{"628529":{"#nid":"628529","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mourning the Loss of Former Nunn School Research Fellow Stephen Lukasik ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFormer Sam Nunn School of International Affairs researcher Stephen Lukasik passed away on Thursday, October 3, from respiratory failure.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStephen Lukasik, a former distinguished senior researcher fellow in the Sam Nunn School, joined the department in 2000 to support the research efforts of the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy. He authored \u0026ldquo;Why the Arpanet Was Built\u0026rdquo; published by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EIEEE Computer Society\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u0026ldquo;Protecting Users of the Cyber Commons,\u0026rdquo; published by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ECommunications of the ACM\u003C\/em\u003E. He also participated in workshops and conferences, including one which explored the international dimensions of cybersecurity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe was brought to Georgia Tech by his friend, Seymour Goodman, a regents\u0026rsquo; professor in the Nunn School. Goodman remembers him as being a real friend, who he spent hours talking to about their research and other substantive information.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore joining the Nunn School, Lukasik was the deputy director at the Department of Defense\u0026rsquo;s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). Under his leadership, there were many technological advances in computer networking, artificial intelligence, and nuclear explosion detection. He oversaw the development of the ARPANET, which helped inspire the creation of the internet. ARPA also led the initiative to analyze seismic data to distinguish between an earthquake and an underground explosion.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELukasik is survived by his wife Virginia; four children Carol, Elizabeth, Gregory, and Jeffrey; two stepchildren Elizbeth and Alan; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA funeral service to honor Lukasik was held on October 21 at the Everly-Wheatley Funeral Home in Alexandria, VA.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe obituary for Lukasik may be found on the Legacy website. A remembrance of Lukasik was featured in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwjy8aDUl_zlAhUPhuAKHUzpCz8QFjAAegQIBxAB\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2019%2F10%2F07%2Fscience%2Fstephen-lukasik-dead.html\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw38f7PlZtpfnGuEn_6CScUB\u0022\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwjhx9Xdl_zlAhWyg-AKHV2gAYkQFjAAegQIAhAB\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fobituaries%2Fstephen-lukasik-physicist-turned-pentagon-research-director-dies-at-88%2F2019%2F10%2F08%2Fb0fdfee8-e9d5-11e9-85c0-85a098e47b37_story.html\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw2P9KeiDANmjWTfUd9DAlrs\u0022\u003EWashington Post\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Former Sam Nunn School of International Affairs researcher Stephen Lukasik passed away on Thursday, October 3, from respiratory failure.\u00a0"}],"uid":"34435","created_gmt":"2019-11-04 13:54:58","changed_gmt":"2019-11-25 16:47:21","author":"jpalacios9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-11-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-11-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"628534":{"id":"628534","type":"image","title":"From left to right: Anthony Rutkowski, Stephen Lukasik, and Seymour Goodman","body":null,"created":"1572876897","gmt_created":"2019-11-04 14:14:57","changed":"1574700220","gmt_changed":"2019-11-25 16:43:40","alt":"A photo of Anthony Rutkowski, Stephen Lukasik, and Seymour Goodman","file":{"fid":"239371","name":"thumbnail_20130812_223656-1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thumbnail_20130812_223656-1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thumbnail_20130812_223656-1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":77516,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/thumbnail_20130812_223656-1.jpg?itok=l7BqTlWJ"}}},"media_ids":["628534"],"groups":[{"id":"1286","name":"Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"169389","name":"Stephen Lukasik"},{"id":"182961","name":"ARPA"},{"id":"182962","name":"ARPANET"},{"id":"174946","name":"seismic data"}],"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:Jessica.palacios@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJessica Palacios\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarketing \u0026amp; Event Coordinator I\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}