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Zvi Galil

2010-01-05T20:43:06Z

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Zvi Galil earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees (both summa cum laude) at Tel Aviv University, an institution his father helped establish. After completing his doctorate at Cornell University, ge joined Tel Aviv University’s computer science department in 1976, becoming department chair in 1979 and a full professor in 1981.

He then joined Columbia’s computer science department in 1982, became the Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Mathematical Methods and Computer Science in 1987, and chaired the department from 1989 to 1994. He became dean and the Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor of Engineering in 1995.
His tenure as dean was among most accomplished in the School’s history. He increased the number of engineering faculty from 95 to 150, established the biomedical engineering department, and expanded the range and scope of other departments. Under his guardianship, the School’s endowment grew dramatically, including a $26 million gift from The Z. Y. Fu Foundation that gave the School a new name.

For students, he became a model of wise, accessible, and caring leadership. He cheerfully described himself as the “e-mail dean”, known for late-night electronic missives. But he were admired no less for his infectious sense of humor and generosity of spirit—helping students find the right advisors, holding regular fireside chats, and inspiring students to broaden their educations and become involved in the community.

“We have the best and most interesting dean at Columbia,” bragged one student. “No dean … is as well known and respected by the students as Dean Galil,” boasted another.
Little wonder then that while he was dean, the School’s national ranking shot up, graduate applications more than doubled, and undergraduate selectivity more than tripled.
When he announced his decision to take up the presidency of Tel Aviv University beginning in 2007, students started wearing shirts mourning his departure, the [[Engineering Student Council]] established a new annual award in his honor, and the Class of 2007 rallied with a 100 percent participation rate to the [[senior fund]], a feat not accomplished before or since.

His research contributions place him at the top of his field. In 1983, the Committee of Science Policy of the American Mathematical Society listed his work on optimal statistical designs as one of five "significant recent achievements" in mathematical sciences. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering not simply for his contributions to the design and analysis of algorithms but also for his leadership in computer science and engineering. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences selected him as a Fellow. Zvi have authored more than 200 papers, edited five books, and delivered more than 150 lectures in 20 countries.

In 2009 the [[Society of Columbia Graduates]] presented him with the 61st annual [[Great Teacher Award]].

{{succession|preceded=[[David H. Auston]]|succeeded=[[Gerald Navratil]]|office=Dean of [[SEAS]]|years=[[1995]] - [[2007]]}}

[[Category:Deans of SEAS|Galil, Zvi]]

Zvi Galil

2010-01-05T20:40:18Z

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Zvi Galil earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees (both summa cum laude) at Tel Aviv University, an institution his father helped establish. After completing his doctorate at Cornell University, ge joined Tel Aviv University’s computer science department in 1976, becoming department chair in 1979 and a full professor in 1981.
He then joined Columbia’s computer science department in 1982, became the Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Mathematical Methods and Computer Science in 1987, and chaired the department from 1989 to 1994. He became dean and the Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor of Engineering in 1995.
His tenure as dean was among most accomplished in the School’s history. He increased the number of engineering faculty from 95 to 150, established the biomedical engineering department, and expanded the range and scope of other departments. Under his guardianship, the School’s endowment grew dramatically, including a $26 million gift from The Z. Y. Fu Foundation that gave the School a new name.
For students, he became a model of wise, accessible, and caring leadership. He cheerfully described himself as the “e-mail dean”, known for late-night electronic missives. But he were admired no less for his infectious sense of humor and generosity of spirit—helping students find the right advisors, holding regular fireside chats, and inspiring students to broaden their educations and become involved in the community.
“We have the best and most interesting dean at Columbia,” bragged one student. “No dean … is as well known and respected by the students as Dean Galil,” boasted another.
Little wonder then that while he was dean, the School’s national ranking shot up, graduate applications more than doubled, and undergraduate selectivity more than tripled.
When he announced his decision to take up the presidency of Tel Aviv University beginning in 2007, students started wearing shirts mourning his departure, the [[Engineering Student Council]] established a new annual award in his honor, and the Class of 2007 rallied with a 100 percent participation rate to the [[senior fund]], a feat not accomplished before or since.
His research contributions place him at the top of his field. In 1983, the Committee of Science Policy of the American Mathematical Society listed his work on optimal statistical designs as one of five "significant recent achievements" in mathematical sciences. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering not simply for his contributions to the design and analysis of algorithms but also for his leadership in computer science and engineering. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences selected him as a Fellow. Zvi have authored more than 200 papers, edited five books, and delivered more than 150 lectures in 20 countries.
In 2009 the [[Society of Columbia Graduates]] presented him with the 61st annual [[Great Teacher Award]].

{{succession|preceded=[[David H. Auston]]|succeeded=[[Gerald Navratil]]|office=Dean of [[SEAS]]|years=[[1995]] - [[2007]]}}

[[Category:Deans of SEAS|Galil, Zvi]]

Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

2010-01-04T15:46:34Z

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|Name=School of Engineering and Applied Science
|Image=SEASCrown.png
|Established=1863
|Dean=[[Feniosky Peña-Mora]]
|Degrees=[[BSE]], [[MSE]], [[PhD]]
|Enrollment=1,431 Undergraduate, 949 Graduate students (2005)
|Website=[http://www.seas.columbia.edu/ www.seas.columbia.edu]
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'''Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science''' or '''SEAS''' as it is popularly known, is the engineering school of Columbia. No one calls it Fu. Ever. It awards degrees in engineering, applied physics and applied mathematics. SEAS was founded as the ''School of Mines'' in 1863 and then the ''School of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry'' before becoming the ''School of Engineering and Applied Science''. It was the country's first such institution. In [[1997]], the school was renamed in honor of Chinese businessman [[Z. Y. Fu]], who had donated $26 million.

The school was originally located in [[Lewisohn Hall]] and [[Mathematics Hall]], then known as Engineering and Mines. The construction of [[Seeley Mudd Hall]] in the 60's allowed the school to move into more spacious quarters on the northeast corner of the main campus. Due to the growth of the school in the past four decades, further expansion was determined necessary, leading to the planning of the [[Northwest Science Building]], which is due to be completed in the fall of 2010.

The school maintains a close [[CC-SEAS Relationship|relationship]] with [[Columbia College]], and undergraduate students from both schools fall under the oversight of the [[Division of Student Affairs]].

It is not uncommon for graduates to pursue illustrious mining careers, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Alternatively, investment banking is a popular choice, if mining in the Congo isn't your thing, with close to a third of all graduating SEAS-ers entering the financial industry.

== Departments ==

* [[Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics]]
* [[Biomedical Engineering]]
* [[Chemical Engineering]]
* [[Civil Engineering]]
* [[Computer Science]]
* [[Earth and Environmental Engineering]]
* [[Electrical Engineering]]
* [[Industrial Engineering and Operations Research]]
* [[Mechanical Engineering]]

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Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

2010-01-04T15:45:52Z

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{{Infobox school
|Name=School of Engineering and Applied Science
|Image=SEASCrown.png
|Established=1863
|Dean=[[Feniosky Pena-Mora]]
|Degrees=[[BSE]], [[MSE]], [[PhD]]
|Enrollment=1,431 Undergraduate, 949 Graduate students (2005)
|Website=[http://www.seas.columbia.edu/ www.seas.columbia.edu]
}}
'''Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science''' or '''SEAS''' as it is popularly known, is the engineering school of Columbia. No one calls it Fu. Ever. It awards degrees in engineering, applied physics and applied mathematics. SEAS was founded as the ''School of Mines'' in 1863 and then the ''School of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry'' before becoming the ''School of Engineering and Applied Science''. It was the country's first such institution. In [[1997]], the school was renamed in honor of Chinese businessman [[Z. Y. Fu]], who had donated $26 million.

The school was originally located in [[Lewisohn Hall]] and [[Mathematics Hall]], then known as Engineering and Mines. The construction of [[Seeley Mudd Hall]] in the 60's allowed the school to move into more spacious quarters on the northeast corner of the main campus. Due to the growth of the school in the past four decades, further expansion was determined necessary, leading to the planning of the [[Northwest Science Building]], which is due to be completed in the fall of 2010.

The school maintains a close [[CC-SEAS Relationship|relationship]] with [[Columbia College]], and undergraduate students from both schools fall under the oversight of the [[Division of Student Affairs]].

It is not uncommon for graduates to pursue illustrious mining careers, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Alternatively, investment banking is a popular choice, if mining in the Congo isn't your thing, with close to a third of all graduating SEAS-ers entering the financial industry.

== Departments ==

* [[Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics]]
* [[Biomedical Engineering]]
* [[Chemical Engineering]]
* [[Civil Engineering]]
* [[Computer Science]]
* [[Earth and Environmental Engineering]]
* [[Electrical Engineering]]
* [[Industrial Engineering and Operations Research]]
* [[Mechanical Engineering]]

[[Category:SEAS]]

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Zvi Galil

2010-01-04T15:44:57Z

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Zvi Galil (Hebrew: צבי גליל‎; born 1947) is an Israeli computer scientist and mathematician. He served as the President of Tel Aviv University starting in 2007, but resigned in 2009. Galil is the former Dean of the [[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science]] at Columbia University as well as a professor there of engineering and computer science. His research interests include the design and analysis of algorithms, computational complexity and cryptography.

His formal titles at Columbia included Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor of Engineering and Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Mathematical Methods and Computer Science. In 2009 he received the Great Teacher Award from the Society of Columbia Graduates.

Zvi Galil was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He completed both his B.Sc. (1970) and his M.Sc. (1971) in Applied Mathematics at Tel Aviv University before earning his Ph.D. at Cornell in 1975. He then spent a year working at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. From 1976 until 1995 he worked in the computer science department of Tel Aviv University, serving as its chair from 1979 to 1982. From 1982 on he also worked at Columbia, ending his association with Tel Aviv University only in 1995, when he was named to the deanship of the engineering school. In this position he has overseen the renaming of the school in honor of Chinese businessman Z. Y. Fu after a large donation was given in his name. In 1995, he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, for "fundamental contributions to the design and analysis of algorithms and outstanding service to the theoretical computer science community," and in 2005 he was selected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has published over 150 scientific papers and is listed as an ISI highly cited researcher.

{{succession|preceded=[[David H. Auston]]|succeeded=[[Gerald Navratil]]|office=Dean of [[SEAS]]|years=[[1995]] - [[2007]]}}

[[Category:Deans of SEAS|Galil, Zvi]]

Zvi Galil

2010-01-04T15:44:32Z

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Zvi Galil (Hebrew: צבי גליל‎; born 1947) is an Israeli computer scientist and mathematician. He served as the President of Tel Aviv University starting in 2007, but resigned in 2009. Galil is the former [[Dean of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science]] at Columbia University as well as a professor there of engineering and computer science. His research interests include the design and analysis of algorithms, computational complexity and cryptography.

His formal titles at Columbia included Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor of Engineering and Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Mathematical Methods and Computer Science. In 2009 he received the Great Teacher Award from the Society of Columbia Graduates.

Zvi Galil was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He completed both his B.Sc. (1970) and his M.Sc. (1971) in Applied Mathematics at Tel Aviv University before earning his Ph.D. at Cornell in 1975. He then spent a year working at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. From 1976 until 1995 he worked in the computer science department of Tel Aviv University, serving as its chair from 1979 to 1982. From 1982 on he also worked at Columbia, ending his association with Tel Aviv University only in 1995, when he was named to the deanship of the engineering school. In this position he has overseen the renaming of the school in honor of Chinese businessman Z. Y. Fu after a large donation was given in his name. In 1995, he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, for "fundamental contributions to the design and analysis of algorithms and outstanding service to the theoretical computer science community," and in 2005 he was selected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has published over 150 scientific papers and is listed as an ISI highly cited researcher.

{{succession|preceded=[[David H. Auston]]|succeeded=[[Gerald Navratil]]|office=Dean of [[SEAS]]|years=[[1995]] - [[2007]]}}

[[Category:Deans of SEAS|Galil, Zvi]]

Zvi Galil

2010-01-04T15:43:59Z

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Zvi Galil (Hebrew: צבי גליל‎; born 1947) is an Israeli computer scientist and mathematician. He served as the President of Tel Aviv University starting in 2007, but resigned in 2009. Galil is the former Dean of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University as well as a professor there of engineering and computer science. His research interests include the design and analysis of algorithms, computational complexity and cryptography.

His formal titles at Columbia included Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor of Engineering and Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Mathematical Methods and Computer Science. In 2009 he received the Great Teacher Award from the Society of Columbia Graduates.

Zvi Galil was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He completed both his B.Sc. (1970) and his M.Sc. (1971) in Applied Mathematics at Tel Aviv University before earning his Ph.D. at Cornell in 1975. He then spent a year working at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. From 1976 until 1995 he worked in the computer science department of Tel Aviv University, serving as its chair from 1979 to 1982. From 1982 on he also worked at Columbia, ending his association with Tel Aviv University only in 1995, when he was named to the deanship of the engineering school. In this position he has overseen the renaming of the school in honor of Chinese businessman Z. Y. Fu after a large donation was given in his name. In 1995, he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, for "fundamental contributions to the design and analysis of algorithms and outstanding service to the theoretical computer science community," and in 2005 he was selected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has published over 150 scientific papers and is listed as an ISI highly cited researcher.

{{succession|preceded=[[David H. Auston]]|succeeded=[[Gerald Navratil]]|office=Dean of [[SEAS]]|years=[[1995]] - [[2007]]}}

[[Category:Deans of SEAS|Galil, Zvi]]