IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors Approves New Executive Committee Members

Nov. 26, 2012 - PRLog -- LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 13 November 2012 – Thomas M. Conte, a joint professor of computer science, and electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, will remain First Vice President for Publications. Charlene ("Chuck") J. Walrad, owner of Davenport Consulting, will remain Vice President for Standard Activities; and Paul R. Croll, a Fellow in CSC's Defense Group, will remain Vice President for Technical & Conference Activities.

Former Vice President for Educational Activities Elizabeth L. Burd, dean at Durham University in the UK, will become Second Vice President for Member and Geographic Activities; while Jean-Luc Gaudiot, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Irvine, will become the new Vice President for Educational Activities. Donald F. Shafer, Technical Fellow of the Athens Group, will serve as Vice President for Professional Activities. Paul Joannou, president and principal consultant with Axia Engineering, will serve as Treasurer. David S. Ebert, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University, was elected as the 2013 Secretary.

Shafer and 2012 IEEE Computer Society President John Walz were also approved as 2013 IEEE Division VIII Delegate-Director-Elect candidates. Shafer and Walz will participate in next year's election, with the winning individual serving as the 2014 Div VIII Director-Elect and 2015-2016 Division VIII Director.

Robert Dupuis, a professor at the University of Quebec, was named to serve another year as ombudsman; Conte was selected as the 2013 member of the IEEE Publication Services and Products Board; and Ann DeMarle, director of the Emergent Media Center at Champlain College, as a member of the 2013 Nominations Committee. In addition, Ignacio Castillo, a tenured professor at Autonomous University of Mexico City; Atsuhiro Goto, professor of the Graduate School of Information Security at the Institute of Information Security; Paolo Montuschi, a professor of computer engineering at Politecnico di Torino; and Arnold Pears, a senior researcher at Uppsala University, were named to the 2013 Audit Committee.

The BoG also elected former IEEE Computer Society Industry Advisory Board Chair Harold Javid to serve the final year of Dejan Milojicic's BoG term. Milojicic, former editor in chief of Computing Now, has been named 2013 President-elect. Javid is a director of the Americas/Australia/New Zealand regional program at Microsoft.

About the IEEE Computer Society

The IEEE Computer Society is the world’s leading computing membership organization and the trusted information and career-development source for a global workforce of technology leaders including: professors, researchers,computer science software engineering (http://www.computer.org/portal/web/swebok), IT professionals, employers, and students. The unmatched source for information technology training (http://www.computer.org/portal/web/certification/training...), inspiration, and collaboration, the IEEE Computer Society is the source that computing professionals trust to provide high-quality, state-of-the-art information on an on-demand basis. The Computer Society provides a wide range of forums for top minds to come together, including technical conferences (http://www.computer.org/portal/web/conferences/home), publications (http://www.computer.org/portal/web/publications), and a comprehensive digital library online (http://www.computer.org/portal/web/csdl), unique training webinars (http://www.computer.org/portal/web/webinars), professional training - e-learning courses (http://www.computer.org/portal/web/e-learning/home), and a Corporate Affiliate Program (http://www.computer.org/portal/web/guest/cap) to help organizations increase their staff’s technical knowledge and expertise. To find out more about the community for technology leaders, visit http://www.computer.org.