{"622982":{"#nid":"622982","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Meet CSE: James Fox Focuses on Connections Across Fields","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENot many computer scientists worked as a high school columnist for a newspaper, but\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computational Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(CSE) Ph.D. student\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EJames Fox\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eis a researcher with curiosities across the board.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, his interests have expanded beyond traditional text, but he is still looking for succinct connections as his research dives into parallel computing, graph analytics, and machine learning. Fox even won a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ieee-hpec.org\/\u0022\u003EIEEE High Performance Extreme Computing\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/graphchallenge.mit.edu\/champions\u0022\u003EGraphChallenge\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;award for his work in graph analytics,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cse.gatech.edu\/sites\/cse.gatech.edu\/files\/fast_and_adaptive_list_intersections_on_the_gpu.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFast and Adaptive List Intersections on the\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cse.gatech.edu\/sites\/cse.gatech.edu\/files\/fast_and_adaptive_list_intersections_on_the_gpu.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGPU\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ein 2018.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cse.gatech.edu\/news\/612011\/school-cse-speeds-graph-applications-and-presents-graphchallenge-winning-paper-hpec-2018\u0022\u003E[Related News: School of CSE Speeds up Graph Applications and Presents GraphChallenge Winning Paper at HPEC 2018]\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch Focus Areas:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EHigh Performance Computing, Graph Analytics, Deep Learning\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHometown:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EBloomington, Indiana\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUndergraduate Degree:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EComputer Science, U.C. Berkeley\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECurrent Georgia Tech Degree Program:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EComputational Science and Engineering, Ph.D.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETell us about your research:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMy research interests largely intersect with graph analytics and parallel computing. More recently, I\u0026rsquo;ve been working on graph representation learning, for use in predictive tasks. Some of my past work include designing and implementing high performance graph algorithms for graphic processing units (GPUs) and shared memory systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhere is one of your favorite places to hang out in or near Atlanta?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/perks-coffee.business.site\/\u0022\u003EPerk\u0026rsquo;s Coffee in Marietta\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is one of my favorite cafes for studying. The only bad part is that it closes at 5 pm.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIf you could create something, what would it be?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMaybe it\u0026rsquo;s been done before, but I think it would be cool if someone created a platform for crowdsourcing low-key group activities with a map view. People make event pages and groups all the time for pick-up sports and other activities, but it\u0026rsquo;s hard to search through, and not centralized in any way. If someone has some activities that they\u0026rsquo;re interested in, it should be easier to get basic real-time information about what\u0026rsquo;s going on around them.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are some of your hobbies?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUltimate frisbee, running, and hiking to name a few.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is a favorite memory from your years at Georgia Tech?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAttending\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sc16.supercomputing.org\/\u0022\u003ESupercomputing 2016\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;during my first year of my Ph.D. was really memorable. It was my first time getting to know and hanging out with a lot of the CSE students outside of school, and it was really fun!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is your favorite movie?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMy favorite movies series is\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Lord of the Rings\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Etrilogy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"We introduce CSE Ph.D. student James Fox, a researcher with a focus on graph computing."}],"uid":"34540","created_gmt":"2019-07-03 13:47:44","changed_gmt":"2019-07-03 13:48:14","author":"Kristen Perez","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-07-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-07-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"622979":{"id":"622979","type":"image","title":"James Fox","body":null,"created":"1562161281","gmt_created":"2019-07-03 13:41:21","changed":"1562161281","gmt_changed":"2019-07-03 13:41:21","alt":"James Fox headshot in front of white brick wall in a white shirt.","file":{"fid":"237243","name":"0.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":48348,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/0_0.jpeg?itok=FNEUE5Lb"}}},"media_ids":["622979"],"groups":[{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4305","name":"cse"},{"id":"913","name":"PhD"},{"id":"71141","name":"Q\u0026A"},{"id":"167441","name":"student research"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKristen Perez\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kristen.perez@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}