Society officer and Governing Board nominees

Below and on the following pages are the position statements and biographies of the Computer Society's candidates for presi-dent, first and second vice-presidents, and Governing Board. Within each category, candidates are listed in alphbetical order.

Election of officers to one-year terms and board members to two-year terms, each beginning January 1, 1985, will be by voteof the membership as specified in the bylaws (see Computer, January 1981, pp. 110-111). Ballots, which will be mailed to allsociety members about September 7, must be received at IEEE headquarters by October 22. Election results will be announced inthe December issue of Computer.The opinions expressed in the following statements are those of the individual candidates and do not necessarily reflect society

positions or policies.

Nominee for president

Martha Sloan

Nominees for first vice president

Robert G. Stewart

Position statement.A year ago, I ran forpresident because of myconcerns about the

H _ directions the societywas then taking. As acandidate for a secondterm, I'd like to review

the goals proclaimed in 1983 and examineprogress toward them. Goals for 1984 were to

(1) Improve Computer. We have increasedthe number of pages, begun a graphic rede-sign which you should see in the centennialissue, and reduced "house organ" materialwhile introducing audited statements offinances. For 1985 Computer will have a neweditor with a substantial industrial back-ground and several articles written by a newstaff writer.

(2) Promote broad, democratic participa-tion in the society. The 1984 GoverningBoard is the most diverse ever with its firstmembers from Europe and five membersnominated by membership petition. My ap-pointments to the Executive Committeechanged it from primarily academic toprimarily industrial and included its first non-US member. We are taking several steps, in-cluding bylaws changes, to increase the powerof the Governing Board relative to that of thepresident and to ensure more open elections.

(3) Improve society operations. I havestreamlined operations and believe that, in1984, we will reverse three years of financialdecline while providing greater technical bene-fits to the members with no dues increase. Ihave initiated long-range planning for thesociety's future. While much remains to beaccomplished, I remain convinced that closeattention to operations coupled with planningwill continue to improve technical services.

(4) Build stronger bridges to IEEE andACM.

We have negotiated greater autonomy fromIEEE in handling our conferences andfinances, reducing duplication of effort bythe society and the institute. Our relationshipwith IEEE is characterized by increasing cor-

diality and mutual respect. Our liaison withACM is bearing fruit in joint programs suchas new joint conferences and cooperativepublication and especially the establishmentof accrediation for computer science pro-grams, which will be a major contribution tothe profession.

I hope in 1985 to continue progress towardthese same basic goals. Thanks for your sup-port.

Biography. Sloan served the Computer Soci-ety as treasurer (1977-1979), vice-president forchapters (1980), vice-president for confer-ences (1981-82), second vice-president(1980-81), president (1984), and GoverningBoard member (1977-1981). She has chairedthe society's Finance, Executive, Operations,and Registration committees and served onthe Bylaws, Long-Range Planning, MagazineAdvisory, and numerous technical commit-tees.For IEEE, she has chaired the Publications

Long-Range Planning Committee (1980-81)and the Publications Finance Committee(1982-83). She has served on the IEEE BudgetDevelopment Committee, Nominations andAppointments Committee, and PublicationsBoard, as well as the Educational ActivitiesBoard and several editorial boards. A seniormember of IEEE, Sloan also belongs toACM, AAAS, AWC, ASEE, SWE, Phi BetaKappa, Sigma Xi, and Tau Beta Pi.Now professor of electrical engineering at

Michigan Technological University, Sloan hasworked for Lockheed Missiles and SpaceCompany, NASA, and the Frankfurt Interna-tional School. She has written three textbookson computer hardware and microcomputersand 40 papers and is currently working ingraphics and design automation. Sloanearned her BSEE with great distinction,MSEE, and PhD from Stanford University.She received a Computer Society specialaward and the Frederick Emmons Termanaward for the outstanding young electricalengineering educator in 1979.

Position statement.The activities overlap ofthe ACM and the Com-puter Society is so greatthat it is my belief thatevery effort must be ex-pended to merge the twoorganizations. For this

to happen, the basic structure of the presentIEEE needs alteration. Appropriate organiza-tional concepts and plans need to bedeveloped together with the ACM, thenpresented to the IEEE.Computer Society conferences are over-

priced. The ICCAD conference this fall inSanta Clara has a registration fee of $170. Ofthat amount, two-thirds covers social events.Make such items optional so individualswithout company support can attendmeetings.The society should accent industrial

members' needs, like portable pensions, im-proved IRA, continuing education, awards,and tutorial papers written in a more readablestyle. Standard development is crucial, withresulting drafts published in our magazines sothe membership can judge their implications.

Non-professional users of personal com-puters should be able to join a new sub-unitof the society in a new membership grade.Lack of cohesive voice for small users nowrenders them victims of marketing scams andhoopla.The society needs to grow internationally

by establishing chapters, conferences, andoffices outside the United States.

Surveys of our members should be made,and policy decisions should reflect theirsuggestions.The society should cooperate with the

regional and sectional groups of the IEEE.The number of technical committees

should be reduced by consolidation into moreeffective TCs.Computer magazine needs hardware papers

to keep engineers current with technologicaldevelopments.

Biography. Stewart is currently first vice

president with responsibility for technicalactivities. He has been a member of theGoverning Board, Publications Board,Magazine Advisory Committee, New Publica-tions Proposal Committee, Computer Stan-dards Committee, Microprocessor StandardsCommittee, the 694, 696, 754, and 896 work-ing groups, and is an associate editor of IEEEMicro. As a member of the Governing Board,he was instrumental in starting Micro andinitiating efforts to investigate a merger withthe ACM.He served as chairman of the Computer

Standards Committee for 31/2 years and wasresponsible for initiating numerous standardsactivities and having drafts published in Com-puter.He has served as chairman of the Santa

Clara Valley Reliability Chapter, whichreceived the Chapter-of-the-Year Awardduring his tenure as chairman. He receivedthe Honor Roll award from the ComputerSociety for "distinguished service in prom-ulgating important standards in themicroprocessor area."He now works for Exxon in San Jose. He

holds a PhD from IIT in Chicago. He is asenior member of the IEEE and a member ofSID, Sigma Xi, and Pi Mu Epsilon.

overseas membership. Finally, we must seekways to get our membership more involvedand must depend on volunteers to accomplishfunctions which have typically caused prolif-eration of staff in the past.

Biography. Vick is currently the ComputerSociety's second vice president and is servinghis second term as vice president for confer-ences and tutorials. He served two consecu-tive terms on the Governing Board beginningin 1980. He was the founder of the TechnicalCommittee on Distributed Processing andserved as its. first chairman. He was co-gen-eral chairman of the First International Con-ference on Distributed Computing Systems in1979 and remains as chairman of its standingcommittee. He is serving a second term onthe IEEE Fellow Committee and was previ-ously a member of the TAB Conferences andMeetings Committee.

Vick is a professor and the head of theComputer Science and Engineering Depart-ment at Auburn University. He was previous-ly a vice president and technical director forSystems Control, Inc., and served 12 years asdirector of data processing research and de-velopment for the Ballistic Missile DefenseAdvanced Technology Center.

Vick received his PhD in electrical engi-neering from Auburn University. He is a re-cipient of the US Army R&D Award and theSenior Executive Service award for out-standing research. He is also a Fellow of theIEEE and a member of the ACM.

area to make these activities moremanageable, attractive, and successful.

Biography. Freeman is currently a member ofthe Governing Board, chairman of the IEEEInfocom Standing Committee, and GeneralChairman of the Ninth Conference on LocalComputer Networks. He was General Chair-man of Infocom 82 and Compcon Fall 82and has been a member of the Program Com-mittee for a number of Computer Societyconferences. He was Chairman of theTechnical Committee for Computer Com-munications for two terms. He served as aDistinguished Visitor of the Society from1980 to 1982. Other professional activitiesinclude senior membership in the IEEE.

Freeman is vice president for engineering atArchitecture Technology Corporation, wherehe is involved in all aspects of consulting andresearch in local networks, office automation,and database management systems. He is co-author of Database Computers; co-editor ofLocal Computer Networks, MicrocomputerNetworks, and Database Management in the1980's, and has numerous conference andjournal publications to his credit.

Freeman received his BSEE from theUniversity of Pennsylvania in 1966 and theMS and PhD degrees in electrical engineeringfrom the University of Illinois in 1968 and1970 respectively.

Charles R. Vick Roy L. Russo

Position statement.

It is becoming increas-ingly critical that the

membership of theComputer Society insist

on sound managementpolicies and financialresponsibility from its

elected leadership. Although these objectiveshave received attention over the past fewyears, I feel that their priority must beescalated. The size and complexity of thesociety requires it, and our future fiscalhealth demands it. Other than membershipdues, our sources of revenue are publications,conferences, and tutorials, which support allother activities. Reducing service or increasingcost in these areas would not be a considera-tion if society resources and staff were opti-mized. I am certainly not advocating the de-parture from a volunteer organization; butsuggesting that our multi-million dollar oper-ation cannot survive unless we treat it as amulti-million dollar operation.

I am a strong supporter of increased coop-eration with the ACM. We have jointly spon-sored a tutorial week and are planning more.We are also planning a cooperative, majorconference for 1986. I also strongly oppose a

merger with the ACM. "Friendly" competi-tion is healthy and I feel the identity pro-jected by each is important to the respectivememberships.

I support the current endeavor for accredi-tation standards for computer science. Weshould emphasize the election of our seniormembers to the fellow grade. I have longbeen a supporter of increasing services to our

Nominees for second vicepresident

Harvey A. Freeman

Position statement.As a member of theGoverning Board for thepast two years, I have

seen the ComputerSociety continue itsgrowth and maintain its

programs at their cur-

rent high level. As it becomes a ten-million-dollar-per-year business, however, morebusiness-oriented techniques are needed tomanage the society's operations and activities.If elected, I will continue adding to thedevelopment of these techniques. The samecontrol mechanisms and tools that successfulbusinesses use in their management will beexamined and applied as appropriate.

Current programs, conferences, and otheractivities can be given a broader appealwithout sacrificing either quality or the abilityto meet the specialized requirements ofvarious subgroups. The experience and in-sight gained through my past and current in-volvement with Computer Society activitiesand the Governing Board will allow me tocontinue to offer and implement new ways toachieve these goals. I would use my positionas second vice-president, if elected, to workespecially in the conferences and tutorials

Position statement.A vice-president of theIEEE-Computer Societyhas the responsibilityand the opportunity tointroduce, implement,and support innovativeideas for service to its

members and the profession. I propose thefollowing plan for action:(1) Publish more pragmatic articles in Com-puter by continuously inviting papers basedon industrial practice and experience.(2) Translate leading-edge, non-Englisharticles, particularly Japanese articles, forpublication in our magazines and transac-tions.(3) Reduce the time it takes to publish newsand articles about significant developments inthe computer field by rapidly implementingthe "technical contributing editor" positionfor our magazines.(4) Hold publication subscription rates downby increasing advertising income and activelyseeking new subscribers.(5) Help chapters sponsor high interest pro-grams including local, one-day tutorials.(6) Strengthen our relationships with otherIEEE societies by providing more oppor-tunities for cross-society service and benefits.(7) Vigorously pursue programs of enhancedcooperation with ACM aimed at directmember benefit, e.g., reduced cross-subscription rates for publications.(8) Provide more support, encouragement,and recognition to our volunteers and less redtape and central bureaucracy.(9) Accelerate the movement towards a more

international society by pursuing newmembers particularly in Europe and Japanand by increasing their involvement in Com-puter Society activities.(10) Hold a Conference on Standards and in-crease support and recognition for standardsdevelopment activities.I will work towards these goals and I wel-come your support and ideas.

Biography. Russo founded IEEE Design andTest of Computers magazine in 1983 and isits first editor-in-chief. He is a member of theGoverning and Publications Boards, andchairs the ICCAD/ICCD Conferences Coor-dinating Committee. As vice-president oftechnical activities (1982-83), he initiated theRobotics, Personal Computing, ComputerLanguages, and Computers in EducationTechnical Committees, and introduced theconcept of a vice-president for standards,now adopted. As treasurer (1981), he devel-oped a uniform accounting system with theIEEE and initiated the computer servicescommittee. He has served as Executive Com-mittee member (1981-83), Governing BoardMember (1979-84), chairman of the DesignAutomation Technical Committee (1976-77),and as a member on numerous other commit-tees.An IEEE fellow, he is a member of ACM,

Eta Kappa Nu, and Sigma Xi.Russo is a research staff member at the

IBM Watson Research Center pursuingdesign automation for VLSI. Previously, hewas a senior engineer and a manager at IBM,a consulting professor at Stanford, and anassistant professor at Penn State.

Russo earned the PhD degree (EE) fromPennsylvania State University. He received anIEEE Centennial medal, the L.A. DoggettAward for outstanding writing in electricalengineering from Pennsylvania State Univer-sity, and an Outstanding Contribution Awardand Invention Achievement Award from IBM.

Nominees for governing board(vote for 10)

Dennis R. Allison

Position statement.Our primary goal as aprofessional society isthe dissemination ofnew ideas. We accom-plish this through ourpublications, throughconferences and tutori-

als, through the technical activities commit-tees, through standards activities, andthrough e-mail services. In a broad sense,continued growth in the computer fielddepends upon how successful the ComputerSociety is at managing its communicationsresources.

The Computer Society is not without itsproblems. Managing success is difficult: notonly is our membership growing but so is thescope of our discipline. The fragile com-munications structure that we have fashionedmust evolve to meet the new needs.The Governing Board sets goals and man-

ages the future of the society. It is not aresponsibility to be taken lightly. I have nolove of meetings, redundant discourse, anduncompromising positions; I aspire to theGoverning Board as a pragmatist with vestedinterests only in our long-term success.

Biography. Allison has been involved in avariety of different Computer Society ac-tivities. He is a past member of the Govern-ing Board (1982-1983). In the publicationsarea, he is now a member of the EditorialBoard of IEEE Software and a member ofthe Magazine Adisory Board; previously heserved as an associate technical editor forComputer magazine. He was program co-chair for Compcon Spring 84 and chair forthe 10th Asilomar Microprocessor Workshop.He served as chair for the TC on Micropro-cessors and Microcomputers and is on the ad-visory committee for the TC on PersonalComputing.He is a consultant and part-time lecturer in

the Computer Systems Laboratory of Stan-ford University. His professional interests arediverse: they include programming languagedesign and implementation, computer archi-tecture, human interface design, softwareengineering, and personal computing. He is aseries editor for CBS Educational Publishingand a contributing editor to Byte and par-ticipates fully in the still-burgeoning commer-cial computer culture of the Silicon Valley.

Ken Anderson

Position statement.The Computer Society'sservices to the member-ship have continued toincrease with the growthin membership andadvancements intechnology of the past

several years. We have started two new peri-odicals and are pursuing ways to provide ourmembership with information in a fast, effi-cient way. We need not only to seek newmethods but new facilities for providing theseservices.As a governing board member, I will con-

tinue to work to see that the society's pro-grams are continued with a level of qualityand innovation required in this fast movingVLSI information era. We must seek ade-quate space for our staff to work as well asprovide space for the start of new programsand publications in a way that will maintain aminimal cost to the membership. Our goalmust be to continue to foster society leader-ship in technical activities, publications, andinformation exchange.

Biography. Anderson is currently a memberof the Governing Board. He is also a TABvice chairman, member of the Operations

Committee, Computer Services AdvisoryBoard, Magazine Advisory Board, and aDesign and Test magazine contributor. He ispast chairman of the Test Technology Com-mittee, which sponsors the International TestConference. A member of the NationalTechnical Association and the IEEEPhiladelphia Section, he is also actively in-volved in programs encouraging young peopleto pursue engineering and science careers.As manager of Technical Communications

at the Siemens Research and TechnologyLaboratories, he coordinates numerousaspects of the laboratories' research pro-grams, including technology insertion anduniversity liaison. He was previously responsi-ble for the VLSI design, simulation, and testprograms. Before joining Siemens, he was amanager on the engineering staff of RCAGovernment Systems Division. He has alsoheld management and engineering positionsat Aeroneutronic-Ford, Inselek and GeneralElectric.Anderson received a BSEE from Drexel

University and an MA in Business Manage-ment from Central Michigan University. Heis listed in Who's Who Among Students inAmerican Universities and Colleges andOutstanding Young Men ofAmerica. He isalso the recipient of the US Jaycee'sDistinguished Service Award.

James H. Aylor

Position statement.As the role of the com-puter in our society hasincreased in recentyears, the ComputerSociety has been chal-lenged with the respon-sibility of serving a

larger and more diversified set of members.The society has responded admirably by ex-panding in new areas such as VLSI and per-sonal computing and by strengthening otherareas such as design automation and softwareengineering. It has started new magazines inthe design automation and software areas andorganized an electronic communicationsfacility to better serve the general member-ship.

Service to its members has been and mustcontinue to be the number one concern of thesociety. As a member of the Governing Boardfor the past two years, I have been active inthe electronic mail system project and theComputer Society Press, areas that greatlyenhance service to its members. If reelected, Iwill continue to promote such activities.

Biography. Aylor, currently a GoverningBoard member, has been active in the Com-puter Society since 1978, serving in numerouscapacities in both the technical and publica-tion arms of the society. Until this year, hewas a member of the Technical ActivitiesBoard and the TAB Operation Committee.He is the founder and past chairman of theComputing and the Handicapped TechnicalCommittee and a member of several others.He serves on the Editorial Board of IEEEMicro, Computer Society Audit Committee,

and the Computer Advisory Committee.Other current responsibilities include chairingthe Computer Society Press Advisory Com-mittee and the Computer Services AdvisoryCommittee. He is also a senior member ofIEEE and a member of Sigma Xi, Tau BetaPi, and Eta Kappa Nu.He is currently an associate professor of

electrical engineering at the University ofVirginia. During 1983, Aylor was on leave atthe Federal Systems Division of IBM workingin the area of VLSI design methodology. Hismain research and teaching interests includemicroprocessor applications, computer-aideddesign of digital systems, and VLSI systems.He has numerous publications in such areasas the application of computers in devices forthe handicapped.

Aylor received his BS, MS and PhDdegrees in electrical engineering from theUniversity of Virginia in 1968, 1971, and1977, respectively.

Ramon C. Barquin

Position statement.Increasingly the Com-puter Society is involvedin international ac-tivities, and our mem-bership reflects this in-volvement. The com-puter industry has

reached a level of maturity outside of the USand Canada which cannot be disputed. I planto work towards improved cooperation in allaspects of computing between our membersat home and abroad. I will work for addi-tional activities for international chapters, aswell as enhanced communications betweenUS and non-US members. Specific enhance-ments include sponsoring IEEE-ComputerSociety technology tours to and from the US,professional exchange programs at thechapter level, and increased attention in ourpublications to international activities.

Biography. Barquin is currently manager ofPublic Affairs Programs, IBM. He previouslyserved for four years as manager of ExternalAffairs for IBM World Trade Asia Corpora-tion, based in Hong Kong. A senior memberof the IEEE, he served as CS area chairmanfor Eastern Hemisphere and Latin Americafrom 1977 to 1983. He is currently the IEEEDivision V representative for US technologypolicy. He holds BSEE and MS degrees fromthe University of Puerto Rico and EE andPhD degrees from MIT, where he worked asa research associate and fellow.He developed the IEEE CS Regional

Distinguished Visitors Program in 1981,which he chaired through 1983. He was pro-gram chairman of the IEEE Tencon 82 Con-ference in Hong Kong and Regional Forumeditor for the Asian Computer Monthly. Forhis work in the Far East, he was named to theComputer Society Honor Roll in 1982 andawarded the IEEE Centennial Medal.He is a member of the IEEE Systems, Man

and Cybernetics Society, the American

Association for the Advancement of Scienceand the Academia Mexicana de Informatica,Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Xi, and the recipientof several research and business grants.

P. Bruce Berra

Position statement.We are in the middle ofthe information revolu-tion. This revolution isso far-reaching thatsoon everyone on theearth will be affected byit. While these are

very exciting times, it becomes more andmore difficult to maintain technical currency.Over the years the Computer Society hasplayed an active role in keeping its membersup to date on the latest developments andtrends. However, we must now redouble ourefforts in this rapidly changing world. If I amelected, I will continue to do everything I canto bring the latest information to our mem-bership.

In addition, because we live in a worldsociety, I will make a special effort to pro-mote technological exchange among membersof the computing community around theworld.Thank you for your consideration.

Biography. Berra is currently vice chair of thePublications Board and editor of the Trans-actions on Software Engineering. In the past,he has served as, the first program chair ofthe International Conference on DataEngineering, chair of the TC on DatabaseEngineering, editor-in-chief of CS Press,chair of the CS Press Advisory Committee,and as a Distinguished Visitor. He is currentlya member of the AFIPS Publications Com-mittee. He has also served on the IEEE PressEditorial Board and as chair of the SpecialInterest Group on Information Retrieval ofthe ACM.He is currently Professor of Electrical and

Computer Engineering at Syracuse Universi-ty, where he is actively involved in researchon database and knowledge base machines.He has held previous academic positions atthe University of Michigan-Dearborn, BostonUniversity, and Purdue. His industrial ex-perience includes service with Hughes Air-craft, Bendix, and IBM.

Berra is a senior member of the IEEE,received his BS degree from the University ofMichigan and PhD from Purdue University.

Fletcher J. Buckley

Position statement.I am seeking your sup-port to continue tocreate a climate in which

volunteers can ex-

peditiously create the

standards that our pro-

_ a _ X fession requires.Specifically we need to ensure that(1) Draft standards can be expeditiously com-

posed and balloted in accordance withestablished consensus procedures;(2) Proposed standards will be readily ap-proved by the IEEE Standards Board;(3) Approved standards will be promptlypublished, readily accepted, and adopted byother national and international standardsorganizations.To do this, we need to

(1) Chart out the path of standards develop-ment.(2) Provide guidance on the complete me-chanics of how to proceed down that path.This guidance should be down to the level ofdraft-recommended fill-in-the-blanks cor-respondence, etc.;(3) Identify both the pitfalls in the processand the methods to avoid them;(4) Debug the currently projected use of elec-tronic media to transfer draft standards fromthe sponsors to the IEEE Standards Board;(5) Clarify relationships with internationalstandards organizations.

Biography. Currently the Computer Society'svice-president for standards, Buckley previ-ously chaired the Software Engineering Stan-dards Subcommittee of the Technical Com-mittee on Software Engineering since 1982.During that time,(1) Four Software Engineering Standardswere approved by the IEEE Standards Board;(2) The average time to process each standardfrom project approval to standard approvalwas less than three and a half years; and(3) With over 100 members in each ballotinggroup, less than one negative ballot per stan-dard was recorded.

Since 1977, he has chaired the WorkingGroup on ANSI/IEEE Standard 730, IEEEStandard for Software Quality AssurancePlans, piloting the standard through trial-usestatus (1979), full-use status (1981) and initialrevision (1984). He was instrumental in ini-tiating the Software Engineering StandardsApplication Workshops and Software Engi-neering Standards Seminars. He has been amember of the IEEE Standards BoardReview Committee since 1981.

Currently he is with RCA, where hisinterests are in software development andsystem engineering. Buckley received his BSin Engineering from the United StatesMilitary Academy and MSEE from StanfordUniversity.

Judith L. Estrin

Position statement.My experience has ex-posed me to bothacademic and industrialcommunities, enablingme to provide balancedviews and inputs intothe goals and policies of

the Computer Society.The Computer Society has been very suc-

cessful in promoting information exchangeamong computer professionals through publi-

cations, conferences and workshops. Con-tinued effort in the management of thesefunctions must assure maximum benefit toboth academic and industry members.

Creating industry standards without stiflinginnovation is important in all areas of thecomputer industry. From my direct participa-tion in the development of local area networkstandards, I have observed the impact oftechnical standards on industry growth. Con-tinued aid and guidance must be given tostandards efforts to provide standards thatcan best channel industry activities.Computer professionals have an important

role and responsibility in society. I look for-ward to the opportunity to contribute furtherthrough leadership in the Computer Society.

Biography. Estrin has served as vice chair ofthe Computer Society's Technical Committeeon Computer Communications since January1983. She was the general chair of Infocom84, a conference on Computer Communica-tions jointly sponsored by the ComputerSociety and Communication Society TCCCs.She is currently a member of Infocom'sstanding committee as well as a votingmember of the IEEE project 802 standardscommittee.

Estrin is vice president of Engineering anda cofounder of Bridge Communications, Inc.,a manufacturer of local area network pro-ducts. Prior to the founding of Bridge Com-munications in 1981, she held various soft-ware architecture development and engineer-ing management positions at Zilog, Inc.

Estrin received a BS in math-computerscience from UCLA in 1975 and a MSEEfrom Stanford in 1976. She is a member ofthe IEEE and ACM and author of severalpapers in computer communications.

Dennis W. Fife

Position statement.My strongest interest inseeking reelection to theGoverning Board is to

develop the society'sCompmail + informa-

tion service into a robust__t f- member benefit on a par

with our magazines. This means raising itsstaff support from nearly zero at present tothe sustaining level that other activities are

given. It also means raising its visibility to at-tract volunteer help and convincing presentleaders that our members welcome Comp-mail + as a benefit to their technical and pro-fessional future. Compmail + can be accessedby members everywhere for sharing technicalknowledge through teleconferencing, data-bases, and electronic publishing. It can givemembers direct contact with society leadersand immediate news of society activities. Butit needs more than just a few of us volunteersto create and maintain its information con-

tent. Vote for me if you want Compmail +

supported as a way to help members use thetechnology we talk so much about.

Biography. Fife chaired the committees whichboth automated the society's Silver Springoffice and established the Compmail + ser-vice. He now oversees Compmail + and leadsits service development for the society. Healso chairs the Magazine Advisory Committeeand the East Coast building search commit-tee. He has been a Governing Board membersince 1981, chairman of the TC on SoftwareEngineering, and a leader in organizing manysociety conferences. He is an editor of Com-puter magazine.

Fife is an independent consultant and com-puting instructor and formerly held researchmanagement positions with SASC, NationalBureau of Standards, and Mitre. He has beenan IEEE member since 1955 and holds elec-trical engineering degrees from the Universityof Michigan and Michigan State.

Richard C. Jaeger

Position statement.The strength of theComputer Society lies inthe information ex-change and educationalservices provided to itsmembers. The societymust continue to en-

hance its technical publications, conferences,and tutorials in a cost-effective mannerwithout sacrificing quality. As foundingeditor (1980-1982) of IEEE Micro, I workedto produce a magazine which presents a goodmix of engineering theory and practice. Ifelected to the Governing Board, I will en-courage more emphasis on engineering in allour publications, conference, and tutorialactivities.Our society is international in scope, and I

will work to foster improved cooperation be-tween the membership in the US and abroad.At the same time, we must achieve a balancebetween all our services and the society'slimited financial resources.

Biography. Jaeger is a senior member of theIEEE and a member of the Editorial Boardof the IEEE Press. He serves as ComputerSociety representative and secretary to theIEEE Solid-State Circuits Council. He hasbeen a member of the Program Committeefor the International Solid-State Circuits Con-ference for six years. In 1983, he received theOutstanding Contribution Award of theIEEE Computer Society for the developmentof IEEE Micro.

Jaeger received his BSEE (1966) with highhonors, ME (1966), and PhD (1969), all fromthe University of Florida, Gainesville. Follow-ing graduation, he spent ten years with IBMon projects ranging from semiconductortechnology development to data-acquisitionsystem design and small computer architec-

ture. During that time, he received two IBMInvention Achievement Awards.

Since 1979, he has been at Auburn Univer-sity, where he is Alumni Professor of ElectricalEngineering and Director of the AlabamaMicroelectronics Science and TechnologyCenter.

Ming T. (Mike) Liu

0 j3~:0 . * Position statement.0 ! gA challenge facing the

u 1: gg computer professional ishow to keep pace withrapidly advancingtechnologies such asVLSI, personal com-puting, supercomputers,

and distributed processing. The main purposeof the Computer Society is to provide pro-grams and services to enable its members tokeep abreast of the evolving technologicalchanges. It serves its membership directlythrough its publications, conferences andtutorials, chapter and educational activities,and technical and standards activities. Allthese functions must remain active, strong,flexible, and innovative so as to maintain thetechnical vitality of its members.

In the past, I have strongly supported andactively participated in these activities. Inseeking election to the Governing Board,I will continue to support these activities andto seek innovative ways to help our memberssuccessfully meet their professionalchallenges.

Biography. Liu is currently serving the Com-puter Society in the following capacities:Governing Board member (filling the seatvacated by Cyril Tunis), secretary of theTechnical Activities Board, an editor of theIEEE Transactions on Computers, a memberof the Eckert-Mauchly Award Committee,and program chairman of the 1985 Interna-tional Conference on Distributed ComputingSystems. He was the past chairman of theTechnical Committee on Distributed Process-ing, which grew to a membership of near1,500 during his chairmanship. He was aspeaker for the Distinguished Visitors Pro-gram for 1981-84, symposium chairman ofthe 1983 Symposium on Reliability inDistributed Software and Database Systems,program co-chairman of the 1981 Interna-tional Conference on Parallel Processing, andchairman of the Computer Society, Colum-bus, Ohio, Chapter for 1977-78. He hasserved as awards chairman, program vice-chairman, and a member of the programcommittee for several recent society con-ferences.A professor of computer and information

science at Ohio State University, he haspublished over 80 papers on computer ar-chitecture, computer networks, and distrib-uted processing.

Liu holds MSEE and PhD degrees fromthe University of Pennsylvania. In 1982 he

won Ohio State University's first EngineeringResearch Award and, in 1983, he was electedan IEEE Fellow.

Hillel Ofek

Position statement.The Computer Society is

the premier professionalsociety of computerscientists and engineers.To assure its continuedgrowth, we'll have in-creased pressures to fur-

ther expand the society's activities so thatmembers may grow professionally, as in-dividuals and as responsible society members.To achieve this goal, we need to

(1) Promote cooperation between academiaand industry to improve knowledge transferand information exchange.

(2) Encourage industry to supportemployee activities on behalf of the Com-puter Society and its membership.

(3) Strengthen Computer Society leadershiprelative to quality of services and joint ac-

tivities with other IEEE societies.(4) Continue to improve the society's

strong record of technical publications,tutorials, conferences, and chapter support.

If elected to the Governing Board, I pledgeto be responsive to members' needs and tocultivate initiative and work by volunteershelping the society on all levels.

Biography. Ofek is a member of the Com-puter Society's Technical Committee on

Design Automation and a member-at-large ofits Technical Activities board. Over the years,his activities have been mainly in support ofconference and workshop activities, includingthe Design Automation Conference and the In-ternational Conference on Computer Hard-ware Description Languages. He is currently amember of the Conference and TutorialBoard, as weli as the general chairman of the1985 Design Automation Conference. He alsoserves on the Editorial Board of IEEE Designand Test of Computers.

Ofek is currently senior vice president forR&D at Silvar Lisco. Previously he was withIBM for 19 years, holding various technicaland management positions. His experience is inresearch and development of computer-aidedengineering and design tools. His IBM careerincluded assignments in the Engineering DesignSystems Organization, where he was responsi-ble for VLSI design verification and advancedDA technology development. In the course ofhis work, he has authored numerous papersand patent publications.Ofek received his BSc (1963) and ME (1965)

in electrical engineering from the Technion(Israel Institute of Technology) and New YorkUniversity, respectively. He received an IBMDivision Award, an IBM Invention Award,and several informal IBM awards.

Edward Parrish

Position statement.The past few years haveseen unprecedentedgrowth by the Computer

Society, not only in thenumber of members butin technical scope andactivities. There are now

three transactions and five magazines, as wellas the CS Press with its many aperiodicalpublications; 31 technical committees, eachwith its own activities involving meetings andnewsletters; innumerable conferences andsymposia which present every conceivablecomputer-related topic all over the world; anda broadening base for chapter activities. Suchgrowth presents formidable challenges tothose who would manage the ComputerSociety and demands that the leadershippossess in-depth experience and knowledge ofthese many facets. In addition, the leadershipmust be attuned to the many external entitieswith which the Computer Society must inter-face, such as the IEEE itself and ACM. Inview of my interest and years of experience inmost of the areas listed above, I solicit yourvote.

Biography. Parrish is presently a member ofthe Computer Editorial Board, the AdvisoryBoard of PAMI, the IEEE Piore AwardCommittee, and the IEEE TAB Search Com-mittee. He has also served on the IEEETransnational Relations Committee and theIEEE Membership Development Committee.He was vice president for Technical Ac-tivities, 1981; for Software and ApphcationsTechnical Interest Council, 1980; First VicePresident, 1979; Second Vice President, 1978;and Secretary, 1977. He served on the Boardof Govemnors during 1980-81 and 1975-77 andwas a member of the Executive Committeefrom 1977-81. He was chairman of the Con-ferences and Meetings Committee in 1976 andchairman of the Membership Committeefrom 1975-76; Standard's Committeemember,1972-75; Education Committeemember, 1971-74; and member since 1970and Chairman, 1973-74, Pattern Analysis andMachine Intelligence Technical Committee.He has also served on-program committees ofseveral conferences, most recently was pro-gram co-chairman of the First InternationalConference on Computers and Applications,June 20-22, 1984, Beijing, P.R.C.

Parrish currently chairs the Department ofElectrical Engineering, University of Virginia.He received the BEE, MEE and DSc in elec-trical engineering from the University ofVirginia in 1964, 1966, and 1968, respectively.

V. Thomas Rhyne

Position statement.During the last decade,the Computer Society

has been characterizedby explosive growth inits membership, coupledwith significant diversifi-

cation in the technical

interests of those members. Keeping the so-

ciety viable, relevant, and effective is the con-tinuing task of the Governing Board-a taskthat will increasingly require the ability tomaintain a balance between the various needsof the membership. If elected to the newBoard, I believe my experience in industry,academia, and IEEE activities will allow meto make effective judgements about thisbalance.

In serving on the Board, I would emphasizethose areas that have been personal concernsthroughout my years of IEEE activity: educa-tion, accreditation, standardization, andtechnical publication. I would particularlyseek ways for the society to address the short-fall in computer science/engineering faculty-a current crisis that points to significantproblems in the computer industry's future ifnot resolved.Biography. A member of the IEEE since 1962(senior member, 1980), Rhyne has served onthe IEEE Standards Coordinating Committeefor Graphic Symbols and Descriptions since1980, the Logic and Computer ElementsCommittee since 1971, and was a member ofthe Education Committee for many years. Hehas been an active reviewer for several CSpublications and has been appointed as anAccreditation Board visitor annually since1981.Rhyne is currently on leave from the

Department of Electrical Engineering atTexas A&M University to serve as director ofSystems Technology Research of the MCCComputer-Aided Design Program in Austin,Texas. He taught at A&M from 1967 until1984. He has also served as a consultant oncomputer technology to a variety of nationaland international corporations and patentfirms.Rhyne received his BSEE from Mississippi

State University in 1962, MSEE from theUniversity of Virginia in 1964, and the PhDfrom the Georgia Institute of Technology in1967. He is a member of ASEE, Eta KappaNu, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, SigmaXi, and Phi Kappi Phi. He was selected asthe Outstanding Young Engineer in Texas in1973 and was awarded ASEE's TermanAward in 1980.

Michael Smolin

Position statement.I believe that a majorinterest of the Computersociety should be merg-ing with ACM. It is

_iW9&N%W,h_ blatantly inefficient forthe profession to sup-

It a port two organizationscovering substantially the same subjects.There should be common conferences andjoint publications until merging.Compmail should be expanded to include

bulletin boards listing current items of in-terest, such as CS journals' tables of contentsand a calendar of events.

I strongly feel that an important ComputerSociety function is the development of stan-dards, where that makes sense. Drafts shouldbe published in society journals to promotecontributions from members during thedevelopment of a standard.

Expenses are out of control. Conferenceadmissions are well above $100. Technicalactivities use less than one percent of thesociety's budget. The society must practicefiscal responsibility-cutting unnecessary ex-penses instead of raising dues and fees.

I will support these positions and beresponsive to members' requests.

Biography. Smolin has been active in theComputer Society since 1978 through his par-ticipation in the Microprocessor StandardsCommittee. He chaired that group for threeyears and now serves as chairman of itsparent organization, the Technical Committeeon Microprocessors and Microcomputers.

Smolin is vice president of engineering atStrobe, Inc. He has full responsibility fordeveloping and maintaining the company'sengineering functions and shares corporatemanagement responsibility with the rest ofStrobe's upper management team.

In previous positions ranging from projectengineer to director, Smolin assembled andtrained design teams. He has held marketingpositions and, at staff level, served as cor-porate director of strategic planning anddirector of systems products. He previouslyworked in aerospace and taught graduatecourses in EE. He started his electricalengineering education at Rensselaer Polytech-nic, completed his BSEE at Polytechnic In-stitute of Brooklyn, and was awarded hisMSEE and PhD in EE at NortheasternUniversity.

Smolin was elected to Eta Kapa Nu, TauBeta Pi, and Sigma Xi honorary engineeringsocieties. He was awarded the Certificate ofAppreciation by the Computer Society atCompcon Spring 83.

Edward W. Thomas

Position statement.Since the world aroundus is changing rapidly, itis not surprising that theComputer Society is ex-periencing the challengeof change. I would en-deavor in 1985 to have

the Governing Board consider these aspectsof that challenge:(1) We must find better ways to communicatemember needs to the Computer Society of-ficers and we must find ways to improve therapidity and quality of response from thesociety offices.(2) A major part of the benefit to CSmembers comes through the activities spon-sored by the technical committees, whichhave diverse needs. The Governing Boardmust take these differing needs into accountin its rulings.ever more deeply into everyone's lives, the CSshould take a more active role in the socialaspects of computer technology. We have theneeded expertise and therefore, a commen-surate social responsibility to assist in educa-tion and public policy regarding computers.

Biography. An active member of theTechnical Committee on Test Technology forseveral years, Thomas was 1983 committeechairman. He has been a member of the In-ternational Test Conference Steering Com-mittee since 1976 serving as general chairmanin 1980.

Currently district manager, StrategicPlanning-Technology at AT&T ConsumerProducts, Thomas's career includes designand development of space satellite instrumen-tation, automated nuclear instrumentation,computerized IC test equipment, and micro-processor circuitry. His prior employers wereBell Labs; Societ6 Intertechnique, the Frenchnuclear and aviation instrumentation manu-facturer; and several small companies.Thomas is a senior member of the IEEE.

He holds 10 US patents on nuclear and testinstrumentation.

Joseph Urban

Position statement.The Computer Societymust expand technicalservices to enhance on-going professionaleducation and trainingthrough the technicalcommittees. Technical

committees and publications must help trans-fer research results to working practitioners.Publications, tutorials, and conferences canand must be made easily available. Con-ferences and publications must control cost.Strengthened cooperation with IEEE andACM would aid this area. I support enhanc-ing non-US-based technical activities. Theseactivities could be conferences, visiting lec-turers, and computer communications/net-works. The member feedback loop must beimproved for quality conferences and publi-cations. Evaluations could be applied to trackthe progress of these activities. Databasesupport would provide better managementcontrol of technical articles and people. I willwork to achieve the goals outlined above.Based on my past experience with the Tech-nical Activities, Publications, Conferencesand Tutorials, and Area Activities Boards, Ibelieve that I can make a significant contri-bution.

Biography. Urban initiated and is chairmanof the Computer Languages Technical Com-mittee and is chairman of the PublicationsPlanning Committee of the PublicationsBoard. He is chairman and has lectured in theChapter Tutorials and in the DistinguishedVisitor's Programs. He is conference chair-man of the 1984 Ada Applications and En-vironments Conference. He was conferencechairman of the 1984 International Sym-posium on Logic Programming and tutorialschairman on the Conferences and TutorialsBoard. He was co-chairman for the ACM/IEEE Computer Society Tutorials for Profes-sional Development Week in May 1984.He is an associate professor of computer

science, responsible for the software engineer-ing program at the University of South-

western Louisiana. He worked at the USArmy Signal Center and the University ofSouth Carolina, Columbia. His researchinterests are in the areas of software engineer-ing and computer languages.Urban earned a BS in computer science

from Florida Institute of Technology (1973),an MS in computer science from the Univer-sity of Iowa (1975), and a PhD in computerscience from the University of SouthwesternLouisiana (1977). His PhD thesis was selectedby the ACM Doctoral Forum as one of thefour best computer science theses produced in1977-1978.

Murali Varanasi

Position statement.As the lead organization

-::t_ 1 1 of computer profes-sionals, the ComputerSociety has made signifi-cant strides, thanks toits membership, leader-ship, and staff. As we

continue to grow and diversify, we enter anera of new challenges. We must continue topromote out technical activities, educationalprograms, and membership services economi-cally but without loss in quality.

In the past few years, I have been honoredto be involved in many of the activities andlook forward to continuing to contribute tosome of these activities, particularly to ex-pand our publications in order to bringtechnological advances to the practitioners ina timely manner; to further interactionamong our industrial and academic colleaguesin tutorials and conferences, chapters andeducational activities; to foster society leader-ship in computer education at all levels; to ex-pand our educational program to themembers through innovative methods; and towork toward a closer relationship with theACM through cooperative activities.

Biography. Varanasi has served the ComputerSociety as editor of the Chapter ActivitesNewsletter, 1978-81; secretary, vice-chairmanand chairman, Hampton Roads Chapter,1976-80; chairman, Florida WestcoastChapter, 1981-83. He has served as programchairman and general chairman of TutorialWeek East, 1982, 83, and 84. He was co-chairman of the IEEE-Computer SocietyModel Program Project in Computer Scienceand Engineering. He is currently serving as

secretary of the Publications Board and is amember of the Educational Activities Board.

Varanasi was a member of technical staffat Computer Sciences Corporation in 1972.From 1973 to 1980, he was with the depart-ment of Electrical Engineering, Old Domin-ion University. He is currently an associateprofessor in the Department of ComputerScience and Engineering, University of SouthFlorida. His research interests include codingtheory, fault-tolerant computing, computerarchitecture, and image processing. He holdsMS and PhD degrees from the University ofMaryland.