{"552061":{"#nid":"552061","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GT Prof. Honored by ICAC","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBeloved Georgia Tech Professor Karsten Schwan will have the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/icac2016.uni-wuerzburg.de\u0022\u003EInternational Conference of Autonomic Computing (ICAC)\u003C\/a\u003E Best Paper Award named in his memory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe late School of Computer Science researcher and faculty leader was a founding member of the ICAC Steering Committee and helped create the IEEE-sponsored conference 13 years ago. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/453161\/college-computing-mourns-loss-regents-professor-karsten-schwan\u0022\u003ESchwan passed away\u003C\/a\u003E in September 2015 after a battle with cancer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe award is a nice and fitting memorial for Karsten\u2019s incredible contributions to the computing world,\u201d said Lance Fortnow, chair for the School of Computer Science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA favorite among a generation of students, Schwan started teaching at Georgia Tech in 1988. He was celebrated for his passion for student development and active involvement within the computer science industry. Schwan\u2019s nearly 30-year legacy includes mentoring more than 70 Ph.D. students, as well as writing and contributing to hundreds of publications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cKarsten was a vital force on our steering committee,\u201d said Jeff Kephart, chair of the ICAC Steering Committee. \u201cHe was always pushing us all to make the conference what it is today.\u201d The ICAC is considered the foremost conference on self-managing computing systems, thanks in part to Schwan\u2019s dedication and leadership.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe inaugural ICAC Karsten Schwan Best Paper Award will be given out during the annual IEEE ICAC conference in W\u00fcrzburg, Germany, July 19-22.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Esteemed Georgia Tech Professor Karsten Schwan will be memorialized by the ICAC."}],"uid":"30267","created_gmt":"2016-07-11 16:33:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:04","author":"Devin Young","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"50481":{"id":"50481","type":"image","title":"Karsten Schwan","body":null,"created":"1449175400","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:43:20","changed":"1475894460","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:00","alt":"Karsten Schwan","file":{"fid":"128716","name":"karsten-schwan.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/karsten-schwan_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/karsten-schwan_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":14415,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/karsten-schwan_1.jpg?itok=6ZFNLA4a"}}},"media_ids":["50481"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1051","name":"Computer Science"},{"id":"172194","name":"ICAC"},{"id":"1187","name":"IEEE"},{"id":"30141","name":"Karsten Schwan"},{"id":"166941","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDevin M. Young\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Assistant\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["devin.young@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}