{"692181":{"#nid":"692181","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Veteran Georgia Tech Computer Science Professor Named as School Chair","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Hyesoon Kim has been named the new chair of Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Computer Science (SCS). She assumed the role on Aug. 1. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKim has been an SCS faculty member for nearly 20 years. Her career at Georgia Tech began in 2007, after earning her Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Texas at Austin. She has\u202fserved as associate chair of SCS since 2022. She is also co-director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/crnch.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECenter for Research into Novel Computing Hierarchies\u003C\/a\u003E (CRNCH) and leads the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/hparch\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHPArch research group\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of Kim\u2019s main focuses is determining the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the School\u2019s future and how it will be leveraged to teach students and streamline administrative processes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019d like to create those kinds of discussions and foster an environment to engage with faculty members, staff, and students on this topic,\u0022 she said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKim is an acclaimed researcher whose interests span computer architecture, compilers, and runtime systems. She recently began focusing on open-source GPU technologies for next-generation computing. She is an IEEE Fellow and a Hall of Fame member of the International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA) and the International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERegents\u2019 Professor Mostafa Ammar has served as interim chair since 2024, when former chair Vivek Sarkar became the dean of the College of Computing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Hyesoon Kim has been named the new chair of Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Computer Science (SCS). She assumed the role on Aug. 1. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKim has been an SCS faculty member for nearly 20 years. Her career at Georgia Tech began in 2007, after earning her Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Texas at Austin. She has\u202fserved as associate chair of SCS since 2022. She is also co-director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/crnch.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECenter for Research into Novel Computing Hierarchies\u003C\/a\u003E (CRNCH) and leads the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/hparch\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHPArch research group\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Hyesoon Kim has been named the new chair of Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Computer Science (SCS). She assumed the role on Aug. 1. \u00a0"}],"uid":"36532","created_gmt":"2026-09-01 17:36:21","changed_gmt":"2026-09-02 19:57:22","author":"Morgan Usry","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-08-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-08-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681047":{"id":"681047","type":"image","title":"470002_Hyesoon-Kim-Graphic.jpg.jpeg","body":null,"created":"1788379004","gmt_created":"2026-09-02 19:56:44","changed":"1788379004","gmt_changed":"2026-09-02 19:56:44","alt":"Woman headshot over gold background","file":{"fid":"265397","name":"470002_Hyesoon-Kim-Graphic.jpg.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/02\/470002_Hyesoon-Kim-Graphic.jpg.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/02\/470002_Hyesoon-Kim-Graphic.jpg.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":68220,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/09\/02\/470002_Hyesoon-Kim-Graphic.jpg.jpeg?itok=-3Td4c09"}}},"media_ids":["681047"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMorgan Usry, Communications Officer, School of Computer Science\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["morgan.usry@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}