{"60564":{"#nid":"60564","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Nick Feamster Recognized by MIT Technology Review\u2019s Prestigious TR35 Listing of the World\u2019s Top Young Innovators for 2010","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech College of Computing today announced that Assistant Professor Nick Feamster of the School of Computer Science has been recognized by Technology Review magazine as one of the world\u2019s top innovators under the age of 35 for his research in computer networks. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESelected from more than 300 nominees by a panel of expert judges and the editorial staff of Technology Review, the TR35 is an elite group of accomplished young innovators who exemplify the spirit of innovation. Their work--spanning medicine, computing, communications, nanotechnology, and more--is changing our world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am extremely honored to be recognized with a TR35 award,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/people\/nick-feamster\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EFeamster\u003C\/a\u003E, who runs the Network Operations and Internet Security (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtnoise.net\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENOISE\u003C\/a\u003E) Lab in the School of Computer Science. \u201cI owe much of the credit for this award to my graduate students, all of whom work tirelessly on this problem and many others related to improving the availability and security of communications networks.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFeamster\u2019s research focuses on network operations with an emphasis on network security. One of his most important projects is an email spam filter called \u201cSNARE\u201d (Spatio-temporal Network-level Automated Reputation Engine). The main idea behind SNARE\u2014and the key insight behind his research in spam filtering\u2014is that spammers have different sending behavior than legitimate senders. Therefore, filters can distinguish spammers from legitimate senders by examining their sending behavior (i.e., how they send traffic), rather than what is in the messages themselves.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOnline message abuse is one of the most pernicious threats to communications on the Internet today, so it is important for us to continue to develop new techniques to detect and stop spammers and perpetrators of online scams,\u201d Feamster said. \u201cCurtailing message abuse like email spam is an arms race; as attackers develop new methods to evade our detection techniques, we must continue to look at these problems from fresh perspectives.\u201c\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFeamster has also worked on other topics in network operations, including improving network availability and performance by making the network easier to operate and manage; and designing platforms for virtual networks that facilitate technical innovation in both network security and operations. Feamster previously earned the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), a Sloan fellowship, and the Best Paper Award at ACM SIGCOMM (the premier networking conference).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Along with the rest of the faculty, I\u0027m very proud of Nick\u0027s achievement in being named one of the TR35,\u201d said Zvi Galil, John P. Imlay Jr. Dean of Computing at Georgia Tech. \u201cThis is a tremendous honor. Nick has produced some truly important work, from email spam detection to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/features\/m-lab-tracks-metrics-for-net-neutrality\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EInternet measurement\u003C\/a\u003E, to a new project aimed at thwarting Internet censorship. He is very deserving of being named to the TR35. I congratulate him and look forward to his receiving many more recognitions in the future.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFeamster makes the third College of Computing faculty member to receive TR35 recognition, joining assistant professors Karen Liu (2007) and Andrea Thomaz (2009), both in the School of Interactive Computing. Feamster and his fellow 2010 winners will be featured in the September\/October issue of Technology Review.\u0026nbsp; In addition, the EmTech@MIT 2010 Conference, to be held Sept. 21\u201323 at MIT, will honor the winners with a dedicated awards ceremony and in a series of \u201cMeet the TR35\u201d presentations. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDiscovering these amazing young men and women is one of the highlights of the year for us,\u201d said Jason Pontin, Technology Review editor in chief and publisher. \u201cWe celebrate their success and look forward to their continued advancement of technology in their respective fields.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditional information about past and present TR35 winners and judges is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/tr35\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.technologyreview.com\/tr35\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; For more information about EmTech@MIT 2010 please visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/emtech\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/emtech\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003EAbout the Georgia Tech College of Computing\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech College of Computing is a national leader in the creation of real-world computing breakthroughs that drive social and scientific progress. With its graduate program ranked 10th nationally by U.S. News and World Report, the College\u2019s unconventional approach to education is defining the new face of computing by expanding the horizons of traditional computer science students through interdisciplinary collaboration and a focus on human centered solutions. For more information about the Georgia Tech College of Computing, its academic divisions and research centers, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003EAbout Technology Review, Inc.\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETechnology Review, Inc., an independent media company owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the authority on the future of technology, identifying emerging technologies and analyzing their impact for leaders. Technology Review\u2019s media properties include Technology Review magazine, the oldest technology magazine in the world (founded in 1899); the daily news website TechnologyReview.com; and events such as the annual EmTech@MIT Conference. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003EContacts\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStefany Sanders\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Computing at Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stefany@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Estefany@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-312-6620\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor Technology Review\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarissa Goldstein, (617) 391-9646\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:press@technologyreview.com\u0022\u003Epress@technologyreview.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech College of Computing today announced that Assistant \nProfessor Nick Feamster of the School of Computer Science has been \nrecognized by Technology Review magazine as one of the world\u2019s top \ninnovators under the age of 35 for his research in computer networks. \u003Cem\u003ESource: Office of Communications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nick Feamster of School of Computer Science is third TR35 member in four years for College of Computing."}],"uid":"27174","created_gmt":"2010-08-25 09:21:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:19","author":"Mike Terrazas","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"60567":{"id":"60567","type":"image","title":"Nick Feamster Named to Technology Review\u0027s TR 35","body":null,"created":"1449176281","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:01","changed":"1475894525","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:05","alt":"Nick Feamster Named to Technology Review\u0027s TR 35","file":{"fid":"191159","name":"091201R007.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/091201R007_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/091201R007_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4993716,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/091201R007_1.jpg?itok=McuCefN_"}}},"media_ids":["60567"],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"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":""}}}