Project Governance

This document describes the organization and governance of the Scenic project. The key elements are as follows:

Steering Committee

The Scenic Steering Committee (SC) has responsibility for the overall governance of the Scenic project. These responsibilities include setting and revising project policies, overseeing the work of the Scenic Core Team and the Working Groups (see below), creating and phasing-out working groups, and being the final authority on changes to the Scenic language and its associated tools.

The composition of the SC has been initially fixed based on the PIs involved in Scenic’s development. In 2025-2026, we plan to develop a democratic process for choosing SC members which is inclusive of the broader Scenic community, including advisors from academia, industry, and government.

Current SC members:

  • Parasara Sridhar Duggirala (UNC Chapel Hill)

  • Daniel Fremont (UC Santa Cruz)

  • Necmiye Ozay (U Michigan)

  • Sanjit Seshia (UC Berkeley)

Core Team

The Scenic Core Team (CT) is a trusted core group of researchers, developers, and community members who help manage and develop the Scenic project. Currently, members of the CT are chosen by the SC.

Current CT members:

  • Kai-Chun Chang

  • Parasara Sridhar Duggirala

  • Daniel Fremont

  • Edward Kim

  • Lola Marrero

  • Necmiye Ozay

  • Sanjit Seshia

  • Hazem Torfah

  • Eric Vin

  • Kai Xu

  • Beyazit Yalcinkaya

Working Groups

Most of the development of Scenic is governed by specialized working groups, whose procedures are set by the Steering Committee and whose leadership comes from the Core Team. The current working groups are:

Language and Infrastructure WG

This WG governs changes to Scenic’s syntax, as well as the project’s repository and test infrastructure.

Current members:

  • Daniel Fremont (co-chair)

  • Sanjit Seshia (co-chair)

  • Edward Kim

  • Hazem Torfah

  • Eric Vin

Community WG

This WG focuses on matters related to the Scenic user/contributor community. It governs workshops, bootcamps, and other outreach events, as well as development of documentation and other materials.

Current members:

  • Edward Kim (chair)

  • Daniel Fremont

  • Sanjit Seshia

Autonomous Driving WG

This WG focuses on applications of Scenic in the autonomous driving domain, developing tools for and performing outreach to that community.

Current members:

  • Eric Vin (chair)

  • Necmiye Ozay (co-chair)

  • Parasara Sridhar Duggirala (co-chair)

  • Kai-Chun Chang

  • Ruya Karagulle

  • Dejan Ničković

  • Hazem Torfah

  • Beyazit Yalcinkaya