[ale] Ga tech

[Barlow, Jim D]

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Stephen Touset
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>On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 14:06 -0500, Vernard Martin wrote:
>> Braino420 wrote:
>>> > Hrm, I always thought the whole outsourcing thing was way
overblown 
>> > and mainly hype. I didn't think GA Tech would change their whole CS

>> > curriculum over it. What do you guys think?
>> The current switch in curriculum is 100% the child of the new Dean of

>> computing, Richard DeMillo. If that name doesn't sound familiar to
you 
>> then let me refresh your memory. He was the CIO for HP during some of

>> its less spectacular years.  He is hated by the faculty and is almost

>> personally responsible for destroying the community feeling in the 
>> college of computing.
> 
>> And if you think I am being harsh, feel free to ask any graduate
student 
>> or faculty member over there how they feel about him "off the
record". I 
>> guarantee you'll get the same statements.
> 
>> I gave up on GA Tech's undergraduate CS program when he became dean.
and 
>> that is a hard thing for me as I was  a "lifer" over there.  I'm very

>> close to saying that the graduate program is beyond redemption as
well.

>This is quite depressing, actually, seeing as I'm slated to start going
>to Tech for grad school next semester. I'd looked forward to going to
GA
>Tech, due to its reputation as one of the best schools in the country
>for Computer Science. But now, hearing of Greenlea's termination and
>this new Dean, I'm really starting to worry.

I've had an extensive chat with some of the people in involved with the
new GA Tech programs.   There is a lot of exciting new stuff going on, a
lot of it with national labs, and corporate research sponsors on the
most interesting new aspects of computing.

I came away wanting to bribe my kids into getting better high school
grades so they could go there.    I would sure give them a positive
look.

- Jim, speaking for only myself.