{"244911":{"#nid":"244911","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Conte Elected IEEE Computer Society President; Bader Joins Society Board","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EProfessor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.conte.us\/tom4csprez\/\u0022\u003ETom Conte\u003C\/a\u003E of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E this week was elected as the 2014 president-elect of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.computer.org\/portal\/web\/guest\/home\u0022\u003EComputer Society \u003C\/a\u003Eof the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EIn a separate development, Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/david-bader\u0022\u003EDavid Bader\u003C\/a\u003E of the School of Computational Science and Engineering was tapped to join the society\u2019s Board of Governors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u0022I\u0027m thrilled and proud that two of our faculty have been chosen for such prestigious positions in one of the most important professional organizations in our field,\u201d said Zvi Galil, the John P. Imlay Jr. Dean of Computing. \u201cTom and David will be very effective leaders for IEEE and will serve as fine representatives for Georgia Tech. This is further evidence that the College of Computing is helping to set the national agenda in the digital age.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EIn his elected capacity, Conte will serve as the Computer Society\u2019s president-elect in 2014, its president in 2015 and its past-president in 2016.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u0022The IEEE is the largest and most prolific professional organization in the world, and the IEEE Computer Society is its largest constituent society,\u201d Conte said. \u201cI\u0027m both honored, and more than a little humbled, to be elected as Computer Society president.\u0026nbsp; I\u0027m also very proud to be representing Georgia Tech in this role.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EBader\u2019s three-term on the IEEE Computer Society\u2019s Board of Governors will begin on Jan. 1.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EProfessor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.conte.us\/tom4csprez\/\u0022\u003ETom Conte\u003C\/a\u003E of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E this week was elected as the 2014 president-elect of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.computer.org\/portal\/web\/guest\/home\u0022\u003EComputer Society\u003C\/a\u003E of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Additionally, Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/david-bader\u0022\u003EDavid Bader \u003C\/a\u003Eof the School of Computational Science and Engineering was tapped to join the society\u2019s Board of Governors.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27897","created_gmt":"2013-10-14 11:14:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:09","author":"Phillip Taylor","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"71810":{"id":"71810","type":"image","title":"Tom Conte","body":null,"created":"1449177405","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:16:45","changed":"1475894644","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:04","alt":"Tom Conte","file":{"fid":"193610","name":"tom_conte_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tom_conte_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tom_conte_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":74427,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tom_conte_0_0.jpg?itok=GojSA0Wa"}}},"media_ids":["71810"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"76611","name":"Computer Society"},{"id":"13255","name":"david bader"},{"id":"10466","name":"tom conte"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}