Computer industry expert on Benchmark (computing) and founder of the EEMBC Certification Laboratory, an independent third party that certifies the benchmark scores for the industry-standard consortium known as EEMBC. Alan R. Weiss is also a Libertarian political activist, former Vice President and Organizer of the Free State Project, was an elected officer in Austin, Texas, founder and CEO of http://www.synchromeshcomputing.com Synchromesh Computing], is member of the IEEE. In computing, a benchmark is the result of running a computer program, or a set of programs, in order to assess the relative performance of an object, by running a number of standard tests and trials against it. ... This article deals with the libertarianism as defined in America and several other nations. ... The Free State Project (FSP) is a plan to have 20,000 or more (self-proclaimed) liberty-oriented people move to a single state of the United States, where it is intended they will influence local political policy. ... Austin refers to: An Anglicization of the name of Saint Augustine, noticeable in the English version Austin Friars to refer to the Augustinian Order. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry (R) Official languages None. ... The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-ee) is an international non-profit, professional organization incorporated in the State of New York, United States. ...

Weiss helped develop the Benchmark (computing) source code for EEMBC, and is the Project Manager for EEMBC's Technical Advisory Group, the main team chartered with the technical direction of EEMBC. EEMBC is an industry-standard consortium of 60 semiconductor and compiler companies. In computing, a benchmark is the result of running a computer program, or a set of programs, in order to assess the relative performance of an object, by running a number of standard tests and trials against it. ...

Before starting ECL with business partner and EEMBC co-founder Markus Levy, Weiss worked for Motorola (now Freescale Semiconductor for 6 years, rising from a software to Manager of Software Technologies and Principal Systems Software Architect for Intelligent Transportation Systems. He was, for a time, software architect for corporate-wide Speech Recognition technologies inside of Motorola - ironic, since he has a minor stutter. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) (TYO: 6686) is a global communications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. ... American corporation Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ...

He was a co-founder and was the Motorola Voting Board Member of the EDN Embedded Benchmark Consortium EEMBC. He served as the first Chairperson of that consortium's Automotive/Industrial Subcommittee. Before that, he helped found and served as the first Vice-Chairman of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation SPEC Graphics Performance Committee Multimedia Benchmark Committee (SPEC Media). He is a recognized industry expert in microprocessor performance analysis, benchmarking, and software engineering. The Standards Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) is a non-profit organization that aims to produce fair, impartial and meaningful benchmarks for computers. ...

Libertarian Activism and Political Office This article deals with the libertarianism as defined in America and several other nations. ...

Weiss was elected, as a Libertarian, a Director of the Northwest Austin #1 Municipal Utility District and had a fiduciary responsibility for that public utility in the state of Texas, USA. He served as the Finance Chairman, and lead the effort to reduce taxes while improving services. Taxes were reduced by over 50% on property in his District under his leadership, and he proved that a hard-core Libertarian can work together with a Republican on a specific issue shared by both (in this case, Texas Republican Liberty Caucus Director Don Zimmerman). Services to residents/taxpayers were actually improved as a result. This article deals with the libertarianism as defined in America and several other nations. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry (R) Official languages None. ... This article deals with the libertarianism as defined in America and several other nations. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party [1]), is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ...

Weiss is the Founder and Chairman of The Ceres Project, a small investment project dedicated to funding a new film and book by L. Neil Smith entitled Ceres, and is similarly the Founder and Chairman of the follow-up project, The Ares Alliance. Combined, the two funds have raised significant capital in a very short amount of time so that the message of Liberty can be brought to the big screen as well as in the form of novels. His success at raising capital and in organizing both these projects landed him as L. Neil Smith's Book and Film Agent. L. Neil Smith (full name- Lester Neil Smith III, also known by his nickname El Neil or The Sage of the High Plains) is a libertarian science fiction author and political activist. ... For the first asteroid to be discovered, see 1 Ceres For the Melbourne community environment park, see the Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies CERES (Clouds and the Earths Radiant Energy System) is an on-going NASA metereological experiment in Earth orbit. ...

Weiss has written dozens of articles and essays for both Rational Review and The Libertarian Enterprise, an influential anarcho-capitalist and paleolibertarian journal, including "They're Not Here, and They're Not Coming Part 1", "They're Not Here and They're Not Coming Part 2", "SCOTUS Among Us", "The Economics of Sitting Ducks", "Alan R. Weiss Endorses Michael Badnarik for President", "Thoughts on Forms of Political Economy on Mars Part 1", "I Am A Nigger - An Assay of Truth", "Real World Economics", "Planes, Trains, and the Free State Project", "Our Kind of Town", "The Dan Weiner Delivery", "On Mel Gibson", "On Texas Libertarianism and Secession", and "Lux Lucre, R.I.P." He was on the front page of the Sunday edition of the Austin American-Statesman with a picture of him in front of an American flag, his trusty E.A.A. Witness .45 clearly visible, a copy of the Declaration of Independence in his hand, a smile on his face in the featured article, "On To New Hampshire To Build The Land of the Free" by Mark Lisheron. Anarcho-capitalism is a view that regards all forms of the state as unnecessary and harmful, particularly in matters of justice and self-defense, while being highly supportive of private property. ... Paleolibertarianism is a school of thought within libertarianism founded by Murray Rothbard and Lew Rockwell, and closely associated with the Ludwig von Mises Institute. ...

Weiss' company certified the voting process and the balloting for The Free State Project (FSP). This was an example of a private company certifying a major vote of an intensely scrutinized (by the Media) organization. The Free State Project (FSP) is a plan to have 20,000 or more (self-proclaimed) liberty-oriented people move to a single state of the United States, where it is intended they will influence local political policy. ...

Weiss joined the FSP as a Participant, then became an Organizer and Advisor, and then lead the Executive Search Team to find the Director of Development for the FSP. He was elected Vice President of the Free State Project. FSP stands for: Foro de São Paulo of Brazil The Free State Project File Service Protocol This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Because of his activities in the Free State Project and in Travis County, he attended the 2004 Libertarian Party National Convention (both as a credentialed delegate from Texas and as VP of the Free State Project). He was asked, and gave, one of the nominating speeches for Michael Badnarik. State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry (R) Official languages None. ... Badnarik accepting the presidential nomination in May 2004 at the Libertarian National Convention in Atlanta. ...

Weiss' involvement in the LP extends back to 1978, when he started a Students for a Libertarian Society (SLS) chapter at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) and then the Northridge Libertarian Society. He cut his teeth on the Ed Clark for Governor campaign, and then continued working within the LP on the Ed Clark for President campaign in 1980. California State University, Northridge (CSUN), colloquially known as C-SUN or Cal State Northridge, is a state-funded university in Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA. It is part of the California State University System, and was formerly the San Fernando Valley State College. ... Ed Clark was the Libertarian candidate for President of the United States in the 1980 presidential election. ... Ed Clark was the Libertarian candidate for President of the United States in the 1980 presidential election. ...

Weiss holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from California State University, Northridge (CSUN), and has extensive post-baccalaureate training and education in hardware and software engineering, semiconductor physics, management science, and project management, including formal training. He regularly teaches classes in software engineering to help better the industry and its products.

Weiss has published a number of papers at various software and semiconductor-related conferences, and has given presentations at Embedded Systems Conference, DesignCon, Cool Chips IV, Freescale Technology Forum, and Embedded Processor Forum. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Number 40357826). He lives with his wife Jane, and their three children in Austin, Texas USA. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-ee) is an international non-profit, professional organization for the advancement of technology related to electricity. ... The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-ee) is an international non-profit, professional organization incorporated in the State of New York, United States. ...