{"669403":{"#nid":"669403","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Santosh Vempala Named Simons Investigator","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/santosh-vempala\u0022\u003ESantosh\u0026nbsp;Vempala\u003C\/a\u003E, the Frederick Storey II Chair of Computing and Distinguished Professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scs.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E, with courtesy appointments in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ehas been named a 2023 Simons Investigator in theoretical computer science by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/grant\/simons-investigators\/?tab=rfa\u0022\u003ESimons Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;Simons Investigators are outstanding theoretical scientists who receive a stable base of research support from the foundation, enabling them to undertake the long-term study of fundamental questions in mathematics, physics, astrophysics and computer science. Vempala is the second Georgia Tech scientist to be named a Simons Investigator; in 2022, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joshua-weitz\u0022\u003EJoshua Weitz\u003C\/a\u003E, former professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, was supported by the Foundation for research in theoretical physics in life sciences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/santosh-vempala\u0022\u003ESantosh\u0026nbsp;Vempala\u003C\/a\u003E, the Frederick Storey II Chair of Computing and Distinguished Professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scs.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E, with courtesy appointments in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ehas been named a 2023 Simons Investigator in theoretical computer science by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/grant\/simons-investigators\/?tab=rfa\u0022\u003ESimons Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;Simons Investigators are outstanding theoretical scientists who receive a stable base of research support from the foundation, enabling them to undertake the long-term study of fundamental questions in mathematics, physics, astrophysics and computer science. Vempala is the second Georgia Tech scientist to be named a Simons Investigator; in 2022, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joshua-weitz\u0022\u003EJoshua Weitz\u003C\/a\u003E, former professor and Tom and Marie Patton Chair in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, was supported by the Foundation for research in theoretical physics in life sciences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-09-01 19:41:07","changed_gmt":"2023-09-01 19:41:07","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Simons Foundation ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/grant\/simons-investigators\/?tab=awardees","dateline":{"date":"2023-08-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-08-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"168854","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"167405","name":"santosh vempala"},{"id":"170794","name":"Simons Foundation"},{"id":"190990","name":"Simons Investigator"},{"id":"166941","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"173046","name":"H.Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering"}],"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":""}}}