{"473681":{"#nid":"473681","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Karsten Schwan Posthumously Elected IEEE Fellow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERegents\u2019 Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EKarsten Schwan\u003C\/strong\u003E (CS), who passed away in September, has been elected a Fellow of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/index.html\u0022\u003EInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers\u003C\/a\u003E (IEEE).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe achievement of Fellow is conferred upon those with an outstanding record of accomplishment in any field of interest represented by IEEE \u2013 a 52-year-old organization best known for developing standards for the computer and electronics industry. Its mission is to promote the development and application of electrotechnology \u201cand allied sciences for the benefit of humanity\u201d as well as the advancement of the profession and its members.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA mutual friend and colleague suggested that \u003Cstrong\u003ETom Conte\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor (CS and ECE), nominate Schwan to become an IEEE Fellow.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cKarsten was very happy when I asked him if I could,\u201d Conte said.\u0026nbsp;\u201cI wish he were still here to hear the news he was elevated to Fellow.\u0026nbsp; Nominating Karsten was difficult only because the nomination form had a word-length limit. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/453161\/college-computing-mourns-loss-regents-professor-karsten-schwan\u0022\u003EHis accomplishments\u003C\/a\u003E overflowed the form!\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom IEEE: \u0022The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors upon a person with an outstanding record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. The total number selected in any one year cannot exceed one-tenth of one- percent of the total voting membership. IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of membership and is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honor and an important career achievement.\u0022 \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ieee.org\/membership_services\/membership\/fellows\/index.html\u0022\u003EMore here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDean Zvi Galil\u003C\/strong\u003E, the John P. Imlay Dean of the College of Computing, said Schwan likely would have appreciated the honor but quickly gone back to work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf Karsten were here, I imagine he would smile at this news and enjoy it for perhaps five or 10 minutes before moving on to his next task,\u201d Galil said. \u201cAs it is, we will have to enjoy it for him and hope he approves.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe election was conducted at November\u2019s IEEE Board of Directors meeting and will become effective Jan. 1, 2016.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Regents\u2019 Professor Karsten Schwan (CS), who passed away in September, has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)."}],"uid":"27490","created_gmt":"2015-11-25 13:45:32","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:08","author":"Tara La Bouff","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-11-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-11-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"349671":{"id":"349671","type":"image","title":"Karsten Schwan compressed","body":null,"created":"1449245696","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:14:56","changed":"1475895075","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:15","alt":"Karsten Schwan compressed","file":{"fid":"201047","name":"karsten-schwan_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/karsten-schwan_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/karsten-schwan_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":14415,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/karsten-schwan_0_0.jpg?itok=1EXQ3YQu"}}},"media_ids":["349671"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2697","name":"fellow"},{"id":"1187","name":"IEEE"},{"id":"30141","name":"Karsten Schwan"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETara La Bouff\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404.894.7253 (office)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404.769.5408 (mobile)\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tlabouff@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}