President's Information Technology Advisory Committee
For Immediate Release
August 18, 1999
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Executive Office of the President
Office of Science and Technology Policy
President Clinton names Raj Reddy and Irving Wladawsky-Berger as
Co-Chairs
The President today announced his intent to appoint Raj Reddy and
Irving Wladawsky-Berger to serve as Co-Chairs of the President's Information
Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC).
Dr. Raj Reddy, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been a member of the
PITAC since February 1997. Dr. Reddy has served at Carnegie Mellon
University in several capacities: from 1991 to July 1999, as Dean
of the School of Computer Science; from 1979 to 1991, as founding
Director of the Robotics Institute; in 1973, as a full professor;
and in 1969 as an associate professor. Additionally, from 1992 to
the present, Dr. Reddy has been a Simon University Professor of Computer
Science and Robotics in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie
Mellon. From 1960 to 1963, he worked as an applied science representative
for IBM Corp. in Australia. Dr. Reddy is the recipient of several
awards: The ACM Turing Award in 1994; The IBM Research Ralph Gomory
Fellow Award in 1991; and the Legion of Honor awarded by President
Mitterand of France in 1984. Dr. Reddy received his BE from University
of Madras, his Mtech degree from the University of New South Wales,
Australia and his Ph.D. from Stanford University.
Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger, of Westport, Connecticut, has been a
member of PITAC since December 1997. Dr. Wladawsky-Berger has served
at IBM Corporation in several capacities, including General Manager
of the Internet Division from December 1995 to the present; General
Manager of RISC Systems 6000 Division from May 1995 to December 1995;
from December 1991 to May 1995, as General Manager, POWER Parallel
Systems. From 1985 to 1991, he worked in various executive positions
in IBM's large-systems development organization. From 1984 to 1985,
he was Vice President of Computer Sciences at the Thomas J. Watson
Research Center. From 1970 to 1984, he fulfilled various professional
and management assignments at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center.
Additionally, from 1984 to 1987, he served as member of the Commission
on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, also of the National
Research Council. Dr. Wladawsky-Berger received his M.S. and Ph.D.
in Physics from the University of Chicago.
The High Performance Computing Act of 1991 (P.L. 102-94) was enacted
in 1991. As a part of the Act, the President is required to establish
an Advisory Committee to provide advice and information on high-performance
computing and communication. The President's Information Technology
Advisory Committee (PITAC) is established by Executive Order and provides
valuable guidance to the Office of Science and Technology Policy,
and the agencies involved in the HPCC Initiative. The HPCC Initiative
is a one-billion dollar, multi-agency research and development program
authorized by the Act. |
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