{"249561":{"#nid":"249561","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bader\u2019s Love for Teaching Goes Way Back","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s around 9:30 a.m. on a Thursday, and David Bader is explaining how trick-or-treating is connected to graph theory.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor example, we get together with our friends to figure out which houses to go to for optimal candy rewards \u2014 and optimization is one component of graph theory,\u201d said Bader, professor in the College of Computing and executive director for High Performance Computing. \u201cAnd when you get home, you sort your candy \u2014 yet another concept. We should consider October graph theory month.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWelcome to Bader\u2019s Computational Science and Engineering Algorithms class \u2014 and his approach to teaching. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen I prepare for class, I think about the story I\u2019m going to tell and try to incorporate current events and real-world cases into the curriculum,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut these skills didn\u2019t develop overnight.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrom Techie Toddler to Full Prof\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt began in 1972, when Bader started playing around on a mainframe computer at the college where his dad worked. He was 3.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThen, when I was in elementary school in the late 1970s, I began holding computer retraining classes for the parents of my friends and neighbors who were being laid off from a nearby steel plant and were looking for a new profession,\u201d he added. \u201cThings just seemed to evolve from there.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter spending time at the University of Maryland as a National Science Foundation postdoctoral research associate, Bader began working his way through the professorial ranks at the University of New Mexico in the late 1990s. He was recruited to Georgia Tech in 2005 to launch the School of Computational Science and Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBader\u2019s research aims to solve real-world problems by using computational and data-intensive solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor example, Bader might use massive data sets to help him figure out how to keep people safer during severe weather or how to design more personalized medications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI love that my job is fun,\u201d he said. \u201cI can\u2019t believe I get paid to collaborate with the most amazing students and colleagues, and solve grand challenge problems that have a lasting impact on society.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Man Behind the Monitor\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen Bader isn\u2019t conducting research or teaching, you might find him enjoying one of his favorite spots on campus, the Klaus Advanced Computing Building.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s just a beautiful facility that inspires me to make contributions to computing and to think about the impact of my research on society,\u201d he added.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOr you might catch this vegan enjoying the various dining spots around campus to try their takes on international cuisines ranging from African to Asian.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd one last fun fact about this computing wiz \u2014 he also has a strong interest in genomics (simply put, the study of genes and their functions).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMany people might not be aware that I have a twin sister \u2014 who happened to earn her doctorate in genetics,\u201d he said. \u201cMy full mitochondrial genome is even available in GenBank, a database that contains publicly available DNA sequences.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s around 9:30 a.m. on a Thursday, and David Bader is explaining how trick-or-treating is connected to graph theory.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"It\u2019s around 9:30 a.m. on a Thursday, and David Bader is explaining how trick-or-treating is connected to graph theory."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2013-10-28 15:54:17","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:14","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"249551":{"id":"249551","type":"image","title":"David Bader","body":null,"created":"1449243795","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:15","changed":"1475894929","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:49","alt":"David Bader","file":{"fid":"198062","name":"bader.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bader_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bader_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1504539,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bader_0.jpg?itok=So0nZ3f5"}}},"media_ids":["249551"],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"13255","name":"david bader"},{"id":"3427","name":"High performance computing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.pavlik@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Pavlik\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}