Standing Committees

Committee for Higher Level Award Nominations

Identify candidates from SEAS faculty for high level awards (e.g., NAE, NAS, etc.).

David Parkes (Chair)
Joanna Aizenberg
James Anderson
Cynthia Dwork
David Mooney

Committee on Culture and Community

Supports SEAS’s academic mission by strengthening school-wide engagement, collaboration, and belonging through community-centered programs and initiatives. The full list of committee members can be found at https://seas.harvard.edu/office-belonging-engagement-and-community

Paula Booke (Chair)
David Brooks (Co-Vice-Chair)
Diane Schneeberger (Co-Vice-Chair)

Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) Program Standing Committee

Boris Kozinsky (Faculty Director; DGS)
Anurag Anshu
Michael Brenner
Kiante Brantley
Yilun Du
Cynthia Dwork
Stratos Idreos (Spring)
Susan Murphy
Pavlos Protopapas (E-O)

Computing Advisory Committee

Oversees SEAS computing strategic priorities, policies, and resource allocation.

James Waldo (Chair)
Elizabeth Lennox
David Hwang
Daniel Jacob
Michael Smith
Robin Wordsworth

Data Science Program Standing Committee

Finale Doshi-Velez (co-Chair; co-DGS)
Joe Blitzstein (co-Chair; co-DGS)

Members of this committee are identified in consultation with SEAS and the Statistics Department. The full membership list of this committee can be found here.

Director of Graduate Studies

Serves as primary contact for applicable graduate program regarding curricular issues, policy exceptions and petitions, and advisor issues. Ordinarily chairs the applicable CHD.

Yiling Chen (AM)
Federico Capasso (Spring) (AP)
Salil Vadhan (CS)
Boris Kozinsky (CSE)
Rob Wood (Fall) / David Brooks (Spring) (ES)
Eli Tziperman (co-DGS, ESE)
Robin Wordsworth (Spring, co-DGS) (ESE)
Steve Wofsy (Fall, co-DGS) (ESE)
Finale Doshi-Velez (co-DGS, Masters of Data Science)
Joe Blitzstein (co-DGS, Masters of Data Science)
Krzysztof Gajos (MDE)
Rob Howe (MS/MBA)

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Serves as primary contact for applicable undergraduate concentration regarding advising and curricular issues.

Eli Tziperman (AM)
Sarah Iams (AM, co-DUS)
Margo Levine (AM, co-DUS)
Conor Walsh (BIO)
Eddie Kohler (co-DUS CS)
Steve Chong (co-DUS, CS)
Donhee Ham (ECE)
Frans Spaepen (Fall)/Gu-Yeon Wei (Spring) (ES)
Scot Martin (ESE)
Zhigang Suo (MSME)
Zack Schiffer (Fall) (co-DUS for SESS track within EnCE)
TBD (Spring) (co-DUS for SESS track within EnCE)

Graduate Education Policy (GEPC)

PhD Programs Subcommittee:

Yiling Chen, Chair (AM)
Federico Capasso (AP)
Salil Vadhan (CS)
Rob Wood (Fall)/David Brooks (Spring) (ES)
Eli Tziperman (ESE)
Steve Wofsy (Fall)/Robin Wordsworth (Spring) (ESE)
John Girash (E-O)

Masters programs subcommittee:

Boris Kozinsky (CSE)
Finale Doshi-Velez (Masters of Data Science)
Krzysztof Gajos (MDE)
Rob Howe (MS/MBA)
John Girash (E-O)
Daniel Weinstock (E-O)

Higher Degrees (CHD) (Applied Math)

Reviews and approves program plans of PhD and master's students. Approves PhD student requests for delaying the qualifying exam. Assigns the Dean's nominee to PhD qualifying exam committee.

Yiling Chen (Chair)
John Girash (E-O)
Margo Levine
Melanie Weber

Higher Degrees (CHD) (Applied Physics)

Reviews and approves program plans of PhD and master's students. Approves PhD student requests for delaying the qualifying exam. Assigns the Dean's nominee to PhD qualifying exam committee.

Federico Capasso (Chair)
John Girash (E-O)
Dan Needleman
Max Prigozhin
Giulia Semeghini
Frans Spaepen

Higher Degrees (CHD) (Computational Science and Engineering)

Salil Vadhan (Chair)
Nada Amin
John Girash (E-O)
Stratos Idreos (Spring)
HT Kung
James Mickens (Fall)
Les Valiant

Higher Degrees (CHD) (Computer Science)

Salil Vadhan (Chair)
Nada Amin
John Girash (E-O)
Stratos Idreos (Spring)
HT Kung
James Mickens (Fall)
Les Valiant

Higher Degrees (CHD) (Engineering Sciences)

Reviews and approves program plans of PhD and master's students. Approves PhD student requests for delaying the qualifying exam. Assigns the Dean's nominee to PhD qualifying exam committee.

Frans Spaepen (Chair, Fall)/David Brooks (Chair, Spring)
John Girash (E-O)

Subcommittees:
Higher Degrees (BIO) Subcommittee

Mo Khalil
Shriya Srinivasan

Higher Degrees (ECE) Subcommittee

Gage Hills
Marko Loncar

Higher Degrees (ESE) Subcommittee

Eli Tziperman
Steve Wofsy (Fall)
Robin Wordsworth (Spring)

Higher Degrees (MSME) Subcommittee

Zhigang Suo
Frans Spaepen

Higher Degrees (CHD) (Computational Science and Engineering)

Boris Kozinsky (Chair)
Pavlos Protopapas (E-O)
Daniel Weinstock (E-O)
Chuck Witt (E-O)

Higher Degrees (CHD) (Data Science)

Finale Doshi-Velez (Chair)
Joe Blitzstein
Pavlos Protopapas (E-O)
Daniel Weinstock (E-O)
Duy Duong-Tran (E-O)

Master in Design Engineering (MDE) Steering Committee

Krzysztof Gajos (co-SEAS Director)
Belinda Tato (co-GSD Director)
Rob Howe
Fawwaz Habbal

SEAS Representatives on the MDE Admissions Committee:

Krzysztof Gajos
Anas Chalah

MS/MBA Program Steering Committee

Oversees all academic and curricular issues related to the MS/MBA program.

Alan McCormack (Co-Chair)
Robert Howe (Co-Chair)
Amitabh Chandra
Sheila Coveney (E-O)
Jill Fadule (E-O)
Carl Kester
Tsedal Neeley
Conor Walsh
Daniel Weinstock (E-O)

Professional Programs Advisory Group/Tiger Team

Advises the professional programs staff on program development and overall direction for professional programs.

Mike Smith (Chair)
Daniel Jacob
Shriya Srinivasan
Pia Sorensen

Steering Committee

Chaired by the Dean, this group provides counsel and guidance on important matters that span finance, administration, faculty affairs, academic programs, research, communications, and belonging, engagement, and community initiatives.

David Parkes (Chair)
Katia Bertoldi (MSME Area Chair)
Paula Booke (E-O)
Leah Burrows (E-O)
Rebecca Ginzburg (E-O)
Lene Hau (Academic Dean for Education)
David Hwang (E-O)
Daniel Jacob (ESE Area Chair)
Frank Keutsch (Academic Dean for Research)
Zhiming Kuang (AM Area Chair)
Elizabeth Lennox (E-O)
Vinothan Manoharan (AP Area Chair)
David Mooney (BIO Area Chair)
Diane Schneeberger (E-O)
Madhu Sudan (CS Area Chair)
Rob Wood (ECE Area Chair)
Todd Zickler (Academic Dean for Finance and Strategic Priorities)

Undergraduate Engineering Committee (UEC)

Oversees all engineering concentration policies (and serves as the College's ES concentration committee), including their management, relevant course content including engineering content for ABET, learning outcomes, and preparation for ABET reviews (including meeting with the advisory committee). Proposes new policies or changes such as course numbering, requirements and desired learning outcomes for prerequisite courses for engineering concentrations and grade requirements.

Frans Spaepen (Chair, Fall)/Gu-Yeon Wei (Chair, Spring)
Conor Walsh (BIO)
Linsey Moyer (BIO) (E-O)
Donhee Ham (ECE)
Scot Martin (ESE)
Seymur Hasanov (MSME) (E-O)
Zhigang Suo (MSME)
Anas Chalah (E-O)
Lene Hau (E-O)
Patrick Ulrich (E-O)

Governance Committee for the SEAS-hosted track on Science and Engineering for Sustainable Solutions (SESS) in the EnCE Concentration

Lene Hau, Faculty Director (Chair)
Mike Aziz
Scot Martin
Elsie Sunderland
Zack Schiffer (co-DUS, Fall)/TBD (co-DUS, Spring)
Patrick Ulrich (E-O)
Le Xie

SEAS/Harvard Centers/Initiatives Directors or Co-Directors who are SEAS faculty

Center for Nanoscale Systems: Robert Westervelt (Faculty Director)
Data Science Initiative: Stratos Idreos (co-Director)
Electronic Communications Policy Oversight Committee: Stephen Chong (Chair)
Harvard Quantum Initiative: Evelyn Hu (Faculty co-Director)
Kempner Institute: Sham Kakade (Faculty co-Director)
MRSEC: Jennifer Lewis (Faculty Director)
Standing Committee on Oceanography: Eli Tziperman (Chair)
Wyss: Donald Ingber (Founding Director)

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