Presidential Election Town Hall Cecilia Metra & Hausi Müller

1. Presidential Election Town HallCecilia Metra & Hausi Müller Moderated by David Alan Grier 26 July 2017

2. Hausi Müller Department of Computer Science Faculty of Engineering University of Victoria, Canada Currently serves as • Vice President, Technical and Conferences Activities Board • IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors View my election website: http://goo.gl/fqMPYE

3. Strategic Objectives and Actions IEEE Computer Society • The Community for Technology Leaders Balance CS’s financial stability with its mission • Broaden technical activities • Develop resilience to declining revenues • Expand synergy and collaboration among CS boards Increase CS’s membership at all levels • Students • Early and mid-career professional • Practitioners • Age friendly CS Work together to build CS’s future • Promote diversity and inclusiveness • Be the trusted source for computing knowledge • Be the leading society in emerging computing topics, technologies and applications View my election website: http://goo.gl/fqMPYE

4. Promote Diversity and Inclusiveness • Diversify member engagement to increase member satisfaction • Expand CS’s international reach and presence • Broaden CS’s career development portfolio through strategic partnerships with corporations and institutions • Expand portal infrastructure for members to contribute and participate in a variety of related CS technical activities • Encourage members to curate technical knowledge and resources for specific topics and domains View my election website: http://goo.gl/fqMPYE IEEE Computer Society

5. Engage and Curate Member Perspectives Cybersecurity Cognitive Computing Analytics DataScience HPC Smart Systems GutHacking Adaptive Systems BlockChain IoT CloudEdge/Fog Micro Services DevOps CPS Visual Computing 3DPrinting ML SD* View my election website: http://goo.gl/fqMPYE

6. Qualifications and Innovative Leadership University and Industry • 50+ recommendations on website from colleagues in academia and industry • Research project manager of industrial research projects 1986-2017 • Supervised over 100 graduate students and postdocs 1986-2017 • Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Engineering 2009-2017 • Co-organized event recognizing Canadian Computing Pioneers 2005 • President of Start-up Company 1998-2001 IEEE Computer Society • Vice President T&C Board 2016-17 • CS ExCom, FinCom, PlanCom 2016-17 • Member CS BoG 2015-17 • Chair Technical Committee (TCSE) 2011-15 • General Chair of top CS conferences • CS Golden Core Member 2016 • Passionate about grooming CS leadership View my election website: http://goo.gl/fqMPYE

7. Cecilia Metra • Full Professor at the University of Bologna (Italy) • Currently serves as • Vice President, Membership and Geographic Activities Board • IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors View my election website: http://tiny.cc/metracspresidentcandidate

8. Career Highlights and Technical Accomplisments • Full Professor at the University of Bologna (Italy) • Recognition: • IEEE Fellow, for contributions to the on-line testing and fault-tolerant design of digital circuits and systems • IEEE Computer Society (CS) Golden Core Member • Member of the IEEE Honor Society IEEE-HKN • 2 Meritorious Service Awards, 5 Certificates of Appreciation from the IEEE CS • Technical contributor, as author, to research articles in highly peer reviewed Journals and Conferences • Technology transfer to industry (Intel, STMicroelectronics, Philips Research, Alstom Transport) • Active researcher in design for test and reliability of integrated systems, funded by Intel, STMicroelectronics, Alstom Transport, European Commission, Italian Space Agency, Italian Ministry for Education University and Research, Italian Ministry for Economic Development, etc. 8 View my election website: http://tiny.cc/metracspresidentcandidate

9. Leadership in IEEE CS Membership and Geographic Activities: • Vice President of CS Member and Geographic Activities Board 2017 • Editorial Leadership in Publications: • Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (2018-2020) • Editor-in-Chiefof Computing Now (2013-2016) • Associate Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Computers (2007-2012) • Leadership in CS Conferences and Technical Activities: • Vice President of CS Conferences and Technical Activities Board 2014 • Test Technology Technical Council (TTTC) First Vice-Chair2012-2013 • General/Program Chair (14 times), Vice-General/Program Chair (6 times), Topic/Track Chair (34 times) • Experience in IEEE CS Governance: • Member of the CS Board of Governors since 2013 • IEEE-wide Governance Experience and Activities: • Member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA) since 2015, Member Advisory Board of IEEE The Institute Experienced Leader in CS and IEEE 9

10. My Agenda • My extensive service in diverse Boards has contributed to form my member-centric and quality-oriented visionof our CS • We, the members, are the CS, wherever geographically located, whichever spoken language, beyond gender and nationality: inclusiveness is the key to our success • The Society must focus on the needs, opinions, interests and expectations of each and every member • The Society must provide services to satisfy members and to enable the technical growth and professional advancement of all • Acknowledgement and rewarding of volunteer servicesshould be further enhanced 10 View my election website: http://tiny.cc/metracspresidentcandidate

11. My Agenda (cnt’d) • Reinforce the growth of the CS as a community of the highest technical quality in all activities: • publications, conferences, standards, educational products and services, geographical activities • Enhance collaborationwith other IEEE Societies/Councils • In Conferences: • Enable the adoption of innovative meeting features • Establish specific contexts devoted to younger generations • Improve the Conference financial sponsorship model • In Publications: • Boost the adoption of innovative communication media • In Geographic Activities: • Enhance programs to acknowledge and reward volunteer service • Reinforce current award/grant programs for young professionals and students 11 View my election website: http://tiny.cc/metracspresidentcandidate

12. Final Remarks • In a few words, if elected, my primary focus will be to better serve members and to move to higher pinnacles the technical distinction of our Society, in all activities and across the world • Your success is my success • I am sure that • I humbly request your vote as support to my candidacy and agenda • Together we will succeed ! 12 View my election website: http://tiny.cc/metracspresidentcandidate

13. What is the best way to build membership? Particularly, what should the Society do to make it more attractive to early and mid-career professionals?

14. Focus on members’ needs, opinions, interests and expectations: • Provide services that satisfy members’ needs • Establish an evaluation process for CS activities and services • Anticipate and meet the technical interests of members and capitalize on a broad set of technical fields • Foster the growth of the CS as atechnical community of the highest quality  professional growth of each and every member • Improve acknowledgement of volunteer services • Reinforce current award/grant programs for young professionals • Promote an experiential environmentof life-long learning 14 View my election website: http://tiny.cc/metracspresidentcandidate

15. Expand CS’s international reach and presence • Increase industrial participation in CS conferences • Expand CS’s social media presence • Diversify member engagement to increase member satisfaction • Encourage TC and STCmembers to curate technical knowledge Click to view my election website: http://goo.gl/fqMPYE

16. During your term, how will you approach fiscal sustainability?

17. Balance CS’s financial stability with its mission • Expand synergy & collaboration among CS boards • Broadening technical activities while developing resilience to declining revenues • Track characteristic measures to perform cost-effective and longitudinal analyses of CS portfolio • Provide innovative leadership & groom future leadership Increase CS’s membership • Target all levels of membership • Recruit conference participants & proceedings authors • Articulate CS membership benefits better on social media Expand the CS’s portfolio of high-quality conferences • Conferences are reliable revenue sources—short-term, long-term • Expand practitioner-oriented conference portfolio Click to view my election website: http://goo.gl/fqMPYE

18. Sustainability requires an inclusive approach to financial planning, operational coordination, and efficient execution • Concentrate resources and expenses on what clearly expressed as a need or interest by members • Boost the collaboration with other IEEE Societies, to share advanced technical projects of interest to our members • Enhance resources insupport of volunteers • Member satisfaction, expanded volunteer base and high quality services will be promoted at all levels of the CS View my election website: http://tiny.cc/metracspresidentcandidate 18

19. What do you think can be done to increase the number of women joining the computer science disciplines?

20. Given the rapid increase in cyber risk, what are the principle actions the Society should take to educate and protect the public not just on cybersecurity but other disciplines that effect their daily lives?

21. How do we bring more industry representation into the Society? And how do we improve the leadership opportunities for Senior Members?

22. What priority do you think should be given to software management education?

23. You’ve laid out your plan to attract younger members, more women, and a more diverse membership... How would you get them involved with the organization so they can grow into leadership positions and become an influencer in the Society.

24. How can the Computer Society work toward holding more major conferences in countries not subject to travel restrictions?

25. Given the rapid advancements in areas such as AI, machine learning, and autonomous systems, do you think universities are properly preparing graduates for the future? If not, what curriculum changes would you propose?

26. What are your plans to make the Computer Society more directly relevant to society in general, and not just computing academics and professionals?

27. What should be the mutual benefits of collaboration with national (non-USA) engineering/ computing/ science societies?

28. The mantra for my Presidency is based on a ClosingRemark Member-Centric and Quality-Oriented visionof our CS • My primary focus is to: • better serve members, wherever geographically located, whichever spoken language, beyond gender and nationality, toenable their technical growth and professional advancement • move to higher pinnacles the technical distinction of our Society, in all activities and across the world • You can find more information about me and my agenda at: • https://events.unibo.it/cecilia-metra-2018-ieee-computer-society-president-elect-candidate • If you share my enthusiasm about the future through my agenda and find me suitable as the next President, please vote for me • Together we will succeed! 28

29. IEEE • Advancing Technology for Humanity • Computer Society: provides leadership, foresight, influence, and direction in best practices, education, and leading-edge research • Challenges: (1) balancing CS’s financial stability with its mission—broadening technical activities while developing resilience to declining revenues; and (2) increasing membership at all levels. • Earn the trust: CS must continue to earn the trust of computing professionals by providing extensive opportunities for career development, life-long learning, and networking at meetings. • My qualifications: 50+ recommendations fromcolleagues in academia & industry from around theworld demonstrating my qualifications for this position. • Commitment: I am fully committed to serve CS’s members as 2018 President-Elect & 2019 President. • Your vote: I kindly ask for your vote in the 2017 IEEE Computer Society Election. Thank you very much. • IEEE Computer Society • The Community for Technology Leaders Thank you Click to view my election website: http://goo.gl/fqMPYE

30. Remember to Vote in IEEE Computer Society Elections • Active IEEE Computer Society members (except for undergraduate Student members are eligible to vote) • Members vote: • For President • President serves on Executive Committee for 3 years as President-Elect, President, and Past President • 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President • Each serve one year • 7 Board of Governors members • Each serves 3 years: 2018-2020 • Voting Opens on Monday, 7 August • Voting Closes on Monday, September 25th at Noon ET Look for an email with a link to on the morning of 7 August computer.org/election2017