Jeannette M. Wing
President's Professor of Computer Science and Department Head, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University
Contact Information at CMU
Address: Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-268-3068 (office) 412-260-8926 (cell)
Email: wing@cs.cmu.edu
General Remarks about Computing
A Vision for the 21st Century:
Computational Thinking,
CACM vol. 49, no. 3, March 2006, pp. 33-35.
Translations:
Chinese
(Chinese blogged).
French.
Spanish.
Talk: Computational Thinking and Thinking About Computing.
Scientific Questions in Computing
Our field's drivers come from science, technology, and society. Here is a start of a list of scientific questions in computing.
Five Deep Questions in Computing,
CACM vol. 51, no. 1, January 2008, pp. 58-60.
Talk: Computational Thinking and Thinking About Computing.
PCAST Presentation. President's Council of Advisors for
Science and Technology, Washington, DC, September 2, 2010.
pptx,
pdf.
Click through the powerpoint for builds and read Notes pages for transcript.
Research
Areas of Interest:
Foundations of trustworthy computing, especially security and privacy;
software specification and verification;
concurrent and distributed systems;
programming languages;
programming methodology.
Projects
Students
Michael Tschantz, CS doctoral student
Kuen-Bang (Favonia) Hou, CS doctoral student.
Former Ph.D. and M.S. Students, Postdocs, and Visitors
Teaching
Spring 2011: 15-895: Privacy Research Seminar
Fall 2005:17-651: Models of Software Systems
Spring 2002: 15-212 Principles of Programming
Fall 1998: 15-827 Security and Cryptography
Service and Administration
Department Head, Computer Science Department.
Editorial Boards
Journal of the ACM
Communications of the ACM
Formal Aspects of Computing (North American Editor)
Formal Methods in System Design
International Journal of Software and Informatics
Journal of Information Science and Engineering
Software Tools for Technology Transfer
Boards
Computing Research Association Board, 2011-2014.
Microsoft Trustworthy Computing Academic Advisory Board, 2003-2007, 2010-.
Past Administrative and Service Positions
Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate, National Science Foundation, Assistant Director.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Computer Science.
Associate Department Head for the
Ph.D. Program, Computer Science Department.
SCS Ph.D. Programs. A summary table of all our programs' requirements and transfer policies..
SCS Graduate Student Statistics.
My annual Emigration Course talk "Tips on the Job Interview Process"
Selected Past Service Activities
The National Academies: Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, member.
ACM Council, member-at-large.
DARPA ISAT member.
Intel Research Pittsburgh Advisory Board.
For More Information
Full cv
(.pdf,
.ps.).
Biographical sketch:
long,
short, and
very short.
Official CMU press release on becoming department head. Much more fun Women@SCS interview.
They call me Dragon Lady!
See my
plan file for information on how to contact me via postal mail, e-mail, phone, fax, or my secretary.
See the
CMU School of Computer Science "front door" for more information about
research, educational, and social activities here.