{"129121":{"#nid":"129121","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Isbell Named College of Computing Senior Associate Dean","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Charles Isbell (\u003Cem\u003EInteractive Computing\u003C\/em\u003E) has been appointed the senior associate dean of the College of Computing, with responsibility for managing much of the College\u0027s day-to-day operations, Dean Zvi Galil has announced.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIsbell formerly served as associate dean for academic affairs, overseeing the College\u0027s undergraduate and graduate education activities. The promotion serves to make official a role which Galil said Isbell has been performing unofficially for some time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022In this new role, Charles will assist in managing operations of the College,\u0026nbsp;with continued responsibility for Academic\u0026nbsp;Affairs, in addition to College-level strategic development, hiring,\u0026nbsp;promotion and business operations,\u0022 Galil said. \u0022Charles has built a number of vital\u0026nbsp;relationships across not only Georgia Tech but the entire University\u0026nbsp;System, not to mention the broader Computing community.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;It\u0027s due to both\u0026nbsp;these relationships\u0026nbsp;and the effectiveness he has shown in his previous\u0026nbsp;positions that I believe Charles will be very helpful in this post.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~isbell\/\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EIsbell\u003C\/a\u003E earned his bachelor\u0027s in computer science from Georgia Tech and his Ph.D. from MIT. His primary research area is interactive artificial intelligence, and he has published some 70 peer-reviewed papers, in addition to a number of workshop and demo presentations. In addition to his faculty appointment in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/a\u003E, he is affiliated with the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gvu.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EGVU Center\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/robotics.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003ECenter for Robotics \u0026amp; Intelligent Machines\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Charles Isbell (\u003Cem\u003EInteractive Computing\u003C\/em\u003E) has been appointed the senior associate dean of the College of Computing, with responsibility for managing much of the College\u0027s day-to-day operations, Dean Zvi Galil has announced. \u003Cem\u003ESource: Office of Communications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27174","created_gmt":"2012-05-08 17:14:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:09","author":"Mike Terrazas","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-05-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-05-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"32921","name":"Center for robotics \u0026 intelligent machines"},{"id":"10664","name":"charles isbell"},{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"4887","name":"GVU Center"},{"id":"12920","name":"RIM center"},{"id":"12919","name":"robotics \u0026 intelligent machines"},{"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":""}}}