Joe Evans

Candidate's Statement

In order to provide value to the membership, ComSoc needs to be dynamic and continue to adapt as communications and networking technology advances.  As an organization, this means that ComSoc needs to have the ability to spawn new focus areas, even those in the cracks between traditional areas, and nurture them through stages of workshops, conferences, and journal or magazine issues.  In addition to traditional means for technical exchange, ComSoc can tie these efforts into IEEE standards activities to provide an expedited path to practical use.  If elected, I will encourage ComSoc to provide value to the membership by offering a path for rapidly taking their ideas to technical audiences and beyond.

Biography

Joseph B. Evans received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1989.  He has been an IEEE member for over 25 years.  He has been on the faculty at University of Kansas since 1989 where he is currently the Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor of EECS and Director of Research IT for the University.  He recently served as Program Director at the National Science Foundation, and has been a researcher at Olivetti & Oracle Research Laboratory, Cambridge University, USAF Rome Laboratories, and AT&T Bell Laboratories.  Joe co-founded several companies, including a network gaming company that was acquired by Microsoft in 2000 for X-Box Live.  His work has been supported by industry, including Sprint, AT&T, Trusted Information Systems, and TRW.  He has published over 110 papers.