{"620616":{"#nid":"620616","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Professor Recognized for Distinguished Record of Leadership in Establishing a School at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERegent\u0026rsquo;s Professor and Founding Chair of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computational Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(CSE)\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~fujimoto\/\u0022\u003ERichard Fujimoto\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eis this year\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sustainable.gatech.edu\/bigideas\/richard-fujimoto-chosen-class-1934-outstanding-interdisciplinary-activities-award\u0022\u003Erecipient of\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;Class of 1934 Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activities Award.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the Georgia Tech Faculty Honors Committee, Fujimoto is being recognized for his distinguished record of leadership in establishing CSE as a school, along with several of its ancillary student programs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech has a different view of computational science and engineering than other universities\u0026rdquo; said Fujimoto.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We view CSE as a discipline in its own right, focusing on knowledge at the intersection of computing, mathematics, and science and engineering applications, and have created a department focused on this area. Few other universities have such a department\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Fujimoto, there are distinct advantages to CSE\u0026rsquo;s designation as a formal department. \u0026ldquo;In particular, it allows us to hire faculty strategically in important areas. And there is evidence that other universities are beginning to emulate this approach,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBuilding a school from the ground up\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFujimoto came to Georgia Tech as a faculty member shortly before the creation of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Computing\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in 1990. During those initial years, the College\u0026rsquo;s leadership was navigating issues of scale and change.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In the early years we had the College of Computing, but in many ways, it looked a lot like a big computer science department. There was tremendous growth in the 1990\u0026rsquo;s which created many challenges related to scaling our activities,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERich DeMillo\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ewas hired as dean in 2002 and scalability was one of the issues he aimed to address. His first step was to split the college into two parts: the Division of Computer Science (to become the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in 2006) and the Division of Interactive Computing (to become the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in 2006).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThen, in 2005, DeMillo began an initiative in the College focused on\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.gatech.edu\/content\/high-performance-computing\u0022\u003Ehigh performance computing\u003C\/a\u003E. This eventually led to the formation of the CSE school.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;He wanted to take a broader look at the intersection of computation with science and engineering, and that\u0026rsquo;s really what formed the beginnings of the school.\u0026nbsp;So, in 2005, Rich asked me to serve as chair and founder of this new division, which would officially become the School of Computational Science and Engineering in 2010,\u0026rdquo; said Fujimoto.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;We broadened the initiative to extend beyond high performance computing to encompass other areas such as data analytics and modeling and simulation. These formed the foundation for the CSE school.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;When getting started in 2005, all of the faculty in CSE had to be hired, which was very different from the other schools, which were composed of existing faculty. The initial faculty were me and two new faculty, [current CSE Chair]\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~bader\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDavid Bader\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, and [CSE Professor]\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~hpark\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHaesun Park\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. And, we were more or less tasked with figuring things out from there.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFujimoto served as CSE chair from 2005 to 2014. During this time, he, Park, and Bader worked together with faculty across campus to establish CSE\u0026rsquo;s graduate programs and curriculum including:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThe interdisciplinary CSE M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThe CSE thread of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s undergraduate computer science program\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Eand two undergraduate minor programs\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis group also led in creating the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cse.gatech.edu\/research\/cruise\u0022\u003EComputing Research Undergraduate Intern Summer Experience\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(CRUISE) program as well as the College\u0026rsquo;s first online degree program with the online MS program in CSE. Fujimoto later co-led the development of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/analytics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMS in Analytics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;with faculty from the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Scheller College of Business.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELife after building CSE\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince he ended his role as chair in 2014, Fujimoto says he has spent his time focusing on his research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I took a detour from my research activities to start the school. Now, I am focusing on my own core research program in parallel and distributed simulation,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;My current research is looking at energy issues in distributed simulation. It\u0026rsquo;s an area that is well studied in embedded systems and mobile systems, but has not been heavily studied in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.gatech.edu\/content\/modeling-and-simulation\u0022\u003Emodeling and simulation\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;community. My mission for the past few years has been to get more people in the modeling and simulation community to engage in this area, which is really important work.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFujimoto currently has many active collaborations across Georgia Tech. He has several projects focused on sustainability with the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sustainable.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EBrook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems\u003C\/a\u003E, research in distributed simulation and transportation systems management with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECivil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, and materials research and education through the NSF-funded\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.flamel.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EFLAMEL Program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Richard Fujimoto is this year\u2019s recipient of the\u00a0Class of 1934 Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activities Award."}],"uid":"34540","created_gmt":"2019-04-18 14:33:19","changed_gmt":"2019-04-18 14:41:13","author":"Kristen Perez","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"349991":{"id":"349991","type":"image","title":"Richard Fujimoto compressed","body":null,"created":"1449245702","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:15:02","changed":"1475895075","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:15","alt":"Richard Fujimoto compressed","file":{"fid":"201067","name":"richard-fujimoto-headshot_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/richard-fujimoto-headshot_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/richard-fujimoto-headshot_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":11295,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/richard-fujimoto-headshot_0_0.jpg?itok=-h5XEFnY"}}},"media_ids":["349991"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"431631","name":"OMS"},{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"8869","name":"fujimoto"},{"id":"4305","name":"cse"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"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\u003EKristen Perez\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommmunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kristen.perez@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}