Candidacy for IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors
Friends and colleagues,
If you are a member of the IEEE Computer Society, I would appreciate your vote in this year's election for the Board of Governors.
The link is: https://eballot4.votenet.com/IEEE.
Three years ago I ran for the Board of Governors the first time, promising more “hard metrics for data-driven decisions.” Since then, I’ve worked with volunteers and staff to implement the data collection and analysis activities needed to make this a reality. I've been pleased to work with senior volunteers as part of the Executive Committee for the last two years to help get data-driven decisions better incorporated into our normal business practices.
I hope to have the opportunity to continue working with stakeholders from across the Society to better understand how we serve the computing community and continue to improve.
Please take the time to vote. And thanks in advance for your consideration! Voting ends on September 25.
Thanks,
Forrest
POSITION STATEMENT
Three years ago I ran for the Board of Governors promising more “hard metrics for data-driven decisions.” Since then, I’ve worked with volunteers and staff to implement the data collection and analysis activities needed to make this a reality. BIO
Such data are proving instrumental in better managing the breadth of our Society’s offerings in a financially responsible way. These data are a central part of our portfolio review process that led to improvements in our publications portfolio last year, and which I am now rolling out for our other product lines. This process provides our leadership with better insight into problem areas to be addressed and opportunities to improve the Society’s bottom line—and helps to call more attention to our successes.
It is increasingly important to understand how well our current offerings meet the needs of the community, and to make strategic decisions informed by data. In a number of leadership positions with publications and conferences over the past decade, I have helped the Society adapt to this transformative time. I hope to have the opportunity to continue working with stakeholders from across the Society to better understand how we serve the computing community and continue to improve.
BIO
Forrest Shull is assistant director for empirical research at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute (SEI). His role is to lead work with US government agencies, national labs, industry, and academic institutions to advance the use of empirically grounded information in software engineering and cybersecurity. Prior to SEI, Shull was at the Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering, where he founded and served as director of the Measurement and Knowledge Management Division.
He has been a lead researcher on projects for the US Department of Defense, NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, DARPA, NSF, and commercial companies.
While editor in chief of IEEE Software (2011–2014), he launched the digital edition of the magazine, leading to new subscribers. He created the annual Software Experts Summit, which forged connections with local software industry in cities worldwide. He incorporated the free Software Engineering Radio podcast into IEEE Software, and maintained the high quality which helps each episode reach 40-50,000 downloads.
He currently serves as associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. He has served in leadership roles on IEEE conferences including ICSE, ESEM, and STC.
Since 2015 Shull has been a member of the Computer Society Board of Governors and twice served on the Executive Committee, where he helped institute a metrics-based Portfolio Review initiative, which reviews all of the Society’s member offerings for vitality and ongoing relevance to membership. He served as Society treasurer in 2016 and currently is the finance chair of the Publications Board. He is an IEEE Senior Member and a Computer Society Golden Core Member.
He received his PhD in 1998 from the University of Maryland College Park. He is the author of over 80 peer-reviewed publications and co-editor of a handbook on empirical software engineering.