Management

Operational Management

Operational management of the entire LSCITS Initiative is the responsibility of the Director (Dave Cliff, 1.0FTE), and the two Initiative Co-Directors (Ian Sommerville, 0.2FTE; John McDermid, 0.1FTE).  Ian Sommerville manages integration across the various LSCITS work-packages and activities. John McDermid works with Gerald Luettgen, the LSCITS EngD Centre Director, to manage the York-based LSCITS Engineering Doctorate programme.  

The Director reports to the chair of the LSCITS International Scientific Advisory Board, and to the chair of the LSCITS National Stakeholder Board.  These two boards provide their guidance and advice on the LSCITS research and training programmes.

The International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB)

To assure that the scientific quality of the Initiative is of international standard, the Initiative's International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) is formed from leading researchers in industry and academia worldwide. Membership of the ISAB is expected to change over time. The current members of ISAB are as follows:

Mr Dario Avallone, Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A., Italy.

Prof Alan Champneys, University of Bristol, UK.

Prof Steve Easterbrook, University of Toronto, Canada.

Prof Dr Matthias Jarke, University of Aachen, Germany.

Prof Cliff Jones, University of Newcastle, UK, (ISAB Chair).

Dr Jeff Kephart, IBM TJ Watson Research Labs, USA.

Prof Nancy Leveson, MIT, USA.

Prof Peter Lindsay, University of Queensland, Australia.

Prof Linda Northrop, CMU SEI, USA.

Dr Alberto Pasquini, DeepBlue, Italy.

Prof Dr Bernhard Steffen, University of Dortmund, Germany.

Dr Tony Storey, IBM, UK.

Dr John Wilkes, Hewlett-Packard Labs, USA.

The National Stakeholder Board (NSB)

As the LSCITS Initiative is intended to be a UK strategic investment, best meeting the national need given the available resources, we intend that the activities of the Initiative are conducted in consultation with a National Stakeholder Board (NSB). The NSB is composed of individuals able to represent the national research needs that the Initiative has been structured to meet, of representatives from the major sources of public funding, and also of individuals who have responsibility for other research programmes with which the LSCITS Institute needs to be well synchronised. Membership of the NSB is expected to change over time. The current members of the NSB are as follows:

Prof Robin Ball, CBiCS DTC Director, University of Warwick.

Prof Robin Bloomfield, INDEED Director, City University.

Dr Seth Bullock, Complex Systems DTC Director, University of Southampton.

Dr Nic Holt, Fujitsu.

Dr Hector Figueiredo, BAE Systems.

Dr Brian Derry, NHS Information Centre.

Mr John Hand, ICT Programme Manager, EPSRC.

Prof John Hogan, CBiCS DTC Director, University of Bristol.

Prof Nick Jennings, DDIS Director, University of Southampton.

Dr Stuart Jobbins, Rolls-Royce.

Dr John Manley, Hewlett-Packard Labs.

Prof Tom McCutcheon, DSTL.

Dr John Parry, TPP.

Prof Nigel Shadbolt, WSRI Director, University of Southampton.

Dr Hillary Sillitto, Thales.

Dr Mark Thomas, IBM UK (NSB Chair).

Dr Steve Wright, British Telecom.