{"512151":{"#nid":"512151","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College Appoints 4 New Endowed Chairs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing announced that four new faculty have been appointed to endowed chairs, nearly doubling the number of such chairs across its faculty ranks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new chairs include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDistinguished Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/gregory-abowd\u0022\u003EGregory Abowd\u003C\/a\u003E has been named the J.Z. Liang Professor in the School of Interactive Computing\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProfessor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iisp.gatech.edu\/wenke-lee\u0022\u003EWenke Lee\u003C\/a\u003E has been named the John P. Imlay Jr. Professor in the School of Computer Science\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDistinguished Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/santosh-vempala\u0022\u003ESantosh Vempala\u003C\/a\u003E has been named the Frederick G. Storey Professor in the School of Computer Science\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProfessor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/ellen-zegura\u0022\u003EEllen Zegura\u003C\/a\u003E has been named the Stephen Fleming Professor in the School of Computer Science. With the appointment, Zegura becomes the first female professor to hold an endowed chair in the College\u2019s 26-year history.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy congratulations go out to our four newest chair holders, who are all beyond deserving of this latest recognition of their teaching, research, and service to Georgia Tech and to the field of computing,\u201d said Zvi Gall, the John P. Imlay Jr. Dean of Computing. \u201cI\u2019m especially proud that we could recognize Ellen Zegura, former chair of the School of Computer Science, as the first woman to receive an endowed professorship in the College\u2019s history. That particular milestone is long overdue, and I can think of no one more deserving of the honor than Ellen.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/about\/faculty-distinctions\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E for a list of all the College of Computing endowed chairs and other faculty distinctions.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing announced that four new faculty have been appointed to endowed chairs, nearly doubling the number of such chairs across its faculty ranks.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The College of Computing announced that four new faculty have been appointed to endowed chairs, nearly doubling the number of such chairs across its faculty ranks."}],"uid":"27174","created_gmt":"2016-03-11 09:53:47","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:01","author":"Mike Terrazas","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-03-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-03-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"374101":{"id":"374101","type":"image","title":"Klaus","body":null,"created":"1449246194","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:23:14","changed":"1475894380","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:40","alt":"Klaus","file":{"fid":"75131","name":"15c10400-p11-011.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/15c10400-p11-011.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/15c10400-p11-011.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":561207,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/15c10400-p11-011.jpg?itok=aX5VwNgJ"}},"71751":{"id":"71751","type":"image","title":"Gregory Abowd Headshot Fall 2011","body":null,"created":"1449177405","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:16:45","changed":"1475894642","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:02","alt":"Gregory Abowd Headshot Fall 2011","file":{"fid":"193588","name":"gregory-abowd.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gregory-abowd.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gregory-abowd.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":12790,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gregory-abowd.jpg?itok=8NulQJya"}},"429521":{"id":"429521","type":"image","title":"Wenke Lee 2015 headshot","body":null,"created":"1449254358","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:39:18","changed":"1475895169","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:49"},"342841":{"id":"342841","type":"image","title":"Santosh Vempala","body":null,"created":"1449245639","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:13:59","changed":"1475895062","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:02","alt":"Santosh Vempala","file":{"fid":"201924","name":"santosh-vempala.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/santosh-vempala_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/santosh-vempala_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":12220,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/santosh-vempala_0.jpg?itok=NiICUMbd"}},"50419":{"id":"50419","type":"image","title":"Ellen Zegura","body":null,"created":"1449175392","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:43:12","changed":"1475894458","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:58","alt":"Ellen Zegura","file":{"fid":"128694","name":"ellen-zegura.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ellen-zegura_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ellen-zegura_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":12154,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ellen-zegura_1.jpg?itok=O6hQxte9"}}},"media_ids":["374101","71751","429521","342841","50419"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"12983","name":"Academic Faculty"},{"id":"79521","name":"Endowed Chairs"},{"id":"166941","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"166848","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}