{"55319":{"#nid":"55319","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Zvi Galil Named GT Dean of Computing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFollowing a national search, Georgia Tech Provost Gary B. Schuster has announced that Dr. Zvi Galil will become the next dean of the College of Computing, effective July 1.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201dProfessor Zvi Galil comes to Georgia Tech with extensive experience as a scholar and an academic administrator,\u201d Schuster said. \u201cHe has expressed a firm and forward-looking vision for computing and for advancing the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Computing has evolved to become a central component of so much of what Georgia Tech does across all disciplines, and Professor Galil recognizes the key role that computing must play in advancing our leadership worldwide.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGalil will occupy the John P. Imlay Jr. Dean\u2019s Chair within the College. As the chief academic and administrative officer, Galil will report to the provost and provide overall strategic direction for the College, with particular focus on the faculty\u2019s aspiration to define a new generation of computing through its three academic units: the School of Computer Science, the School of Interactive Computing and the School of Computational Science and Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech\u2019s College of Computing has an enviable framework: it is a leader in computer education, with extensive interdisciplinary research and excellent relationships with industry,\u201d Galil said. \u201cI am honored to have the opportunity to build upon that foundation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are tremendously fortunate to have Zvi Galil as the next dean of Computing at Georgia Tech,\u201d said President Bud Peterson. \u201cDr. Galil is a globally renowned scholar and educator, and his vision for the College of Computing is both pragmatic and inspired. I commend Provost Gary Schuster and the search committee for their highly successful efforts, and I am excited about the new era of leadership that Dr. Galil will provide our Computing faculty and students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re very excited to begin working with Dr. Galil to help the College take the next step in its rapid rise among the ranks of the world\u2019s great Computing programs,\u0022 said Tom Noonan, former CEO of IBM Internet Security Systems and chair of the College\u0027s Advisory Board. \u0022Perhaps even more than other scientific and engineering fields, computer science knows no national boundaries; in addition to Zvi\u2019s outstanding scholarship and administrative experience, his global worldview will be a tremendous asset as the College seeks to broaden its reach\u2014both as an educational institution and as a vital industry research partner\u2014across the United States and around the world.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring a public presentation on campus last month, Galil articulated his vision on the role of computing in research, stressing the need for computer scientists to become more engaged in scientific collaborations: \u201cComputers have become central to our existence and our well-being. Computing supports science in an essential way, providing an exploratory instrument that accelerates discovery in all branches of science and engineering,\u0022 he said. \u0022The more the College of Computing collaborates, the more central it becomes to institutional success.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs head of the search committee, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Chair Gary May said, \u0022Zvi Galil rose to the top of a highly qualified and competitive pool of candidates. The search committee was very impressed by his scholarship, vision and leadership. Personally, I am thrilled to have him as a colleague and certain that he will be an outstanding dean of Computing.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the Association of Computing Machinery and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Galil\u2019s main research interests are in the design and analysis of algorithms, computational complexity and cryptography. From 1995-2007, Galil served as professor and dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Columbia University. In 2007 he was named president of his alma mater, Tel Aviv University in Israel.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGalil earned a doctoral degree in computer science from Cornell University in 1975, and both his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in applied mathematics from Tel Aviv University in 1970 and 1971, respectively.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFormer Columbia University dean and Tel Aviv University president Zvi Galil will occupy the John P. Imlay Jr. Dean\u0027s Chair effective July 1, following a national search. \u003Cem\u003ESource: Office of Communications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27174","created_gmt":"2010-04-09 09:41:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:49","author":"Mike Terrazas","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}}}