We are pleased to announce that today CRA is releasing the 2024-2025 Quadrennial Paper Series. Every four years, the Computing Research Association, through its subcommittees, publishes a series of Quadrennial white papers that explore areas and issues around computing research with the potential to address national priorities. These Quad Papers aim to portray a comprehensive picture of the computing research field, detailing potential research directions, challenges, and recommendations. This release includes six papers, five of which were led by members of the Computing Community Consortium’s council and members of the computing research community. Additional papers will be released in the coming weeks and months. Setting a Course for […]
Computing Community Consortium Blog
The goal of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to catalyze the computing research community to debate longer range, more audacious research challenges; to build consensus around research visions; to evolve the most promising visions toward clearly defined initiatives; and to work with the funding organizations to move challenges and visions toward funding initiatives. The purpose of this blog is to provide a more immediate, online mechanism for dissemination of visioning concepts and community discussion/debate about them.
CRA Releases 2024-2025 Quadrennial Paper Series, Including Many CCC Led Papers
January 16th, 2025 / in Announcements, CCC, Quad Paper / by Catherine GillNational Medal of Science is Presented to Previous CCC Council Member Cynthia Dwork
January 15th, 2025 / in Announcements, CCC / by Catherine GillCynthia Dwork (right) receives the National Medal of Science from the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Arati Prabhakar, Ph.D. (Credit: Ryan K. Morris and the National Science & Technology Medals Foundation.) In early January, President Biden announced the newest recipients of the National Medal of Science. This award is presented to individuals in science and engineering who have made significant contributions to the sciences, including such fields as chemistry, mathematics, physics, biology, behavioral and social sciences, and engineering. The medal is administered by the National Science Foundation and was established by Congress in 1959. This award is the highest scientific honor offered […]
CCC Council Member Nominations Open
January 7th, 2025 / in CCC / by Catherine GillThe mission of Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to enable the pursuit of innovative, high-impact computing research that aligns with pressing national and global challenges. Established in 2006 through a cooperative agreement between the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Computing Research Association (CRA), the CCC provides a voice for the national computing research community, facilitating the development of a bold, multi-themed visions for computing research and communicating that vision to a wide range of stakeholders. To fulfill its mission, the CCC seeks visionary leaders — people with great ideas, sound judgment, and the willingness to work collaboratively to see things through to completion. The Council is composed […]
Supporting At-Risk Users Through Responsible Computing
December 18th, 2024 / in Visioning Workshops / by Catherine GillLast week the CCC held a workshop on Supporting At-Risk Users Through Responsible Computing in Washington, DC. We brought together 49 experts from industry, academia, and civil society, to explore the specific challenges at-risk users face online, and how the research community can best support and protect these people. The media often highlights certain groups of individuals who have a higher risk of experiencing technology-facilitated abuse than others, frequently publishing stories focusing on children and older adults. However, these groups only comprise a portion of at-risk online users. The organizers of this workshop strived to include researchers working with a broad range of at-risk populations to improve the understanding […]
Future of Information Retrieval Research in the Age of Generative AI CCC Workshop Report Published
December 16th, 2024 / in AI, Announcements, CCC, workshop reports / by Haley GriffinFor many of us, it is hard to remember a time when finding information wasn’t ubiquitous with an internet search. With the rising popularity and influence of AI, what is next for the future of information retrieval? CCC addressed this question and others during the Future of Information Retrieval Research in the Age of Generative AI Workshop this summer in Washington, DC. Today, the CCC is thrilled to announce the release of the Future of Information Retrieval Research in the Age of Generative AI Workshop Report. The report was authored by the Workshop Organizers: James Allan (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Eunsol Choi (University of Texas at Austin / New York […]
A Deeper Dive into the Expertise of Supporting At-Risk Users Through Responsible Computing Organizers
December 3rd, 2024 / in CCC / by Petruce Jean-CharlesThe upcoming Supporting At-Risk Users Through Responsible Computing workshop seeks to bring together a diverse group of researchers to discuss the challenges and possible solutions when working with at-risk populations, building frameworks for future research. CCC is pleased to host this event due to the extensive work done by the organizers in this area. Here are a couple of projects that exemplify the need for this workshop. Pam Wisniewski – The Double-Edged Sword of Heightened Risks versus Needed Support: Disentangling the Online Experiences of LGBTQ+ Youth This study found that LGBTQ+ youth are more likely to experience high-risk conversations in private online spaces like direct messages (DMs), including explicit content, […]
