CHEMISTRY

A Cornell University Assistant Professor of Computer Science Johannes Gehrke has been named a Faculty Associate Director of the Cornell Theory Center (CTC). "Johannes is not new to the Center," said Thomas Coleman, CTC director and professor of computer science and applied mathematics. "He has already helped in significant ways with many CTC initiatives over the last several years; this appointment is, in part, recognition of a growing and positive relationship. It also recognizes his international research reputation, strong leadership potential, and effective collaboration skills. Our team is now deeper and stronger." In the two-year appointment that commenced on July 1, 2004, Gehrke will provide leadership to CTC's data-intensive computing initiative; participate in, and help further define, CTC's corporate outreach efforts; and serve as principal investigator for appropriate initiatives. "CTC has established itself as a leader in high-performance computing," said Gehrke. "HPC traditionally provided computational processing power, but today it is gaining recognition as a vehicle for extracting knowledge from huge amounts of data. I am excited about joining CTC to work on projects involving HPC data management and data mining." Gehrke has presented workshops at the Center's Manhattan office and has worked on various projects jointly with CTC in the past. Gehrke joined Cornell's faculty in 1999 after earning a doctorate in computer science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.