Carl Chang (computer scientist)
{{short description|American computer scientist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Carl Chang
| image = DrChang_Wiki.jpg
| caption = Chang in 2010
| birth_name = Kochao Chang
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|3|5|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Taichung, Taiwan
| citizenship = United States
| alma_mater =
| thesis_title = Incremental Modification of Computer Programs
| thesis_year = 1982
| doctoral_advisor = Stephen Sik-Sang YauStephen Sik-Sang Yau (Chang's academic genealogy{{cite web | url=http://www.carlchang.org/genealogy.html | title=Dr.Chang's Academic Genealogy }} traced back to Thomas Edison)
| known_for = {{ublist|class= |Software Services Engineering[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9590227 Software Services Engineering Manifesto : A Cross-Cutting Declaration]|Requirements Engineering[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/1232285 Event-based traceability for managing evolutionary change] |Situation Analytics{{cite web | url=https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/co/2016/01/mco2016010024/13rRUy08MzI | title=CSDL | IEEE Computer Society }}|Services Computing[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/5196660/ Situ: A Situation-Theoretic Approach to Context-Aware Service Evolution]|Digital health[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8332669 A Roadmap for Mobile and Cloud Services for Digital Health]}}
| spouse = Jean Chang (1977–)
| children = 3 (Kathy, Wilson, Renee)
| field = Computer Science
| work_institution = Iowa State University
| prizes = {{ublist|class= |IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000)|Life Fellow of IEEE (2001-){{cite web | url=https://www.comsoc.org/membership/ieee-fellows/2001 | title=IEEE Fellows 2001 | IEEE Communications Society }}|Life Fellow of European Academy of Sciences[http://www.eurasc.eu Life Fellow, European Academy of Sciences](2002-)|Fellow of AAAS (2003-)|Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Marin Drinov Medal (2006)|IEEE Richard E. Merwin Medal[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV8_HRApuWg 2012 IEEE Computer Society Richard E. Merwin Medal](2012)|Overseas Distinguished Contribution Award of CCF{{cite web | url=https://www.ccf.org.cn/Awards/Awards_Recipients/2014/Overseas-contribution/2014-02-20/578058.shtml | title=张可昭-海外杰出贡献奖-中国计算机学会 }}(2014)|Honorary Member of IPSJ{{cite web | url=https://www.ipsj.or.jp/english/organization/aboutipsj/honorary.html | title=IPSJ Honorary Member-Information Processing Society of Japan }} (2019)}}
| education = {{ublist|class=|National Central University (BS)|Northern Illinois University (MS)|Northwestern University (PhD)}}
}}
Carl Kochao Chang ({{zh|t=張可昭|s=张可昭|p=}}; born 1952) is a Taiwanese-American computer scientist who is Professor of Computer Science, Professor of Human Computer Interaction and Director of Software Engineering Laboratory in the Department of Computer Science at Iowa State University, where he served as its department chair from 2002 to 2013.
Career
He worked for GTE Automatic Electric and Bell Laboratories before joining the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1984, where he directed the International Center for Software Engineering. He served as Professor and Director for the Institute for Mobile, Pervasive, and Agile Computing Technologies (IMPACT) at Auburn University from 2001 to 2002, before moving to Iowa State University in July 2002 to take the department chair position. Chang was the 2004 IEEE Computer Society president. Previously he served as the Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Software (1991–1994) and Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Computer (2007–2010). He spearheaded the Computing Curricula 2001 (CC2001) project jointly sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society, the ACM, and the National Science Foundation. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of AAAS, and a Life Fellow[http://www.eurasc.eu Life Fellow, European Academy of Sciences] and an officer{{Cite web |url=http://www.eurasc.eu/committees/Heads_Teams.asp |title=Officer, Computational and Information Sciences Division of European Academy of Sciences |access-date=2017-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729233840/http://www.eurasc.eu/committees/Heads_Teams.asp |archive-date=2017-07-29 |url-status=dead }} of the European Academy of Sciences. Chang retired from Iowa State University in 2022.{{cite news |title=Atanasoff Today 2022-23: Carl Chang Retirement |url=https://www.cs.iastate.edu/atanasoff-today-2022-23-carl-chang-retirement |access-date=7 December 2022 |publisher=Iowa State University Department of Computer Science}}
Awards and recognition
He received the 2000 IEEE Third Millennium Medal, the 2006 Bulgaria Academy of Sciences Marin Drinov Medal, and the 2012 IEEE Computer Society Richard E. Merwin Medal.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV8_HRApuWg 2012 IEEE Computer Society Richard E. Merwin Medal] As a three times winner of IBM Faculty Award, Chang's research interests include software engineering, human computer interaction and digital health. He is the founder of Situation Analytics[http://www.sigdrm.org/~zzhang/data/Situation%20Analytics%20A%20Foundation%20for%20a%20New%20Software%20Engineering%20Paradigm.pdf Situation Analytics: A Foundation for a New Software Engineering Paradigm ] based on his Situ theoretical framework.[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/5196660/ Situ: A Situation-Theoretic Approach to Context-Aware Service Evolution] He is the recipient of the 2014 Overseas Outstanding Contribution Award{{cite web | url=https://www.ccf.org.cn/Awards/Awards_Recipients/2014/Overseas-contribution/2014-02-20/578058.shtml | title=张可昭-海外杰出贡献奖-中国计算机学会 }} from China Computer Federation (CCF 中国计算机学会) as well as the 2014 Distinguished Alumnus by the National Central University in Taiwan (中央大學－台灣)。
References
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External links
- [http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~chang Professor Carl K. Chang's official web site]
- [http://www.carlchang.org Professor Carl K. Chang's personal web site]
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Category:American computer scientists
Category:American people of Taiwanese descent
Category:Auburn University faculty
Category:Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Category:Iowa State University faculty
Category:University of Illinois Chicago faculty
Category:Northwestern University alumni