People@CoC
Mike Hunter Presents at Department of Defense Conference
GTISC Research Scientist Mike Hunter presented a paper on VoIP security research at the Department of Defense Intelligence Information Systems (DoDIIS) Worldwide Conference in Chicago, April 29-May 4. GTISC
was asked to give this talk by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) as part of the upcoming GTISC/DIA VoIP security partnership. The talk was well received and garnered a significant number of encore votes from attendees. Discussed in depth was GTISC research in both VoIP covert channels and VoIP spam.
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Sy Goodman Chairs United Nations Agency Meeting on Cybersecurity
Sy Goodman, joint professor with the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was a General Chairperson of "Partnerships for Global Cybersecurity," at the 2nd WSIS Action Line C5 Facilitation Meeting, held on May 14-15, 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland. Sy was also the panel chair for three sessions on "The Changing Cybersecurity Threat Environment and Innovative Solutions," "National Strategies,"
and "Watch Warning and Incident Response." The meeting was held at the headquarters of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations agency, in conjunction with a cluster of events 14-25 May surrounding World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (May 17th).
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Vijay Vazirani Speaks at Stanford School of Engineering
Vijay Vazirani gave a talk at the Stanford University School of Engineering Department of Management Science and Engineering on May 29, 2007 titled "Markets and the Primal-Dual Paradigm." The department invites a small set of distinguished researchers each year to give a talk intended for a broad audience. Other talks this year have included speakers from Stanford and Harvard Universities.
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Haesun Park Co-chairs Stanford Conference
CSE Professor Haesun Park was a chair for the "Stanford 50: State of the Art and Future Directions of Computational Mathematics and Numerical Computing" conference which was held at Stanford University, March 29-31, 2007. Over 250 researchers attended the meeting and contemplated upon the state of the art and the next fifty years of numerical computing. The conference is considered to be one of the most significant meetings in decades in the areas of computational mathematics and numerical computing. Professor Park received a substantial award as the PI from the CCF division of the National Science Foundation to support the conference.
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Cristobal Alvarez Wins Goizueta Fellowship
CoC PhD student Cristobal Alvarez has been selected as a Goizueta Foundation Fellow beginning Fall semester 2007. Fellowship award recipients are selected on the basis of their academic record, standardized test scores, educational goals, and letters of recommendations. Only a limited number of Goizueta Foundation Fellowships are awarded each year.
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David Bader Joins IBM Technical Leadership Forum
Associate Professor David A. Bader was selected as the first academic member of the IBM Technical Leadership Forum and attended the forum’s recent meeting held at the IBM Executive Briefing Center in Mainz, Germany, on May 3-4, 2007. The meeting included about 32 members of the forum as well as a dozen IBM VP’s, CTO’s, and Distinguished Engineers. The IBM Technical Leadership Forum is comprised of high-tech representatives from around the world who serve as an advisory board for IBM on information technologies.
College of Computing Awards Posthumous Degree to Daniel Compton
On April 18th, the Institute Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (IUCC) approved the granting of a posthumous degree for CS undergraduate Daniel Compton. Compton died last year and would have been a senior graduating this month.
Friends of the deceased, Victor Jaworski and James Gaines, along with Compton's father, Jim Compton, lead the effort to have Compton recognized with a posthumous degree.
Compton was a co-op student and attended Georgia Tech in good standing from Fall 2002 to Spring 2006.
Personnel Announcements
Wanda Purinton has been hired permanently as an Administrative Assistant II in the Dean's suite effective 4/24/07. Her email address is wdp@cc and her phone number is 5-4709.
Jerica (Jade) Allen has joined CoC as a summer Tech Temp in Financial Services effective 5/14/07. Her email address is jallen@cc.
Breylan Boyd has joined CoC as a summer Tech Temp in Facilities effective 5/14/07. His email address is bboyd@cc.
Ben Andrews has joined CoC as an intern in Communications effective 5/21/07. His email address is bandrews@cc.
Leisha Chappell's last day at CoC was 5/8/07.
Barbara Binder's last day at CoC was 5/10/07.
Mike Ryan's last day at CoC is 5/31/07.
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