{"438391":{"#nid":"438391","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Fall Semester Brings Most Opportunity Ever","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen it comes to research, there are big things happening in the College of Computing, and the College of Computing is making big things happen at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEvery school year begins with opportunity, and this year there are a lot of opportunities\u2026 the College is filled\u2014quite literally\u2014with more potential than at any point in our history,\u201d says Dean \u003Cstrong\u003EZvi Galil\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhether you\u2019ve been away for the summer or are here for the first time, read on about the newest research efforts that put Georgia Tech squarely at the intersection of what\u2019s next.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIntel Parallel Computing Center Opens\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIntel chose the School of Computational Science \u0026amp; Engineering as the home for its \u201cIntel\u00ae Parallel Computing Center on Big Data in Biosciences and Public Health\u201d (Intel\u00ae PCC), effective July 1.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERapid analysis of such large-scale data is critically important to modern genomics. Advances would allow for massive parallel sequencing of DNA at a low cost, leading to big data sets that are useful in even routine investigations by small research laboratories. The Intel\u00ae PCC on Big Data in Biosciences and Public Health will focus on developing and optimizing parallel algorithms and software for high-throughput DNA sequencing data and gene expression data. This is currently an area underserved by high performance computing, but has great economic potential and societal importance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Intel\u00ae PCC at Georgia Tech is led by Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~saluru\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESrinivas Aluru\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, who pioneered the development of parallel methods in computational genomics and systems biology. The work will lead to open-source software optimized for Intel\u00ae Xeon\u00ae processors and Intel\u00ae Xeon Phi\u2122 coprocessors with the potential to impact fields such as viral and microbial genomics, agricultural biotechnology, and precision medicine. The center receives $400,000 in funding over a period of two years from Intel.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECyber security broadens its reach\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe long successful \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtisc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGTISC\u003C\/a\u003E lab is poised to become the next \u201cinterdisciplinary research institute\u201d (IRI) \u2013 a new gateway to all cyber security research underway at Georgia Tech. Formally launching in October, it will become the \u201cInstitute for Information Security \u0026amp; Privacy\u201d co-directed by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/wenke.gtisc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWenke Lee\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E and Bo Rotoloni from GTRI\u2019s Cyber Technology and Information Security Lab. Students can attend weekly lectures by faculty or visiting professionals, participate in \u201cdemo days\u201d of their work, and meet venture capitalists for advice about how to commercialize cyber security research. Qualified students from any College can participate in research projects, while faculty seeking interdisciplinary collaboration can turn to the IRI for support preparing a grant proposal or broadening a project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENew Centers Forming\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EComputer Science professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/people\/thomas-conte\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETom Conte\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E is leading a national charge, called \u201cRebooting Computing\u201d and preparing to launch a new research center at Georgia Tech dedicated to just that. And new faculty member \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/users.wpi.edu\/~soniac\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESonia Chernova\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E brings a new robotics lab with her from Massachusetts, called RAIL: \u201cRobot Autonomy and Interactive Learning\u201d lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeanwhile, the new academic year could bring another IRI \u2013 in 2016 \u2013 for data science, which has been expertly led over the past year by Aluru\u0026nbsp;and by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/dana-randall\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDana Randall\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E from the School of Computer Science. Watch for more details about all three and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWelcome back, College of Computing.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"When it comes to research, there are big things happening in the College of Computing, and the College of Computing is making big things happen at Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"28124","created_gmt":"2015-08-20 20:41:37","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:26","author":"Tyler Sharp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-08-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-08-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"374091":{"id":"374091","type":"image","title":"Klaus","body":null,"created":"1449246194","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:23:14","changed":"1475894378","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:38","alt":"Klaus","file":{"fid":"75130","name":"15c10400-p11-009.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/15c10400-p11-009.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/15c10400-p11-009.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":896445,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/15c10400-p11-009.jpg?itok=QxZTBbyM"}}},"media_ids":["374091"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"138651","name":"Zvi Galil; Intel Parallel Computing Center; Srinivas Aluru; Dana Randall; Sonia Chernova; Intel; Wenke Lee; Bo Rotoloni; GTISC; Tom Conte; Rebooting Computing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tlabouff@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ETara La Bouff\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.894.7253\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}