M E M O R A N D U M. SUBJECT: Appointment of Distinguished Professors

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1 Board Resolution -1- November 3, 2016 M E M O R A N D U M November 3, 2016 TO: FROM: Members of the Board of Trustees Nancy L. Zimpher, Chancellor SUBJECT: Appointment of Distinguished Professors Action Requested The proposed resolution appoints the faculty members listed below to the rank of Distinguished Professor at the State University of New York campus indicated. Resolution I recommend that the Board of Trustees adopt the following resolution: Whereas the Board of Trustees has proudly established a historic tradition of acknowledging and honoring extraordinary faculty achievement through appointment to Distinguished Faculty Rank; and Whereas the appointment to Distinguished Faculty Rank at the State-operated campuses is both a system-wide distinction and a promotion in rank; and Whereas the Board of Trustees has the authority to bestow system-wide distinctions; now, therefore, be it Resolved that each faculty member listed below be, and hereby is, appointed to the rank of Distinguished Professor at the State University of New York campus indicated, effective November 3, 2016: Professor Douglas R. Holmes, State University of New York at Binghamton; Professor Manuel London, State University of New York at Stony Brook;

2 Board Resolution -2- November 3, 2016 Background Professor Scott A. Smolka, State University of New York at Stony Brook; and Professor Yuanyuan Yang, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Appointment to the rank of Distinguished Professor is conferred upon individuals who have achieved national and/or international prominence and a distinguished reputation within a chosen field. This distinction is attained through extraordinary contributions to, and impact on, the candidate s field of study, often evidenced by significant research and/or creative activity. Moreover, the candidate should be a role model for students and other faculty and their work must be of such character that their presence will tend to elevate the standards of scholarship or creative activity of colleagues both within and beyond their academic fields. Their work must be of such quality that students and scholars on other State University of New York campuses would wish to benefit from lectures and seminars, or other appropriate presentations the faculty members might bring to them. Further, to be eligible for nomination, a faculty member must have attained and held the rank of full professor for five years, and must have at least one year of full-time service at the nominating institution. The contributions of these individuals also far exceeds their scholarly productivity. They have contributed meaningfully and consistently in several notable areas, including extensive and superior service to the profession; leadership and ongoing participation on influential disciplinary committees; membership on prestigious editorial boards; service as reviewer or consultant on regulatory, advisory, and award-making bodies; and status as an invited presenter at conferences and symposia. The candidates are also often considered superlative teachers, setting the highest academic standards for their students. A brief summary of the contributions of each candidate is provided below, though the contributions of these scholars far exceed those mentioned in this resolution. The following encapsulates their disciplinary accomplishments: Professor Douglas R. Holmes Dr. Holmes, a member of the Department of Anthropology at Binghamton University, has gained international recognition for his research on the anthropology of European integration and Europeanization, and on the anthropology of central banking. Professor Holmes published this research in an ethnographic trilogy of three books: Cultural Disenchantments: Worker Peasantries in Northeast Italy; Integral Europe: Fast-Capitalism, Multiculturalism; and Neofascism and Economy of Words: Communicative Imperatives in

3 Board Resolution -3- November 3, 2016 Central Banks. In Italy, he found that the European social model with promises of welfare and dignity had reset expectations in rural populations. His research on neofascism seeks to understand the regionalism and the turn to violent radicalization that have become so prevalent in modern Europe. In the depth of the last world recession, Dr. Holmes went behind the closed doors of central banks to produce provocative new insights into the way bankers conceptualize and manage economies. Professor Holmes directly engages the realities of the integration of Europe, neofascism, and international monetary management. His insights have made him an international commentator and advisor to those building governmental policies to confront these realities. Professor Manuel London Dr. London, Dean of the College of Business at Stony Brook University, has had a remarkable career combining research and practice that meet the highest level of academic excellence, and serves as a model for how social science is critical for business education. With 30 years as a university faculty member and administrator, and 12 in corporate research and management, Dr. London established himself as a prolific and highly cited scholar in the areas of leadership development, career dynamics, performance management, and social entrepreneurship. Professor London was one of the first to study multisource performance evaluations and feedback in work settings, leading to seminal publications and ubiquitous corporate applications. Professor London's theory of career motivation and associated research outlined how individuals' resilience, insight, and identity influence career goals and suggest structures for management development. Professor London's award winning books and articles on performance management in changing organizations focused on creating climates to support employee learning. His book, The Power of Feedback, is now in its 3rd edition. Recognizing that much work is done in teams, Dr. London extended his ideas to how teams learn to be adaptive, generative, and transformative. He has held a range of administrative positions at Stony Brook. Professor Scott A. Smolka Dr. Smolka, a member of the Department of Computer Science at Stony Brook University, joined the department in 1982, and was promoted to Full Professor in He has made fundamental research contributions in a number of areas, including process algebra, model checking, probabilistic processes, runtime verification, and the modeling and analysis of cardiac cells and neural circuits. He is perhaps best known for the algorithm he co-invented with Paris Kanellakis for deciding bisimulation, a fundamental notion of equivalence for concurrent processes. His research has resulted in over 190 publications, generating 7,630 citations with an h-index of 45. He

4 Board Resolution -4- November 3, 2016 has also been principal investigator and co-principal investigator on grants totaling more than $23 million, and is the lead principal investigator on a recently awarded $4.2 million National Science Foundation (NSF) multi-institutional grant on Compositional, Approximate, and Quantitative Reasoning for Medical Cyber-Physical Systems. He also recently served as Deputy Director of a $10 million NSF multi-institutional grant on Computational Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems. He was recently recognized as a Fellow of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science, is the recipient of the President and Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, and the Computer Science Department Research Excellence Award. Professor Yuanyuan Yang Dr. Yang, a member of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stony Brook University, is internationally recognized as a leading scientist in the field of parallel and cloud computing systems and computer networks. She has made seminal contributions to this field. For her outstanding achievements, she has been elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) the world's largest professional society involved in all aspects of electronics and computing. Dr Yang is a recipient of Best Paper Awards and Distinguished Leadership Awards at top international conferences, and an IEEE Award for New Technical Concepts. Her research has been extensively supported by the National Science Foundation and Department of Defense. Dr. Yang has served on the editorial boards of top journals in computer systems and networks, including her current service as Associate Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing the leading journal in the cloud computing field. Professor Yang has served as a general chair and program chair at several major conferences, and a program committee member for numerous conferences in her field. She also serves as the Vice Chair for Computer Society IEEE Fellow Evaluation Committee. A copy of the nominating letter from each candidate s respective campus president is attached. Complete dossiers are available in the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor. Attachments

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