General Questions
Q: What is the best way to reach you?
The best way to reach me is via EMAIL. Please use an appropriate subject line; a short email is more likely to be read sooner than a longer one. Please DO NOT call me; I do not check my voicemail much. The voicemail tells you to send me an email. Like everyone, I receive over 300 emails a day after SPAM filtering. So, if you do not get my response, please try again. I try to respond to emails at least once daily, but not on weekends.
Q: Where are you located?
See contact for information on location and directions for my GA Tech office, including where to park, etc. My Executive Assistant is listed on my contacts page. Please get in touch with them to schedule meetings with me.
Q: How can I get a copy of Paper X or learn more about your Project Y?
Please see my publications page for papers; if I am allowed to put an online copy, it should be there. Otherwise, please get in touch with the publisher. See my website and/or contact the appropriate student/collaborator for research projects.
Q: How do I schedule a meeting with you?
Please get in touch with my admin/executive assistant.
Reviewing Request
Q: Can you review this paper/proposal?
I understand and appreciate the importance of reviewing papers and evaluating proposals. I would be happy to do so if I could do such a review and evaluation. Please email me with information about what you’d like me to review. If you do not hear back from me in two/three days, then it should be evident that I am too busy. I usually respond in a few days, stating that I can do the required evaluation. Please do not send me a review request, and assume I have agreed to do the review.
Questions by Prospective Students
Q: I want to work with you as a PhD/MS Student.
First of all, I do not admit MS or PhD Students. I work with students from various departments at GA Tech, but the students have to be admitted to these departments. Go to http://www.gradadmiss.gatech.edu/ to apply for admission.
I am happy to talk with you about possible projects. Still, I DO NOT ASSIGN NEW STUDENTS TO EXISTING PROJECTS and RARELY EVER OFFER GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS to do my work without working with you on some project. I look for motivated, hard-working, and technically/mathematically proficient students willing to chart their research agenda under my guidance. Be warned, form letters to me will not be responded to.
Q: I am doing my UNDERGRADUATE degree, and I want to do an internship with you
I do not have a program for summer internship at GA Tech, so please do not contact me for internships. Sorry.
Q: I am a High School student and need a mentor. Can you please help me?
Please send me an email. I do not promise anything, but I will try to help if I can.
Q: Do you have internships in your research group?
The answer is mostly NO, not at GA Tech, as I do not have short-term projects.
Other Inquiries
Q: I am a member of the Media and would like to talk to you about X?
Please get in touch with the Georgia Tech College of Computing’s Office of Communication for further information and to schedule an appointment.
Q: I need some help with a project that I am doing. Can you please help me?
I am always interested in projects, but my time commitments do not allow free consulting. Please email me if you would like to talk to me about some projects.
Q: Do you have experience being an Expert Witness and other related stuff in the Legal area?
I have served as an expert witness and will happily discuss this with you as needed. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with me.
Q: I am an employer interested in hiring your best students.
While I am happy to recommend my best students to you, my problem is that I have too many, and too many companies/individuals want to hire them. If there is someone specific, with a PhD, you want me to help you find, then do send me an email, otherwise, you may be better off checking out College of Computing’s Job Oppurtunities Site or GA Tech Alumni Association’s Career Site.