candidates for SECRETARY/TREASURER (7/1/08-6/30/10)
NORMAN P. JOUPPI
Fellow and Director, Exascale Computing Lab
HP Labs
Palo Alto, CA, USA
BIOGRAPHY
■ Norm received a Ph.D. in Electrical
Engineering from Stanford University in
1984, an M.S.E.E. from Northwestern
University in 1980, and a B.S.E.E. from
Northwestern University in 1979. After
graduation he joined DEC’s Western
Research Lab, and through acquisition
Compaq and then Hewlett Packard. From
1984 through 1996 he was also a Consulting Assistant/Associate Professor in
the Department of Electrical Engineering
at Stanford University. He currently heads
the Exascale Computing Lab at HP Labs.
His current research interests include
many aspects of computer system software, hardware, and architecture. He has
also led the development of advanced
telepresence systems, and has contributed
to the architecture and implementation of
advanced graphics accelerators. He was
the principal architect and lead designer
of the DEC Multi Titan and BIPS microprocessors. While at Stanford he was one of
the principal architects and lead designer
of the Stanford MIPS microprocessor,
and developed CAD techniques for VLSI
timing verification. He holds more than 35
U.S. patents and has published over 100
technical papers. Norm is a member of
ACM SIGARCH, SIGMICRO, SIGGRAPH,
SIGMM, and SIGMETRICS.
ACM Service: ACM SIG Governing Board (SGB) Representative to
ACM Council (2007+), ACM Council
Representative to Computing Research
Association (CRA) Board (2008+), Editorial board of Communications of the ACM
(2008+), SIG Vice Chair for Operations
(2006-2007), ACM SGB Member at Large
and Conference Advisor (2005-2006),
Past Chair of SIGARCH (2007+), Chair
of SIGARCH (2003-2007), Vice Chair of
SIGARCH (1999-2003), Member of the
SIGARCH Board (1993-1999). Program
Chair, 1996 International Symposium on
Computer Architecture.
Other service: Editorial board
member of IEEE Computer Architecture
Letters 2001+. IEEE TCCA advisory board
(2002-2005). Guest editor of IEEE Micro
magazine (1992, 1996, 1999).
Awards: ACM Fellow. IEEE Fellow.
2005 ISCA Influential Paper award.
Compaq 2002 Key Patent award. Two
SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Workshop on
Graphics Hardware best paper awards.
STATEMENT
■ Through my service on the ACM During my career I’ve worked in both
Council as SIG Governing Board Rep- industry and academia. I have experience
resentative, I’ve had the opportunity to managing the budgets of ACM SIGARCH
learn much about the operation of the and my lab at HP, which would serve me
ACM. Part of this experience has included well as Secretary/Treasurer. As part of
finance discussions. I’ve been a strong this diverse experience I’ve developed an
proponent of adding value to ACM appreciation of the range of communities
membership through enhanced services served by the ACM, and I believe I can
while keeping dues low. Over the last serve them well as Secretary/ Treasurer.
several years this strategy has played an Finally, I’m prepared to commit the time
important part in growing ACM member- required to serve at the best of my ability.
ship in an era when membership in related And I am always eager to listen to your
professional societies has been waning. If suggestions!
elected as ACM Secretary/Treasurer, I will
continue to look for ways to add value to
ACM membership (such as revitalization
of the Communications of the ACM and
enhancements to the ACM Digital Library)
at no marginal cost to our members.
Another important issue going forward
is international expansion of our membership while continuing to operate on a
sound financial footing. Business and
research contributions to computing are
becoming increasingly global. Potential
members in developing countries can
derive significant benefits from relatively
low-cost services such as the ACM Digital
Library if ACM membership is priced
appropriately. Besides mere membership,
I would strive to foster volunteer development and encourage service through the
world.
