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2017 Candidate:
Jay Jay Billings

Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Nominee for Committer Member representative

Eclipse Integrated Computational Environment Project Lead
Eclipse Science Working Group Steering Committee Chair
Eclipse Advanced Visualisation Project Project Lead

email:  jayjaybillings at gmail.com

Vision

I think that the most amazing thing about Eclipse is the way that it has grown beyond an IDE and now even beyond the RCP. While the establishment of the Working Groups has broadened Eclipse’s reach into new areas such as automotives, science and location technologies to name a few, new projects that make the developer experience even better continue to expand the platform as a whole at an amazing rate. The way I see it, this growth is being driven by one thing: Eclipse’s amazing community.

As your committer representative I will strive to serve and help this great community by improving the experience and meeting the needs of all committers, whether they be committers from large projects with big backers or individual committers who are just starting out. I will...

  • For established projects, identify the areas where your committers are having the most trouble and help to fix or improve their experience.
  • For committers in new projects, I will help you navigate the sea of processes surrounding contributions, releases, third party content and, perhaps most importantly, get you the help you need as fast as possible when I can not provide it.
  • Work with the rest of the board to reach out to the community and clarify many rules and policies that are commonly found to be confusing or limiting.
  • Work with the rest of the board and the community to continue to identify ways that streamline the development on Eclipse projects.

I believe that community service is important and that it is the only thing that leads to healthy communities. It is clearly the reason why Eclipse has thrived. I am ready to serve you and I believe that I can help make Eclipse even better as your committer representative.

About the Candidate

I am a Research Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory where I lead the Scientific Software Development Team in the Computer Science and Mathematics Division. I have a B.S. in Physics from Virginia Tech, class of 2005, and the M.S. in Theoretical Astrophysics from the University of Tennessee, class of 2008. My research focuses on the design and implementation of modeling and simulation tools for energy science, large parts of which have been related to the study of scientific workflows in an HPC context and computational physics.

In my few hours of spare time each week, I enjoy spending time with my wife, family and friends; singing and hacking just about anything I can find...

Affiliation

Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ph.D. Candidate, the University of Tennessee

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