IT Advisory Committee
The Information Technology Advisory Committee (ITAC) facilitates the continuous communication required for the
complex issue of technology usage on the Rice campus. Created in the fall of 2004, ITAC provides advice on
technology priorities for academic computing and facilitating communication across the Rice community. In an
advisory capacity, the faculty, staff, and students representatives will assist Khan with the development of a
campus-wide IT strategy. Committee discussions range from issues such as institutional priorities, security,
the campus network, support for classroom technologies and research computing, a campus portal and enterprise
system, to digital library requirements.
Faculty and academic professionals represent each academic and
administrative division at Rice. Members serve
two- or three-year staggered terms. Four committee members serve by virtue of their positions at Rice: Vice
Provost and University Librarian, Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies, Associate Vice President of
Administrative Computing and a representative from the Office of the General Council. The two co-chairs are the
Vice Provost for Information Technology and a co-chair appointed by the Provost.
ITAC Mission
The Information Technology Advisory Committee recommends policies, and plans and prioritizes campus-wide
technology initiatives that will develop and enhance the effective use of technology by faculty, students, and
staff at Rice University.
Recommendations are made to the President, Provost, and Vice Provost for Information Technology.
ITAC Charge
- Provide guidance, direction and vision for Information Technology at Rice University.
- Working with the Vice Provost for Information Technology, prepare and annually update a long-range technology
plan including priorities regarding the overall technology environment at Rice University.
- Review and recommend best practices for both on- and off-campus user constituencies.
- Review and recommend standards for faculty/student teaching and research computing, mediated classroom
design, and technologies for administrative computing and the library.
- Assess the effectiveness of existing policies, procedures and architectures in meeting the needs of the
University community. Recommend new policies, procedures and architectures as deemed appropriate.
- Review trends in both computing and communication technologies as they impact the University's long-term
emerging technology needs.
- Working with the Office of the Vice Provost for Information Technology, the Information Technology Advisory
Committee will disseminate information to users throughout the Rice community regarding major technology
initiatives and priorities.
Co-Chairs
- Kamran Khan, Vice Provost for Information Technology
- Moshe Vardi, Director, Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology
Members and Representatives for 2009-2010
- Liliana Borcea, Computational and Applied Mathematics
- Elaine Brewer, Jones Graduate School of Management
- Christopher Bronk, Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology
- Bryan Brown, Economics and Statistics
- John Casbarian, School of Architecture
- Randy Castiglioni, Administrative Systems
- James Coleman, Vice Provost for Research
- John Cornwell, Office of Institutional Effectiveness
- Joe Davidson, Office of the General Counsel
- Zach Fedorko, undergraduate student representative
- Robin Forman, Dean of Undergraduates
- Tony Gorry, Jones Graduate School of Management and Computer Science
- Arthur Gottschalk, Shepherd School of Music
- Gordon Hughes, Art History
- Kevin Kirby, Vice President for Administration
- Sara Lowman, Vice Provost and University Librarian
- Paul Padley, Physics and Astronomy
- William Reed, Political Science
- Carroll Scherer, Glasscock School of Continuing Studies
- Gustavo Scuseria, Chemistry
- Sona Joseph, graduate student representative (Nanoscale Physics)
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