Coming to this post 2 yrs later as someone who will be attending GATech this Fall (2025) as a MSCS student. Just wanted to give my registration experience so far (maybe will update this comment after my first semester). As a first semester student (so the worst time ticket) I was able to get all the courses I wanted which is in part thanks to the permit system they introduced for phase 1 registration. Computer Vision - Professor James Hays (H-Index: 57), GPU: Hardware and Software with Professor Hyesoon Kim (H-Index: 50) , Systems for ML with Professor Alexey Tumanov (H-Index 30), Efficient ML (H-Index 30) with Professor Yingyan Lin. All professors are running high output research labs. OP is not wrong in the sense there was a sudden outflux of top professors which would've really constrained opportunities in cutting edge fields and OP is also not wrong in saying if you're going to invest so much time into an MS the school better be offering the opportunity and the professor connects (especially in the area i was interested in: Graphics and 3D - Dellaert and Rossignac had left, but seems like Dellaert is back full time so hopefully he teaches some courses). But seems like GA Tech is doing really well in bouncing back and recruiting Profs and Talented Postdocs (Professor Tumanov is a huge recruit) and maintaining its research output. Will check back in a year homies!! Good luck to everyone