{"605635":{"#nid":"605635","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Awards Celebration Highlights GT Computing Community Achievements","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEach spring, the College recognizes the achievements of its students, faculty, and staff with an awards celebration. This year is no exception.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENearly 200 students, faculty, and staff members gathered April 26 in the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center Atrium for the 27\u003Csup\u003Eth\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/sup\u003EAnnual College of Computing Awards Celebration. Family and friends of the award winners also attended the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDean of Computing\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EZvi Galil\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ehosted the awards celebration and welcomed guests with an update on the College\u0026rsquo;s achievements and highlights from the past academic year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;First, perhaps our best news of the year came just a few weeks ago: We rose to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/603980\/college-computing-rises-no-8-us-news-rankings\u0022\u003E#8 in the U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report rankings\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;of graduate computer science programs. This is the second time we\u0026rsquo;ve gone up in the last three rankings and continues a remarkable, 30-year run for GT Computing,\u0026rdquo; Galil said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/content\/dean-computing-zvi-galils-remarks-27th-annual-college-computing-awards-celebration\u0022\u003E[READ: Dean Galil\u0026#39;s Complete Remarks]\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe dean concluded his remarks by thanking all of those that made award nominations and recognizing the awards committee for all of their efforts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This awards ceremony would not be possible without the time and effort put in by all the nominators to recognize their fellow students, staff, and faculty and prepare the nomination packages.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;[On behalf of] the awards committee, I would like to applaud all the nominators for their dedication to growing the excellence in the College of Computing,\u0026rdquo; Galil said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing Galil\u0026rsquo;s remarks and lunch, School of Computer Science Chair\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ELance Fortnow\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Etook the podium for the undergraduate student award announcements. Amongst this year\u0026rsquo;s undergraduate winners is computer science major\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ELucas Christian\u003C\/strong\u003E. He is the recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/content\/annual-awards-and-honors-past-recipients\u0022\u003E[LIST: All 2018 College of Computing Award Winners]\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing Chair\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EAyanna Howard\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Efollowed Fortnow to present the graduate student awards. Howard presented several awards including College of Computing Dissertation Awards to:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBen Cousins\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E(Ph.D. 2017), now a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJian Huang\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E(Ph.D. 2017), now an assistant professor at University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBriana Morrison\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E(Ph.D. 2017), now an assistant professor at University of Nebraska-Omaha\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELuis-Miquel Munguia\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E(Ph.D. 2017), now a software engineer at Google\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlan Katz\u003C\/strong\u003E, assistant dean for Finance and Administration, presented this year\u0026rsquo;s staff awards. One of the highlights was Human Resources Director\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EPam Ruffin\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026rsquo;s award for Outstanding Staff Community Leadership Award. Ruffin also won the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/605060\/three-gt-computings-finest-honored-awards-luncheon\u0022\u003Einaugural Spirit of Georgia Tech Award earlier this month\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExecutive Associate Dean\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ECharles Isbell\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ewrapped up the awards celebration by presenting the annual faculty awards. Among several key awards was the Outstanding Instructor Award. To make the presentation, Isbell welcomed Senior Lecturer Emeritus\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EWilliam \u0026ldquo;Bill\u0026rdquo; Leahy\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Efor whom the award was recently renamed.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELeahy,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/599837\/legendary-gt-computing-instructor-bill-leahy-retires\u0022\u003Ewho retired from the College in December 2017\u003C\/a\u003E, presented the award to his former colleague, Lecturer\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMelinda McDaniel\u003C\/strong\u003E. McDaniel is a full time lecturer in the College\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/about\/administration\/instruction\u0022\u003EDivision of Computer Instruction\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/content\/annual-awards-and-honors-past-recipients\u0022\u003Eupdated list of all of the 2018 College of Computing Awards Celebration winners\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is available and includes listings of winners from previous years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The College of Computing recognized the achievements of its students, faculty, and staff with the 27th Annual Awards Ceremony."}],"uid":"34540","created_gmt":"2018-04-27 16:32:03","changed_gmt":"2018-04-27 16:52:42","author":"Kristen Perez","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"605637":{"id":"605637","type":"image","title":"CoC27thAnnualAwardWinnerGroupPhoto","body":null,"created":"1524847416","gmt_created":"2018-04-27 16:43:36","changed":"1524847416","gmt_changed":"2018-04-27 16:43:36","alt":"","file":{"fid":"230935","name":"CoC27thAnnualAwardWinnerGroupPhoto.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CoC27thAnnualAwardWinnerGroupPhoto.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CoC27thAnnualAwardWinnerGroupPhoto.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":532169,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/CoC27thAnnualAwardWinnerGroupPhoto.jpeg?itok=HOAVP_yh"}}},"media_ids":["605637"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"177818","name":"Annual Awards"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"},{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39481","name":"National Security"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"},{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}