7 ▁Fre eman ▁was ▁held ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁Georgia ▁Te ch ▁professor ▁while ▁he ▁served ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁seven ▁assistant ▁direct ors ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Science ▁Foundation . ▁At ▁NS F , ▁he ▁led ▁the ▁$ 1 ▁billion ▁Information ▁Technology ▁Research ▁program , ▁helped ▁form ▁the ▁G EN I ▁Project , ▁led ▁the ▁Cy ber - enabled ▁Disc overy ▁and ▁In nov ation ▁In iti ative , ▁and ▁led ▁initi atives ▁to ▁rev ital ize ▁computer ▁science ▁education ▁and ▁attract ▁minor ities ▁to ▁computing . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Fre eman ▁was ▁named ▁Emer it us ▁Dean ▁of ▁the ▁Georgia ▁Te ch ▁College ▁of ▁Comput ing ; ▁in ▁this ▁position ▁he ▁consult s ▁with ▁current ▁administr ators , ▁fac ulty , ▁and ▁students ; ▁gives ▁lect ures ▁and ▁writes ▁op - eds ▁prom oting ▁issues ▁in ▁computer ▁science . ▁ ▁Since ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Fre eman ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Washington ▁Ad vis ory ▁Group , ▁where ▁he ▁advis es ▁on ▁policy ▁issues ▁related ▁to ▁secondary ▁education ▁and ▁research ▁in ▁S TE M ▁fields ▁to ▁companies , ▁univers ities , ▁govern ments , ▁and ▁non - pro fit ▁organizations . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : R ice ▁University ▁al umn i ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of ▁Texas ▁at ▁Austin ▁al umn i ▁Category : C arn eg ie ▁M ell on ▁University ▁al umn i ▁Category : Ge org ia ▁Te ch ▁fac ulty ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of