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Zvi Galil was born in
Tel-Aviv, Israel. He earned BS and MS degrees in Applied Mathematics
from Tel Aviv University, both summa cum laude. He then obtained
a PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University. After a
post-doctorate in IBM's Thomas J. Watson research center,
he returned to Israel and joined the faculty of Tel-Aviv University.
He served as the chair of the Computer Science department
in 1979-1982.
In 1982 he joined the
faculty of Columbia University. He served as the chair of
the Computer Science Department in 1989-1994 and as dean of
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Science
in 1995-2007. Galil was appointed Julian Clarence Levi Professor
of Mathematical Methods and Computer Science in 1987, and
Morris and Alma A. Schapiro Dean of Engineering in 1995. In
2007 Galil returned to Tel Aviv University and served as president.
In 2009 he resigned as president and returned to the faculty
as a professor of Computer Science. In July 2010 he became
The John P. Imlay, Jr. Dean of Computing at Georgia Tech.
Dr. Galil's research
areas have been the design and analysis of algorithms, complexity,
cryptography and experimental design. In 1983-1987 he served
as chairman of ACM SIGACT, the Special Interest Group of Algorithms
and Computation Theory. He has written over 200 scientific
papers, edited 5 books, and has given more than 150 lectures
in 20 countries. Galil has served as editor in chief of two
journals and as the chief computer science adviser in the
United States to the Oxford University Press. He is a fellow
of the ACM and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and
a member of the National Academy of Engineering. In 2008 Columbia
University established the Zvi Galil Award for Improvement
in Engineering Student Life. In 2009 the Columbia Society
of Graduates awarded him the Great Teacher Award. In 2012
the University of Waterloo awarded him an honorary doctorate
in mathematics. Zvi Galil is married to Dr. Bella S. Galil,
a marine biologist. They have one son, Yair, a corporate lawyer
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| Title:
Computing in the 21st Century, the Georgia Tech Way
Abstract:
In the modern world, computers and computing are ubiquitous.
They are everywhere in academia--in science and engineering,
to be sure, but even in the humanities and social sciences.
And the "real world" is no different, as computation and information
technology fundamentally change the way we do business, practice
law and keep ourselves healthy. However you'd never know that
computers are indispensable to modern life by visiting the
websites of most of our major universities because at those
universities, the status of computer science (to say nothing
of the broader field of computing) does not reflect its central
importance. Georgia Tech is one of very few U.S. schools with
a College of Computing, a college that is central to the Instiutute.
In this talk I will share stories about our College: who we
are, what we offer, how we succeed and where we want to go
from here. Much of what we do would not be possible without
our being a College of a proper size. At Georgia Tech, we
have the right model for computing education and research
in the 21st century--and I will tell you why.
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/
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