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SIGAda’s Officers (Executive Committee)

Here you’ll find the responsibilities and contact information for SIGAda’s officers.

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1 July 2021 to 30 June 2023
List of Officers (the Executive Committee)
and Responsibilities

Previous Administrations

Chair

S. Tucker Taft

AdaCore
81 Hartwell Avenue
Suite #120
Lexington, MA 02421
USA
Phone: +1.781.750.8068 x220

taft at adacore.com

 Responsibilities

  • Represents SIGAda at the ACM Business Meetings
  • Calls and presides at SIGAda Extended Executive Committee (EEC) meetings
  • Conducts SIGAda activities in accordance with the policies and procedures of ACM
  • Provides an Annual SIGAda Report
  • Manages the SIGAda Awards program
  • Leads the 4-year SIG viability review for ACM
  • Makes all appointments and fills vacancies as authorized in Bylaws
    		•

    Vice Chair

    Jérôme Hugues

    Carnegie Mellon University/Software Engineering Institute
    4500 Fifth Avenue
    Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2612
    USA
    Phone: +1.412-268-5800

    jjhugues at andrew.cmu.edu

    		 Responsibilities

  • Assists the Chair in directing the activities of SIGAda
  • Presides at meetings when the Chair is absent
  • Plans the programs for all SIGAda technical meetings
  • Coordinates and supervises all SIGAda conferences
  • Recruits the SIGAda conference Chair
  • Leads the conference site selection
  • Manages SIGAda outreach programs (e.g., Ada Awareness Initiative) and coordinates with local SIGAda organizations
  • Works “in cooperation with” related organizations
    		•

    International Representative

    Dirk Craeynest

    c/o KU Leuven
    Dept. of Computer Science
    Celestijnenlaan 200-A
    B-3001 Leuven (Heverlee)
    BELGIUM

    Dirk.Craeynest at cs.kuleuven.be

    		Responsibilities

  • Represents the interests of the international constituency of SIGAda
  • Maintains liaison with organizations outside the United States (e.g., Ada-Europe) whose concerns are within the scope of SIGAda
  • Plans (in coordination with the Vice Chair) the programs for all SIGAda technical meetings outside the United States
    		•

    Secretary-Treasurer

    Luis Miguel Pinho

    Polytechnic Institute of Porto
    School of Engineering
    Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431
    4249-015 Porto
    Portugal
    Phone: +351-22-8340500

    Treasurer_sigada at ACM.Org

    		 Responsibilities

  • Maintains the records and correspondence of SIGAda
  • Keeps and distributes the minutes of SIGAda business meetings, Follow-ups, Action Items, etc.
  • Serves as the SIGAda Information Director
  • Maintains the SIGAda Home Page and Email lists
  • Maintains and distributes a manual of all SIGAda policies and procedures
  • Manages SIGAda finances in accordance with the Financial Accountability Policy of ACM
  • Reviews SIGAda's annual budget
  • Reports SIGAda financial status to the SIGAda EEC; this includes preparing the annual budget (with Chair), monitoring SIGAda disbursements from ACM for adherence to the annual budget, and preparing financial reports as required.
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    Ada Letters Editor

    Alok Srivastava

    Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
    80 M Street, SE
    Washington, DC 20003
    USA
    Phone: +1.202.314.1419

    Alok.Srivastava at SAIC.Com or ASrivastava at Yahoo.Com

    		 Responsibilities

  • Publishes the newsletter
  • Implements editorial policies as determined by the Executive Committee
  • Controls newsletter costs
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    ACM Program Manager Supporting SIGAda

    Irene Frawley
    Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
    2 Penn Plaza, Suite 701
    New York, NY 10121-0701
    Phone: +1.212.626.0605

    frawley at ACM.Org

    Previous Administrations

    Last Update: 13 October 2021