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GT Launches Experimental Green IT Initiative

College of Computing — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

ATLANTA (November 18, 2009) - The biggest challenge in computing today, some experts say, is not processing power, but power consumption. In 2007, the Environmental Protection Agency forecasted that as of 2011, data centers will be responsible for 2 percent of all power consumption in the U.S., and some predictions foresee those levels rising to almost 6 percent by 2020. To help understand and reduce power consumption, the Georgia Institute of Technology has launched Green IT. Source: GT Communications & Marketing

Grant to Develop Petascale Computational Tools Could Revolutionize Understanding of Genomic Evolution

College of Computing — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:34:35 -0500

ATLANTA, GA (November 17, 2009) – Technological advances in high-throughput DNA sequencing have opened up the possibility of determining how living things are related by analyzing the ways in which their genes have been rearranged on chromosomes. However, inferring such evolutionary relationships from rearrangement events is computationally intensive on even the most advanced computing systems available today. Source: Office of Communications

Georgia Tech Creates New Online Master's Degree in Information Security

College of Computing — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:34:35 -0500

ATLANTA, GA (November 16, 2009) – The College of Computing today announced the creation of a new Master of Science in Information Security available online in a distance learning format, a flexible degree option for working information security professionals who want more than industry certification. Georgia Tech is the only university of its class certified by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education that offers the degree in an online format. Source: Office of Communications

Georgia Tech Focuses on Experimental Systems and Computational Sciences at SC09

College of Computing — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:52:58 -0500

ATLANTA – November 11, 2009 – The Georgia Institute of Technology, an emerging leader in high-performance computing research and education, will be showcasing scientific research at the technical edge at next week's SC09, the international conference on high-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis scheduled for Nov. 14-20, 2009, at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. Source: Office of Communications

Making Mobile Devices, Cellular Networks More Secure

College of Computing — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:55:41 -0500

ATLANTA – November 10 2009 – Patrick Traynor and Jonathon Giffin, also an assistant professor in the School of Computer Science, recently received a three-year $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop tools that improve the security of mobile devices and the telecommunications networks on which they operate. These Georgia Tech faculty, together with a team of graduate students, are developing methods of identifying and remotely repairing mobile devices that may be infected with viruses or other malware. Source: Office of Communications

Georgia Tech Team Secures NSF Track 2 Award to Develop Future Generation High Performance Computing System

College of Computing — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:05:26 -0400

ATLANTA – October 21 2009 – The Georgia Institute of Technology today announced its receipt of a five-year, $12 million Track 2 award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Office of Cyberinfrastructure to lead a partnership of academic, industry and government experts in the development and deployment of an innovative and experimental high-performance computing (HPC) system. Source: Office of Communications

Georgia Tech Broadens, Diversifies Computing Education

College of Computing — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:08:12 -0400

ATLANTA (October 6, 2009) — Georgia Computes!, a statewide program aimed at expanding the pipeline of computer science students and teachers at all education levels in Georgia, received a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to extend the program for two more years. Source: Office of Communications

Georgia Tech to Transform Unemployed Technology Workers into High School Computing Teachers

College of Computing — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:18:39 -0400

ATLANTA (September 17, 2009)— Through a recent $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the Georgia Tech College of Computing will mitigate the stress of joblessness for unemployed information technology (IT) professionals over the next three years. Operation Reboot, as the project is aptly titled, will transform an initial set of 30 IT workers in Georgia into high school computing teachers. The initiative began September 1. Source: Office of Communications

Georgia Tech, CDC Develop Web-Based Tool to Boost Safety of African and Caribbean Blood Supply

College of Computing — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:52:15 -0500

ATLANTA – December 9, 2008 – The Georgia Tech College of Computing, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has developed a Web-based tool for tracking blood safety. The tool is expected to help developing countries improve the adequacy and safety of their national blood supplies through better monitoring and evaluation. Source: Office of Communications

Georgia Tech Announces Plans For New Manycore Computing Research Center

College of Computing — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:36:44 -0500

AUSTIN, Texas (SC08) – November 18, 2008 – The Georgia Institute of Technology, a national leader in high-performance computing research and education, announced plans to create the Georgia Tech Center for Manycore Computing, a joint research center of the Colleges of Computing and Engineering that will pursue innovations in computer architecture. Source: Office of Communications

High Performance Computing Heavyweights Join Georgia Institute of Technology

College of Computing — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:25:40 -0500

AUSTIN, Texas (SC08) – November 17, 2008 – Georgia Tech, a national leader in high performance computing research and education, announced the addition of six distinguished researchers to its current roster of experts and luminaries in supercomputing. Source: Office of Communications

Georgia Tech Enters the Spotlight at Supercomputing Conference

College of Computing — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:29:33 -0500

ATLANTA (November 11, 2008)—The Georgia Institute of Technology will command a significant presence at next week’s SC08, the international conference on high-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis being held Nov. 15-21 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. Source: Office of Communications

Georgia Tech Information Security Center Releases Emerging Cyber Threats Forecast for 2009

College of Computing — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:14:49 -0400

ATLANTA (October 15, 2008) – The Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC), a national leader in information security research and education, today announced the release of the GTISC Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2009, outlining the top five areas of security concern and risk for consumer and enterprise Internet users for the coming year. Source: Office of Communications

The Future is Exascale: HP Award Will Lay Groundwork for Next Generation Computers

College of Computing — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:19:24 -0400

ATLANTA, GA. (September 17, 2008) - While most personal computers today can process a few hundred thousand calculations per second, computer scientists at the College of Computing are laying the groundwork for exascale machines that will process more than a million trillion – or 10¹⁸ – calculations per second. Source: Office of Communications

Schwan Wins HP Labs Innovation Research Award

College of Computing — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:45:00 -0400

Computer science Professor Karsten Schwan has won an HP Labs Innovation Research Award, which fund strategic joint research projects between academic research institutions worldwide and HP Labs. The award provides project funding of up to $100,000 for one year and is renewable for a total of up to three years. Source: Hewlett-Packard Company