u003E Cyber Corps Scholarship Programs\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECyber Corps, a scholarship opportunity for students in either the Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program or the NSF Scholarship for Service Program, is designed to increase and strengthen the cadre of Federal information assurance professionals that protect the government\u0027s critical information infrastructure.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-07-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-07-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}