{"595387":{"#nid":"595387","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GT Computing Welcomes New Faculty Members to its Ranks ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEach year, the College of Computing enters the fray to attract the best and the brightest new faculty to Georgia Tech. The competition among leading academic institutions is tough, but as in years past, GT Computing has once again attracted a distinguished cohort of new computing faculty members.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the 2017-18 academic year, GT Computing is welcoming 10 new tenure-track faculty members. With specialties ranging from \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ml.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Emachine learning\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/arc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ealgorithms\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cse.gatech.edu\/content\/high-performance-computing\u0022\u003Ehigh-performance computing\u003C\/a\u003E to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/content\/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning\u0022\u003Eartificial intelligence\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.robotics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Erobotics\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iisp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ecryptography\u003C\/a\u003E, these new faculty members bring a diverse set of interests and experience to the GT Computing community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our new faculty members are among the best of the best in their respective fields and their collective teaching abilities and research acumen are highly sought after from industry and academia,\u0026rdquo; said John P. Imlay Jr. Dean of Computing \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/zvi-galil\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZvi Galil\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;Each of them is certain to be a true asset to the College of Computing community and we are delighted to welcome them to Georgia Tech.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOf the 10 new tenure-track faculty members, two are in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computational Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (CSE), five are from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E (CS), and three in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/a\u003E (IC).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENew CSE faculty members include Assistant Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ETobin Issac\u003C\/strong\u003E and Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EFelix Herrmann\u003C\/strong\u003E. Hermann holds a joint appointment between CSE and the schools of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Electrical and Computer Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMore information about \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cse.gatech.edu\/news\/595268\/five-new-faculty-join-cse\u0022\u003ECSE\u0026rsquo;s new faculty members\u003C\/a\u003E is available.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professors \u003Cstrong\u003EJacob Abernathy\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EXu Chu\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EJamie Morgenstern\u003C\/strong\u003E, and Associate Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EVladimir Kolesnikov\u003C\/strong\u003E have joined the CS faculty ranks. And, Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EVivek Sarkar\u003C\/strong\u003E has taken a position in CS as a Stephen Fleming Chair for Telecommunications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMore information about \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/news\/595394\/five-new-professors-join-school-computer-science\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECS\u0026rsquo;s new faculty members\u003C\/a\u003E is available.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new School of IC faculty members are Assistant Professors \u003Cstrong\u003ESauvik Das\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EMatthew Gombolay\u003C\/strong\u003E. Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ESeth Hutchinson\u003C\/strong\u003E now fills the KUKA Chair for Robotics in the School of IC and is the associate director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.robotics.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstitute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMore information about \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/news\/595389\/renowned-roboticist-seth-hutchinson-among-three-new-ic-faculty\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIC\u0026rsquo;s new faculty members\u003C\/a\u003E is available.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ten new faculty members are joining the College of Computing for the 2017\/18 academic year."}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2017-08-31 20:24:44","changed_gmt":"2017-09-05 18:59:13","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-08-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-08-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"595391":{"id":"595391","type":"image","title":"GT Computing","body":null,"created":"1504211986","gmt_created":"2017-08-31 20:39:46","changed":"1504211986","gmt_changed":"2017-08-31 20:39:46","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226908","name":"gtcomputing.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gtcomputing.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gtcomputing.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":85763,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gtcomputing.jpg?itok=QP4UL-ZZ"}}},"media_ids":["595391"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"576491","name":"CRNCH"},{"id":"545781","name":"Institute for Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"430601","name":"Institute for Information Security and Privacy"},{"id":"576481","name":"ML@GT"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"175373","name":"faculty; computing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlbert Snedeker, Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404-894-7253\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}