News for the GT Computing Community
September 1, 2017
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GT Computing Welcomes New Faculty Members to its Ranks
Each year, GT Computing enters the fray to attract the best and the brightest new faculty to Georgia Tech. The competition among leading academic institutions is tough, but as in years past, GT Computing has attracted a distinguished cohort of new faculty members. For the 2017-18 academic year, GT Computing is welcoming 10 new tenure-track faculty members. With specialties ranging from machine learning and high-performance computing to artificial intelligence and cryptography, these new professors bring a diverse set of interests to the GT Computing community. Read more

 Student News

Two CS Students Win ARCS Scholar Award 
  • Ph.D. students earn funding for innovative research projects
  • Aug. 25
Read more

 Research News

Researchers Show SGX Isn’t as Secure as It Seems 
  • Taesoo Kim finds branch side-channel ripe for exploit
  • Aug. 29
Read more
NSF Taps Georgia Tech for Foundational Data Science Initiative 
  • $1.5M award establishing TRIAD
  • New interdisciplinary research effort
  • Aug. 25
Read more

 Faculty News

Faculty Participating at DragonCon 2017
  • Several faculty members participating in panel discussions this weekend
  • Aug. 31
Read more

 #GTComputing in the News

The Smartphone’s Future: It’s All About the Camera
  • Blair MacIntyre & the problem of detecting vertical planes
  • New York Times
  • Aug. 30
Read more

 Bits & Bytes

• The deadline to apply for HackGT 4 is Sept. 15. Known as Georgia Tech's premier hacking event, HackGT is open to all undergraduate and graduate students, beginners and experts alike. The free event is scheduled for Oct. 13 and will feature a number of sponsors, food, and a "limitless amount of potential for you to create something amazing."



Please send your contributions for Bits & Bytes to Ben Snedeker at albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu.

 Events

Sept. 4
Labor Day
Campus Closed 
Sept. 7
GT Computing Town Hall
11 a.m. - noon 
Klaus Bldg., Rm. 1116
Sept. 7
Interview Prep Workshop
6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. 
CCB 358A
Sept. 8
Cybersecurity Lecture Series
Mathias Payer, Purdue Univ.
Why Memory Corruption is Hard
Noon - 1 p.m. 
Klaus Bldg., Rm. 1116W
Sept. 16
2nd Annual College of Computing 5K
8 a.m.
Klaus Bldg., Binary Bridge
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