{"542521":{"#nid":"542521","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Randall, Liu Take on Leadership Roles for ATL Conferences","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis month Atlanta will host a pair of computing-related conferences that have School of Computer Science faculty in their planning committees.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDana Randall, the ADVANCE Professor of Computing who also directs the Algorithms \u0026amp; Randomness Center, is the co-chair of the scientific organizing committee for this week\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.siam.org\/meetings\/dm16\/\u0022\u003ESIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E. This bi-annual conference spans topics including combinatorics, graph theory and connections to related fields, and is one of the largest and most prominent conferences in discrete mathematics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a very exciting time for discrete mathematics,\u201d Randall said. This year\u2019s conference has heavy Georgia Tech involvement; several faculty members and current and former students have organized workshops or will present results. Lutz Warnke, an incoming Georgia Tech faculty member, will be awarded the D\u00e9nes K\u00f6nig Prize at the conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter the SIAM Conference, Professor Ling Liu will serve as the co-general chair for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.computer.org\/portal\/web\/COMPSAC2016\u0022\u003E40th Annual IEEE Computer Society International Conference on Computers, Software and Applications\u003C\/a\u003E (COMPSAC),\u0026nbsp;where College of Computing Dean Zvi Galil will present opening remarks on June 11.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are entering a world in which billions of devices are globally connected,\u201d said Liu. \u201cThe gap between the cyber and physical world is rapidly shrinking, which poses many new challenges and opportunities in computer science.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFollowing both Atlanta events, Professor Calton Pu will serve as co-program chair for the 5th Annual IEEE International Congress on Big Data, a flagship global forum for Big Data research and development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHosted at Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, June 6-10, the SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics is the second major SIAM conference Randall has organized. She previously chaired the program committee of the SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms in 2011.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIEEE COMPSAC and IEEE International Congress on Big Data will take place respectively in Atlanta, June 10-14, and in San Francisco, June 27-July 2.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor additional information about these events, please use the links provided.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.siam.org\/meetings\/dm16\/\u0022\u003ESIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.computer.org\/web\/compsac2016\/index\u0022\u003EIEEE COMPSAC\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ieeebigdata.org\/2016\/\u0022\u003EIEEE International Congress on Big Data\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"SCS Faculty expands College of Computing community participation with conference leadership roles."}],"uid":"30267","created_gmt":"2016-06-07 11:37:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:49","author":"Devin Young","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"404341":{"id":"404341","type":"image","title":"Dana Randall","body":null,"created":"1449254135","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:35:35","changed":"1475895127","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:07","alt":"Dana Randall","file":{"fid":"76047","name":"randall_head_shot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/randall_head_shot.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/randall_head_shot.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":286014,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/randall_head_shot.jpg?itok=4zKWd7_x"}},"535871":{"id":"535871","type":"image","title":"Ling Liu","body":null,"created":"1463497200","gmt_created":"2016-05-17 15:00:00","changed":"1475895322","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:22","alt":"Ling Liu","file":{"fid":"88812","name":"lingliu-2016jan.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lingliu-2016jan_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lingliu-2016jan_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":157433,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lingliu-2016jan_0.jpg?itok=rXOKmIGi"}}},"media_ids":["404341","535871"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4265","name":"ARC"},{"id":"112461","name":"calton pu"},{"id":"10467","name":"Dana Randall"},{"id":"31461","name":"ling liu"},{"id":"166941","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"9152","name":"zvi galil"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDevin M. 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