Office of the Dean

Associate Dean for Research and Space Planning; Regents' Professor

Biography

Ronald C. Arkin received the B.S. Degree from the University of Michigan, the M.S. Degree from Stevens Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1987.

Download vCard

Assistant Dean for Operations

Biography

Tom Pilsch is Assistant Dean for Students and Associate Director of the Division of Computing Instruction, College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology.   He leads a team responsible for providing quality support for the College's instructional mission.   From 1997 to 2003 he served as the College's Assistant Dean for Continuing Education and Special Programs. 

His professional interests include strategic planning, leadership development, aircraft operations and design, and the history of war. 

Download vCard

John P. Imlay Jr. Dean of Computing

Professor

Biography

Zvi Galil was born in Tel-Aviv, Israel. He earned BS and MS degrees in Applied Mathematics from Tel Aviv University, both summa cum laude. He then obtained a PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University. After a post-doctorate in IBM's Thomas J. Watson research center, he returned to Israel and joined the faculty of Tel-Aviv University. He served as the chair of the Computer Science department in 1979-1982.

Download vCard

Director of Communications

Biography

Brendan Streich is the Director of Communications for the Georgia Tech College of Computing, setting the brand communications and marketing strategy for the College and its schools, research centers and academic programs. The Communications team focuses its efforts on media relations, internal communications, marketing, collateral development, website management, social media, identity management and graphic design.

Download vCard

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professor

Biography

Dr. Isbell's research passion is artificial intelligence. In particular, he focuses on applying statistical machine learning to building autonomous agents that must live and interact with large numbers of other intelligent agents, some of whom may be human.

Download vCard

Special Assistant to the Dean

Biography

Dawn Williamson is Special Assistant to the Dean at the College of Computing, responsible for all aspects of administration for his office. She worked in executive administration for Delta for 10 years, and her experience in investor relations and executive compensation, as well as her strong leadership abilities and people skills are an asset to the College.

Dawn holds a BS in Business Administration and Management from LaGrange College.

Download vCard

Senior Director of Development, CFRE

Biography

Mary Alice Isele has been the College of Computing’s director of development since 1998. She is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) with twenty years experience in all facets of institutional advancement. In 2000, Mary Alice orchestrated Tech’s campaign for a new advanced computing technology building, and secured the largest outright gift ($15M) by a living donor in the history of the Institute.

Download vCard