{"51543":{"#nid":"51543","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Computing at Georgia Tech Hosts New Face of Computing Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch2\u003EEvent Marks the Debut of the College\u2019s New Educational and Research Paradigm in People-Centric Computing\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EATLANTA, March 2, 2006\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 The College of Computing at Georgia Tech, a national leader in the creation of real-world computing breakthroughs that drive social and scientific progress, today hosted the New Face of Computing Symposium, signaling the debut of the College\u2019s new educational and research focus on people-centric computing. The nation\u2019s preeminent computing scholars, researchers and corporate leaders from organizations such as Microsoft Corporation, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Turner Broadcasting Company, Google, KUKA Robotics, IBM Internet Security Systems, Kaneva, Inc., Bryn Mawr College and others, discussed and debated topics ranging from transformative educational models for the discipline, to information technology\u2019s unending affect on the cultural landscape, and how socially-conscious research efforts are the key to sustainable innovation in computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cLooking at the future of computing and its impact on global societies and cultures, the College of Computing at Georgia Tech is creating a \u2018new face\u2019 and charting a new direction for the discipline \u2013 one that is focused on affecting change for people, with technology,\u201d said Richard A. DeMillo, John P. Imlay Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. \u201cWith the support of our colleagues throughout industry and academia, we are setting the course in people-centric computing that will drive the scientific and cultural breakthroughs of the future.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than 200 corporate executives, industry leaders and technologists from across the country attended the New Face of Computing Symposium. DeMillo joined featured speaker, Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer at Microsoft Corporation, for an onstage discussion focused on computing\u2019s impact across industries, societies and cultures.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe share Georgia Tech\u2019s vision of evolving computer science in ways that will excite students today, and prepare them to tackle the challenges of tomorrow,\u201d said Mundie. \u201cReinventing how computing is taught will inspire innovations across the information-technology landscape.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThroughout the course of the day-long Symposium, industry and academic technologists participated in panel discussions to enlighten the audience on the future of computing as related to key research and educational areas. Panel topics included the following: Computing Education; Emerging Tools for Large-Scale Problem Solving; Social Computing; Robotics and Intelligent Machines; Providing Usable Security; and Next-Generation Computing. The panelists also discussed how the computing field has evolved to where it is today, identified current technological, social and culture challenges, and debated the research and educational approaches required to ensure the sustainability and growth of the discipline.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the New Face of Computing Symposium and the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, please visit the \u003Ca title=\u0022Symposium\u0022 href=\u0022resolveuid\/909ea9db08be123d105856996e0a1106\u0022\u003ESymposium website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u00a0 To watch a pre-recorded Web cast of the event, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022..\/symposium\/webcast\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/symposium\/webcast\u003C\/a\u003E .\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMore than 200 corporate executives, industry leaders and technologists from across the country attended the New Face of Computing Symposium. Richard A. DeMillo, John P. Imlay Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech joined featured speaker, Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer at Microsoft Corporation, for an onstage discussion focused on computing\u2019s impact across industries, societies and cultures.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:46:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:56","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2007-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","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":""}}}