List of Georgia Institute of Technology alumni
Table:
Name

Class year

Notability

References

Jim Allchin

1984

Former high-level executive at Microsoft

[189]

Eric Allender

1985

Computer Science professor at Rutgers University, where he chaired the Department of Computer Science from 2006 to 2009

[190]

Annie Antón

1997

Chair and professor, School of Interactive Computing (Georgia Tech); professor of software engineering at NCSU; privacy expert

[191]

Krishna Bharat

1996

Google research scientist; creator of Google News

[192]

Fabian E. Bustamante

2001

Computer science professor at Northwestern University

[193]

Joe Celko

1982

Relational database expert from Austin, Texas; participated in the ANSI X3H2 Database Standards Committee; helped write the SQL-89 and SQL-92 standards

[194]

Dorothy M. Crosland

1961

Long-time head librarian of the Georgia Tech Library, awarded honorary degree in 1961

[195]

Tom Cross

1999

Entrepreneur; computer security expert; hacker

[196][197]

Jim Davies

1997

Cognitive scientist, playwright, artist; assistant professor of cognitive science at the Institute of Cognitive Science at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where he is the director of the Science of Imagination Laboratory

[198]

Richard DeMillo

1974

Former dean of the Georgia Tech College of Computing; Distinguished Professor of Computing; previous director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center

[199][200]

Anind Dey

1995

Computer scientist, currently an associate professor and the director of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University

[201]

W. Keith Edwards

1989

Director of the GVU Center (Georgia Tech); professor of School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech; former manager of the Ubiquitous Computing group at PARC

[202]

Chaim Gingold

2003

Noted for his work with Spore

[203]

D. Richard Hipp

1984

Architect and primary author of SQLite

[204]

Billy Hoffman

2005

Hacker, discovered a security flaw in Buzzcard, the campus magnetic ID card system

[205]

Ed Iacobucci

1975

Leader of the IBM OS/2 design team; founder of Citrix Systems; president and CEO of DayJet; member of SCO Group's board of directors

[38]

Paul Q. Judge

2002

Technical expert for the Federal Trade Commission in the 2005 Report to Congress on the Effectiveness of the CAN-SPAM Act; founder of Anti-Spam Research Group in the Internet Research Task Force

[206]

Craig Mundie

1972

Chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft

[207]

Elizabeth Mynatt

1989

Executive director, Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) at Georgia Tech; director of the GVU Center at Georgia Tech; associate dean of strategic planning, Georgia Tech College of Computing

[208]

Using the given table plus the passages provided.

Respond to the question below: What is the class year of the alumnus whose notabilities ' staff members are subject specialists in 35 disciplines ? Return your answer as JSON: {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}. Do not introduce information beyond the provided sources.

James Edward Allchin ( born 1951 , Grand Rapids , Michigan , United States ) is an American guitarist , computer scientist , and philanthropist . He is a former Microsoft executive . He assisted Microsoft in creating many of the system platform components including Microsoft Windows , Windows Server , server products such as SQL Server , and developer technologies . He is best known for building Microsoft 's server business . He is also known for his leading role in the architecture and development of the directory services technology Banyan VINES . He has won numerous awards in his career such as the Technical Excellence Person of the Year in 2001 . Jim Allchin led the Platforms division at Microsoft , overseeing the development of Windows client from Windows 98 to Windows Vista , Windows Server from NT Server 4.0 to Windows Server 2008 , as well as several releases of Microsoft server products as well as Windows CE and Windows Embedded line of products . After serving sixteen years at Microsoft , Allchin retired in early 2007 when Microsoft officially released the Windows Vista operating system to consumers . He is now a professional musician .
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond , Washington . It develops , manufactures , licenses , supports , and sells computer software , consumer electronics , personal computers , and related services . Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems , the Microsoft Office suite , and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers . Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface lineup of touchscreen personal computers . In 2016 , it was the world 's largest software maker by revenue ( currently Alphabet/Google has more revenue ) . The word Microsoft is a portmanteau of microcomputer and software . Microsoft is ranked No . 30 in the 2018 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue . Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4 , 1975 , to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800 . It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s , followed by Microsoft Windows . The company 's 1986 initial public offering ( IPO ) , and subsequent rise in its share price , created three billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires among Microsoft employees . Since the 1990s , it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions , their largest being the acquisition of LinkedIn for $ 26.2 billion in December 2016 , followed by their acquisition of Skype Technologies for $ 8.5 billion in May 2011 .
Eric Warren Allender ( born 1956 ) is an American computer scientist active in the field of computational complexity theory . In 2006 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery . He is currently [ when ? ] a professor at Rutgers University where he chaired the Department of Computer Science from 2006 until 2009 .
Rutgers , The State University of New Jersey ( /ˈrʌtɡərz/ ) , commonly referred to as Rutgers University , or RU , is an American public research university in New Jersey . It is the largest institution of higher education in New Jersey . Rutgers was originally chartered as Queen 's College on November 10 , 1766 . It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution . The college was renamed Rutgers College in 1825 in honor of Colonel Henry Rutgers . For most of its existence , Rutgers was a private liberal arts college but it evolved into a coeducational public research university after being designated The State University of New Jersey by the New Jersey Legislature in laws enacted in 1945 and 1956 . Rutgers has three campuses located throughout New Jersey : New Brunswick campus in New Brunswick and adjacent Piscataway , the Newark campus , and the Camden campus . The university has additional facilities elsewhere in the state . Instruction is offered by 9,000 faculty members in 175 academic departments to over 45,000 undergraduate students and more than 20,000 graduate and professional students . The university is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and is a member of the Big Ten Academic Alliance , the Association of American Universities and the Universities Research Association . The New Brunswick campus was categorized by Howard and Matthew Green in their book titled The Public Ivies : America 's Flagship Public Universities ( 2001 ) as a Public Ivy .
Annie Antón is Chair of Georgia Tech 's School of Interactive Computing within its College of Computing . From 1998 to 2012 , Antón served as a professor of software engineering at North Carolina State University . She is the founder and director of ThePrivacyPlace.org , a research center devoted to issues of privacy protection in information systems . She is known for her research , and for her service in several significant advisory positions in industry and government .
North Carolina State University ( also referred to as NCSU , NC State , or just State ) is a public research university in Raleigh , North Carolina . It is part of the University of North Carolina system and is a land- , sea- , and space-grant institution . The university forms one of the corners of the Research Triangle together with Duke University in Durham and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . The North Carolina General Assembly founded the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts , now NC State , on March 7 , 1887 , as a land-grant college . Today , NC State has an enrollment of more than 35,000 students , making it the largest university in the Carolinas and among the largest in the country . NC State has historical strengths in engineering , statistics , agriculture , life sciences , textiles and design and offers bachelor 's degrees in 106 fields of study . The graduate school offers master 's degrees in 104 fields , doctoral degrees in 61 fields , and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine .
Krishna Bharat ( born 7 January 1970 ) is a founding adviser for Grokstyle Inc , a visual search company which got acquired by Facebook and Laserlike Inc. , an interest search engine startup based on Machine Learning which got acquired by Apple . He is a research scientist . At Google , Mountain View , he led a team developing Google News , a service that automatically indexes over 25,000 news websites in more than 35 languages to provide a summary of the News resources . Among other projects , he opened the Google India 's Research and Development center at Bengaluru , India . He is on the Board of Visitors of Columbia Journalism School and John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford . Krishna Bharat created Google News in the aftermath of the September 11 , 2001 attacks to keep himself abreast of the developments . Since then , it has been a popular offering from Google 's services . Google News was one of Google 's first endeavors beyond offering just plain text searches on its page .
Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products , which include online advertising technologies , search engine , cloud computing , software , and hardware . It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies , alongside Amazon , Apple , and Facebook . Google was founded in September 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University in California . Together they own about 14 percent of its shares and control 56 percent of the stockholder voting power through supervoting stock . They incorporated Google as a California privately held company on September 4 , 1998 , in California . Google was then reincorporated in Delaware on October 22 , 2002 . An initial public offering ( IPO ) took place on August 19 , 2004 , and Google moved to its headquarters in Mountain View , California , nicknamed the Googleplex . In August 2015 , Google announced plans to reorganize its various interests as a conglomerate called Alphabet Inc. Google is Alphabet 's leading subsidiary and will continue to be the umbrella company for Alphabet 's Internet interests . Sundar Pichai was appointed CEO of Google , replacing Larry Page who became the CEO of Alphabet . The company 's rapid growth since incorporation has triggered a chain of products , acquisitions , and partnerships beyond Google 's core search engine ( Google Search ) . It offers services designed for work and productivity ( Google Docs , Google Sheets , and Google Slides ) , email ( Gmail ) , scheduling and time management ( Google Calendar ) , cloud storage ( Google Drive ) , instant messaging and video chat ( Duo , Hangouts ) , language translation ( Google Translate ) , mapping and navigation ( Google Maps , Waze , Google Earth , Street View ) , video sharing ( YouTube ) , note-taking ( Google Keep ) , and photo organizing and editing ( Google Photos ) . The company leads the development of the Android mobile operating system , the Google Chrome web browser , and Chrome OS , a lightweight operating system based on the Chrome browser .
A scientist is someone who conducts scientific research to advance knowledge in an area of interest . In classical antiquity , there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist . Instead , philosophers engaged in the philosophical study of nature called natural philosophy , a precursor of natural science . It was not until the 19th century that the term scientist came into regular use after it was coined by the theologian , philosopher , and historian of science William Whewell in 1833 . In modern times , many scientists have advanced degrees in an area of science and pursue careers in various sectors of the economy such as academia , industry , government , and nonprofit environments .
Google News is a news aggregator app developed by Google . It presents a continuous , customizable flow of articles organized from thousands of publishers and magazines . Google News is available as an app on Android , iOS , and the Web . Google released a beta version in September 2002 and the official app in January 2006 . The initial idea was developed by Krishna Bharat .
Fabián E. Bustamante is an Argentinian-American computer scientist specializing in distributed systems and computer networking . He is currently a professor of computer science at Northwestern University .
Computer science ( sometimes called computation science ) is the study of processes that interact with data and that can be represented as data in the form of programs . It enables the use of algorithms to manipulate , store , and communicate digital information . A computer scientist studies the theory of computation and the practice of designing software systems . Its fields can be divided into theoretical and practical disciplines . Computational complexity theory is highly abstract , while computer graphics emphasizes real-world applications . Programming language theory considers approaches to the description of computational processes , while software engineering involves the use of programming languages and complex systems . Human-computer interaction considers the challenges in making computers useful , usable , and accessible .
Northwestern University ( NU ) is a private research university based in Evanston , Illinois , with other campuses in Chicago and Doha , Qatar , and academic programs and facilities in Miami , Florida ; Washington , D.C. ; and San Francisco , California . Along with its selective undergraduate programs , Northwestern is known for its Kellogg School of Management , Pritzker School of Law , Feinberg School of Medicine , Bienen School of Music , Medill School of Journalism , Media , Integrated Marketing Communications , School of Communication , and McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science . Northwestern is a large research university with a comprehensive doctoral program , attracting nearly $ 800 million in sponsored research each year . As of January 2020 , Northwestern has the twelfth-largest university endowment in the United States , valued at $ 11.1 billion . The university 's former and present faculty and alumni include 19 Nobel Prize laureates , 38 Pulitzer Prize winners , six MacArthur Genius Fellows , 16 Rhodes Scholars , 65 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and two Supreme Court Justices . Northwestern 's School of Communication is a leading producer of Academy Award , Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning actors , actresses , playwrights , writers and directors . Northwestern was founded in 1851 by John Evans , for whom the city of Evanston is named , and eight other lawyers , businessmen and Methodist leaders . Its founding purpose was to serve the Old Northwest Territory , an area that includes the states of Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Michigan , Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota . Instruction began in 1855 and women were admitted in 1869 . Today , the main campus is a 240-acre ( 97 ha ) parcel in Evanston , along the shores of Lake Michigan 12 miles north of downtown Chicago . The university 's law , medical , and professional schools , along with its nationally ranked affiliated Northwestern Memorial Hospital , are located on a 25-acre ( 10 ha ) campus in Chicago 's Streeterville neighborhood . In 2008 , the university opened a campus in Education City , Doha , Qatar with programs in journalism and communication .
Joe Celko is an American relational database expert from Austin , Texas . He has participated on the ANSI X3H2 Database Standards Committee , and helped write the SQL-89 and SQL-92 standards . He is the author of a Morgan-Kaufmann series of books on SQL , and over 1200 published articles on SQL and other database topics . He had been a full-time statistician for several years . He is credited with coining the term lasagna code and popularizing Michael J. Kamfonas ' nested set model for trees in SQL , a taxonomy of data encoding schemes , and several other design patterns in SQL DDL and DML .
A relational database is a digital database based on the relational model of data , as proposed by E. F. Codd in 1970 . A software system used to maintain relational databases is a relational database management system ( RDBMS ) . Many relational database systems have an option of using the SQL ( Structured Query Language ) for querying and maintaining the database .
Austin ( UK : /ˈɒstɪn , ˈɔːstɪn/ , US : /ˈɔːstən/ ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas , as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County , with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties . It is the 11th-most populous city in the United States , the fourth-most-populous city in Texas , and the second-most-populous state capital city ( after Phoenix , Arizona ) . It is also the fastest growing large city in the United States and the southernmost state capital in the contiguous United States . As of the U.S. Census Bureau 's July 1 , 2018 estimate , Austin had a population of 964,254 , up from 790,491 at the 2010 census . The city is the cultural and economic center of the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan statistical area , which had an estimated population of 2,168,316 as of July 1 , 2018 [ update ] . Located in Central Texas within the greater Texas Hill Country , it is home to numerous lakes , rivers , and waterways , including Lady Bird Lake and Lake Travis on the Colorado River , Barton Springs , McKinney Falls , and Lake Walter E. Long . U.S. News & World Report named Austin the No . 1 place to live in the U.S. for 2017 and 2018 . In 2016 , Forbes ranked Austin No . 1 on its Cities of the Future list , then in 2017 placed the city at that same position on its list for the Next Biggest Boom Town in the U.S. Also in 2017 , Forbes awarded the South River City neighborhood of Austin its # 2 ranking for Best Cities and Neighborhoods for Millennials . WalletHub named Austin the # 6 best place in the country to live for 2017 . The FBI ranked Austin as the # 2 safest major city in the U.S. for 2012 .
The American National Standards Institute ( ANSI /ˈænsi/ AN-see ) is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products , services , processes , systems , and personnel in the United States . The organization also coordinates U.S. standards with international standards so that American products can be used worldwide . ANSI accredits standards that are developed by representatives of other standards organizations , government agencies , consumer groups , companies , and others . These standards ensure that the characteristics and performance of products are consistent , that people use the same definitions and terms , and that products are tested the same way . ANSI also accredits organizations that carry out product or personnel certification in accordance with requirements defined in international standards . The organization 's headquarters are in Washington , D.C. ANSI 's operations office is located in New York City . The ANSI annual operating budget is funded by the sale of publications , membership dues and fees , accreditation services , fee-based programs , and international standards programs .
SQL ( /ˌɛsˌkjuːˈɛl/ ( listen ) S-Q-L , /ˈsiːkwəl/ sequel ; Structured Query Language ) is a domain-specific language used in programming and designed for managing data held in a relational database management system ( RDBMS ) , or for stream processing in a relational data stream management system ( RDSMS ) . It is particularly useful in handling structured data , i.e . data incorporating relations among entities and variables . SQL offers two main advantages over older read-write APIs such as ISAM or VSAM . Firstly , it introduced the concept of accessing many records with one single command . Secondly , it eliminates the need to specify how to reach a record , e.g . with or without an index . Originally based upon relational algebra and tuple relational calculus , SQL consists of many types of statements , which may be informally classed as sublanguages , commonly : a data query language ( DQL ) , [ a ] a data definition language ( DDL ) , [ b ] a data control language ( DCL ) , and a data manipulation language ( DML ) . [ c ] The scope of SQL includes data query , data manipulation ( insert , update and delete ) , data definition ( schema creation and modification ) , and data access control . Although SQL is essentially a declarative language ( 4GL ) , it includes also procedural elements . SQL was one of the first commercial languages to utilize Edgar F. Codds relational model . The model was described in his influential 1970 paper , A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks .
Dorothy Murray Crosland ( September 13 , 1903 - March 24 , 1983 ) was the long-time head librarian of the Georgia Tech Library at the Georgia Institute of Technology . Initially appointed as Assistant Librarian in 1925 , she was promoted to Librarian in 1927 and Director of Libraries in 1953 , a title she would hold until her retirement in 1971 .
The Georgia Tech Library is an academic library that serves the needs of students , faculty , and staff at the Georgia Institute of Technology . The library consists of the S. Price Gilbert Library and the Dorothy M. Crosland Tower . In addition , the library is connected to and manages the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons . The Association of College and Research Libraries ( ACRL ) recognized the library 's effort to reinvent itself by awarding it a 2007 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award . The Georgia Tech Library is located in the center of campus and is open 24/7 as of the Fall term of 2014 . Among the Library staff members are subject specialists in 35 disciplines .
Tom Cross , also known as Decius , is an American computer security expert and hacker .
Entrepreneurship is the process of designing , launching and running a new business , which is often initially a small business . The people who create these businesses are called entrepreneurs . Entrepreneurship has been described as the capacity and willingness to develop , organize and manage a business venture along with any of its risks to make a profit . While definitions of entrepreneurship typically focus on the launching and running of businesses , due to the high risks involved in launching a start-up , a significant proportion of start-up businesses have to close due to lack of funding , bad business decisions , an economic crisis , lack of market demand , or a combination of all of these . A broader definition of the term is sometimes used , especially in the field of economics . In this usage , an Entrepreneur is an entity which has the ability to find and act upon opportunities to translate inventions or technologies into products and services : The entrepreneur is able to recognize the commercial potential of the invention and organize the capital , talent , and other resources that turn an invention into a commercially viable innovation . In this sense , the term Entrepreneurship also captures innovative activities on the part of established firms , in addition to similar activities on the part of new businesses . Coming up with an idea for a product or service is not the hardest thing for startups and entrepreneurs . Building a product isnt even the hardest . Truly , the hardest part is making it work , or in other words , getting people to like and want to buy your product , and beating the competition at the same time
Computer security , cybersecurity or information technology security ( IT security ) is the protection of computer systems and networks from the theft of or damage to their hardware , software , or electronic data , as well as from the disruption or misdirection of the services they provide . The field is becoming more important due to increased reliance on computer systems , the Internet and wireless network standards such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi , and due to the growth of smart devices , including smartphones , televisions , and the various devices that constitute the Internet of things . Owing to its complexity , both in terms of politics and technology , cybersecurity is also one of the major challenges in the contemporary world .
A security hacker is someone who explores methods for breaching defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network . [ citation needed ] Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons , such as profit , protest , information gathering , challenge , recreation , or to evaluate system weaknesses to assist in formulating defenses against potential hackers . The subculture that has evolved around hackers is often referred to as the computer underground . Longstanding controversy surrounds the meaning of the term hacker . In this controversy , computer programmers reclaim the term hacker , arguing that it refers simply to someone with an advanced understanding of computers and computer networks , and that cracker is the more appropriate term for those who break into computers , whether computer criminals ( black hats ) or computer security experts ( white hats ) . A 2014 article noted that . the black-hat meaning still prevails among the general public .
Jim Davies is an American/Canadian cognitive scientist , playwright , artist , and author . He received his bachelor 's degree in philosophy from the State University of New York at Oswego , his masters in psychology and his Ph.D. in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology . He is a full professor of Cognitive Science at the Institute of Cognitive Science and the School of Computer Science at Carleton University in Ottawa , Ontario where he is the director of the Science of Imagination Laboratory . His research focuses on visual reasoning , analogy , and imagination .
Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary , scientific study of the mind and its processes . It examines the nature , the tasks , and the functions of cognition ( in a broad sense ) . Cognitive scientists study intelligence and behavior , with a focus on how nervous systems represent , process , and transform information . Mental faculties of concern to cognitive scientists include language , perception , memory , attention , reasoning , and emotion ; to understand these faculties , cognitive scientists borrow from fields such as linguistics , psychology , artificial intelligence , philosophy , neuroscience , and anthropology . The typical analysis of cognitive science spans many levels of organization , from learning and decision to logic and planning ; from neural circuitry to modular brain organization . The fundamental concept of cognitive science is that thinking can best be understood in terms of representational structures in the mind and computational procedures that operate on those structures . Simply put , cognitive science is the interdisciplinary study of cognition in humans , animals , and machines . It encompasses the traditional disciplines of psychology , computer science , neuroscience , anthropology , linguistics and philosophy . The goal of cognitive science is to understand the principles of intelligence with the hope that this will lead to better comprehension of the mind and of learning and to develop intelligent devices . The cognitive sciences began as an intellectual movement in the 1950s often referred to as the cognitive revolution .
Professor ( commonly abbreviated as Prof. ) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries . Literally , professor derives from Latin as a person who professes . Professors are usually experts in their field and teachers of the highest rank . In many systems of academic ranks , professor refers only to the most senior academic position , sometimes informally known as full professor . In some countries and institutions , the word professor is also used in titles of lower ranks such as associate professor and assistant professor ; this is particularly the case in the United States . This colloquial usage would be considered incorrect among other academic communities . However , the unqualified title Professor designated with a capital letter nearly always refers to a full professor . Professors often conduct original research and commonly teach undergraduate , professional , or postgraduate courses in their fields of expertise . In universities with graduate schools , professors may mentor and supervise graduate students conducting research for a thesis or dissertation . In many universities , full professors take on senior managerial roles such as leading departments , research teams and institutes , and filling roles such as president , principal or vice-chancellor . The role of professor may be more public-facing than that of more junior staff , and professors are expected to be national or international leaders in their field of expertise .
Carleton University is a public comprehensive university in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada . Founded in 1942 as Carleton College , a private , non-denominational evening college to serve veterans returning from World War II , the institution was chartered as a university by the provincial government in 1952 through The Carleton University Act . The legislation was subsequently amended in 1957 to give the institution its current name . The university moved to its current campus in 1959 , expanding rapidly throughout the 1960s amid broader efforts by the provincial government to increase support to post-secondary institutions and enhance access to higher education . The university is named for the now-dissolved Carleton County , which included the city of Ottawa at the time the university was founded . Carleton County , in turn , was named in honour of Guy Carleton , 1st Baron Dorchester , who served as Governor General of The Canadas from 1786 to 1796 . Carleton , which has more than 159,000 alumni worldwide , is reputed for its strength in many disciplines including the humanities , international business , aerospace engineering , computer science , international affairs , journalism , political science , political management , public policy and administration , and legal studies . Carleton has produced 6 Rhodes Scholars , 29 Royal Society Fellows , 20 recipients of the Order of Canada , 8 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship awardees , and 3 National Killam Award recipients . As of 2019 , Carleton has an enrolment of more than 27,000 undergraduate and more than 4,000 graduate students . Its campus is located west of Old Ottawa South , in close proximity to The Glebe and Confederation Heights , and is bounded to the north by the Rideau Canal and Dow 's Lake and to the south by the Rideau River . Carleton competes in the U Sports league as the Carleton Ravens . The Carleton Ravens are recognized for the strong performance of its men 's basketball team , which has won seven consecutive Canadian national championships between 2006 and 2017 , in addition to 14 of the 16 championships since 2003 .
Ottawa ( /ˈɒtəwə/ ( listen ) , /ˈɒtəwɑː/ ; French pronunciation : ​ [ ɔtawa ] ) is the capital city of Canada . It stands on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario . Ottawa borders Gatineau , Quebec ; the two form the core of the Ottawa-Gatineau census metropolitan area ( CMA ) and the National Capital Region ( NCR ) . As of 2016 , Ottawa had a city population of 934,243 and a metropolitan population of 1,323,783 making it the fourth-largest city and the fifth-largest CMA in Canada . In June 2019 , the City of Ottawa estimated it had surpassed a population of a million . Founded in 1826 as Bytown , and incorporated as Ottawa in 1855 , the city has evolved into the political centre of Canada . Its original boundaries were expanded through numerous annexations and were ultimately replaced by a new city incorporation and amalgamation in 2001 which significantly increased its land area . The city name Ottawa was chosen in reference to the Ottawa River , the name of which is derived from the Algonquin Odawa , meaning to trade . Ottawa has the most educated population among Canadian cities and is home to a number of post-secondary , research , and cultural institutions , including the National Arts Centre , the National Gallery , and numerous national museums .
Ontario is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada . Located in Central Canada , it is Canada 's most populous province , with 38.3 percent of the country 's population , and is the second-largest province in total area . Ontario is fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included . It is home to the nation 's capital city , Ottawa , and the nation 's most populous city , Toronto , which is also Ontario 's provincial capital . Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west , Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north , and Quebec to the east and northeast , and to the south by the U.S. states of ( from west to east ) Minnesota , Michigan , Ohio , Pennsylvania , and New York . Almost all of Ontario 's 2,700 km ( 1,678 mi ) border with the United States follows inland waterways : from the westerly Lake of the Woods , eastward along the major rivers and lakes of the Great Lakes/Saint Lawrence River drainage system . These include Rainy River , Pigeon River , Lake Superior , St. Marys River , Lake Huron , St. Clair River , Lake St. Clair , Detroit River , Lake Erie , Niagara River , Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River from Kingston , Ontario , to the Quebec boundary just east of Cornwall , Ontario . There is only about 1 km ( 0.6 mi ) of land border , made up of portages including Height of Land Portage on the Minnesota border . Ontario is sometimes conceptually divided into two regions , Northern Ontario and Southern Ontario . The great majority of Ontario 's population and arable land is in the south . In contrast , the larger , northern part of Ontario is sparsely populated with cold winters and heavy forestation .
Richard Allan DeMillo ( born January 26 , 1947 ) is an American computer scientist , educator and executive . He is currently Distinguished Professor of Computing and Professor of Management at the Georgia Institute of Technology . In 2009 , he stepped down as the John P. Imlay Dean of Computing at Georgia Tech after serving in that role for six years . He currently directs Georgia Tech 's Center for 21st Century Universities , a living laboratory devoted to fundamental change in higher education . He joined Georgia Tech in 2002 from The Hewlett-Packard Company , where he had served as the company 's first Chief Technology Officer . He also held executive positions with Telcordia Technologies ( formerly known as Bell Communications Research ) and the National Science Foundation . He is a well-known researcher and author of over 100 articles , books and patents in the areas of computer security , software engineering , and mathematics .
The College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology has roots stretching back to an Information Science degree established in 1964 . In 1988 , Georgia Tech president John Patrick Crecine elevated the School of Information and Computer Science to become the College of Computing , making Georgia Tech the second university to do so , after Carnegie Mellon University created their School of Computer Science . Beyond using contemporary computer technology , the College of Computing also seeks new concepts and technology , with symbiotic connections to departments in other Colleges of Georgia Tech , in a holistic manner , such as combining with studies in human psychology , medical science , liberal arts , and business ( e-commerce ) . The most prominent example of this interdisciplinary symbiosis is the College 's Threads curriculum for its B.S . in Computer Science degree , launched in 2006 . Another example is the degree program for B.S . in Computational Media is offered jointly and collaboratively within Georgia Tech 's School of Literature , Media , and Communication in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts . The College of Computing also has a tradition of a symbiosis between faculty and students : since the early years , older students have been assisting professors in research . Faculty members in the College of Computing have been receptive to new technology developed with students , rather than demanding outside ideas and Not Invented Here computer systems . In 2018 , U.S. News & World Report ranked the Computer Science program # 8 in the U.S . In 2016 , Times Higher Education and the Wall Street Journal ranked the College # 5 in the world .
Professors in the United States commonly occupy any of several positions in academia . In the U.S. , the word professor informally refers collectively to the academic ranks of assistant professor , associate professor , or professor . This usage differs from the predominant usage of the word professor internationally , where the unqualified word professor only refers to full professors . The majority of university lecturers and instructors in the United States , as of 2015 [ update ] , do not occupy these tenure-track ranks , but are part-time adjuncts . [ citation needed ] Research and education are among the main tasks of tenured and tenure-track professors , with the amount of time spent on research or teaching depending strongly on the type of institution . Publication of articles in conferences , journals , and books is essential to occupational advancement . As of August 2007 , teaching in tertiary educational institutions is one of the fastest growing occupations , topping the U.S. Department of Labor 's list of above average wages and high projected growth occupations , with a projected increase of 524,000 positions between 2004 and 2014 . In 2011 , a survey conducted by TIAA-CREF Institute senior researcher Paul J. Yakoboski estimated that 73% of professors with senior tenure ranged between the ages of 60 and 66 and that the remaining 27% were above the age of 66 . Yakoboski estimated that 75% of these professors have acknowledged that they have made no preparations for retirement due to the ongoing financial crisis and reluctance to leave their profession . A 2013 survey conducted by Fidelity Investments would echo similar results when the question about retirement came up . In 2013 , the National Center for Education Statistics counted 181,530 professors , 155,095 associate professors , 166,045 assistant professors , 99,304 instructors , 36,728 lecturers , and 152,689 other full-time faculty .
Anind Dey is a computer scientist . He is the Dean of the University of Washington Information School . Dey is formerly the director of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University . His research interests lie at the intersection of human-computer interaction and ubiquitous computing , focusing on how to make novel technologies more usable and useful . In particular , he builds tools that make it easier to build useful ubiquitous computing applications and supporting end users in controlling their ubiquitous computing systems .
The Human-Computer Interaction Institute ( HCII ) is a department within the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University ( CMU ) in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . It is considered one of the leading centers of human-computer interaction research , and was named one of the top ten most innovative schools in information technology by Computer World in 2008 . For the past three decades , the institute has been the predominant publishing force at leading HCI venues , most notably ACM CHI , where it regularly contributes more than 10% of the papers . Research at the institute aims to understand and create technology that harmonizes with and improves human capabilities by integrating aspects of computer science , design , social science , and learning science . Depending on the selected coursework that the student decides to take ( in addition to some core classes ) , they are able to form a schedule specific to the field they are interested in . For example , if a student is specifically interested in pursuing a user experience design profession , they are able to choose courses that focus mainly on the design process behind applications . If the student is interested in product management or project management , they can select electives that encourage group work and cross-collaboration across majors so that they may learn some of the tasks of these professions . A list of courses and course descriptions is included below . HCII offers an HCI major for undergraduates , as well a master 's degree and a PhD in HCI . Students from various academic backgrounds come together from around the world to participate in these programs . Students enter the program at various stages in their academic and professional careers , with various levels of experience . HCII research and educational programs span a full cycle of value creation .
The Carnegie Technical Schools were founded in 1900 in Pittsburgh by the Scottish American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie , who wrote the time-honored words My heart is in the work , when he donated the funds to create the institution . Carnegie 's vision was to open a vocational training school for the sons and daughters of working-class Pittsburghers ( many of whom worked in his mills ) . Carnegie was inspired for the design of his school by the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn , New York founded by industrialist Charles Pratt in 1887 . In 1912 , the institution changed its name to Carnegie Institute of Technology ( CIT ) and began offering four-year degrees . During this time , CIT consisted of four constituent schools : the School of Fine and Applied Arts , the School of Apprentices and Journeymen , the School of Science and Technology , and the Margaret Morrison Carnegie School for Women . The Mellon Institute of Industrial Research was founded in 1913 by banker and industrialist brothers Andrew Mellon ( who went on to become U.S. Treasury Secretary ) and Richard B. Mellon in honor of their father , Thomas Mellon , patriarch of the Mellon family . The Institute began as a research organization which performed work for government and industry on a contract and was initially established as a department within the University of Pittsburgh . In 1927 , the Mellon Institute incorporated as an independent nonprofit . In 1937 , the Mellon Institute 's iconic building was completed and it moved to its new , and current , location on Fifth Avenue . In 1967 , with support from Paul Mellon , Carnegie Tech merged with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research to become Carnegie Mellon University . Carnegie Mellon 's coordinate women 's college , the Margaret Morrison Carnegie College closed in 1973 and merged its academic programs with the rest of the university .
W. Keith Edwards is a professor in the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology ( Georgia Tech ) and Director of the GVU Center at Georgia Tech . Edwards research lies generally in the fields of human-computer interaction ( HCI ) and computer-supported cooperative work ( CSCW ) . He has chaired and published papers in top-tier academic conferences in these fields .
Ubiquitous computing ( or ubicomp ) is a concept in software engineering and computer science where computing is made to appear anytime and everywhere . In contrast to desktop computing , ubiquitous computing can occur using any device , in any location , and in any format . A user interacts with the computer , which can exist in many different forms , including laptop computers , tablets and terminals in everyday objects such as a refrigerator or a pair of glasses . The underlying technologies to support ubiquitous computing include Internet , advanced middleware , operating system , mobile code , sensors , microprocessors , new I/O and user interfaces , computer networks , mobile protocols , location and positioning , and new materials . This paradigm is also described as pervasive computing , ambient intelligence , or everyware . Each term emphasizes slightly different aspects . When primarily concerning the objects involved , it is also known as physical computing , the Internet of Things , haptic computing , and things that think . Rather than propose a single definition for ubiquitous computing and for these related terms , a taxonomy of properties for ubiquitous computing has been proposed , from which different kinds or flavors of ubiquitous systems and applications can be described . Ubiquitous computing touches on distributed computing , mobile computing , location computing , mobile networking , sensor networks , human-computer interaction , context-aware smart home technologies , and artificial intelligence .
PARC ( Palo Alto Research Center ; formerly Xerox PARC ) is a research and development company in Palo Alto , California . Formed in 1970 , the company was originally a subsidiary of Xerox , and was tasked with creating computer technology-related products and hardware systems . Founded by Jacob E. Jack Goldman , Xerox Corporation 's chief scientist , Xerox PARC has been in large part responsible for such developments as laser printing , Ethernet , the modern personal computer , graphical user interface ( GUI ) and desktop paradigm , object-oriented programming , ubiquitous computing , electronic paper , amorphous silicon ( a-Si ) applications , the mouse and advancing very-large-scale integration ( VLSI ) for semiconductors . Xerox formed Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary in 2002 .
Chaim Gingold ( born January 15 , 1980 in Haifa , Israel ) is noted for his work with the computer game Spore , where he designed the game 's creators , including the Spore Creature Creator . Chaim was also a key member of Spore 's design and prototyping team . He has presented at the Game Developers Conference and is an active participant in the academic game studies community . Gingold grew up in Morgantown , West Virginia . He attended West Virginia University , where he studied computer science , English , and art . After college , Gingold headed to the Georgia Institute of Technology where he joined the Information Design and Technology Masters program . His dissertation was entitled Miniature Gardens & Magic Crayons : Games , Spaces , & Worlds and was supervised by noted scholar Janet Murray . Gingold lives in Berkeley , California , USA and is a Ph.D student in Computational Media at UC Santa Cruz . In January 2015 , Gingold released Earth Primer , an interactive science book that simulates processes of the Earth .
Spore is a 2008 life simulation real-time strategy God game developed by Maxis , published by Electronic Arts and designed by Will Wright , and was released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X . Covering many genres including action , real-time strategy , and role-playing games , Spore allows a player to control the development of a species from its beginnings as a microscopic organism , through development as an intelligent and social creature , to interstellar exploration as a spacefaring culture . It has drawn wide attention for its massive scope , and its use of open-ended gameplay and procedural generation . Throughout each stage , players are able to use various creators to produce content for their games . These are then automatically uploaded to the online Sporepedia and are accessible by other players for download . Spore was released after several delays to generally favorable reviews . Praise was given for the fact that the game allowed players to create customized creatures , vehicles and buildings . However , Spore was criticized for its gameplay which was seen as shallow by many reviewers ; GameSpot remarked : Individual gameplay elements are extremely simple . Controversy surrounded Spore due to the inclusion of SecuROM , and its digital rights management software , which can potentially open the user 's computer to security risks .
Dwayne Richard Hipp ( born April 9 , 1961 ) is the architect and primary author of SQLite as well as the Fossil SCM . He also authored the Lemon parser generator , and CVSTrac , the latter became the inspiration for Trac . He was also a member of the Tcl core team .
SQLite ( /ˌɛsˌkjuːˌɛlˈaɪt/ , /ˈsiːkwəˌlaɪt/ ) is a relational database management system ( RDBMS ) contained in a C library . In contrast to many other database management systems , SQLite is not a client-server database engine . Rather , it is embedded into the end program . SQLite is ACID-compliant and implements most of the SQL standard , generally following PostgreSQL syntax . However , SQLite uses a dynamically and weakly typed SQL syntax that does not guarantee the domain integrity . This means that one can , for example , insert a string into a column defined as an integer . SQLite will attempt to convert data between formats where appropriate , the string 123 into an integer in this case , but does not guarantee such conversions , and will store the data as-is if such a conversion is not possible . SQLite is a popular choice as embedded database software for local/client storage in application software such as web browsers . It is arguably the most widely deployed database engine , as it is used today by several widespread browsers , operating systems , and embedded systems ( such as mobile phones ) , among others . SQLite has bindings to many programming languages .
Billy Hoffman is an American entrepreneur and hacker , from Atlanta , Georgia .
Edward E. Iacobucci ( September 26 , 1953 - June 21 , 2013 ) was an American businessman who founded VirtualWorks founder and co-founded Citrix Systems . Architectural designer of the OS/2 and IBM DOS systems and virtualization pioneer .
The International Business Machines Corporation ( IBM ) is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Armonk , New York , with operations in over 170 countries . The company began in 1911 , founded in Endicott , New York , as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company ( CTR ) and was renamed International Business Machines in 1924 . IBM is incorporated in New York . IBM produces and sells computer hardware , middleware and software , and provides hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology . IBM is also a major research organization , holding the record for most U.S. patents generated by a business ( as of 2020 [ update ] ) for 27 consecutive years . Inventions by IBM include the automated teller machine ( ATM ) , the floppy disk , the hard disk drive , the magnetic stripe card , the relational database , the SQL programming language , the UPC barcode , and dynamic random-access memory ( DRAM ) . The IBM mainframe , exemplified by the System/360 , was the dominant computing platform during the 1960s and 1970s . IBM has continually shifted business operations by focusing on higher-value , more profitable markets . This includes spinning off printer manufacturer Lexmark in 1991 and the sale of personal computer ( ThinkPad/ThinkCentre ) and x86-based server businesses to Lenovo ( in 2005 and 2014 , respectively ) , and acquiring companies such as PwC Consulting ( 2002 ) , SPSS ( 2009 ) , The Weather Company ( 2016 ) , and Red Hat ( 2019 ) . Also in 2015 , IBM announced that it would go fabless , continuing to design semiconductors , but offloading manufacturing to GlobalFoundries . Nicknamed Big Blue , IBM is one of 30 companies included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and one of the world 's largest employers , with ( as of 2018 [ update ] ) over 350,000 employees , known as IBMers . At least 70% of IBMers are based outside the United States , and the country with the largest number of IBMers is India .
OS/2 is a series of computer operating systems , initially created by Microsoft and IBM under the leadership of IBM software designer Ed Iacobucci . As a result of a feud between the two companies over how to position OS/2 relative to Microsoft 's new Windows 3.1 operating environment , the two companies severed the relationship in 1992 and OS/2 development fell to IBM exclusively . The name stands for Operating System/2 , because it was introduced as part of the same generation change release as IBM 's Personal System/2 ( PS/2 ) line of second-generation personal computers . The first version of OS/2 was released in December 1987 and newer versions were released until December 2001 . OS/2 was intended as a protected-mode successor of PC DOS . Notably , basic system calls were modeled after MS-DOS calls ; their names even started with Dos and it was possible to create Family Mode applications - text mode applications that could work on both systems . Because of this heritage , OS/2 shares similarities with Unix , Xenix , and Windows NT . IBM discontinued its support for OS/2 on 31 December 2006 . Since then , it has been updated , maintained and marketed under the name eComStation . In 2015 it was announced that a new OEM distribution of OS/2 would be released that was to be called ArcaOS . ArcaOS is available for purchase .
Citrix Systems , Inc. is an American multinational software company that provides server , application and desktop virtualization , networking , software as a service ( SaaS ) , and cloud computing technologies . Citrix solutions are claimed to be in use by over 400,000 clients worldwide , including 99% of the Fortune 100 , and 98% of the Fortune 500 . The company was founded in Richardson , Texas in 1989 by Ed Iacobucci , who served as chairman until his departure in 2000 . It began by developing remote access products for Microsoft operating systems , licensing source code from Microsoft , and has been in partnership with the company throughout its history . By the 1990s , Citrix came to prominence as an industry leader in thin client technology , enabling purpose-built devices to access remote servers and resources . The company launched its first initial public offering in 1995 and , with few competitors , experienced large revenue increases between 1995 and 1999 . Citrix acquired Sequoia Software Corp. in 2001 and ExpertCity , a provider of remote desktop products , in 2003 . This was followed by more than a dozen other acquisitions from 2005 to 2012 , which allowed Citrix to expand into server and desktop virtualization , cloud computing , Infrastructure as a Service , and Software as a Service offerings . In 2014 , Citrix acquired Framehawk and used its technology to improve the delivery of virtual desktops and applications over wireless networks . In 2016 , as part of a US $ 1.8 billion product deal with LogMeIn , Citrix spun off the GoTo product line into a new business entity , entitled GetGo . In 2017 , Citrix completed the merger of GetGo with LogMeIn 's products . Citrix has corporate headquarters in both Fort Lauderdale , Florida and Santa Clara , California , with subsidiary operations in California and Massachusetts , and additional development centers in Australia , Canada , Denmark , Germany , India , and the United Kingdom .
DayJet was an American commercial aviation operation that provided on-demand jet travel using Eclipse 500 very light jets . Founded by Ed Iacobucci , the former leader of the IBM-Microsoft Joint OS/2 development team IBM executive and the founder of Citrix Systems , and his wife , network architect Nancy Lee Iacobucci , DayJet launched in October 2007 . It was based in Delray Beach , Florida . Described by its founders as an on-demand jet taxi service , DayJet raised $ 61 million in venture funding , entered into a five-year agreement with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and purchased 28 passenger Eclipse 500 jets ( 4 and 8-seaters ) at the cost of $ 1.5 million each before suspending operations on September 19 , 2008 during the height of the 2008 financial crisis . DayJet was Eclipse Aviation 's largest customer with a planned eventual delivery of 1,400 aircraft representing a majority of the estimated 2,500 Eclipse 500s on order . Its headquarters were in Delray Beach , Florida . DayJet had 239 orders for the Eclipse 500 , and was expected to place 70 more by 2010 . The first delivery of three Eclipse 500 aircraft took place on March 31 , 2007 .
SCO , The SCO Group , and The TSG Group are the various names of an American software company that became known for acquiring the Santa Cruz Operation 's Server Software and Services divisions , and UnixWare and OpenServer technologies , and then , under CEO Darl McBride , pursuing a series of legal battles known as the SCO-Linux controversies . The SCO Group began in 2002 with a renaming of Caldera International , accompanied by Darl McBride becoming CEO and a major change in business strategy and direction . The company was part of the Canopy Group , but became independent in March 2005 , after the settlement of a lawsuit between the Noorda family and a chairman of the group , Ralph Yarro , also former CEO of the Canopy Group . As part of the settlement , Canopy transferred all of its shares to Yarro . In January 2004 , their website , www.sco.com , was attacked by the Mydoom computer virus , which took down the website for 2 weeks using a DDoS attack . In September 2007 , SCO filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection . In April 2011 , UnXis , Inc. ( currently Xinuos ) bought The SCO Group , Inc. operating assets and intellectual property rights after having been approved by the bankruptcy court in Delaware . The SCO Group , Inc. then renamed itself TSG Group , Inc . In August 2012 , TSG Group , Inc. filed to convert from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to Chapter 7 stating There is no reasonable chance of rehabilitation . On June 14 , 2013 , Judge David Nuffer ruled on SCO v. IBM motions , granting SCO 's motion for reconsideration and reopening the case .
Paul Q . Judge ( born 1977 in Baton Rouge , Louisiana , U.S. ) is an Atlanta resident . [ citation needed ]
The Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ) is an independent agency of the United States government , established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act . Its principal mission is the promotion of consumer protection and the enforcement of civil ( non-criminal ) U.S. antitrust law through the elimination and prevention of anticompetitive business practices , such as coercive monopoly . It is headquartered in the Federal Trade Commission Building Washington , D.C . The Federal Trade Commission Act was one of President Woodrow Wilson 's major acts against trusts . Trusts and trust-busting were significant political concerns during the Progressive Era . Since its inception , the FTC has enforced the provisions of the Clayton Act , a key antitrust statute , as well as the provisions of the FTC Act , 15 U.S.C . § 41 et seq . Over time , the FTC has been delegated with the enforcement of additional business regulation statutes and has promulgated a number of regulations ( codified in Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations ) .
The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing ( CAN-SPAM ) Act of 2003 , signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 16 , 2003 , established the United States ' first national standards for the sending of commercial e-mail and requires the Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ) to enforce its provisions .
The Anti-Spam Research Group ( ASRG ) was a research group started within the Internet Research Task Force ( IRTF ) , where its charter concluded on 18 March 2013 . It is still a reference and a melting pot for anti-spam research and theorization . In particular , the wiki lives on . Dedicated to research into curbing spam on an Internet-wide level , it consists of a mailing list to coordinate work and a small web site with a wiki . As with other IRTF groups , the ASRG contributed to the Internet Engineering Task Force ( IETF ) process with drafts , documents , and assistance in the creation of new working groups . One IETF group spun off from the ASRG is MARID . The ASRG is sporadically active , as little evolves in the anti-spam landscape , with most activity happening on the mailing list . In 2008 the ASRG worked on Internet Drafts about DNSBLs , in 2010 on the standardization of Feedback loop ( email ) .
The Internet Research Task Force ( IRTF ) focuses on longer term research issues related to the Internet while the parallel organization , the Internet Engineering Task Force ( IETF ) , focuses on the shorter term issues of engineering and standards making . The Internet Research Task Force ( IRTF ) promotes research of importance to the evolution of the Internet by creating focused , long-term research groups working on topics related to Internet protocols , applications , architecture and technology .
Craig James Mundie ( born July 1 , 1949 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is Senior Advisor to the CEO at Microsoft and its former Chief Research and Strategy Officer . He started in the consumer platforms division in 1992 , managing the production of Windows CE for hand-held and automotive systems and early console games . In 1997 , Mundie oversaw the acquisition of WebTV Networks . He has championed Microsoft Trustworthy Computing and digital rights management . In 1970 , Mundie began his career as an operating system developer for the Data General Nova computer at Systems Equipment Corporation . SEC was subsequently acquired by Data General Corporation , where Mundie later became director of its advanced development facility in Research Triangle Park , North Carolina . In 1982 , he co-founded Alliant Computer Systems , holding a variety of positions there before becoming CEO . Alliant filed for bankruptcy in 1992 . Mundie holds a bachelor 's degree in Electrical Engineering ( 1971 ) and a master 's degree in Information Theory and Computer Science ( 1972 ) from Georgia Tech . Mundie attended all meetings of the Bilderberg Group between 2003 and 2019 ( except in 2005 ) . He is currently a member of the Steering Committee , which determines the invitation list and the agenda for the upcoming annual Bilderberg meetings . In April , 2009 , President Obama named Mundie as a member of his President 's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology ( PCAST ) .
Elizabeth D. Beth Mynatt ( born July 12 , 1966 ) is the executive director of the Institute for People and Technology , the former director of the GVU Center at Georgia Tech ; and professor in the School of Interactive Computing , all at the Georgia Institute of Technology . She is best known for her research in the fields of human-computer interaction , ubiquitous computing , health informatics , and assistive technology . She pioneered creating nonspeech auditory interfaces from graphical interfaces to enable blind computer users to work with modern computer applications . From 2001 to 2005 , she was selected to be the associate director of the GVU Center at Georgia Tech , and in 2005 she was appointed director . Her current research explores the implications and opportunities stemming from the pervasive presence of computation in the informal activities of everyday life .
The GVU Center at Georgia Tech ( formerly the Graphics , Visualization and Usability Center ) is an interdisciplinary research center located near Technology Square in Atlanta , Georgia , United States , and affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology . It was founded by James D. Foley , the Center 's first director , on October 15 , 1992 . According to U.S. News & World Report , it is one of the best such facilities in the world . The GVU Center 's current director is W. Keith Edwards , Georgia Tech alum and Professor in the School of Interactive Computing .
James F. O'Brien is a computer graphics researcher and professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of California , Berkeley . He is also co-founder and chief science officer at Avametric , a company developing software for virtual clothing try on . In 2015 , he received an award for Scientific and Technical Achievement from Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences .
The University of California , Berkeley ( UC Berkeley , Berkeley , Cal , or California ) is a public research university in Berkeley , California . Founded in 1868 , it is the flagship campus and the oldest of the ten campuses of the University of California . Berkeley has been ranked by numerous major education publications as among the top ten universities in the world . Berkeley is one of the 14 founding members of the Association of American Universities and had $ 789 million in R & D expenditures in the fiscal year ending June 30 , 2015 . Today , Berkeley maintains close relationships with three United States Department of Energy National Laboratories - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory - and is home to many institutes , including the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and the Space Sciences Laboratory . Through its partner institution University of California , San Francisco ( UCSF ) , Berkeley also offers a joint medical program at the UCSF Medical Center . As of October 2019 [ update ] , Berkeley alumni , faculty members and researchers include 107 Nobel laureates , the third most of any university worldwide , as well as 25 Turing Award winners , and 14 Fields Medalists . They have also won 19 Wolf Prizes , 45 MacArthur Fellowships , 20 Academy Awards , 19 Pulitzer Prizes , and 207 Olympic medals . In 1930 , Ernest Lawrence invented the cyclotron at Berkeley , based on which UC Berkeley researchers along with Berkeley Lab have discovered or co-discovered 16 chemical elements - more than any other university . During the 1940s , Berkeley physicist J. R. Oppenheimer , the Father of the Atomic Bomb , led the Manhattan project to create the first atomic bomb . In the 1960s , Berkeley was particularly noted for the Free Speech Movement as well as the anti-Vietnam War movement led by its students . In the 21st century , Berkeley has become one of the leading universities in producing entrepreneurs and its alumni have founded or co-founded many companies worldwide , including five classified as Fortune 500 Companies as of 2017 .