High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Victor R. Basili, born April 13, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, is an Emeritus Professor at the Department of Computer Science and the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, both at University of Maryland. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin and two honorary degrees. He is a Fellow of both the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).