News for the GT Computing Community
December 1, 2017
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Georgia Tech Takes First in Int'l Student Hackathon League
It’s been a grueling year, but Georgia Tech students have risen to the top of the Major League Hacking (MLH) ranks and won 1st place in the recently completed 2017 MLH Hackathon Season. Tech rose to the top of the MLH standings this season by earning the highest number of merit points and the second highest number of participation points. Combined, these stats put them ahead of Rutgers University in 2nd place and the University of Waterloo in 3rd place. Read more

 Student News

UN Awards CSE Team for Project Addressing Mobility During Flooding

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 Faculty News

College Taps Grinter for Key Faculty Role

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School of CS Taesoo Kim Named Allchin Professor

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 Research News

Wearable Computing Ring Allows Users to Write Words and Numbers with Thumb

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Researchers Create DiffDroid to Detect Android App Inconsistencies

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 GT Computing in the News

Facebook's AI Suicide Prevention Tool Can Save Lives, But The Company Won't Say How It Works
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 Bits & Bytes

• Dec. 4 - 10 is Computer Science Education Week. GT Computing is committed to growing diversity in CS for all groups. We'll be celebrating all week on our social media channels and with plenty of related content. You can keep up with all of the action by following #CSEdWeek.



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

 Events

Dec. 4
Jim Foley Retirement Celebration
4 - 5:30 p.m.
IPaT
75 Fifth Street NW, Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30308
Dec. 4-5
Final Instructional Class Days
Campuswide
Dec. 7-14
Fall 2017 Final Exams
Campuswide
Dec. 14
Fall 2017 Dean's New Graduate Alumni Celebration
5 - 9 p.m.
Historic Academy of Medicine
875 West Peachtree St., NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
Dec. 15
Fall 2017 Dean's New Undergraduate Alumni Celebration
Noon - 3 p.m.
Klaus Bldg. Atrium
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