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Walt Scacchi is Senior Research Computer Scientist and research faculty member at the Institute for Software Research (ISR) and Director of research for the Laboratory for Game Culture and Technology, at the University of California, Irvine. He joined ISR in 1999 after serving on the faculty at the University of Southern California for 18 years. From 1981 to 1991 Dr. Scacchi founded and directed the USC System Factory, and from 1993 to 1998 he directed the USC ATRIUM Laboratory. His interests include open source software development, software process engineering, software acquisition and electronic commerce, and organizational studies of system development. He is an active researcher with more than 100 research papers, and consults widely to clients in industry and government agencies. Dr. Scacchi holds a Ph.D. in Information and Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine.