As Vice President for Information Services and Technology, Professor Bruce is responsible for directing the evolution, integration, and effective use of computing and communications resources throughout MIT in support of the Institute's education and research activities, as well as for planning, management decision-making, and day-to-day operations.

Prior to becoming Vice President for Information Services and Technology, Professor Bruce was Director of Industrial Liaison. There he managed MIT's program to provide industry with efficient, timely access to its research and staff resources. At the end of his tenure as Director, the Industrial Liaison Program provided services to some three hundred companies in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Japan, and Latin America.

Professor Bruce was Associate Dean of MIT's School of Engineering from July 1971 to December 1978; he served as Acting Dean of Engineering from September 1977 to July 1978.

Professor Bruce was instrumental in the formation of NEARnet, the regional computer network for the New England states. NEARnet became the foundation of BBN Planet's networking service. He was a founding member of the Board of Trustees of the Consortium for Scientific Computing which operated the John von Neumann Center, one of the original National Science Foundation supercomputer facilities. There he served as a member of the Executive and Finance Committees and as the Board's Vice Chairman.

Professor Bruce is also a member of the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development's Board of Trustees and Chair of its National Planning and Policy Advisory Committee. UCAID operates a nationwide network backbone -- Abilene -- which currently operates at OC48 data rates.