James Foley

Dr. James D. Foley is a Professor in the College of Computing and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. He holds the Stephen Fleming Chair in Telecommunications. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Information and Control Engineering from the University of Michigan and a BSEE from Lehigh University, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta Kappa Nu.

• Founded the Graphics, Visualization & Usability (GVU) Center at Georgia Tech, ranked #1 in graphics and user interaction.
• Directed Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab and later served as CEO of Mitsubishi Electric ITA.
• Executive Director of Yamacraw, Georgia's broadband development initiative.

His research focuses on computer graphics, human-computer interaction (HCI), visualization, and user interface design. He co-authored foundational textbooks like Interactive Computer Graphics, translated into multiple languages.

Professional leadership includes Chair of the Computing Research Association (CRA), Fellowships with ACM and IEEE, and the ACM/SIGGRAPH Stephen Coons Award. He advised over 30 graduate students and led numerous conferences, panels, and editorial roles in top journals.

Contributions span academia and industry, including roles in NSF workshops, JTEC studies on HCI in Japan, and advisory boards for institutions like MIT and Lehigh University.