{"622337":{"#nid":"622337","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Neha Kumar Appointed Chair of the Association for Computing Machinery\u0027s Future of Computing Academy","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/kumar\u0022\u003ENeha Kumar\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor with a dual appointment in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ethe Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/a\u003E and the School of Interactive Computing, has been appointed chair of the Association for Computing Machinery\u0026rsquo;s (ACM)\u0026nbsp;Future of Computing Academy.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;Academy is a platform that enables early career researchers, practitioners, educators, and entrepreneurs of computing to develop a strong and influential voice for\u0026nbsp;addressing challenging issues facing ACM, the discipline, and the world at large. ACM is the world\u0026rsquo;s largest educational and scientific computing society, which seeks to\u0026nbsp;deliver resources that advance computing as a science and a profession.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKumar will start her two-year term this July.\u0026nbsp;The appointment reflects the quality and innovation of Kumar\u0026rsquo;s contributions to computing research, which focuses on the ways in which new media practices can produce positive social outcomes.\u0026nbsp;She uses her background in computer science, design, and ethnography to study emerging technology practices of marginalized users in resource-challenged communities and to leverage this understanding towards the design and deployment of appropriate technology and process-based solutions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of her recent projects,\u0026nbsp;which she presented at SXSW EDU this year, investigated the potential of smartphone-based virtual reality for learning environments ranging\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/605000\/vr-taking-students-where-once-only-ms-frizzle-and-magic-school-bus-could\u0022\u003Efrom Cobb County\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in Atlanta to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/content\/researchers-work-kids-mumbai-examine-classroom-potential-virtual-reality\u0022\u003Eslum communities in Mumbai, India\u003C\/a\u003E. Read more about Kumar\u0026rsquo;s cutting-edge research \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/age-empowerment-meet-neha-kumar\u0022\u003Ehere.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Sam Nunn School of International Affairs is a unit of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ethe Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/kumar\u0022\u003ENeha Kumar\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor with a dual appointment in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ethe Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/a\u003E and the School of Interactive Computing, has been appointed chair of the Association for Computing Machinery\u0026rsquo;s (ACM)\u0026nbsp;Future of Computing Academy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Kumar is an assistant professor with a dual appointment in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Interactive Computing."}],"uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2019-06-07 17:00:09","changed_gmt":"2019-06-12 22:50:38","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"621674":{"id":"621674","type":"image","title":"Neha Kumar","body":null,"created":"1557855465","gmt_created":"2019-05-14 17:37:45","changed":"1557855465","gmt_changed":"2019-05-14 17:37:45","alt":"Neha Kumar, assistant professor","file":{"fid":"236807","name":"18C10302-P76-176-web.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/18C10302-P76-176-web.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/18C10302-P76-176-web.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2079892,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/18C10302-P76-176-web.jpg?itok=TmVCs9_t"}}},"media_ids":["621674"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"138871","name":"Neha Kumar"},{"id":"6057","name":"image"},{"id":"172908","name":"Association for Computing Machinery"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}