{"571571":{"#nid":"571571","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Computing\u0027s Mynatt Named Distinguished Professor","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing is pleased to announce that one of its senior professors has been named as a distinguished professor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEffective immediately, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/elizabeth-mynatt\u0022\u003EBeth Mynatt\u2019s\u003C\/a\u003E promotion to distinguished professor is based on her scholarship and contributions to Georgia Tech and the College of Computing, as well as on her commitment to advancing computer science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a well-deserved honor and reflects Beth\u2019s leadership on campus and throughout the computing community,\u201d said College of Computing Dean Zvi Galil. \u201cShe is one of the most dedicated and insightful researchers I have had the privilege to work with in my career.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince joining the College of Computing faculty in 1998, Mynatt has had a number of leadership positions. She is currently the director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EInstitute for People and Technology\u003C\/a\u003E (IPaT) and the director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.cc.gatech.edu\/ecl\/\u0022\u003EEveryday Computing Lab\u003C\/a\u003E where she investigates the design and evaluation of health information technologies. Prior to this she was director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gvu.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGVU Center\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond her duties on campus, Mynatt also represents Georgia Tech within the global computing community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe is the current chair of the Computing Research Association\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/532331\/mynatt-takes-helm-computing-consortium\u0022\u003EComputing Community Consortium\u003C\/a\u003E, and she recently became a member of the National Academies\u2019 \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sites.nationalacademies.org\/cstb\/index.htm\u0022\u003EComputer Science \u0026amp; Telecommunications Board\u003C\/a\u003E. Mynatt was also \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/477401\/faculty-selected-new-fellows-acm-and-ieee\u0022\u003Eselected as a Fellow\u003C\/a\u003E of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in December 2015. She is a member of the SIGCHI Academy and a Sloan and Kavli research fellow.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter receiving her undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University, Mynatt earned her master\u2019s degree and Ph.D. in computer science from Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The College of Computing\u0027s Beth Mynatt has been named as Distinguished Professor in recognition of her leadership and dedication to advancing computer science."}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2016-09-01 09:21:32","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-09-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-09-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"571561":{"id":"571561","type":"image","title":"Beth Mynatt Distinguished Professor","body":null,"created":"1472735541","gmt_created":"2016-09-01 13:12:21","changed":"1475895379","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:19","alt":"Beth Mynatt Distinguished Professor","file":{"fid":"218339","name":"beth_mynatt_headshot_copy.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/beth_mynatt_headshot_copy.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/beth_mynatt_headshot_copy.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1209648,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/beth_mynatt_headshot_copy.jpeg?itok=8ZGSDFKc"}}},"media_ids":["571561"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"208","name":"computing"},{"id":"172313","name":"distinguished professor"},{"id":"11336","name":"mynatt"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBen Snedeker - News \u0026amp; Media Relations Manager\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}