1. Mark Paulk 2016 VP of Standards Activities 7-10 June 2016
Report to CS BOG
Mark Paulk
2016 VP of Standards Activities
7-10 June 2016

2. Goals for 2016
Goal #1 - Develop standards and framework models for emerging technologies and cross disciplinary sciences
Goal #2 – Create a standards education portfolio and be the leading society in the delivery of standards-related professional education
Goal #3 – Make Computer Society standards the most used standards in industry and government
Portfolio Review – Review a third of the standards under development and/or published by the Computer Society

3. Goal #1 – New Standards Ethics for Systems Development from S2ESC
PAR Model-Based Ethics (John Havens)
possible co-sponsor: Society for the Social Implications of Technology
DevOps processes (Bob Aiello) from S2ESC
3-D Printing
possible new Standards Committee
Matt Ceglia has been exploring
related to medical 3-D printing standard
possible co-sponsor: America Makes

4. New Standards by SC (Dev/Rev)
Sponsor Committee: Paul Eastman
10: P1680.1, P1680.4, P1680.6, P1857 (4), P3333 (3)
Cloud Computing: Steve Diamond
3: P2301, P2302, P2303
Design Automation: Stan Krolikoski
7: P1076, P1076.1, P1647, P1800, P1800.2, P2415, P2416
Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents: Marc- Philippe Huget
1: 2409 (no response to any contact attempts)
Information Assurance: Eric Hibbard
1: 1619 (no response for this report)

5. Learning Technology: Avron Barr LAN/MAN (IEEE 802): Paul Nikolich
3: (RevCom), P : (uncertain), P1589
LAN/MAN (IEEE 802): Paul Nikolich
~60 (~12 / year)
Microprocessor: Baker Kearfott
5: P754, P1722, P1722.1, P1788.1
Portable Applications: Joseph Gwinn
1: (IEEE Std Corrigenda 2)
Simulation Interoperability Stds Org / SAC: Marcy Stutzman
3: P1516, P1516.1, P1516.2

6. Software & Systems Engineering: Paul Croll
22: 982.1, 1012, , , 1760, 12207, , 15289, , , , , , , 24765, , 26512, 26513, 26515, , 29148,
Storage Systems: Jack Cole (Acting)
2: P1890, P2200 (response from WG chairs not SC)
Test Technology: Adham Saman
4: P , P1804, IEEE , P1838
Voting Systems: John Wack
7: (no response for this report)

7. Goal #2 – Standards Education
Nothing substantive to report
Standards University
IEEE New Initiatives (James Irvine, Yatin Trivedi)
EAB and SA joint committee on Standards Education (David Law)
GlobalSpec as a potential partner for standards education

8. Goal #3 – Most Used Standards
Nothing substantive to report
GlobalSpec as a potential partner for advocating standards usage

9. Portfolio Review
In a sense, all Computer Society standards undergo regular review
Portfolio Review inspired essentially 100% review
IEEE CS standards must be revised or re-approved every ten years
ISO/IEC standards every five years
currently expect 14 standards to quietly expire because of little use or interest
PARs expire after four years
Vitality Committee reviews Standards Committees

10. Review of Standards Committees
Standards Committees that may be retired
Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents
Voting Systems
some work being done in public working groups because of a demand by the elections community that the standards be totally unencumbered with copyright restrictions on drafts, approved standards, and derivative works
IEEE may be creating a new policy that would satisfy the elections community
IEEE would be logical choice for international standardization

11. Standards Committee that may be re-focused and re-vitalized
Information Assurance  Cybersecurity and Privacy
Standards Committee that may be “re- distributed”
Storage Systems  Microprocessor
if unable to find a Sponsor Chair

12. New Standards Association Posture
Standards Association withdrew from the US National Committee of the IEC, declined the JTC1 Secretariat, is withdrawing from US TAG sponsorship
concern is SA is global standards development organization; some view it as inappropriate to support US national entities (perception of SA as US SDO)
only the US handles standards development through voluntary industry organizations
looking for new sponsors for US TAGs
CS ExCom is concerned about the impact on our standards work and would like the SAB to recommend a position for BOG consideration

13. US TAG Sponsorship Who will take over sponsorship for US TAGs?
includes ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7, SC27, SC38, SC40
are there any other TAGs or TAG-equivalents to address?
candidates suggested include the Computer Society, the Standards Activities Board, IEEE-USA, ANSI, ACM, SEI, INCITS, ISTO, INCOSE, ITSMF-USA, …
How much does it cost to sponsor a TAG?
fees to ANSI, travel expenses for TAG chair
Possible unintended consequences
divergence of IEEE and international standards
IEEE disengagement with international standards dev
disengagement of US industry and SMEs

14. Contact Information
Dr. Mark Paulk
University of Texas at Dallas
800 W. Campbell Road
ECSS 3.610, EC-31
Richardson, TX