{"65454":{"#nid":"65454","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tetali Takes Over for Vempala as ARC Director","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter four years the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/arc.gatech.edu\/people.php\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EAlgorithms \u0026amp; Randomness Center (ARC) and ThinkTank\u003C\/a\u003E has a new director, as Prasad Tetali (CS \u0026amp; Math) takes over for founding director Santosh Vempala (CS), effective April 1.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVempala, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/people\/santosh-vempala\u0022\u003EDistinguished Professor in the School of Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E, said ARC\u2019s mission is \u201cto help develop the mathematical theory of algorithms by supporting research in this area, and via interactions with applications and with other sciences and engineering disciplines.\u201d The center\u2019s main activities have included hosting weekly colloquia, outreach research lunches to engage scientists from other disciplines, organizing workshops and other research events, as well as supporting postdocs and competitive student fellowships.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Computing Dean Zvi Galil named Tetali, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/people\/prasad-tetali\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003Eprofessor with a joint appointment in the schools of Computer Science and Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, as the new ARC director following a national search. Besides supporting the existing activities, Tetali said the center will focus on collaborative events with industrial research labs and hosting visitors in support of thematic special-year activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe first of such thematic years, starting Fall 2011,\u201d Tetali said, \u201cwill be devoted to topics in the intersection of optimization and computer science.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter four years the Algorithms \u0026amp; Randomness Center (ARC) and \nThinkTank will have a new director, as Prasad Tetali (\u003Cem\u003ECS\u003C\/em\u003E) \ntakes over for founding director Santosh Vempala (\u003Cem\u003ECS\u003C\/em\u003E), effective April \n1. \u003Cem\u003ESource: Office of Communications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27174","created_gmt":"2011-04-07 16:10:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:30","author":"Mike Terrazas","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"5660","name":"algorithms"},{"id":"12707","name":"ARC Center"},{"id":"12708","name":"prasad tetali"},{"id":"4584","name":"randomness"},{"id":"167405","name":"santosh vempala"}],"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":""}}}