IP: Freeman to be New NSF CISE AD]

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> NSF ANNOUNCES NEW HEAD OF COMPUTER INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
> >
> > The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named veteran computer scientist
> > and administrator Peter A. Freeman as the foundation's new assistant
> > director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE).
> >
> > Dr. Freeman, currently John P. Imlay, Jr. Dean of Computing at Georgia
> > Institute of Technology, will take office in May.
> >
> > Since 1990, Dr. Freeman has served Georgia Tech as a professor and founding
> > dean of the College of Computing.  From 1992 to 1995, he also acted as the
> > university's Chief Information Officer.  He is a recognized leader in
> > encouraging interdisciplinary work involving computer science.
> >
> > He has served on numerous national panels and advisory committees, is a
> > fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the
> > Association for Computing Machinery and the American Association for the
> > Advancement of Science, and has been a member of the Board of Directors of
> > the Computing Research Association since 1988.
> >
> > Dr. Freeman chaired the Sam Nunn NationsBank Policy Forum on information
> > security in 1998.  This forum led to the creation of the Georgia Tech
> > Information Security Center, one of the first comprehensive centers in the
> > United States concentrating on information security.
> >
> > Dr. Freeman earned his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie-Mellon
> > University.  He is the author or coauthor of three books, editor of four,
> > and author of dozens of research papers.  He held previous faculty 
> positions
> > at George Mason University and the University of California at 
> Irvine.  From
> > 1987 to 1989 he served as director of NSF's Computer and Computation
> > Research Division within CISE, where he helped formulate the federal
> > government's High-Performance Computing and Communications Initiative.
> >
> > -NSF-
> > ====================

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