{"587579":{"#nid":"587579","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SCS Chair Agrees to Five-Year Extension","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/people\/10835\/lance-fortnows\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELance Fortnow\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, chair of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Institute of Technology, signed a five-year extension to continue as school chair.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Leading this school is one of the most gratifying experiences in my career,\u0026rdquo; Fortnow said. \u0026ldquo;Over the past five years, SCS has empowered computing, developed remarkable computer scientists, and produced truly impactful research. I am excited to continue this growth and discovery!\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAppointed in 2012, Fortnow was selected after a national search conducted by the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Computing\u003C\/a\u003E. Since then, Fortnow has seen the school through significant growth including the creation of a new \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/news\/583705\/georgia-tech-launches-new-interdisciplinary-research-center\u0022\u003Eresearch center\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/news\/550181\/georgia-tech-meets-big-data-challenges-uniting-under-new-institute\u0022\u003Eresearch institute\u003C\/a\u003E. Furthermore, Fortnow has seen four SCS faculty members appointed to director or co-director roles within the college. He also recruited several notable faculty members during his tenure, bolstering the school\u0026rsquo;s faculty with experts in such area as \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.crnch.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ecomputer architecture\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iisp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ecybersecurity\u003C\/a\u003E, and network systems, to name a few.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Lance has proven himself as an effective chair and leader for the School of Computer Science,\u0026rdquo; Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s College of Computing Dean \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/zvi-galil\u0022\u003EZvi Galil\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E said. \u0026ldquo;The school maintains a strong level of research productivity and funding in the foundational areas of computing while launching substantial efforts in areas like computer architecture, cybersecurity, and data science. It has been a pleasure working with Lance during his first five years, and I look forward to working with him during his second term.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong his many activities, Fortnow was the founding editor-in-chief of the ACM Transactions on Computation Theory, served as chair of the ACM Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory, and held a position on the Computing Research Association Board of Directors. Since 2002, Fortnow has co-authored the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/blog.computationalcomplexity.org\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EComputational Complexity\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E blog, the first major theoretical computer science blog. Also, Fortnow has written a popular science book\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;\u003Cem\u003EThe Golden Ticket: P, NP and the Search for the Impossible.\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFortnow received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989. Before joining Georgia Tech, Fortnow was a professor at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, a senior research scientist at the NEC Research Institute, and a one-year visiting professor at Centrum Wiskunde \u0026amp; Informatica and the University of Amsterdam.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFortnow begins his second term as chair in July 2017.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Lance has proven himself as an effective chair and leader for the School of Computer Science ...\u0026nbsp;I look forward to working with him during his second term.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E- College of Computing Dean Zvi Galil\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Lance Fortnow Signs Agreement to Continue as School of Computer Science Chair."}],"uid":"30267","created_gmt":"2017-02-17 19:06:15","changed_gmt":"2017-02-20 18:24:28","author":"Devin Young","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-02-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-02-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"587582":{"id":"587582","type":"image","title":"Lance Fortnow SCS Anniversary","body":null,"created":"1487358555","gmt_created":"2017-02-17 19:09:15","changed":"1487620483","gmt_changed":"2017-02-20 19:54:43","alt":"","file":{"fid":"223960","name":"LanceFortnow_Anniversary.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LanceFortnow_Anniversary_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LanceFortnow_Anniversary_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":262302,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/LanceFortnow_Anniversary_0.jpg?itok=JiY8S7HN"}}},"media_ids":["587582"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"27561","name":"lance fortnow"},{"id":"166940","name":"SCS"},{"id":"166941","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"9152","name":"zvi galil"},{"id":"169352","name":"School Chair"},{"id":"173503","name":"Chair of Computer Science"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:devin.young@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDevin M. 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