News for the GT Computing Community
March 23, 2018
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College Moves to No. 8 in National Ranking 

GT Computing continued its climb up the U.S. News and World Report rankings of graduate computer science programs, rising one spot to No. 8 in the 2018 rankings that were released March 20. The new position represents Georgia Tech’s second jump in the last three CS rankings, all released since 2012, and is the highest U.S. News has ever ranked the College. Full Story

 Faculty News

Kim Wins NSF CAREER Award for Fuzzing Research 

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Herrmann Named SEG Distinguished Lecturer 

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Conte Presents on Post-Moore Computing 

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From the Earth to the Cloud 

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 GT Computing in the News

Computer Science Grads Can Earn More Than MBAs

US News & World Report Full Story
Online, Cheap -- and Elite

Inside Higher Ed Full Story
This AI could spot early signs of heart failure

World Economic Forum Full Story
The Neural Network Will Name Your Next Band

AI Weirdness Full Story

 Bits & Bytes

• Whether you sing, dance, juggle, or have some other hidden talent, now is your chance to be a star. Sign up today for the Computational Media Talent Show, set for April 4 at 7 p.m. at Under the Couch.

• Congratulations to School of IC Chair Ayanna Howard and Executive Associate Dean Charles Isbell on joining the Computer Research Association's board of directors. Howard was elected and Isbell appointed as the representative to the Association for the Advancement of Artificial IntelligenceSchool of CS Professor Vivek Sarkar was also reelected to the board.

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

 Events

March 27
School of CS Recruiting Seminar
Xiao Wang, Univ. of Maryland
Pushing Secure Multi-Party Computation to Reality
11 a.m. - noon
Klaus Bldg., Rm. 1116W
March 27
CSE Distinguished Lecture
Kathy Yelick, UC Berkeley
More Data, More Science and… Moore’s Law?
11 a.m. - noon
Klaus Bldg., Rm. 1116E
March 29
Discover your Dreams in Computing
11 a.m. - noon
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
CCB 347
March 29
CSE Distinguished Lecture
Orly Alter, Univ. of Utah
Comparative Spectral Decompositions for Personalized Cancer Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Therapeutics
11 a.m. - noon
Klaus Bldg., Rm. 1116E
March 30
IDEaS Seminar
Daniel Katz, Univ. of Illinois UC
Software Citation Today and Tomorrow
2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Marcus Nanotechnology Bldg. Rm. 1117/18
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