elections/2016/billings.xml

<boardmember id="billings" type="committer">


        <name> Jay Jay Billings </name>

        <title> <![CDATA[Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory]]> </title>

        <image>billings.jpg</image>

        <email>jayjaybillings at gmail.com</email>

        <eclipse_affiliation> <![CDATA[                
        Eclipse Integrated Computational Environment Project Lead<br>
        Eclipse Science Working Group Steering Committee Chair
        ]]> </eclipse_affiliation>

        <vision>  <![CDATA[
        
<p>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.</p>


<p>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...

<ul>
<li><b>For established projects</b>, identify the areas where your committers are having the most trouble 
and help to fix or improve their experience.</li>
<li><b>For committers in new projects</b>, 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.</li>
<li><b>Work with the rest of the board</b> to reach out to the community and clarify 
many rules and policies that are commonly found to be confusing or limiting.</li>
<li><b>Work with the rest of the board and the community</b> to continue to identify ways that streamline the development 
on Eclipse projects. Recent examples include allowing GitHub issues for projects and not requiring CQs from committers on 
other projects, which are two great examples of what I believe to be a much larger set of ways we can help <b>YOU</b> work on Eclipse!</li>
<li><b>For everyone</b>, I will 
tackle the issue of using LGPL licensed software in Eclipse projects, which is the single greatest complaint that I hear 
from old and new committers, since the restriction of such software slows down progress in established projects and severely 
dampens growth in the working groups. I will work with the Foundation to find a way to discuss this openly at an upcoming EclipseCon.</li>
</ul>

</p>


<p>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. So, while I am a relatively new committer and project lead - arguably still 
having a lot to learn about the community myself - I am ready to serve you and I believe that I can help make Eclipse even 
better as your committer representative.</p> 

]]> </vision>

        <bio> <![CDATA[

<p>I am a member of the research staff in the Computer Science Research Group at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 
Oak Ridge, TN. I have the privilege of leading the ten person Integrated Computational Environments Team, which 
focuses on the development of large-scale, next-generation modeling and simulation technologies for the U.S. Department of Energy and 
other sponsors. I am a founding member of the Eclipse Science Working group as well as Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s 
representative on its steering committee. I hold the M.S. in theoretical astrophysics from the University of Tennessee and 
I am currently an Energy Science and Engineering Ph.D. candidate in the University’s Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary 
Research and Graduate Education. I stopped counting the number of scientific publications I have a few years ago when I 
realized that I was writing way more code than papers!</p>
<p>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..</p>

        ]]> </bio>


        <affiliation> <![CDATA[                
        Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory<br>
        Ph.D. Candidate, the University of Tennessee
        ]]>
        </affiliation>
                
</boardmember>