Open Position: Editor-in-Chief

The term of the current Editor-in-Chief of the ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH) will end soon. The ACM Publications Board has chartered a search committee to identify suitable candidates for Editor-in-Chief of JOCCH, and to recommend one for approval by the Board.

Search Committee

Holly Rushmeier, Yale University, Chair
Alan Chalmers, University of Warwick
Alan Smeaton, Dublin City University
Marie-Paule Cani, Grenoble Institute of Technology, ACM Publications Board liaison

Duties

The duties of ACM Editors-in-Chief are summarized in http://www.acm.org/publications/policies/evaluation.
Further information can be found in ACM Publications Policies http://www.acm.org/publications/policies.

Qualifications

Candidates should have a well-recognized research record in inter-disciplinary research that crosses the boundaries between cultural heritage and computer science, focused on the development and use of innovative ICT technologies (information retrieval, digital libraries, GIS, graphics, vision, data bases, etc) to support cultural heritage management, presentation and study. In addition, candidates should have editorial experience.

Nomination Process

To nominate a colleague, send a summary of candidate's relevant research contributions and editorial qualifications to the committee chair at holly@acm.org

The committee also welcomes self-nominations, which should be accompanied by the candidate's curriculum vitae and a statement of vision for the journal.

Deadline

The committee will start evaluating candidates after March 1, 2012.
E-mail questions and nominations to Holly Rushmeier, Search Committee Chair, holly@acm.org