Hans Karlsson Award for Leadership and Achievement Through Collaboration Status report from HKA Chair: Dave Schultz November 1, 2006

2 HKA Criteria “in recognition of outstanding skills and dedication to diplomacy, team facilitation and joint achievement in areas of the computer industry where individual aspirations, corporate, and organizational rivalry could otherwise be counter to the common good” Outstanding skills and dedication to diplomacy Team facilitation Joint achievement In development or promotion of CS standards

3 Past Awardees (1 of 2) 1994 James D. Isaak (POSIX) "For outstanding leadership and achievement through collaboration" 1995 Roger J. Martin (S2ESC) "For leadership in timely completion of test methods which assure quality and dependability for the standards customer, completeness for the portable app builder and consensus to the whole community" 1996 Leonard L. Tripp (S2ESC) "For your long-term service and leadership of the IEEE Computer Society Software Engineering Committee (SESC) and related activities“ 2001 Victor Hayes (LMSC) "For your dedication to the advancement of technologies and their use in a wide area of segments, markets, and applications benefiting all our lives"

4 Past Awardees (2 of 2) 2002 H. Wayne Hodgins (LTSC) "For your extraordinary leadership and vision that led to the first learning technology standard and that was instrumental in moving an entire industry to pursue a standards- based rather than a proprietary approach" 2004 David B. Gustavson (MMSC) "For outstanding leadership in Standards and for your insight, organization, and political astuteness in bringing the Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) (IEEE ) to fruition, significantly advancing the art and science of scalable systems" 2005 Yervant Zorian (TTSC) "For outstanding leadership, communications, and achievement with the IEEE Testability Method for Embedded Core-based ICs standard (IEEE Std ) through collaboration with major industry groups"

5 HKA Committee Dennis Brophy, DASC Jim Isaak, POSIX Kathy Land, SAB Chair Gary Robinson, MMSC Geoff Thompson, LMSC John Walz, S2ESC (past chair) Dave Schultz (chair)

6 Controls IEEE-CS P&P Section 13 Awards IEEE-CS Award Committee Handbook rules and guidance Exercised extreme caution to maintain confidentiality in our deliberations Committee diversity & professional experience

7 Committee Methods Phone calls, with follow-up “Just in time” – deadline pressure Alert Sponsor Chairs of possible candidates Provide data entry workarounds for problems with Awards web site Search the Web to learn more about candidates Informal rankings to understand starting points Conference call for final ranking

8 Input Sources Award Web site CS Sponsors: –DASC –FIPA –IASC –LMSC (802) –LTSC –MMSC –PASC –S2ESC –SISO/SAC –SSSC –TTSC

9 Inputs Five people expressed interest in submitting Nominations Two Nominations actually submitted –With their 8 Endorsements

10 Challenges (1 of 2) No prior record of HKA corporate knowledge –Consulted CS Awards Handbook, IEEE-CS P&P Manual, and past HKA chairs Supporters asked HKA Committee members for nominations and endorsements! –Complied with impartiality requirements Some nominators who claimed to be “familiar” with the award process still needed explanation of some of the key steps

11 Challenges (2 of 2) Two attempts at nominations based on administrative work in developing P&Ps –Perhaps the Awards Committee could consider clarifying the HKA criteria Started a log of decisions and lessons learned, for future HKA chairs –Recommend that the Awards website be updated to ask for examples of diplomacy

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