President Emeritus, IEEE Computer Society

Jim Isaak is retired from six years in Academia and thirty in the computer industry with companies like IBM, Intel and Digital. Jim is currently on the IEEE AI Coalition, and IEEE USA AI and Communications Policy Committees and presenting courses with the UNH OLLI program.

Jim is President Emeritus of the IEEE Computer Society, a past IEEE Director, 2015 Vice President of the Society on Social Implications of Technology, Jim chaired the POSIX/UNIX/Linux Standards effort for IEEE and ISO for 15 years and also the Web Site Engineering Best Practices standard.

Jim is the 1994 Recipient of the IEEE Computer Society "Hans Karlsson Award" for "Outstanding Leadership and achievement though cooperation"

Jim has published a number of articles and has a patent on digital object authentication More information on Jim can be found at https://www.jimisaak.com/