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H. Frederick Dylla
Speeches and PresentationsU.S. Policy on Public Access: post Scholarly Roundtable Presentation at the 2011 Academic Publishing in Europe meeting, January 12, 2011. Ernest Rutherford and the Accelerator: A Million Volts in a Soapbox Presentation at the 2011 AAPT Winter Meeting in celebration of the centennial of Ernest J. Rutherford's discovery of the atomic nucleus, January 10, 2011 Policy Statements and Op-EdsResponse to OSTP on public access to scholarly publications December 22, 2011 Response to OSTP on public access to digital data December 22, 2011 AIP response to OSTP January 21, 2010 Scholarly Publishing Roundtable's report AIP Matters newsletter, January 12, 2010 Opinion: Scientific integrity (December 14, 2009) Comment from AIP on the Implementation of the NIH Public Access Policy March 17, 2008 Open Access—unfettered, but not costless AIP Matters newsletter, March 3, 2008 Free access, yes, but at a cost Boston Globe, February 27, 2008 Open Access, But Who Really Pays? Harvard Crimson, October 12, 2007 AIP Publishing Policy and Copyright Legislation
The author of over 190 publications, Dylla is a strong advocate of scientific journals and for improved access to scientific information through various business models. In 2009 Dylla helped organize and participated in the Scholarly Publishing Roundtable under the aegis of the US House Science and Technology Committee. The Roundtable developed consensus recommendations for the development of public access policies for scholarly data and publications; several of its recommendations were folded into the America COMPETES Act of 2010. Dylla currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical publishers (STM), and on the Executive Council of the Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP). AIP Member Societies American Physical Society Optical Society of America Acoustical Society of America The Society of Rheology American Association of American Crystallographic American Astronomical Society American Association of AVS Science and Technology American Geophysical Union Other Member Organizations Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Society of Physics Students Corporate Associates Additional career details Dylla was with the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) in Newport News, Virginia from 1990 to 2007. During this time, he concurrently held an Adjunct Professorship in Physics and Applied Science at the College of William and Mary. During his tenure at Jefferson Lab, Dylla served as the Chief Technology Officer and Associate Director for the Free-Electron Laser (FEL) program funded by the Office of Naval Research. He was responsible for initiating, building, and operating the FEL, which generates high-power light in many different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. In addition to providing a tool for many branches of science with applications to defense and industry, the facility's technology continues to inspire a new generation of light user facilities under design and construction across the world. Holding a career-long interest in science education, Dylla helped to found the K-12 science education programs at Jefferson Lab. He founded similar programs at Princeton University's Plasma Physics Laboratory, where he held various research and management positions from 1975 to 1990. Prior committee and community involvement Follow Fred Visit Fred's researcher profile on UniPHY, AIP's social and professional networking site. Contact Information:
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