U of A Professor named to top iCORE post
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2004-12-14
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A top university professor is set to lend his expertise to the province’s growing information and communications technology (ICT) sector. Dr. Randy Goebel, a University of Alberta professor and chair of the Department of Computing Science, has been named president and CEO of Alberta’s Informatics Circle of Research Excellence (iCORE).Established in 1999 by the Government of Alberta, through the Alberta Science and Research Authority, iCORE develops and supports world-leading university-based research in ICT. Its goal is to position Alberta as a research leader in areas of computer science and engineering by fostering top research teams. The Alberta government commits $10 million a year to support the work being done by iCORE.
“iCORE has played a key role helping further the province’s research and innovation agenda and has contributed significantly to the growth of Alberta’s ICT sector,” said Victor Doerksen, Minister of Alberta Innovation and Science. “Dr. Brian Unger has done an exceptional job leading iCORE, and I look forward to working with Dr. Randy Goebel in his new position.”
Dr. Goebel will replace Dr. Brian Unger, who has been president of iCORE since its inception five years ago.
“Randy Goebel is a highly respected academic with an international reputation, experience working with industry, strong research connections throughout Canada and globally and, on top of that, a flair for strategy, innovation and bridge-building,” says Dr. Roger Smith, Chair of iCORE’s Board of Directors. “This is precisely the kind of individual we need to lead iCORE into its next phase.”
iCORE now supports 17 research teams, over 200 researchers, more than 500 graduate students, and is just over half way to its target of supporting 30 research teams in total. Dr. Goebel takes the reins at a time when iCORE is being considered for a larger role in Alberta’s ICT sector development process.
“These are exciting times for the informatics research communities in Alberta. We have enormous opportunities to create sustainable and high impact with ICT, and I am honoured to play a role in that,” Dr. Goebel said in an interview from Kuala Lumpur, where he has been working for the past sabbatical year on a joint research and development project involving the Malaysian government, Multi-Media University, and Net-linx, an international software company.
Dr. Goebel takes up his new post on January 1, 2005. For more information, visit www.icore.ca.
Original: Research Services Office News