{"665871":{"#nid":"665871","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Faces of Research: Meet Chaouki T. Abdallah","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/20\/georgia-tech-remains-top-20-higher-education-research-spending\u0022\u003E$1.1 billion\u0026nbsp;Research enterprise\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech is the embodiment of a\u0026nbsp;commitment the\u0026nbsp;advancement of technology and betterment of the human condition. Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s Research enterprise through offerings such as the\u0026nbsp;Enterprise Innovation Institute, the Georgia Tech Research Institute,\u0026nbsp;Commercialization,\u0026nbsp;and Interdisciplinary Research Institutes, to solve the most pressing challenges in a host of sectors, including\u0026nbsp;computing, engineering, design, the sciences, liberal arts, and business.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis installment of the Faces of Research Q\u0026amp;A series is with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/chaouki-t-abdallah\u0022\u003EChaouki T. Abdallah\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Executive Vice President for Research at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is your field of expertise and why did you choose it?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMy field of expertise is Systems Theory, and my degrees are all in Electrical Engineering. I chose it because it was heavily mathematical but can also be applied across multiple fields (aerospace, chemical, mechanical, electrical, biology, etc.).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat makes Georgia Tech research institutes unique?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nOur IRIs (Interdisciplinary Research Institutes)\u0026nbsp;connect research across colleges but what makes them even more impactful is their intra-connectivity.\u0026nbsp;Problems that are even too big for one IRI, are being solved by researchers across multiple ones.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat impact is your research having on the world?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMy own research impact has been mostly through my students.\u0026nbsp;However, I did use my research in systems and network science to study and improve the complexity of college curricula, leading to 150% improvement in the four-year graduation rate and tens of millions of dollars in savings for students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is the most profound advice you ever received?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPick the hill you\u0026rsquo;re willing to die on.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is something you wished you knew as a budding researcher that everyone considering research as a career should know?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe joy of knowing something is eclipsed by the joy of explaining it to others.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat song or album\u0026nbsp;best describes you?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003E\u0026quot;With a Little Help From My Friends\u0026quot;\u003C\/em\u003E by The Beatles.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"As Executive Vice President for Research, Abdallah is Georgia Tech\u0027s chief research officer."}],"uid":"28137","created_gmt":"2023-02-16 18:51:00","changed_gmt":"2023-03-06 16:09:25","author":"P\u00e9ralte Paul","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"665882":{"id":"665882","type":"image","title":"FoR: Chaouki Abdallah Image","body":null,"created":"1676584185","gmt_created":"2023-02-16 21:49:45","changed":"1676584185","gmt_changed":"2023-02-16 21:49:45","alt":"Chaouki Abdallah graphic","file":{"fid":"251817","name":"Faces_of_Research_banner-layout_Chaouki Abdallah.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Faces_of_Research_banner-layout_Chaouki%20Abdallah.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Faces_of_Research_banner-layout_Chaouki%20Abdallah.png","mime":"image\/png","size":925501,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Faces_of_Research_banner-layout_Chaouki%20Abdallah.png?itok=OlCO4T6A"}}},"media_ids":["665882"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"191565","name":"facesofresearch"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EP\u0026eacute;ralte C. 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