{"622117":{"#nid":"622117","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SCS Promotes Research Scientists Jeff Young and Simon Chung","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETwo research scientists in the School of Computer Science (SCS) have been promoted. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/people\/pak-ho-simon-chung\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPak Ho (Simon) Chung\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026nbsp;is now a research scientist II, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~jyoung9\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJeffrey Young\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E became a senior research scientist.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;These promotions recognize the critical roles Simon and Jeff play in the school\u0026rsquo;s research in computer security, systems, and architecture,\u0026rdquo; SCS Chair \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/lance.fortnow.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELance Fortnow\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChung joined SCS in August 2011 as a postdoctoral fellow. He is \u0026nbsp;known for his cybersecurity expertise in Android attacks. In 2017, his research team discovered a highly practical Android attack called \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cloak-and-dagger.org\/\u0022\u003ECloak and Dagger\u003C\/a\u003E, an app that controls a user interface loop and takes over the device.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The promotion is a very welcomed acknowledgment and encourages me to be more active in shaping our research direction at the stage of\u0026nbsp;writing\u0026nbsp;funding proposals,\u0026rdquo; Chung said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter completing his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Young became a research scientist II in SCS focusing on accelerator scheduling and data movement, and modeling and mapping algorithms to high-performance architectures. Young has also been an active member in SCS\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.crnch.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Research into Novel Computing Hierarchies\u003C\/a\u003E (CRNCH), where he co-leads the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.crnch.gatech.edu\/rg\u0022\u003ERogues Gallery\u003C\/a\u003E of unique hardware.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Over the next few years, I look forward to continuing my work with graduate students in the areas of high performance computing, novel architectures, and algorithms,\u0026rdquo; Young said. \u0026ldquo;I also hope to continue extending our development of the Rogues Gallery testbed and related Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) class for undergraduate students.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Pak Ho (Simon) Chung  is now a research scientist II, and Jeffrey Young became a senior research scientist."}],"uid":"34541","created_gmt":"2019-05-31 15:57:42","changed_gmt":"2019-05-31 18:05:13","author":"Tess Malone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-05-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-05-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"622125":{"id":"622125","type":"image","title":"Simon and Jeff","body":null,"created":"1559325824","gmt_created":"2019-05-31 18:03:44","changed":"1559325824","gmt_changed":"2019-05-31 18:03:44","alt":"Simon Chung and Jeff Young","file":{"fid":"236976","name":"ChungYoung.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ChungYoung.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ChungYoung.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":65410,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ChungYoung.jpg?itok=rYCgmH5R"}}},"media_ids":["622125"],"groups":[{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"576491","name":"CRNCH"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETess Malone, Communications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/tess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tess.malone@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}