{"51998":{"#nid":"51998","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Freeman to Step Down as Dean of Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Computing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPeter A. Freeman met with the faculty and staff of the College of Computing today to announce he was stepping down as dean effective May 5, 2002. After serving as founding dean of the College since 1990, Freeman will assume a position with the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Washington as assistant director of NSF for Computer \u0026amp; Information Science \u0026amp; Engineering (CISE). He will remain a member of the Georgia Tech Faculty, on assignment to NSF.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJean-Lou Chameau, Georgia Tech provost, was in attendance at Friday\u0027s meeting and told the College community: \u0022Peter has done a tremendous job at recruiting bright faculty who will carry his legacy. He also has done a tremendous job of raising much needed funds for expansion of the College. Peter is a great colleague and I will miss him.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFreeman told his faculty and staff it was a \u0022bittersweet time\u0022 for him.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Serving as dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech has been the highlight of my career. We are blessed with faculty with great minds who push the boundaries of computing and who help integrate the discipline of computer science with many other academic and applied areas,\u0022 he said. \u0022The College of Computing will always be a part of me, and I\u0027ll miss working with the great faculty, staff, students and administrators both here at the College of Computing and Georgia Tech on a regular basis. But, remember that you are the College. Carry on!\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFreeman holds the only endowed dean\u0027s chair at Georgia Tech, the John P. Imlay, Jr. Dean of Computing, which was established in 1999. Under his leadership, the College of Computing has become one of the strongest and largest computing research and education groups in the country, as well as one of the top units at Georgia Tech. Enrollment in the College of Computing has grown dramatically from approximately 700 students to a current total of nearly 1,900, increasing by more than 1,000 students at the undergraduate level and by nearly 120 at the graduate level. The faculty has also grown from 37 academic and four research faculty to 64 academic and 35 research faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFreeman\u0027s leadership also helped bring to fruition the single largest outright gift in Georgia Tech\u0027s history when in 2000 Christopher W. Klaus donated $15 million to the College. The new Advanced Computing Technology Building, now in the design phase, will be named in his honor.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to serving as dean, Freeman also served as chief information officer for the campus for three years during which time he led the campus networking project (FutureNet) in preparation for hosting the1996 Olympics. As part of the campus leadership team he was heavily involved in the recently completed capital campaign and the Yamacraw Economic Development Mission. In 1998, he chaired the Sam Nunn NationsBank Policy Forum on information security, which led to the creation of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC), one of the first comprehensive centers in the country focused on information security. He currently serves as acting director for GTISC.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to coming to Georgia Tech, Freeman was visiting distinguished professor of information technology at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia (1989-90), and from 1987 to 1989 he served as division director for computer and computation research at the National Science Foundation. He served on the faculty of the Department of Information and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine, for almost twenty years before coming to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are grateful to Peter Freeman for serving as the dean for our College of Computing during its first 12 years,\u0022 said Georgia Tech President G. Wayne Clough. \u0022Under his leadership the College has grown dramatically and developed into one of the nation\u0027s best computing programs in the nation. His legacy will include an accomplished faculty, a top flight student body, and a successful capital campaign that provided faculty chairs, student scholarships and private funding for the soon to be built Klaus Advanced Computing Technology Building. We are grateful to Peter and wish him the best in his new position.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFreeman received his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1970, his M.A. in mathematics and psychology from The University of Texas at Austin in 1965, and his B.A. in physics and mathematics from Rice University in 1963. He co-authored \u0022The Supply of Information Technology Workers in the United States\u0022 (CRA, 1999) and authored \u0022Software Perspectives: The System is the Message\u0022 (Addison Wesley, 1987), \u0022Software Systems Principles\u0022 (SRA, 1975), and numerous technical papers.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, he edited or co-edited four books including, \u0022Software Reusability\u0022 (IEEE Computer Society, 1987), and \u0022Software Design Techniques,\u0022 4th edition (IEEE Press,1983). He was the founding editor of the McGraw-Hill Series in software engineering and technology. In addition, Freeman is an active consultant to industry, government and academia around the globe. He has been a member of the board of directors of the Computing Research Association since 1988, having served as vice-chair and chair of the Government Affairs Committee. He serves as co-chair for the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science Advisory Committee and is a senior advisor to the University of United Arab Emirates. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association for Computing Machinery and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPeter A. Freeman met with the faculty and staff of the College of Computing today to announce he was stepping down as dean effective May 5, 2002.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-01-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-01-25T00:00:00-05:00","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":""}},"51997":{"#nid":"51997","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Computing Launches Certificate in Managing Information Security","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EThe College of Computing Continuing Education Program will offer a new continuing education certificate program titled \u0022Managing Information Security\u0022 on March 1st at the Georgia Tech Computer Training Facility at Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta. This 15-day program is offered on a recurring two-month cycle and is designed for managers at all levels who are charged with protecting digital data. The program also will be valuable to those who seek professional certification in information security.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is the program security leaders in business and government have asked for,\u0022 said Tom Pilsch, the College\u0027s assistant dean for continuing education. \u0022People told us that they are concerned about policy, planning and human engineering challenges as well as the technical issues and they want a program that supports a widely recognized certification exam. This curriculum offers all that.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe certificate in Managing Information Security provides a bridge between a traditional focus on technologies such as firewalls and encryption and the business issues of risk management and policy to assist managers in creating a comprehensive data protection plan consistent with the needs of their organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We built this program especially for technical and non-technical leaders at all levels who finally have heard the wake-up call and are looking for a \u0027how-to\u0027 roadmap in information security,\u0022 said Pilsch.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe core of the curriculum is based on the 10 elements of the Certificate Body of Knowledge (CBK) covered on the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) examination. This vendor-neutral certification is administered by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc., (ISC)2, and is widely recognized in the information security industry as a mark of professional commitment.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe nine modules in the certificate cover legal issues, policy, planning, implementation, incident response and business continuity. There also is a one-day information technology overview for non-technical managers who may need to refresh their technical understanding. The final module in the certificate is an incident response exercise to provide hands-on application of the principles covered in the classroom.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing provides a series of non-credit short courses and certificates in core computing competencies such as databases, Internet, software engineering, networks, computing environments and now information security at the Georgia Tech Computer Training Facility in Midtown Atlanta. Additional information on these programs, including online registration and directions to the facility, is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtcoc.com\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtcoc.com\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.gtcoc.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing Continuing Education Program will offer a new continuing education certificate program titled \u0022Managing Information Security\u0022 on March 1st at the Georgia Tech Computer Training Facility at Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-02-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-02-05T00:00:00-05:00","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":""}},"51996":{"#nid":"51996","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Board of Regents Approves State\u0027s First Master\u0027s In Information Security at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EThe Board of Regents (BOR) of the University System of Georgia has approved a new Master of Science degree program in Information Security (InfoSec) that will be housed in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech starting in the Fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe degree, approved at the Board\u2019s most recent meeting, is the only graduate program of its kind in Georgia, according to Mike McCracken, master\u2019s program coordinator and principal research scientist in the College of Computing. The 32-hour interdisciplinary program will be housed in the College of Computing and will be offered in coordination with the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, the Dupree College of Management and the Georgia State University Management Information Systems program.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe objective of the program is to provide students with practical skills and a theoretical understanding of information security. Students can focus on either the technical aspects of InfoSec or on the policy issues. Technically, students will examine ways to provide secure information processing systems, including secure operating systems and applications, network security, cryptography and security protocols. Approximately 25 students are expected to enter the program in the Fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There is a high demand for individuals with advanced knowledge of information security,\u0022 said McCracken, \u0022and we anticipate that graduates of the program will be highly recruited by both the corporate and government sector.\u0022 The recent tragedies of September 11, 2001 only serve to heighten the awareness for the increased need for information security, McCracken said, although the program was in the planning stages well before September 11.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech already has received positive feedback from the corporate sector for the program, including companies such as Intel, Microsoft, Internet Security Systems, SecureWorks and the United States Department of Justice, said Dr. Peter A. Freeman, dean of the College of Computing and acting director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center, (GTISC) a center that will be heavily involved with the master\u2019s program. \u0022Our corporate partners have expressed great interest in hiring employees who have the level of education in information security that this degree will offer graduates and are delighted that the Board has granted approval for the College to offer this very much needed program,\u0022 he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGTISC, a National Security Agency Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education, recently developed a broad and comprehensive curriculum for the information security area, noted Mustaque Ahamad, co-director of GTISC for technology and professor of computing. \u0022Our significant number of knowledgeable faculty and research emphasis in information security allow us to offer this unique program in this important area,\u0022 he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe BOR approval follows on the heels of an announcement by the College of Computing Continuing Education Program to offer a new continuing education certificate titled \u0022Managing Information Security\u0022 begininng March 1st at the Georgia Tech Computer Training Facility at Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta. The 15-day program is offered on a recurring two-month cycle and is designed for managers at all levels who are charged with protecting digital data.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Board of Regents (BOR) of the University System of Georgia has approved a new Master of Science degree program in Information Security (InfoSec) that will be housed in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech starting in the Fall.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-02-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-02-21T00:00:00-05:00","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":""}},"51995":{"#nid":"51995","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Computing Ranked in Four Ph.D. Areas By U.S. News","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing continues to move up in the latest ranking of doctoral computer science (CS) programs by U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report. The College currently ranks 12th, tied with the University of Maryland, for doctoral CS programs, a move up from the 13th position in the previous ranking of CS programs in 1999.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, three CS specialty areas received national rankings by the magazine. Georgia Tech is ranked as 8th best for Computer Systems (not included in previous years), 12th for Artificial Intelligence and 16th for Theory. These extensive specialty rankings are available by purchasing U.S. News\u2019 \u0022premium online edition\u0022 at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.usnews.com\u0022 title=\u0022www.usnews.com\u0022\u003Ewww.usnews.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe magazine\u0027s rankings, also available in print in the magazine\u2019s annual special edition guidebook titled \u0022Best Graduate Schools,\u0022 are based on a survey of deans and department chairs at CS programs around the country.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETwo other programs, not ranked in the current year, received rankings by the magazine in the last listing of doctoral CS programs in 1999. Georgia Tech ranked 4th in 1999 in Graphics\/User Interaction and 7th for Databases, bringing the current total number of ranked specialty programs to five.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA rankings summary of all Georgia Tech graduate programs may be viewed at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news-info.gatech.edu\/news_releases\/usnewsgrad2003.html\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.news-info.gatech.edu\/news_releases\/usnewsgrad2003.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.news-info.gatech.edu\/news_releases\/usnewsgrad2003.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. News rankings follow a National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS) online survey in the fall that gave the College high marks for doctoral student satisfaction. The College received an overall grade of B+ and is among 10 programs in the first of four quartiles of 35 computer science programs in the survey. The overall average for computer science programs is a B. The College is the only program from the South listed in the first quartile of schools receiving an overall grade average of B+ or higher (total points ranking from 75 to 100).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing continues to move up in the latest ranking of doctoral computer science (CS) programs by U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-04-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-04-08T00:00:00-04:00","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":""}},"51993":{"#nid":"51993","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Zegura Named Interim Dean of Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Computing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Provost Jean-Lou Chameau has named Dr. Ellen Zegura, assistant dean of facilities planning and associate professor of computing, to the position of interim dean of the College of Computing, effective May 6. Chameau made the announcement at a special faculty meeting on April 25, which was open to all members of the College. Zegura will serve as dean while a search committee looks for a replacement, which could be announced as early as this summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn January, Dr. Peter A. Freeman, John P. Imlay, Jr. Dean of Computing, announced he was stepping down as dean to assume a position with the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Washington as assistant director of NSF for Computer \u0026amp; Information Science \u0026amp; Engineering (CISE). He will remain a member of the Georgia Tech Faculty, on assignment to NSF.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn making the announcement, Chameau said, \u0022I\u0027m very pleased that Ellen has accepted my offer to hold this important position during this critical time for the College. Having served the College and Georgia Tech in numerous capacities over the years, I\u0027m confident that the College will continue to perform very well under her guidance and leadership.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs assistant dean of facilities planning, Zegura oversees all aspects of space needs for the College\u0027s faculty, staff and students. She obtained D.Sc. , M.S. and B.S. degrees in computer science, and a B.S. in electrical engineering, all from Washington University in St. Louis. She has served as assistant dean of the College since 2000 and as an associate professor since 1999. She joined the College as an assistant professor in 1993 from Washington University, where she served as a research assistant since 1987.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHer research interests lie in the area of wide-area computer networking. Current research focuses on techniques to enable distributed applications to perform well in the face of increasing scale and diversity in network infrastructure, end-system devices and application base. Ongoing projects include active networking to achieve greater network programmability, application and user-driven server selection, adapting network multicast, and development of application-aware network services.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Provost Jean-Lou Chameau has named Dr. Ellen Zegura, assistant dean of facilities planning and associate professor of computing, to the position of interim dean of the College of Computing, effective May 6.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:53:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:29","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","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":""}}}