{"648056":{"#nid":"648056","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Twenty-one School of Computer Science Students Receive Graduate Degrees","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Computer Science (SCS) graduated 11 Ph.D. students and 10 master\u0026rsquo;s in cybersecurity students this spring.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;One of the bittersweet joys of being a faculty member is seeing your students graduate,\u0026rdquo; said Chair \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/vivek-sarkar\u0022\u003EVivek Sarkar\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u0026nbsp; \u0026ldquo;The bond between a graduate student and their advisor is lifelong. I wish all the graduating students the best of success and happiness in the future.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Ph.D. students included \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/prithayan.github.io\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPrithayan Barua\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~bdeng33\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBobin Deng\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/grads\/r\/rding30\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERen Ding,\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/prasungera\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPrasun Gera\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ramyadhadidi.github.io\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERamyad Hadidi\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, Jinho Jung, Joshua Kimball, \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~xli354\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EXiangyu Li\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~snewman36\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStacey Truex\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/grads\/j\/jwang774\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJun-Kun Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. The master\u0026rsquo;s students were \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jonathan-ciak-190a8b\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJonathan Ciak\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/apurvsinghgautam.me\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EApruv Singh Gautam\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, Andrew Leitheiser, \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maneel-modi\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EManeel Modi\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/tanishq.page\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETanishq Rupaal\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rahulsaranjame\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERahul Saranjame\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, Farzam Tafreshian, \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ruhao-tang\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERuhao Tang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, Kai Yi\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yiwen-zhou-903104204\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYiwen Zhou\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe students are off to exciting futures. Gautam, who was advised by Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iisp.gatech.edu\/mustaque-ahamad\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMustaque Ahamad\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, will be a threat researcher at Cyble after graduation. His experience as a teaching assistant prepared him for the role.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;My favorite memory is TAing CS 4235\/6035 Intro to Info Security for three semesters\u0026rdquo; Guatam said. \u0026ldquo;I really enjoyed helping students and also got to learn a lot from that experience.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESaranjame, who also was advised by and TA\u0026rsquo;d for Ahamad, will be a security engineer at Praetorian.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBarua, who was advised by Sarkar, will join SiFive, an open-source hardware startup.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFour master\u0026#39;s students and 11 Ph.D. students graduated earlier in the academic year and are headed off to academia (EPFL, UCLA) and industry (Facebook, IBM Research).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYet all the graduate students will miss the SCS community in different ways. Hadidi, who studied computer architecture under Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~hyesoon\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHyesoon Kim\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, will remember how supportive SCS was on every level, including catered events.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;I could go back to lab without worrying about what to eat when hunger strikes,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The School of Computer Science (SCS) graduated 11 Ph.D. students and 10 master\u2019s in cybersecurity students this spring."}],"uid":"34541","created_gmt":"2021-06-10 18:28:58","changed_gmt":"2021-06-10 18:53:24","author":"Tess Malone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-06-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-06-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"648057":{"id":"648057","type":"image","title":"phd 2021","body":null,"created":"1623351044","gmt_created":"2021-06-10 18:50:44","changed":"1623351175","gmt_changed":"2021-06-10 18:52:55","alt":"graduates","file":{"fid":"246007","name":"PhD Graduation Spring 2021_MG_9199-1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/PhD%20Graduation%20Spring%202021_MG_9199-1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/PhD%20Graduation%20Spring%202021_MG_9199-1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3077385,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/PhD%20Graduation%20Spring%202021_MG_9199-1.jpg?itok=1x74Msv4"}}},"media_ids":["648057"],"groups":[{"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":""}}}