Visible to the public CPS-VO Management Structure

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/13/2010 - 6:35pm

The proposed management structure includes the following three components:

  1. Industrial Executive Board (IEB)

    The roles of the IEB are the followings: (1) to advise the CPS-VO regarding emerging CPS research challenges across industrial sectors, (2) to advise the directions in extending the CPS-VO infrastructure components and (3) to evaluate progress in the CPS-VO and in the CPS-VO infrastructure from the point of view of industrial competitiveness. Members of the IEB are chosen/elected from their respective communities, via mechanisms to keep participation and selection open, transparent, and with defined terms.

  2. Academic Executive Board (AEB)

    In active consultation with the CPS community, the AEB will perform the following: (1) identify and formulate CPS fundamental scientific challenges across disciplines, (2) evaluate progress in the scientific foundations, intellectual directions and problem understanding and (3) evaluate progress in the CPS-VO operation, including the infrastructure, collaborations, and education. The AEB includes representatives of the CCC, the CPS-VO host organization (currently ISIS-VU), and elected members of the CPS research community nominated by IEB members, CPS-related SIGs and TCs, and other working groups in the CPS-VO community.

  3. Outreach Board (ORB)

    The roles of the ORB are the followings: (1) to conduct community-based technology assessment, and (2) to explore and coordinate interactions with academic institutions, industry and government as appropriate. Members of the ORB will be elected by the community through TCs/SIGs.The Boards will have a joint meeting once a year in conjunction with the CPS Week or the CPS PI meeting. All three boards will initially comprise cohorts of members with one- and two-year terms. The charter, terms, and method for nominating and electing subsequent classes will be approved by the CPS community according to an open decision process that will be proposed jointly by the initial VO boards, in consultation with the community.