期刊名称：Bulletin of the Technical Committee on Data Engineering
出版年度：2014
卷号：37
期号：1
出版社：IEEE Computer Society
摘要：I have taken a new role as co-chair of the Conferences Advisory Committee within the IEEE Computer Society. This led me to attend the Society's meeting in Long Beach, CA in February, and exposed me to the on-going efforts of the Society to adapt to changing circumstances. Organizational time, of necessity, moves slowly compared with human time scales. Changing the Computer Society is, in some sense, like changing widely used software. Bad things happen if change is not done carefully. So the only news I have to report is that the people in the Computer Society, volunteers and staff, understand that change is required and a number of options are being considered. I think there are three primary facets to the current Computer Society situation. (1) Financial: the decline in publication revenue requires rethinking the Computer Society "business model". (2) New technology: Mobility, cloud, social networks, and online activities in general create opportunities for an expanded role. (3) Technical Reputation: Any changes must preserve the reputation of the Computer Society as a "brand" synonymous with technical quality. That limits what can be done but enhances the value of the things that are done. So the Computer Society is actively seeking a way forward. If you have thoughts on this, I would be very interested in hearing them. Working together is amazingly effective in such an endeavor
