{"641491":{"#nid":"641491","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Computing Now Teaching Every Undergrad, Often Multiple Times","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs it celebrates its 30th anniversary, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Computing at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E is well-poised and ready for the next decade.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/about\/history\u0022\u003Eestablished in 1990\u003C\/a\u003E and was the first of its kind at a public university. Since then, it has grown to the point that now \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/academics\/degree-programs\/bachelors\/computer-science\u0022\u003EComputer Science\u003C\/a\u003E (CS) is the largest undergraduate major at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDean of Computing \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/charles-isbell\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECharles Isbell\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E talked about this growth during a recent deep dive into the state of the College as part of a live virtual session with staff and faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Computing is the youngest of six colleges, but it has experienced so much growth in the past three decades that now Computing accounts for about 39 percent of students,\u0026rdquo; said Isbell, who holds the John P. Imlay Chair in Computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EReaching Students\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom Fall 2015 to Fall 2020 the number of undergraduate students in the College grew from 1,988 to 3,309. Enrollment in the Online Master of Science in Computer Science (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/omscs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EOMSCS\u003C\/a\u003E) program grew from 2,784 in Fall 2015 to 10,559 in Fall 2020. Total enrollment rose from 5,750 to 15,245 during the same span.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Small \u0026lsquo;c\u0026rsquo; computing has become integral to the advancement of just about every discipline to such an extent that we, big \u0026lsquo;C\u0026rsquo; Computing, are now to teaching every undergraduate student on campus, often multiple times,\u0026rdquo; said Isbell.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the number of Computing students grows, the College has become more diverse. For the academic year 2019\/20, 15.8 percent of undergraduates in the College were underrepresented minorities, while 25.2 percent of Computing undergrads were female.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Increasing the diversity of the student body is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/content\/equity-in-computing\u0022\u003Ea priority for the College\u003C\/a\u003E. A diversity of backgrounds brings with it a diversity of opinions and experiences, which is critically important to our ongoing success,\u0026rdquo; said Isbell.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EFaculty Matters\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College\u0026rsquo;s faculty, along with the number of endowed chairs, has also grown in the past several years. This Fall, more than x tenure track faculty members and x non-tenure-track faculty members and instructors call the College home.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis number is expected to grow in 2021 as new tenure-track faculty are hired to support \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/639099\/new-school-builds-commitment-advancing-cybersecurity-and-privacy-education\u0022\u003Ethe School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, which was announced in September\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere\u0026rsquo;s also been recent growth in the number of endowed chairs in the College. Faculty members currently hold 12 endowed chairs. Two new chairs \u0026ndash; the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/628399\/newly-endowed-chair-underscores-value-computational-journalism\u0022\u003EKrishna A. Bharat Chair in Computational Journalism\u003C\/a\u003E and the Zvi Galil Chair for Pervasive Equitable Access for Computing Education \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;were established within the past 18 months. Each of these is expected to be filled in 2021.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Much of our recent and anticipated growth correlates with what\u0026rsquo;s happening in our degree programs. It also maps to our faculty and graduate student research. In the past decade, there has been substantial growth in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analysis research,\u0026rdquo; said Isbell.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;And this year, GT Computing researchers have been at the forefront of fighting Covid-19 with computing.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EResearch Rising\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince the pandemic began, faculty and graduate student researchers have contributed to nearly more than a dozen Covid-related research projects, many funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). At least one of these, a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/635849\/forecasting-covid-19-pandemic-united-states\u0022\u003Etracking model used to predict the spread of Covid-19\u003C\/a\u003E, gained national media attention.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the fiscal year 2019, the College earned more than $34 million in research funding. Along with funding for Covid-19 research, recent awards include a $27 million US Army grant to develop resilient robot teams, as well as:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E$7.5 million from the Office of Naval Research to develop a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/600738\/georgia-tech-researchers-awarded-75-million-office-naval-research-secure-stack\u0022\u003Ecustomized attack-resistant software stack\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E$4.5 million from DARPA to build a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/616979\/new-darpa-award-improve-software-and-hardware-co-optimization\u0022\u003Enew programming system for software-defined hardware\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E$2 million from the NSF to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/619656\/georgia-tech-researchers-are-bringing-better-networks-native-american-tribal-lands\u0022\u003Ebring better network coverage to Native American communities\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E$1.5 million from NSF for a program that addresses the issue of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/b.gatech.edu\/36B0d6K\u0022\u003Eincreasing diversity in the data science field\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E$1.2 million from the NSF to create a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/627023\/new-12-million-nsf-grant-aims-improve-treatment-ptsd-patients\u0022\u003Ecomputational assessment kit for PTSD in veterans\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStrategic Priorities\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESome of these research awards point to another area that has developed within the College during the past decade, responsible computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn late 2017, the College established the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/constellations.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EConstellations Center for Equity in Computing at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E. Among the many kinds of programs\u0026nbsp;it houses, the Center partners with K through 12 educators to open CS educations to more students from more diverse backgrounds. Since it launched, the Center has \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/constellations.gatech.edu\/news\/georgia-tech%E2%80%99s-constellations-center-trains-atlanta-public-school-teachers-georgia%E2%80%99s-new\u0022\u003Eprovided AP CS instruction to more than 500 students\u003C\/a\u003E from seven Atlanta public high schools. The Center has also \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/constellations.gatech.edu\/news\/constellations-moves-needle-offering-equitable-virtual-professional-development-700-teachers\u0022\u003Eprovided professional development support to hundreds of educators and administrators\u003C\/a\u003E from around the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Whether it\u0026rsquo;s expanding equal and equitable access to computing education, or focusing on the ethical considerations of AI, one of the College\u0026rsquo;s top strategic priorities is to become the #1 destination for responsible computing,\u0026rdquo; said Isbell.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The College of Computing is growing by leaps and bounds as it enters its fourth decade of providing world=class computing education."}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2020-11-20 15:38:18","changed_gmt":"2020-11-23 22:04:18","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-11-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-11-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"622871":{"id":"622871","type":"image","title":"Charles Isbell, John P. 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