 Spector is involved with academic computer science and has served on numerous advisory committees, including chairing the NSF CISE Advisory Committee from 2004-2005; various university advisory committees including at City College of New York, Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard, Rice University and Stanford.He has served on the National Academy Computer Science and Telecommunication Board from 2006 to 2013 and chaired the Computer Science and Engineering Section of the National Academy of Engineering.Spector has written and spoken on diverse topics related to computer science and engineering.