Professor Emeritus
Email: simmons@cs.tamu.edu
Phone: 979/846-7454 Mobile: 979/575-7159 Fax: 979/847-8578
Office: HRBB 333C
http://faculty.cs.tamu.edu/simmons
Ph.D. Computer and Information Sciences, Moore School of Electrical
Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1968
M.S. Electrical Engineering, Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University
of Pennsylvania, 1961
B. S. Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1959
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Software engineering, software models and metrics, expert systems,
productivity improvement techniques
SELECTED RESEARCH SUPPORT
"Shared Software Infrastructure Program," IBM, Intel, and Avnet, 2006
"Shared Software Infrastructure Hub Project," IBM, 2004-2005
AWARDS
- IEEE Third Millennium Medal, 2000
- IEEE Golden Core Member, 1996
- IEEE Fellow, 1988
- IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Service Award, 1987
- IEEE Centennial Medal, 1984
EXPERIENCE
- Professor Emeritus, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, 1976 - present
- Director and Co-PI, Shared Software Infrastructure Program, 2004 - present
- President, Software Commercialization and Innovation Center, Inc., 2001-2003
- Director, Software Process Improvement Laboratory, 1987-Present
- Head, Computer Technology Division, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, 1983-1985
- Director, Data Processing Center, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, 1972-1982
- Head, Computing Science Division of the Industrial Engineering Department, July 1973-January 1974
- Supervisor, Advanced Programming and Processor Technology Group, Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1968-1970
- Member, Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1963-1970
- Instructor, University of Virginia, Summer 1963 and Capitol Radio Engineering Institute, 1961-1963
- Design Engineer, Electronic Data Processing Division, Radio Corporation of
America, June 1959-1961
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE
- President, Institute for Software Engineers, Inc., 2007
- President, IEEE Computer Society, 1976
- Junior Past President, IEEE Computer Society, 1977-1978
- Vice President, IEEE Computer Society, 1974-1975, 1981-1982
- Chair, Program Committee, The 1998 Stephen S. Yau International Workshop on
Advanced Software Technology in the 21st Century and Related Topics in Computer
Applications, Santa Clara, CA, March 8-9, 1998
- Chair, IEEE Computer Society Richard E. Merwin Distinguished Service Award Sub-committee, 1996-1998
- Chair, CompSAC92, Sixteenth Annual International Computer Software and
Applications Conference, Program Committee, Chicago, Illinois, September 21-25, 1992
- Co-Chair, CompSac91 Computer Software and Applications Conference, Tokyo,
Japan, 1991
- Chair, ACM/IEEE Computer Society Fall Joint Computer Conference Committee, 1986-1987
- Chair, IEEE Computer Society Long Range Planning Committee, 1984
- Chair, Elections Committee, 1983
- Chair, R. E. Merwin Memorial Committee, 1982-1983
- Chair, Nominations Committee, 1978
- Chair, Program, First International Conference on Software (COMPSAC 77)
- Chair, Publications Committee, 1975
- Chair, Midwest Area Committee, 1969-1970
- Member, Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),
Association for Computing Machinery, American Association for Artificial
Intelligence, American Society for Engineering Education
- Member, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi
Eta Sigma
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Simmons, D. B., Lively, W. M., Nelson, C., and Urban, J. E., "Rapid Insertion of Leading Edge Industrial Strength Software into University Classrooms," Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives, Idea Group, Inc., 701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Suite 200, Hershey, PA 17033, pp. 670-676., 2007.
Zhang, D., and Simmons, D. B., "Use Statistical Method to Build Open Source Software Maturity Model," proceedings of The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, & Applied Computing, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 25-28, 2007.
Simmons, D. B., and Ma, N., "Software Engineering Expert System for Global Development," International Conference on TOOLS with ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ICTAI-2006), Arlington, VA, pp 33-38, November 13-15, 2006.
Simmons, D. B., "Software Engineering Education in the New Millennium," The Thirtieth Annual International Computer Software and Application Conference, Chicago, USA, pp. 46-47, 18-21 September 2006.
Simmons, D. B., Ellis, N. C., Fujihara, H., and Kuo, W., Software Measurement — A Visualization Toolkit for Project Control & Process Improvement, Prentice Hall, 1998.
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