CS Board of Governors Orientation Standards Activities Board SAB

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CS Board of Governors OrientationStandards
Activities Board (SAB)

• John Harauz
• VP for Standards

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Outline

• Objective/Goal/Mission of Board            
• Overview of Board Structure - Org Chart w/
  officers
• Benefits for Volunteers
• Looking back
• Looking forward
• Opportunities for Volunteer Leaders

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Standards Activities Board Role and Vision
           

• To provide an organizational framework and
  conducive environment within which to develop
  broadly accepted, sound, timely, and
  technically excellent standards that will advance
  the theory and practice of computing and
  information processing science and technology.

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IEEE Standards Association (SA)

• IEEE a central source for next-generation global
  standards
• More than 870 active standards in over 50
  technical disciplines, 200 in CS
• 700 in development, 100 in CS
• 15,000 volunteers, 5,000 in CS
• CS-SAB with IEEE SA expanding international reach
• IEC and IEEE joint branding and joint development
  agreements
• IEEE is sector member of ITU
• IEEE Regional Standards Activities
• IEEE Region 7 - Canada
• IEEE Region 8 - Europe, Middle East, Africa
• IEEE Region 9 - Latin America
• IEEE Region 10 - Asia and Pacific
• A principle driven standards development process
  gives IEEE standards a high level of validity and
  is a primary reason they generally enjoy
  widespread industry acceptance.

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IEEE Standards Development Overview of Process

Notes 1) Standards study group may be formed to
properly define the draft PAR before it is
submitted for approval. 2) Standards development
electronic resources and guidance information are
available at http//www.standards.ieee.
org/resources/development/index.html
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IEEE-SA Standards Development
Five principles guide standards
development Ensuring integrity and wide
acceptance for IEEE standards
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Principles of IEEE Standards Development Process

• Due process requires highly visible procedures
  for standards creation. Model procedures exist
  for the Sponsors and working groups that
  formulate standards.
• Openness ensures all interested parties have an
  opportunity to participate in the standards
  development process.
• Consensus requires that most of those in a group
  constituted to ballot a standard approve of it.
• Balance says that balloting groups must include
  interested parties but avoid an overwhelming
  influence by any one party.
• Right of appeal allows anyone to appeal an action
  at any point, before or after a standard is
  approved.

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SAB Goals

• Support Standards development within Computer
  Society and IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA)
• Continue to further and encourage the use of
  established Standards
• Ensure that Society standards provide true value
  to practitioners and their organizations, are
  relevant, are affordable, and provide a
  consistent view of the state of the practice.
• Improve vitality of standards groups to become
  more market-oriented, developing standards that
  respond to identified customers wants
• Increase our professional membership and prestige
  worldwide

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SAB Goal International Coordination
Harmonization

• Coordination
• Improve and regularize IEEE CS participation in
  various JTC1 subcommittees (Liaison Types A or C)
• Strengthen SAB Sponsors relationships with IFIP
• Harmonization
• Continue JTC1/SC7 harmonization with software and
  systems engineering standards
• Move new technology areas into TAB and SAB for
  international concurrence with JTC1
• Jim Moore, International Chair

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SAB Roster 2009

• Vice President- John Harauz
• Vice-Chair Robby Robson
• Past Chair - John Walz
• Secretary - Debbie Brown
• Committee Chairs 
• Awards - David Schultz
• Policies and Procedures - Robby Robson
• Products Services - Pam Jones
• Vitality - Pam Jones
• Strategic Planning - Francois Coallier

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SAB Roster 2009 Standards Committee Sponsor
Chairs

• Design Automation (DASC) - Victor Berman
• Environmental Assessment (EASC) - Holly Elwood
  Wayne Rifer
• Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents (FIPA)
  - Jim Odell
• Information Assurance (IASC) - Jack Cole
• Learning Technology (LTSC) - Don Holmes
• Local Area Networks/MAN-P802 (LMSC) - Paul
  Nikolich
• Microprocessor and Microcomputers (MSC) - Bob
  Davis, Paul Eastman
• Portable Applications - POSIX (PASC) (PASC) -
  Lowell Johnson
• Simulation Interoperability (SISO-SAC) - James
  Kogler
• Software Systems Engineering Standards (S2ESC)
  - Paul Croll
• Storage Systems Standards (SSSC) - Curtis
  Anderson
• Test Technology Standards (TTSC) - Rohit Kapur
• SAB Sponsored Projects - Paul Eastman
• Game Technology (GT) Standards Committee Study
  Group - Bret Wilson

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SAB Roster 2009 - Liaisons

• IEEE-SA Standards Board - TBD
• IEEE-SA SCC20 Test and Diagnosis for Electric
  Systems - John Sheppard
• IEEE-TA ad hoc Committee on Standards - John
  Walz
• CS Technology and Conferences (TC) - TBD
• CS Chapters Activities (CAB) - David Schultz
• CS Digital Library Operations Committee - Pam
  Jones/ Chuck Walrad
• CS Educational Activities (EAB) - David Schultz
• CS Electronic Products Services (EPSB) - Pam
  Jones
• CS Publications (PUB) / Computer Standards Column
  - John Harauz
• CS Professional Practices Committee - John
  Harauz/ Francois Coallier
• CS Membership Committee - John Harauz
• TBDCS TC New Practitioners Community of Interest
  - John Harauz
• CS TC TCSE Software Engineering - Paul Croll
• CS TC TCTT Test Technologies - Rohit Kapur
• CS History Committee - John Walz
• ISO/ IEC JTC1 Joint Technical Committee 1 -
  Francois Coallier
• ISO/ IEC JTC1 SC7 Software System Engineering -
  Jim Moore
• LETSI - Robby Robson
• The Center for Global Standards Analysis -
  Donald E. Purcell

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Benefits for Volunteers Participating In
Standards Development Activities

• BENEFITS TO INDIVIDUALS
• Professional Development and Continuing Education
  Opportunities
• Improved skills in teamwork, negotiating,
  consensus building, management and leadership
• Connection with a vast network of counterparts
  from leading world organizations
• Access to a wide range of technical areas on
  technical needs to create next generation
  standards.
• Learn from other experts
• Personal Recognition
• Peer network recognition at International and
  IEEE-CS level
• Acknowledgement in published standards
• Author of ancillary IEEE-CS products

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Benefits for Volunteers Participating In
Standards Development Activities

• Company Benefits
• Keep on the cutting edges of technology and
  latest standards developments and use this
  information to help coworkers and clients
• Reduce learning curve for business unit prior to
  product development
• Provide a strong presence for your organization
  in standards development to demonstrate corporate
  leadership in the field
• Influence the development of standards to
  reflect your organizations way of doing business
  and enhance the ability of your organization to
  compete effectively in the digital marketplace

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SAB Finances Meetings

• Budget for 2009 supports
• Software Systems Engineering Standards
  Activities (US TAG, S2ESC PSDO for JTC1/SC7)
• Learning-Education-Training Systems
  Interoperability (LETSI) IEEE-ISTO
• Meetings
• Game Technology Standards Workshop Feb 3 LAX
• Attract Orange County SIG members to SC on Gaming
  Technology
• SAB, 20 March 2009, 9 AM - 5 PM, Piscataway, NJ
  (Following the IEEE-SA Board meetings)
• Free meeting room, parking, refreshments,
  Internet
• SAB, 3 June 2009, 9 AM - 5 PM, Savannah, GA
• SAB Meeting reduced to 1 day from 2 days
• SAB, 18 November 2009, Webcom

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Looking back greatest accomplishments

• Produced standards podcasts Round 2
• Participated in CS Technology Summit
• Sought and received funding for CS Liaison to
  Federation for Learning, Education and Training
  Systems Interoperability (LETSI) Acting Board
  from two CS boards
• Worked standards history into History Committee
  web site
• Vitality
• Individual conference calls and Sponsor ExCom
  presentations on best practices and areas for
  improvement.
• Worked on identifying improved communication and
  guidance between Technical Committees and
  Sponsors
• Improving visibility of CS SAB within IEEE SA
• Web Updated
• Rochester and Buffalo Chapter presentations
• Initiated Wiki for SAB Handbook update.

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SAB Key Initiatives 2009

• Continue Standards Committee (SC) and Work Group
  vitality improvement.
• Work systematically with Technology and
  Conference Activities Board to improve alignment
  and synergy between standards and technical
  activities.
• Build a new Game Technology Standards Committee.
• Organize a CS Practitioners Conference with a
  Standards stream.
• Address MSC Leadership recruitment.
• Update SAB Handbook.

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Opportunities for Volunteer Leaders

• SAB Board members
• Liaison to other CS Boards IEEE-SA Committees
• CS members Participation through
• Study Groups
• Working Groups
• Balloting groups