2004 News
Can Students Discern the Truth on the Web?
Professors Amy Bruckman and Colin Potts discuss how technology is changing the way people access information.
Yellow Jacket Team Wins 2004-2005 Programming Competition
The Georgia Tech Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (GTACM) won 1st place at the 2004-2005 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) held in Melbourne, FL.
Subhash Khot Wins Best Paper Award at FOCS 2004
Georgia Tech’s Subhash Khot, Assistant Professor of Computing, recently won the Best Paper Award at the 45th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS 2004), held in Rome, Italy.
Richard DeMillo Honored as Fellow of Prestigious Science Association
Richard A. DeMillo, the John P. Imlay Dean and Distinguished Professor of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has become a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest federation of scientists dedicated to the advancement of scientific and technological excellence.
Turing Game Research Featured on CNN
Amy Bruckman's early work on the Turing Game is cited in CNN article.
Students and Faculty Receive Awards
Ph.D. student Twaeesup (Term) Apiwattanapong, Assistant Professor Alessandro (Alex) Orso, and Professor Mary Jean Harrold recently received the Best Paper Award and an ACM-SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award.
Computer Research Association Strategy Explained
CoC Professor Jim Foley discusses troubling trends in information technology research.
New Joint Degree Blends Computing and New Media
The Bachelor of Science in Computational Media, approved by the Board of Regents in June 2004, is designed to provide solid computing and programming skills with a strong understanding of new media design.
GTISC Director Comments on Spam
Dr. Ralph Merkle, GTISC director, is quoted in New York Times article discussing the philosophy of spam.
OIT and CERCS Jointly Support Computational Science
A new Computational Science Venue Initiative (CSVI), starting September 1, 2004, will combine the expertise of both units and centralize campus support for high performance, parallel, and distributed (grid) computing.
DeMillo: Number of IT Graduates Is Shrinking
The Atlanta Business Chronicle notes fewer and fewer graduating from technology programs at metro Atlanta universities.
Klaus Construction Underway
The building, funded in part by a $15 million donation from alumnus Christopher W. Klaus, will house faculty of both the College of Computing and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, facilitating improved communication and synergy between the two Institute departments.
Institute Maintains National Profile in U.S. News Rankings
For the sixth consecutive year and the eighth time in the past decade, U.S. News & World Report ranks the Georgia Institute of Technology as one of the top 10 public universities in the nation.
Brain Drain in Tech's Future?
College of Computing Professor Jim Foley warns against the threats of a decline in tech-related doctoral candidates.
Tech Joins State to Target High School Computer Literacy
By strengthening the technology skills of computer science teachers, Tech and the Department of Education hope to boost the skills of students.
Alum Analyzes Threat to Financial Institutions
Atlanta's Infragard chapter plays a key role in preventing against the threat of terror attacks.
Assistant Professor Receives "Best Paper Award" at TIDSE 2004
CoC Assistant Professor Michael Mateas and Andrew Stern's paper, entitled "Natural Language Understanding in Facade: Surface-text Processing," describes the natural language understanding infrastructure for the interactive drama Facade.
Tech's Computer Science Majors Prepare for the Global Economy by Taking Foreign Language Classes
International opportunities for students drive interest in foreign languages.
Richmond County Joins Increasing Number of Georgia School Districts Offering AP Courses in CS
Augusta area high schools adding AP Computer Science courses to be taught by teachers trained at Tech's CoC.
CoC Celebrates “Best Student Paper Award” at Sigmetrics - Performance 2004
"Data Streaming Algorithms for Efficient and Accurate Estimation of Flow Size Distribution," a paper by CoC Ph.D. students Abhishek Kumar and Min-Ho Sung, their Ph.D. thesis advisor Prof. Jun (Jim) Xu and AT&T collaborator Dr. Jia Wang won the Best Student Paper Award at the ACM SIGMETRICS/IFIP PERFORMANCE 2004 Joint International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems held in New York.
Cherokee County Teachers Among Those Taking Advantage of Georgia Tech's Computing Expertise
Partnership between CoC and Department of Education provides high school teachers with better training to prepare their students for a high-tech work place.
Computing Alumnus, Robin Murphy, Featured in Time magazine
By using robots in search and rescue missions, Murphy is able to help save lives. Source: Time
Thomas Noonan, Computing Advisory Board Chairman and ISS CEO, Will Present at Georgia G8 Summit
Noonan will speak on the protection of cyberspace at a high technology briefing.
The College of Computing and Georgia Department of Education Outline Details of New Partnership
The program/celebration will announce a partnership designed to revolutionize computing education in Georgia high schools and kick off the Institute for Computer Education teachers' workshops.
Georgia Tech Researchers Want You and Your Computer
Researchers search for volunteers in hope of making the Internet faster and more reliable.
GTISC Director Comments on Transhumanism
As technology becomes more and more a part of our lives, and in some cases our bodies, we must be conscious of both the advantages and disadvantages of technology's impact on our lives.
CoC Celebrates “Best Paper Award” at the World Wide Web 2004 Conference
"Automatic Detection of Fragments in Dynamically Generated Web Pages," a paper by CoC Associate Professor Ling Liu, CoC Ph.D. student Lakshmish Ramaswamy, and IBM collaborators Arun Iyengar and Fred Douglis won the Best Paper Award from the World Wide Web 2004 Conference held in New York.
Georgia Tech to Tap Into World's Largest Supercomputer
Georgia Tech will have direct access to supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Bush Honors CRA-W for Mentoring Efforts
President George W. Bush awarded the Computing Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) the 2003 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) for "significant achievements in mentoring women across educational levels."
President Bush Honors Two Georgia Tech Alums for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering
President Bush announced nine individuals and eight institutions to
receive the 2003 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,
Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) at the May 6 ceremony.
Professor Janet L. Kolodner Named Regents' Professor
Kolodner's research addresses issues in learning, memory and problem solving, both in computers and in people.
Three Cyber Corps Students Graduate with Highly Sought Information Security Expertise
This semester six students, two bachelors, three master’s and one Ph.D., graduated on May 1 with expertise in information security.
‘Innovating’ Forum Offers Glimpse of Tech’s Cutting-Edge Programs
Tech graduating students who are not only producers, but also innovators.
Updates on Georgia Tech's Focus Areas for Improved Undergraduate Experience
Student-faculty interaction, curriculum enhancement, and student support all mentioned in report.
CoC Students' Senior Project Helps to Feed the Hungry
By improving the web site for an Atlanta-area non-profit, Cut Out Hungry, CoC students better enable shoppers to save money and donate food to charity.
College of Computing Students Develop Software that Helps Shoppers Feed the Hungry
Seniors in Georgia Tech's College of Computing are using their education to help end hunger, an epidemic reportedly affecting over 33 million Americans.
CoC Alumnus Joins TradeStone Software as VP
Kaufman will work to meet the needs of a large customer base and build alliances with partners in systems integration.
Tech's Graduate Programs Continue National Prominence In U.S. News Rankings
Georgia Tech graduate programs again ranked among the finest in the nation.
Two College of Computing Alums Recently Selected as Sloan Research Fellows
Dr. Samrat Bhattacharjee, assistant professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland and Dr. James O’Brien, assistant professor of Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley are among those selected to receive honors for their “exceptional promise to contribute to the advancement of knowledge.”
CoC Virtual Ground Breaking and Noonan Lecture on Information Security
Ceremony to feature the new Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building as well as a lecture from Mr. Klaus on information security.
Georgia Tech Researchers Search for a Faster Internet
Tech researchers develop technology to determine how the Internet is performing from the end-user perspective.
Information Security Solutions Will Require New Technology, Policy, Awareness and Education
GTISC researchers and others are now hopeful that consumer demand will boost efforts to solve myriad issues in the field.
Alumna Joins CipherTrust's Management Team
Schneck appointed to vice president of strategic development at CipherTrust.
Assistant Professor Quoted in AJC Story about DARPA Grand Challenge
Sensors and satellites responsible for guiding cars 200 miles through the desert.
IEEE Computer Web Site Features Article Assistant Professor
Thad Starner takes a look at an often overlooked issue.
ACM Team Takes on the World in Prague
If the “Yellow Jackets” solve the most problems correctly in the least
amount of time, they will be international collegiate programming
champions and bring the championship back to the U.S. for the first
time since 1997.
Mynatt and Abowd Quoted in Wall Street Journal Feature Story
Innovations in home of the future designed to help people stay independent longer.
Assistant Professor's Work on Interactive Drama Is Described in MSNBC Article
Incorporating emotion into games can make games more open-ended and give users more unique experiences.
Governors Get Hands-On Experiences at Aware Home
Governor Dirk Kempthorne, Chairman of the National Governors'
Association and Governor for the State of Idaho , and Governor Sonny
Perdue, Governor for the State of Georgia , visited the Aware Home in
November of 2003 to experience hands-on demonstrations of the GVU
Center Aware Home Research Initiative's latest technologies designed to
promote independent and healthy aging.
Professors Collaborate to Model Car-to-Car Communication that Attacks Traffic Congestion
Model attempts to alleviate congestion without becoming too costly.
Student Wins Prestigious Fellowship to Research Computer Vision
First time a computer science or engineering student selected since the award was created in 1998.
ACM Names Four College of Computing Faculty out of 30 Fellows as Information Technology Achievers
CoC’s Mostafa Ammar, Rich DeMillo, Mary Jean Harrold and Ramesh Jain join a distinguished list of colleagues from leading universities, corporations and research labs throughout the world to whom ACM and its members look for guidance and leadership.
GTISC Renewed as NSA Center of Excellence
The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security
have announced that the Georgia Tech Information Security Center
(GTISC) will remain among the National Centers of Academic Excellence
in Information Assurance Education.
Researchers Explore Solutions to Information Security Problems
Faculty members conduct research that covers a gamut of information security issues, including database security, secure networks, cryptography, intrusion detection, quality of information, and policies on unsolicited e-mail, privacy, passive and active defense, and international cooperation to deal with cyber crime and terrorism.
Constantine Dovrolis Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
The College of Computing is pleased to announce that Assistant
Professor Constantine Dovrolis is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award
for his proposal entitled "Putting Measurements to Work: Design and
Evaluation of Measurement-Driven Network Mechanisms."
Students Win CoC Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
The College of Computing would like to congratulate the winners of the
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award for 2003-2004 - Gabriel Brostow
and Christian Poellabauer.
Under Attack: Information Security Battle Will Require Computer Users to Make Tough Choices
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology say solving the world’s growing information security problems will demand tough choices involving tradeoffs in cost, convenience and computing performance.
Ph.D. Students Win ACM SIGMETRICS Best Student Paper Award
"Data Streaming Algorithms for Efficient and Accurate Estimation of
Flow Size Distribution", a paper by CoC Ph.D. students Abhishek Kumar
and Min-Ho Sung, their Ph.D. thesis advisor Professor Jun (Jim) Xu, and
AT&T collaborator Dr. Jia Wang, won the Best Student Paper Award
from the highly prestigious ACM SIGMETRICS/IFIP PERFORMANCE 2004 Joint
International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems
