Calit2 Forms Faculty Division Councils at UCSD and UCI
5.31.2005 -- Faculty involvement, critical to Calit2 since the institute’s inception, is evolving to a higher level. Division councils, comprised of a cross-section of affiliated faculty, are being formed at UCSD and UCI to govern Calit2 in a manner that reflects the institute’s intellectual and research goals.
These councils will provide advice to Calit2 division directors Ramesh Rao at UCSD and Albert Yee at UCI on a wide variety of topics, including programmatic direction and operation of the new facilities on both campuses.
Both directors agree that occupying the new buildings represents a new phase in institute history and an opportune time to attract greater faculty involvement.
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The original governance structure of nine layer leaders at each campus -- representing various technical areas and the field of education -- was a good structure to launch the institute. The new division councils will help sustain the progress the institute has made thus far and oversee its continued growth.
Council members were chosen based on the quality and diversity of their multidisciplinary research activities.
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Council members will also serve on various subcommittees, addressing such topics as research development, academic personnel, collaboration across the two campuses, student programs, entrepreneurism, space allocation, seminar programs, communications, and special events. These committees, which will include additional faculty from their respective campuses, will be fluid, forming as the need arises and disbanding as they accomplish the goals set before them.
“This kind of structure,” said Rao, “will ensure broad participation from our two campus communities and keep the overall institute vital.”
The UCI division council held its inaugural meeting on May 19 (all accompanying photos are from this meeting). “A lot of eyes are on us,” Yee told the group, “and your responsibility is to help make our grand experiment a success. If, five years from now, I can point to five important projects that would not have existed without the institute, that would be success.”
The UCSD division plans to convene its council in June.
Current membership of both councils is listed below; additional names are likely to be added as they confirm their agreements to participate.
UCSD Division Council:
Dimitri Bassov, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Andrew Chien, Computer Science and Engineering
Tom DeFanti, Calit2 researcher, networking and visualization
Mark Ellisman, Bioengineering and School of Medicine
Shaya Fainman, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ross Frank, Ethnic Studies
Rajesh Gupta, Computer Science and Engineering
Jim Hollan, Cognitive Science
Trey Ideker, Bioengineering
Adriene Jenik, Visual Arts
Ingolf Krueger, Computer Science and Engineering
Larry Larson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yu-Hwa Lo, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Lev Manovich, Visual Arts
Alon Orlitsky, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phil Papadopoulos, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Pavel Pevzner, Computer Science and Engineering
Barbara Sawrey, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Bill Trogler, Chemistry and Biochemistry
UCI Division Council:
Nancy Allbritton, Physiology and Biophysics
Luke Bao, Computer Science
Carter Butts, Sociology
Phil Collins, Physics and Astronomy
Martha Feldman, Planning, Policy, and Design
David Goldberg, Humanities/Afro-American Studies
Ramesh Jain, Computer Science
“Jay” Jayakrishnan, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kane Kim, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Ken Kraemer, Information Systems
Falko Kuester, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Crista Lopes, Informatics
Goran Matijasevic, Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility
Richard Matthew, Planning, Policy, and Design
Sharad Mehrotra, Computer Science
Kristen Monroe, Political Science
Shaul Mukamel, Chemistry
Lisa Naugle, Arts-Dance
Reg Penner, Chemistry
Amelia Regan, Computer Science
Soroosh Sorooshian, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bill Tang, Biomedical Engineering
Bill Tomlinson, Informatics
Bruce Tromberg, School of Medicine
Doug Wallace, Biological Chemistry