Pierre Bourque

Position statement. The IEEE Computer Society must better address the needs of computing professionals in industry around the world. By virtue of my background in both industry and academia, I will advocate the vision that the Computer Society should move from being a technical society to a broader professional one. It needs to build upon its credibility and brand name recognition to offer more high-quality products and services that are current, practical, and relevant to professionals in the field, while maintaining its long-standing tradition of technical excellence in the academic and research communities. Such products notably include certification programs for professionals that are recognized by industry, as well as training delivered in various online formats and durations. This cohesive suite of products and services must be actively promoted in the marketplaces of the world and meet the needs of professionals everywhere, since computing is, without doubt, a global industry.

Biography. Pierre Bourque is an associate professor and the director of a professional master’s degree program in software engineering at l’École de technologie supérieure du Université du Québec, Canada. He is coeditor of the 2001 and 2004 versions of the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) project, sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and funded by numerous industrial partners. The SWEBOK Guide is recognized as an ISO Technical Report. He is also coeditor of the upcoming 2010 version of the SWEBOK Guide. He is currently a member of the Computer Society’s Professional Activities Board and acts as liaison to the Educational Activities Board. He served on the Professional Practices Committee from 2006 to 2009. He is a member of the Distinguished Visitor Program and was the recipient of an Outstanding Contribution Award from the Computer Society in 2001.

Bourque received a PhD from the University of Ulster (Northern Ireland) on the topic of the maturation of the software engineering discipline and profession. Prior to his academic appointment, he worked in software engineering, data modeling, and database design at the National Bank of Canada from 1987 to 1995.

  Elizabeth Burd

Position statement. What’s exciting about computing is that it’s constantly changing—but this is also one of our greatest challenges. The power of computing is in the way it touches everything—our work, our homes, our education, our leisure, and our safety. Increasingly, researchers and software developers are challenged by interdisciplinary work that requires us to understand our discipline as well as many others. The need for clear and effective cross-cultural working and communication has never been so strong. Likewise, never have there been so many demands on our staff for their skills.

Through its conferences and publications, the Computer Society can support these needs and should investigate ways to increase collaboration between academia and industry. If elected, I will encourage the Society to continue to investigate ways to better support professional development in computing, including promoting industrially focused publication of research outcomes and enabling networking opportunities at conferences for local business communities.

Biography. Elizabeth (Liz) Burd is deputy head of faculty at Durham University in the UK. She has a remit for student research and teaching and learning activities. Burd teaches software engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She also leads Durham’s Technology Enhanced Learning research group, a group of 20 research staff and students, and is director of the UK’s Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning—Active Learning in Computing. She has research collaborations with firms that include IBM, Microsoft, British Telecommunication, BAe, and Logica. In the past five years, she has garnered millions of dollars in research funds.

Burd has served on program committees for more than 20 IEEE conferences, serving as program chair or general chair. She has published more than 60 articles on software engineering and 30 articles on computing education. Burd has received many awards for her work, including a Learning and Teaching Excellence Award from Durham University in 2001, the IEEE Computer Science and Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2008, and a UK National Teaching Fellowship in 2009.

A member of the IEEE and the Computer Society for 15 years, Burd was appointed an IEEE senior member in 2005.

  José I. Castillo-Velázquez

Position statement. Many engineers around the world have lost their jobs, even those who boast notable achievements and good résumés. The IEEE Computer Society needs to be more involved where jobs are produced, so we need to increase practitioners’ participation. It’s time to share specific programs for collaboration among all the regions, especially using Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 platforms. We have many virtual communities at the IEEE today, but they are not using all their potential. The two largest of these have 3,000 and 2,800 members, so we are wasting a great opportunity. The Computer Society needs to review Web platforms and their functionalities and also increase virtual collaboration to help everyone reduce cost and time. It’s time for pushing international programs that encourage baby boomers to share their experiences with young computer professionals in all countries. The Society must also pay more attention to impacts on the environment.

Biography. José-I. Castillo-Velázquez received a BS in electronic sciences, with honors, and an MS in semiconductor devices from the University of Puebla. He has been working for 14 years in the computer and telecommunication industries as a practitioner in the public and private sectors (including TelMex-Red Uno from 2006-2008) as well as in private and public universities as a tenured professor at Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca from 1998-1999, at the Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla from 1999-2005 (where he rose to department chair), and at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla from 2005-2006.

In 2009, Castillo-Velázquez serves as head of the University of Mexico City’s engineering department. He has authored 53 journal and conference papers and has organized multidisciplinary congresses, seminars, and events for knowledge dissemination. He is a member of many state and national research and academic networks and has been an independent consultant for local companies and governments. Castillo-Velázquez volunteers for IEEE Region 9 as Strategic Planning Committee member, Communications Committee chair, Virtual Communities Ad Hoc Committee chair, and Virtual Communities Ad Hoc Committee member. He is editor in chief of IEEE NoticIEEEro, the Region 9 newsletter, and webmaster for the IEEE Mexican Council. Visit www.paginasprodigy.com.mx/a57852133 to learn more.

Thomas M. Conte

Position statement. This is one of the most challenging times in computing. The global recession and its impact on our industry and our lives have been profound. The IEEE Computer Society is here to support the computer professionals that make up the Society. This is important now more than ever. We cannot let red tape or petty squabbles get in the way of a Computer Society that is useful and valuable to its members.

I have been an active member of the Computer Society for over two decades, serving in many leadership roles. The “Is it helping our members?” test is the guiding principle behind any and all decisions I make involving the governance of the Society. As a Board of Governors member, I will use this test to guarantee the Computer Society remains a useful and effective part of our professional lives.

 Biography. Thomas M. Conte has been involved with the Computer Society for many years over the course of his more than 25 years of IEEE membership. He has shepherded major symposia in his technical area via serving as a Technical Committee chair and served on numerous editorial boards for Computer and Micro magazines, Transactions on Computers, and Computer Architecture Letters, among others. Conte is a professor of computer science at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, where he takes pride in both his research and his teaching efforts. His research focuses on manycore computer architectures, compiler code generation, and fast simulation techniques.

Conte serves as the 2009 IEEE Computer Society Awards Committee chair, where his focus has been on streamlining and revamping the awards process so that more of our members are recognized for their accomplishments in our field. A Fellow of the IEEE, he received a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

 Frank E. Ferrante

Position statement. Having served my first term as a member of the Board of Governors in 2006-2009, I feel that if the membership returns me for a second term, my experience gained over the past three years will benefit the Society immensely. My involvement in supporting budget issues, IEEE relationships, publications issues, membership fee alternatives, communities development, and new website architectural considerations are critical for our Society’s growth and stability. I feel fortunate to have gained insight into the matters being addressed, and I truly appreciate the challenges faced by the Board, as well as its role in meeting these challenges.

We must take decisive steps to maintain our leadershipas an internationally recognized and honored source of computer technology information and means for information dissemination. I will work to improve the benefits gained by members and will continue to support our members in their ever-expanding needs.

Biography. Frank E. Ferrante is a life senior member of the IEEE Computer Society and a member of the Communications Society since 1960. He was inducted into the IEEE Computer Society’s Golden Core in 2009 and has served on the Society’s Board of Governors from 2006-2009. Ferrante served as editor in chief of IT Professional from 2002-2005, and now serves as a member of the Society’s Publications Board, Professional Activities Board, and the newly established Electronic Products and Services Committee. In addition, Ferrante served two terms as chair of the IEEE-USA’s Medical Technology Policy Committee.

Ferrante is currently an executive partner and adjunct professor in the College of William & Mary’s Mason School of Business, and previously was an associate faculty/practitioner in the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School. In 2003, he received the JHU Practitioners Faculty Award for Excellence. Ferrante is founder of FEF Group and was a cofounder of ComCert. In 2000, he retired from Mitretek Systems (now Noblis) as a senior principal and fellow. He also worked for Mitre, Northrop/Page Communications, and Atlantic Research. Ferrante received degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Syracuse University, and Carnegie Mellon University, where he was a Mitre Fellow.

  Jean-Luc Gaudiot

Position statement. I believe in the Computer Society’s mission as an international organization to provide technical information and services to advance the theory, practice, and application of information processing science and technology. I know how the IEEE Computer Society works, and I know the buck stops with the Board of Governors. I have taken on a significant number of in-depth jobs over the years—like editor in chief of IEEE Transactions on Computers, one of three founders and first editor in chief of IEEE Computer Architecture Letters, chair of the Technical Committee on Computer Architecture—and feel I am prepared to be part of the Board of Governors. With all the challenges in so many dimensions in front of us, I would like to see the IEEE Computer Society continue making a difference in the lives of its members. I ask you to give me a chance to do that.

Biography. Jean-Luc Gaudiot is now professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Irvine. Prior to joining UCI in January 2002, he was a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Southern California. Gaudiot’s industrial experience includes software engineering at Teledyne and design of innovative processor architectures at TRW. In his research, he focuses on computer architecture, a field in which he has authored more than 200 refereed publications.

Gaudiot is currently the first editor in chief of IEEE Computer Architecture Letters, a publication he helped found to facilitate the fast turnaround of fundamental ideas. From 1999 to 2002, he was editor in chief of Transactions on Computers, and he served as chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Computer Architecture for two terms (2001-2005).

Gaudiot received the Diplôme d’Ingénieur from l’École Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Electronique et Electrotechnique, Paris, in 1976, and an MS and PhD in computer science from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1977 and 1982, respectively. He has been a Fellow of the IEEE since January 1999 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2008.

  Gargi Keeni

  Position statement. As a volunteer of the IEEE Computer Society, I have always felt that the Computer Society, as a flag bearer of computer and information technology professionals, has a larger role to play. Toward this end, it should have more penetration—in terms of reaching more people; more participation—by getting more people (men, women, students, researchers, and young professionals) to participate and more utility—by providing value for all members current and future; and, above all, more creative ideas and activities.

As a member of the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors, I intend to work toward these goals. I will leverage my industry background, my existing roles in national and international forums, and my experience in working with student chapters and students to achieve these goals. I will also use my present experience and network to forge closer ties with other standards and professional bodies.

Biography. Gargi Keeni, a vice president at Tata Consultancy Services, has more than 20 years of multicultural and multilocation experience in software development and services delivery.

Keeni received a PhD in physics from Tohoku University. She serves on the advisory panel of the NASSCOM quality forum, the advisory board of IEEE Software, and the Athens University of Economics and Business MBA International Program business advisory council.

Keeni also serves on the program committee of the International Workshop on Future Software Technology; the program committee of Software Engineering Process Group, Asia-Pacific; and the business planning group of ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7. She has also served as the vice chair of the IEEE Women in Engineering Calcutta section, among others.

A senior member of the IEEE and a certified examiner for JRD-QV, Keeni is an SEI-authorized instructor and lead appraiser for CMMI, and a lead appraiser for People CMM. Her research interests include information security, process improvements, quality management systems, and business excellence. Contact her at gargi@ieee.org.

   Luis Kun

Position statement. “When you step into an intersection of fields, disciplines or cultures, you can combine existing concepts into a large number of extraordinary new ideas.”—The Medici Effect.

Similar to this remarkable phenomenon of creativity that occurred in Florence in the 15th century, as a Board member, I would like to build a new “Renaissance” in our Computer Society community by encouraging multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary dialog, both within and outside the IEEE, that will help us grow, become more effective, and learn from each other and drop the barriers between disciplines, cultures, and societies. Currently, as a member of multiple IEEE societies, including the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, I have leveraged their technical content to pursue policies for healthcare transformation. See an example of this approach at www.hawaii.edu/csati/summit/archive/Summit.html. Also read the November/December 2008 issue of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology on Health Care CIP

 Biography. Luis Kun is the founding chair of the IEEE-USA Electronic Health Record and High Performance Computers and Communications working group and the committees on bioterrorism security medical technology policy and critical infrastructure protection. He lectures extensively and has served in the Distinguished Visitor Program for both the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.

Kun is a professor at the National Defense University (see www.ndu.edu/IRMC/ia/kun.html). He received a BSEE, MSEE, and PhD in biomedical engineering from UCLA and spent 14 years at IBM. As senior IT advisor to the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Kun led HPCC and Telehealth efforts. As a distinguished Fellow at the Centers for Disease Control, he wrote the IT vision for the National Immunization Program.

A Fellow of the IEEE and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Kun received the AIMBE’s first-ever Fellow Advocate Award in 2009. His IEEE-USA Citation of Honor Award reads, “For exemplary contributions in the inception and implementation of a health care IT vision in the US.” Kun also received an Administrator’s Award of Merit “For exceptional dedication and professional achievement that have greatly enhanced the recognition of AHCPR’s research in the HPCC Program.”

  James W. Moore

  Position statement. The IEEE and its Computer Society should be natural partners in pursuing the challenges of the 21st century. The IEEE’s membership comprises the leading knowledge of modern electronic engineering principles, while the Computer Society’s membership draws upon leading knowledge of information technology and software development. What better place to embed modern software and information technology into time-tested principles of engineering? During my service to the Computer Society, I have dedicated myself to that proposition—first, through standardization activities and, recently, through engineering-based codification of the knowledge and competencies of the software discipline. It now appears that a path to licensure of “software engineers” will be established in the US as early as 2011. I want the Computer Society to be the “go-to” place for those new engineers as well as software engineers around the world.

Biography. James W. Moore, CSDP, is a 40-year veteran of software engineering at IBM and Mitre, where he is a senior principal engineer. He has served as a member of a US Federal Advisory Board, as the chair of the US Technical Advisory Group, and as head of the delegation to the ISO/IEC subcommittee on software and systems engineering. He was an executive editor of the Computer Society’s Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge and a member of the editorial board for the 2002 revision of the Encyclopedia of Software Engineering. As chair of the Computer Society’s Professional Practices Committee, he led efforts to align the SWEBOK Guide with the model curriculum for software engineering and with the Computer Society’s two certification programs, resulting in a single statement of the content and boundaries of the software engineering discipline.

Moore holds two US patents, and his latest book on software engineering standards was published in 2006. He is an IEEE Fellow and a member of the Computer Society’s Golden Core. He graduated from the University of North Carolina with a BS in mathematics and from Syracuse University with an MS in systems and information science.

  Pablo F. Sanchez

  Position statement. We members of the IEEE Computer Society, as part of the world’s leading organization of computing professionals, must strengthen the development of our social network and be proud of our community. We must develop a sustainable Society, not just act as individual clients of an information provider.

If elected, I will work to foster our Society as an inclusive and networked community, focusing on membership’s value, developing relevant products, programs, and services targeted to underserved populations like practitioners, young professionals, women, and members living in economically stressed areas of the world.

We have the opportunity to embrace our network, history, knowledge, ethics, and vision of the future. As a member of the Board of Governors, I will work to bring these strengths to coordinated action and responsibly foster initiatives in this direction. I ask for your support. For more details about my vision, please visit my blog at www.pfsanchez.blogspot.com.

 Biography. Pablo F. Sanchez received an MS in information systems and computing from the Universidad Católica Argentina. He has been an active Society volunteer since 1998, serving as vice chair of the Argentina chapter in 2001 and its secretary in 2002.

Sanchez has more than 16 years’ experience in the area of information technologies and communications, having served in positions of different natures and hierarchical levels at organizations such as the University Information System Program at the Ministry of Culture and Education of Argentina, CyberScope Argentina, ME Corp, the Cardiovascular Foundation of Colombia, and several high-level international consultancy firms.

He has had the opportunity to manage, create, and advise on business creation and entrepreneurship. Sanchez is currently CEO of Expértika, advising Latin American technology-based companies in software management and the strategic use of technology for business expansion.

An IEEE member and secretary of the IEEE Argentina section, Sanchez has developed and deployed several programs that resulted in recognition for the entities he served, including a wide range of contributions to the IEEE, GOLD, and the IEEE Computer Society. He also served on the Advisory Board of The Institute and served as chair of the IEEE Region 9 Regional Communications Committee.

  John W. Walz

  Position statement. I will work to increase your membership value with improved IEEE products and services, thus improving Society membership retention to address our financial situation. My vision is to increase the relevance of Computer Society products and services by managing the life cycle of knowledge from research to industry implementation, encouraging direct industry input into our design of products and services, directly addressing the needs of computing and information technology practitioners, and assisting members in creating, sharing, and preserving their intellectual property.

As Computer Society first vice president for technical and conference activities, I have focused on improving the quality of the IEEE brand, moving technical activities closer to our conferences, promoting organizational excellence, and deploying our Web portals. Last year, as Computer Society vice president for our world-class standards collection, I encouraged prominent standards experts to author podcasts and webinars for distribution by the Computer Society. Please visit www.johnwalz.com.

Biography. John W. Walz retired from Lucent/AT&T with more than 20 years of management/coaching experience, covering positions in hardware and software engineering, quality planning and auditing, standards implementation, and strategic planning. Walz has coauthored three books covering the use of IEEE Software Engineering Standards to support CMMI, ISO 9001, and Lean Six Sigma. He is also a contributor to the Computer Society ReadyNotes and industry webinar programs.

Walz serves the IEEE Computer Society as first vice president in charge of the Technical and Conferences Activities Board. Previously, he was the standards activities vice president. Walz also served on the Society’s History; Technology & Conferences; New Practitioners; Awards; Membership; Software and Systems Engineering Standards (S2ESC); and Computer Software Applications Conference Committees.

Walz held leadership positions in national and international industry and professional organizations, including the US Technical Advisory Group on ISO 9001, the American Society for Quality Electronics and Communications Division and its Sarbanes-Oxley Forum, the Quality Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunications Forum, and the Information Integrity Coalition.

A recipient of the IEEE Computer Society Golden Core award, Walz participated in the Distinguished Visitor Program and received the Distinguished Service and Meritorious Service Awards. He received an MS in electrical engineering from Ohio State University.