{"125971":{"#nid":"125971","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Guzdial, Liu Honored by IEEE Computer Society","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo Georgia Tech College of Computing professors \u2013 Mark Guzdial and Ling Liu \u2013 received honors from the IEEE Computer Society for their contributions to the field of computer science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGuzdial, a professor in the School of Interactive Computing, received the society\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.computer.org\/portal\/web\/pressroom\/Mark-Guzdial-Honored-with-Computer-Science-and-Engineering-Undergraduate-Teaching-Award\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E2012 Computer Science and Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award\u003C\/a\u003E \u201cfor outstanding and sustained excellence in computing education through innovative teaching, mentoring, inventive course development, and knowledge dissemination.\u201d Guzdial is the inventor of Georgia Tech\u2019s Media Computation approach to teaching introductory computing, and is a recognized national advocate for using contextualized computing education to attract and retain students to this growing discipline.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELiu, an associate professor in the School of Computer Science, was one of five prominent technologists to be honored with the IEEE Computer Society\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.computer.org\/portal\/web\/pressroom\/IEEE-Computer-Society-Honors-Technical-Achievement-Award-Winners\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E2012 Technical Achievement Award\u003C\/a\u003E. Liu, whose research specialization includes database systems, distributed computing, and Internet data management and data mining, was recognized \u201cfor pioneering contributions to novel Internet data management and decentralized trust management.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe IEEE Computer Society is the one of computer science\u2019s most renowned membership organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo Georgia Tech College of Computing professors \u2013 Mark Guzdial and Ling Liu \u2013 received honors from the IEEE Computer Society for their contributions to the field of computer science. \u003Cem\u003ESource: Office of Communications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27174","created_gmt":"2012-04-24 13:17:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:04","author":"Mike Terrazas","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"276","name":"Awards"},{"id":"12240","name":"faculty awards"},{"id":"1187","name":"IEEE"},{"id":"31461","name":"ling liu"},{"id":"10469","name":"Mark Guzdial"},{"id":"166941","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"166848","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}