{"631932":{"#nid":"631932","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Vivek Sarkar Becomes Sixth IEEE Fellow in School of Computer Science","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Computer Science Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/vsarkar.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVivek Sarkar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E has been named an IEEE fellow.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;It is an honor to become an IEEE fellow, and always a great feeling to be recognized by one\u0026#39;s colleagues,\u0026quot; said Sarkar, who is the Stephen Fleming Chair for Telecommunication in the College of Computing and co-director of the Center for Research into Novel Computing Hierarchies (CRNCH).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the world\u0026rsquo;s leading professional association for advancing technology for humanity, this IEEE distinction is considered to be a prestigious honor and an important career achievement in the technical community. This year the IEEE Board of Directors honored three GT faculty members: Sarkar, School of Computational Science and Engineering Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ERichard Fujimoto\u003C\/strong\u003E, and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EStanislav Emelianov\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E[RELATED NEWS: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/631753\/fujimoto-and-sarkar-named-ieee-fellows\u0022\u003EFujimoto and Sarkar Named IEEE Fellows\u003C\/a\u003E]\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESarkar was recognized for contributions to high-performance computing compiler technologies. As a parallel computing expert, Sarkar\u0026rsquo;s work includes programming languages, compilers, runtime systems, and debugging and verification systems for high performance computers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is not Sarkar\u0026rsquo;s first honor in his field. He became a member of the IBM Academy of Technology in 1995 and an Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellow in 2008. He has been serving as a member of the U.S. Department of Energy\u0026rsquo;s Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee (ASCAC) since 2009 and has served on Computing Research Association\u0026rsquo;s Board of Directors since 2015.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESarkar is the sixth IEEE fellow in SCS. He joins Interim Chair \u003Cstrong\u003EMostafa Ammar\u003C\/strong\u003E, CRNCH Co-Director \u003Cstrong\u003ETom Conte\u003C\/strong\u003E, Professors \u003Cstrong\u003ELing Liu\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EUmakishore Ramachandran\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EEllen Zegura\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;In many ways, the synergies between ACM and IEEE is reflected in the synergies between the College of Computing and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech, and can be seen in multiple close research collaborations on campus including in our CRNCH center,\u0026rdquo; said Sarkar.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of Computer Science Professor Vivek Sarkar has been named an IEEE fellow."}],"uid":"34541","created_gmt":"2020-01-30 22:01:20","changed_gmt":"2020-01-30 22:01:20","author":"Tess Malone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-01-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-01-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"631693":{"id":"631693","type":"image","title":"Vivek Sarkar","body":null,"created":"1580136074","gmt_created":"2020-01-27 14:41:14","changed":"1580136074","gmt_changed":"2020-01-27 14:41:14","alt":"photograph of Vivek Sarkar","file":{"fid":"240350","name":"Vivek-Sarkar.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Vivek-Sarkar.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Vivek-Sarkar.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":574154,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Vivek-Sarkar.jpg?itok=TGI-o7tD"}}},"media_ids":["631693"],"groups":[{"id":"576491","name":"CRNCH"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"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=\u0022mailto: tess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}