{"487781":{"#nid":"487781","#data":{"type":"news","title":"In the Classroom with Ashok Goel","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/people\/ashok-goel\u0022\u003EProfessor Ashok Goel\u003C\/a\u003E never had any doubt that he would enter the family business: education.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u201cI always wanted to teach,\u201d said Goel. \u201cGrowing up in (Kurukshetra) India, my grandfather was a primary school teacher, and my father was a professor of physics. Teaching runs in my blood, I suppose. In my family, teaching and research were considered the things to do.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EHe came to the U.S. to attend The Ohio State University and pursue a Ph.D. in physics, but he instead earned a degree in computer science after working for a few years.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u201cSome people are like arrows. They know exactly what they want to do in life and they shoot like this,\u201d Goel said, demonstrating a straight shot. \u201cI\u2019m afraid I was more like a spiral,\u201d he joked, referring to the fact that he went from physics to computing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003ENow a professor of computer science and cognitive science in the College of Computing\u2019s School of Interactive Computing, Goel also is the director of the School\u2019s Ph.D. program in Human-Centered Computing. In addition, he serves as director of Interactive Computing\u2019s Design \u0026amp; Intelligence Laboratory, co-director of Tech\u2019s Center for Biologically Inspired Design, and is a fellow of the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EHe has been at Georgia Tech for 26 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u201cSometimes people ask me, \u2018Why haven\u2019t you moved?\u2019 My answer is Georgia Tech changes into a new place every five years,\u201d he said. \u201cThe changes here are so rapid.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5 class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/classroom-ashok-goel\u0022\u003EGo \u0027In the Classroom\u0027 with Ashok Goel.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Exchange of Ideas Creates Classroom \u2018Rhythm\u2019"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGoel, an award-winning professor in the College of Computing, talks about how he got into teaching and what inspires him in the classroom.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Goel, an award-winning professor in the College of Computing, talks about how he got into teaching and what inspires him in the classroom."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-01-19 13:31:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:27","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"487761":{"id":"487761","type":"image","title":"Ashok Goel in the Classroom","body":null,"created":"1453233601","gmt_created":"2016-01-19 20:00:01","changed":"1475895242","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:02","alt":"","file":{"fid":"204360","name":"16c10303-p20-005.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16c10303-p20-005_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16c10303-p20-005_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":626685,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/16c10303-p20-005_0.jpg?itok=7sAc2qJU"}},"487771":{"id":"487771","type":"image","title":"Ashok Goel in the Classroom","body":null,"created":"1453233601","gmt_created":"2016-01-19 20:00:01","changed":"1475895242","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:02","alt":"Ashok Goel in the Classroom","file":{"fid":"204361","name":"16c10303-p20-014.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16c10303-p20-014_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16c10303-p20-014_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":618393,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/16c10303-p20-014_0.jpg?itok=SJuDszN_"}}},"media_ids":["487761","487771"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/classroom","title":"More \u0027In the Classroom\u0027 Features"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/classroom-ashok-goel","title":"In the Classroom with Ashok Goel"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"112431","name":"ashok goel"},{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"142911","name":"in the classroom"},{"id":"737","name":"teaching"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EVictor Rogers\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}