{"654966":{"#nid":"654966","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Faces of Research - Meet David Sherrill","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMeet David Sherrill, associate director of Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s Institute for Data Engineering Science (IDEaS).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIDEaS is one of Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s 10 interdisciplinary research institutes within the Georgia Tech research enterprise.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is your field of expertise and why did you choose it?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI work at the intersection of chemistry, algorithms, and data science. \u202fI loved chemistry in high school and college, but I turned out to be a klutz in the lab. \u202fFortunately, I discovered graduate programs in theoretical and computational chemistry.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat makes Georgia Tech research institutes unique?\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has deep expertise in many fields, but often the most relevant\u202finvestigators for an interdisciplinary problem are spread across multiple units. \u202fThe Georgia Tech research institutes help connect these researchers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat impact is your research having on the world?\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EComputer hardware and algorithms keep getting faster, and machine learning provides a whole new set of tools for modeling scientific data. \u202fI am excited to lead a group that creates new algorithms and software that leverage these advances and apply them to chemical problems like drug discovery and crystal engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat do you like to do in your spare time when you are not working on your research or teaching?\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nI frequently take hikes around Atlanta on Saturdays. I also enjoy movies and strategy games.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Meet David Sherrill"}],"uid":"27561","created_gmt":"2022-01-31 16:48:32","changed_gmt":"2022-04-04 14:06:43","author":"Angela Ayers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-01-31T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-01-31T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"654965":{"id":"654965","type":"image","title":"Faces of Research - Meet David Sherrill","body":null,"created":"1643647085","gmt_created":"2022-01-31 16:38:05","changed":"1643647085","gmt_changed":"2022-01-31 16:38:05","alt":"Faces of Research - Meet David Sherrill","file":{"fid":"248341","name":"Faces_of_Research_banner-Sherrill_no-title_01.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Faces_of_Research_banner-Sherrill_no-title_01.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Faces_of_Research_banner-Sherrill_no-title_01.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":521153,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Faces_of_Research_banner-Sherrill_no-title_01.jpg?itok=Ty684Ll4"}}},"media_ids":["654965"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"187082","name":"go-ideas"}],"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":""}}}