Research Group Steering Committee Elections

Monday, June 16, 2025 00:00

The latest annual elections to the SPEC RG Steering Committee were performed in June 2025. Subject to the elections were the Class B seats and the Officer positions.

Elections to SPEC RG Steering Committee are performed every year, with half of the members being elected each year (for a two year period).

The newly elected (Class B) members of the SPEC RG Steering Committee are:

  • Cristina Abad (ESPOL University, Ecuador)
  • Samuel Kounev (University of Würzburg, Germany)
  • Alex Podelko (Amazon Web Services, USA)
  • Weiyi Shang (University of Waterloo, Canada)
  • Petr Tůma (Charles University, Czech Republic)

The elected SPEC RG Officers are:

  • Samuel Kounev (University of Wuerzburg) for the position of Chairperson
  • Cristina Abad (Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral) for the position of Vice Chairperson
  • Diego Elias Costa (Concordia University) for the position of Secretary
  • Michele Tucci (University of L’Aquila) for the position of Release Manager
  • Weiyi Shang (University of Waterloo) for the position of Publicity Officer
  • Matthijs Jansen jointly with Jesse Donkervliet (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) for the position of Newsletter Editors