THE COMPUTER SOCIETY
A member society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Purpose
The Computer Society strives to advance the theory and practice
Executive Committee
of computer science and engineering. It promotes the exchange Qf
President: Roy L. Russo*
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
PO Box 218, Route 134
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
(914) 945-3085
President-Elect: Edward A. Parrish, Jr.*
Vice Presidents
Education: Michael C. Mulder (lst VP)*
Technical Activities: Kenneth R. Anderson (2nd VP)*
Area Activities: Willis K. King'
Conferences and Tutorials: James H. Aylor'
Membership and Information: Merlin G. Smith'
Publications: J.T. Caint
Standards: Helen M. Wood
Secretary: Duncan H. Lawrie
Treasurer: Joseph E. Urban
Past President: Martha Sloan*
Division V Director: Martha Sloan
Division Vil Director: H. Troy Naglet
Executive Director: T. Michael Elliottt
*voting member of the Board of Governors
tnonvoting member of the Board of Governors
Board of Governors
Term Ending 1987
Barry W. Boehm
Paul L. Borrill
Glen G. Langdon, Jr.
Duncan H. Lawrie
Susan L. Rosenbaum
Bruce D. Shriver
Harold S. Stone
Wing N. Toy
Helen M. Wood
Akihiko Yamada
Oscar N. Garciat
Term Ending 1988
Mario R. Barbacci
Victor R. Basili
Lorraine M. Duvall
Michael Evangelist
Allen L. Hankinson
Laurel Kaleda
Ted Lewis
Ming T. Liu
Earl E. Swartzlander, Jr.
Joseph E. Urban
Next Board Meeting
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., October 30,1987,
Loew's Anatole Hotel, Dallas
Senior Staff
Executive Director: T. Michael Elliott
Editor and Publisher: True Seaborn
Director, Computer Society Press: Chip G. Stockton
Director, Conferences: William R. Habingreither
Director, Finance and Administration: Mary EllenCurto
Offices of the Computer Society
Headquarters Office
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1730 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036-1903
Phone: (202) 371-0101
Telex: 7108250437 IEEE COMPSO
Publications Office
10662 Los Vaqueros Circle
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
Membership and General Information: (714) 821-8380
Publications Orders: (800) 272-6657
European Office
13, Avenue de lAquilon
B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: 32 (2) 770-21-98
Telex: 25387 AVVALB
technical information among its 90,000 members around the world,
and provides a wide range of services which are available to both
members and nonmembers.
Membership
Members receive the highly acclaimed monthly magazine Computer, discounts on all society publications, discounts to attend
conferences, and opportunities to serve in various capacities. Membership is open to members, associate members, and student members of the IEEE, and to non-IEEE members who qualify as affiliate
members of the Computer Society.
Publications
Periodicals. The society publishes six magazines (Computer, IEEE
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE Design & Test of Computers, IEEE Expert, IEEE Micro, IEEE Software) and three research
publications (IEEE Transactions on Computers, IEEE Transactions
on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, IEEE Transactions on
Software Engineering).
Conference Proceedings, Tutorial Texts, Standards Documents.
The society publishes more.than 100 new titles.every year.
Computer. Received by all society members, Computer is an
authoritative, easy-to-read monthly magazine containing tutorial,
survey, and in-depth technical articles across the breadth of the
computer field. Departments contain general and Computer Society
news, conference coverage and calendar, interviews, new product
and book reviews, etc.
All publications are available to members, nonmembers, libraries,
and organizations.
Activities
Chapters. Over 100 regular and over 100 student chapters around
the world provide the opportunity to interact with local colleagues,
hear experts discuss technical issues, and serve the local professional community.
Technical Committees. Over 30 TCs provide the opportunity to
interact with peers in technical specialty areas, receive newsletters,
conduct conferences, tutorials, etc.
Standards Working Groups. Draft standards are written by over 60
SWGs in all areas of computer technology; after approval via vote,
they become IEEE standards used throughout the industrial world.
Conferences/Educational Activities. The society holds about 100
conferences each year around the world and sponsors many educational activities, including computing sciences accreditation.
European Office
This office processes Computer Society membership applications
and handles publication orders. Payments are accepted by cheques
in Belgian francs, British pounds sterling, German marks, Swiss
francs, or US dollars, or by American Express, Eurocard, MasterCard,
or Visa credit cards.
Ombudsman
Members experiencing problems - late magazines, membership
status problems, no answer to complaints - may write to the
ombudsman at the Publications Office.
Information
The following material is available from the Membership Department at the society's Publication Office. To facilitate handling,
please request by number.
* Membership information and application (202)
* Publications catalog (proceedings, tutorials, standards) (201)
* Periodicals subscription application/information for individuals
(members, sister-society rnembers, others) (200)
* Periodicals subscription application/information for organizations (libraries, companies, etc.) (RS #199)
* List of awards and award nomination forms (198)
* Technical committee list and membership application (197)
* Directory of officers, board members, committee chairs, representatives, staff, chapters, standards working groups, etc. (196)