Bill Scherlis

Professor Director, ISRI (Institute for Software Research International) Director, PhD Program in Software Engineering School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University

Research

• Leader: Fluid Project -- Analysis-based software assurance and evolution
• Principal investigator: CMU/NASA High Dependability Computing Project (HDCP), with subcontractors USC, UMd, MIT, U Wash, and UWM (with Jim Morris)
• Co-principal investigator: Dependable Realtime Embedded Space Software (DERESS) Project (with J Aldrich and E Clarke)
• RADAR project (see public site)

Teaching

• 17-791 Software Research Seminar (SSSG) (Fall 2005)
• 15-211 Fundamental Structures of Computer science (Fall 2005) (link to CMU internal Blackboard.) [with Chris Langmead and five great TAs]
• CourseCast video system (with Eric Burns and Mike Shamos)

Technology and Policy

• IEEE Software: Following the money: Research funding fluctuates globally, p.111 (Sept/Oct 2005)
• DARPA ISAT study group member
• National Research Council: Improving Cybersecurity research (initiated July 2004)
• Editorial board: Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society (to debut, Feb 2005)
• Congressional testimony: The role of government in IT R&D (official written testimony, draft of spoken testimony, overall hearing, CRA blog report, July 2004)
• The role for ICT in sustainable development? (World Bank meeting Nov 2003, Bangalore meeting Jan 2004)
• National Research Council: Study on E-government (Crisis Management, Federal statistics, Final report, 2002)
• Congressional testimony: Should there be a Federal CIO? (September 2000 hearings)
• The Internet and cancer trials (wrap-up of a National Cancer Institute long-range planning committee, 2002)
• PITAC report to the President on government information technology (Aug 2000).
• Radio commentary: Gore and Internet on NPR All Things Considered (1999)
• National Research Council: What to do about Ada? (1997)
• National Research Council: Crisis management and IT (1996)

Institute for Software Research (ISRI)

• PhD program information and application. Please contact Connie Herold for further information.
• ISRI home page. Please contact Connie Herold for further information.
• Faculty policies for Systems faculty and Lecturers.
• Faculty search 2006 (tba).

Personal

• Brief bio
• How to reach me
• Assistant: Connie Herold (cherold at-sign cs.cmu.edu) 412-268-4545
• Photo with early memex prototypes
• Ann's latest