{"585689":{"#nid":"585689","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Zegura Named to Prestigious Networking Communications List","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EEllen Zegura\u003C\/strong\u003E was named one of the \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/n2women.comsoc.org\/10-women-in-networkingcommunications-that-you-should-know\/2016-10-women-in-networkingcommunications-that-you-should-know\/\u0022\u003E10 Women in Networking\/Communications That You Should Know\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rdquo; by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/n2women.comsoc.org\/\u0022\u003ENetworking Networking Women\u003C\/a\u003E (N\u003Csup\u003E2\u003C\/sup\u003E Women), a discipline-specific community of researchers in the communications and networking research fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA veteran faculty member at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology College of Computing\u003C\/a\u003E, Zegura has made considerable contributions to the development of wide-area (internet) networking services and mobile wireless networking. In addition to her research offerings, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/people\/11077\/ellen-zeguras\u0022\u003EZegura\u003C\/a\u003E served as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE\/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN) and the inaugural chair of the School of Computer Science.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It is humbling to be nominated and to receive this recognition,\u0026rdquo; Zegura said. \u0026ldquo;Diversity and inclusion are important in any field, and I am proud that networking has chosen to highlight female researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EToday, Zegura is the Stephen Fleming Chair in Telecommunication, and she is the co-creator for the College of Computing\u0026rsquo;s \u003Cem\u003EComputing for Good (C4G) \u003C\/em\u003Eprogram. She also helped to establish the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dssg-atl.io\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EData Science for Social Good (DSSG) Atlanta\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E program. Both programs are project-based research efforts in which students use computer science to help solve \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/data-science-fellowship-delivers-results-refugees-resettling-atlanta\u0022\u003Esocietal problems\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Ellen\u0026#39;s inclusion on this list of influential networking researchers is well deserved and further indication of the high-caliber, world-class faculty at Georgia Tech,\u0026rdquo; said SCS Chair and Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ELance Fortnow\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMultiple nominations from the world over were submitted for inclusion on the list, with preference given to women who made a \u0026ldquo;major impact\u0026rdquo; in networking and\/or communications in the past year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of Computer Science Professor and Former Chair Listed Among Prominent Network and Communications Researchers \u2018You Should Know\u2019 in the New Year."}],"uid":"30267","created_gmt":"2017-01-09 20:52:53","changed_gmt":"2017-01-12 19:05:46","author":"Devin Young","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-01-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-01-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"585951":{"id":"585951","type":"image","title":"ellen zegure blue","body":null,"created":"1484247921","gmt_created":"2017-01-12 19:05:21","changed":"1484247921","gmt_changed":"2017-01-12 19:05:21","alt":"","file":{"fid":"223336","name":"GATech_CoCPortraits_BBBB9716 copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GATech_CoCPortraits_BBBB9716%20copy.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GATech_CoCPortraits_BBBB9716%20copy.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":681569,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/GATech_CoCPortraits_BBBB9716%20copy.jpg?itok=1zi5ES9B"}}},"media_ids":["585951"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11003","name":"Ellen Zegura"},{"id":"166940","name":"SCS"},{"id":"166941","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"4549","name":"coc"}],"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:devin.young@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDevin M. 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