Other Professional Activities

William H. Press

Selected Current Activities

• Board of Directors, Simons Foundation (New York, NY), 2017-
• Treasurer, National Academy of Sciences (NAS); member of NAS Council; member of National Research Council (NRC) Governing Board, 2016-
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), President-Elect, 2011-2012, President, 2012-2013, Board Chair, 2013-2014
• President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), 2009-2017; reappointed 2021-
• Editorial Board, PNAS, 2007-
• Institute for Defense Analyses, Board of Trustees, 1988- (Executive Committee, 1990-2015)

Selected Past Activities

• Scientific Advisory Committee, David and Lucille Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering, 1988-2014
• Committee on International Security and Arms Control, National Academy of Sciences, 2008-2012
• Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council, 1991-1996, 2008-2011
• Report Review Committee of the National Research Council, 2005-2011
• Chair, U.S. delegation to U.S.-Iran-France Interacademy Workshop on Science, Ethics, and Appropriate Uses of Technology, 2009
• Science Advisor to the Chancellor, University of Texas System, 2007-2009
• Board of Visitors, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES), University of Texas, Austin, 2003-2006
• Chair, Nominating Committee for Council and Officers of NAS, 2003-2004
• Committee on Strengthening Cooperative Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs, U.S. National Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences, 2004-2005
• Science and Technology Panel of the Threat Reduction Advisory Committee, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 1999-2005
• Nominating Committee for President of NAS, 2003-2004
• Advisory Committee to the Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council, 2001-2004
• Committee on the Future of Supercomputing, NAS/NRC, 2003-2004
• Co-Chair, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council, 2000
• SLAC Scientific Policy Committee, Stanford University, 1999-2002
• CNO Executive Panel, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the Navy, 1994-2000
• Chair, Panel on Theory and Computation, Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee, NAS/NRC, 1998-2000
• Future of Space Science Steering Group, Space Studies Board, NAS/NRC, 1994-1996
• German-American Frontiers of Science Organizing Committee, NAS/NRC, 1994-1995.
• Scientific Policy Committee, Superconducting Super Collider, 1989-1992
• Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee (Bahcall Committee), NAS/NRC, 1989-91
• Program Committee, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1985-91
• Film/Television Committee, NAS, 1986-1992
• Advisory Board of the NSF Institute for Theoretical Physics, 1984-88; Chairman, 1986-87