Biographical sketches of authors

Alan G. Ganek IBM Software Group, Hawthorne II, 17 Sky Line Drive, Hawthorne, New York 10532 (electronic mail: ganek@us.ibm.com). Mr. Ganek is Vice President, Autonomic Computing, IBM Software Group. In this recently created role, he leads the IBM corporate-wide initiative for autonomic computing that focuses on making computing systems more self-managing and resilient, lowering the cost of ownership and removing obstacles to growth and flexibility. Prior to joining the Software Group, he was responsible for the technical strategy and operations of the IBM Research Division. Mr. Ganek joined IBM as a software engineer in 1978 in Poughkeepsie, New York, where he was involved in operating system design and development, computer addressing architecture, and parallel systems architecture and design. He was the recipient of IBM Outstanding Innovation Awards for his work on Enterprise Systems Architecture/370^TM and System/390^® Parallel Sysplex^® Design. In 1985, he was appointed manager of MVS^TM Design and Performance Analysis and was responsible for the technical plan and content of the MVS control program. Subsequently he was appointed VM/XA advanced system manager, responsible for strategy, design, planning, customer support, system evaluation, and product delivery and control. Mr. Ganek became manager of Enterprise Systems Market Operations in 1989, responsible for System/390 software requirements and announcement strategy. He was appointed Director of Worldwide Software Manufacturing Strategy in 1990, responsible for IBM's strategy for manufacturing, distribution, and packaging of software, software service, and publications across all hardware platforms. In 1992, he was named Programming Systems Director, Quality and Development Operations, leading quality programs for the Programming Systems Division. He joined the Telecommunications and Media Industry Unit in 1994 as Director of Solutions Development, IBM Telecommunications and Media Industry Unit. Mr. Ganek received his M.S. in computer science from Rutgers University in 1981. He holds 15 patents.

Thomas A. Corbi IBM Software Group, Hawthorne II, 17 Sky Line Drive, Hawthorne, New York 10532 (electronic mail: groklib@us.ibm.com). Mr. Corbi is a member of the Autonomic Computing Architecture team that is working toward creating a framework and standards to enable development of autonomic software systems. He also manages the Autonomic Computing Technology Institute, which is a joint research program between the Software Group and the IBM Research Division. Prior to joining the Software Group, he was a research staff member and technical assistant to the Vice President of Emerging Business Opportunities in IBM Research. He joined IBM at the former Palo Alto Development Center as a programmer in 1974 after graduating from Yale University with a degree in computer science. He worked in the former General Products Division on future systems text-processing, data management, and database systems, and was development manager for IMS^TM/VS Fast Path at the IBM Santa Teresa Laboratory. Mr. Corbi joined the Research Division at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in 1982 and managed the Program Understanding project from 1986 to 1988. He cochaired the 1988 IEEE Conference on Software Maintenance (CSM-88). From 1988 to 1990, he went on assignment as technical assistant to the S/390 Operating Systems Division Director in Poughkeepsie, New York, where he wrote “Understanding and Improving Software Development Productivity.” He returned to Research and was senior manager of speech recognition development in the Experimental Software Development Center. In 1994, he was assigned to the Research Headquarters Technical Staff, assisting the Vice President for Technical Plans and Controls. Afterwards, Mr. Corbi contributed to a number of research projects, including low power exploratory systems, home networking and consumer systems, pervasive computing systems solutions, and wearable computing platforms. He holds two patents.