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William H. Press
Selected Current Activities
- Science Advisor to the Chancellor, University of Texas System, 2007-
- Institute for Defense Analyses, Board of Trustees, 1988- (Executive Committee, 1990- )
- Scientific Advisory Committee, David and Lucille Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering, 1988-
- Report Review Committee of the National Research Council, 2005-
Selected Past Activities
- Board of Visitors, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES), University of Texas, Austin, 2003-2006
- Chair, Nominating Committee for Council and Officers of NAS, 2003-2004
- Committee on Strengthening Cooperative Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs, U.S. National Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences, 2004-2005
- Science and Technology Panel of the Threat Reduction Advisory Committee, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 1999-2005
- Nominating Committee for President of NAS, 2003-2004
- Advisory Committee to the Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council, 2001-2004
- Committee on the Future of Supercomputing, NAS/NRC, 2003-2004
- Co-Chair, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council, 2000
- CNO Executive Panel, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the Navy, 1994-2000
- Chair, Panel on Theory and Computation, Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee, NAS/NRC, 1998-2000
- Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council, 1991-1996
- Future of Space Science Steering Group, Space Studies Board, NAS/NRC, 1994-1996
- German-American Frontiers of Science Organizing Committee, NAS/NRC, 1994-1995.
- Scientific Policy Committee, Superconducting Super Collider, 1989-1992
- Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee (Bahcall Committee), NAS/NRC, 1989-91
- Program Committee, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1985-91
- Film/Television Committee, NAS, 1986-1992
- Advisory Board of the NSF Institute for Theoretical Physics, 1984-88; Chairman, 1986-87