{"72285":{"#nid":"72285","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Computing Hosts New Face of Computing Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing at Georgia Tech, a national leader in the creation of real-world computing breakthroughs that drive social and scientific progress, today hosted the New Face of Computing Symposium, signaling the debut of the College\u0027s new educational and research focus on people-centric computing. The nation\u0027s preeminent computing scholars, researchers and corporate leaders from organizations such as Microsoft Corporation, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Turner Broadcasting Company, Google, KUKA Robotics, IBM Internet Security Systems, Kaneva, Inc., Bryn Mawr College and others, discussed and debated topics ranging from transformative educational models for the discipline, to information technology\u0027s unending affect on the cultural landscape, and how socially-conscious research efforts are the key to sustainable innovation in computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Looking at the future of computing and its impact on global societies and cultures, the College of Computing at Georgia Tech is creating a \u0027new face\u0027 and charting a new direction for the discipline - one that is focused on affecting change for people, with technology,\u0022 said Richard A. DeMillo, John P. Imlay Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. \u0022With the support of our colleagues throughout industry and academia, we are setting the course in people-centric computing that will drive the scientific and cultural breakthroughs of the future.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than 200 corporate executives, industry leaders and technologists from across the country attended the New Face of Computing Symposium. DeMillo joined featured speaker, Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer at Microsoft Corporation, for an onstage discussion focused on computing\u0027s impact across industries, societies and cultures.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We share Georgia Tech\u0027s vision of evolving computer science in ways that will excite students today, and prepare them to tackle the challenges of tomorrow,\u0022 said Mundie. \u0022Reinventing how computing is taught will inspire innovations across the information-technology landscape.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThroughout the course of the day-long Symposium, industry and academic technologists participated in panel discussions to enlighten the audience on the future of computing as related to key research and educational areas. Panel topics included the following: Computing Education; Emerging Tools for Large-Scale Problem Solving; Social Computing; Robotics and Intelligent Machines; Providing Usable Security; and Next-Generation Computing. The panelists also discussed how the computing field has evolved to where it is today, identified current technological, social and culture challenges, and debated the research and educational approaches required to ensure the sustainability and growth of the discipline.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the New Face of Computing Symposium and the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/symposium\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/symposium\u003C\/a\u003E. To watch a pre-recorded Web cast of the event, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/symposium\/webcast\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/symposium\/webcast\u003C\/a\u003E. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the College of Computing at Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe College of Computing at Georgia Tech is a national leader in the research and creation of real-world computing breakthroughs that drive social and scientific progress. With its graduate program ranked 11th nationally by U.S. News and World Report, the College\u0027s unconventional approach to education is pioneering the new era of computing by expanding the horizons of traditional computer science students through interdisciplinary collaboration and a focus on human centered solutions. For more information about the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, its academic divisions and research centers, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Event Marks the Debut of the College\u0027s New Educational and Research Paradigm in People-Centric Computing"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech College of Computing hosted the New Face of Computing Symposium, signaling the debut of the College\u0027s new educational and research focus on people-centric computing.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"College focuses on people-centric computing"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2007-03-02 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:37","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2007-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72286":{"id":"72286","type":"image","title":"Rich DeMillo","body":null,"created":"1449177454","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:34","changed":"1475894653","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:13"}},"media_ids":["72286"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Computing"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/symposium\/webcast","title":"Symposium webcast"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"439","name":"computer"},{"id":"1051","name":"Computer Science"},{"id":"2466","name":"demillo"},{"id":"335","name":"Microsoft"},{"id":"2467","name":"mundie"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EStefany Wilson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Computing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=sw187\u0022\u003EContact Stefany Wilson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-7253\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["stefany@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}