The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) will be hosting the Grand Challenges for the Convergence of Computational and Citizen Science Research workshop in-person from April 8 – 9, 2025 and virtual discussions. Their goal is to develop a research agenda on how humans and machines may team up to solve some of the most pressing scientific problems through citizen science, crowdsourcing, and community-engaged science. Organizers Lea Shanley (International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA), Corey Jackson (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Kevin Crowston (Syracuse University) and Saiph Savage (Northeastern University) are here to share the details. What are you most excited for at the in-person workshop? Lea: The idea for this workshop formed during […]
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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.
CCC Q&A: Upcoming CCC Citizen Science Workshop Organizers Give A Sneak Peak
September 16th, 2024 / in Announcements, CCC / by Petruce Jean-CharlesCCC Weekly Computing News: NSF’s $14 Million Investment Toward Research in Bioengineered Systems
September 13th, 2024 / in CCC / by Petruce Jean-CharlesIn this installment of CCC’s Weekly Computing News, we are sharing a $14 million funded effort toward innovative research in bioengineering. NSF invests $14M in bioengineered systems and ethical biocomputing research The National Science Foundation (NSF) is investing $14 million into seven innovative research projects through its Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) program. This initiative is focused on advancing organoid intelligence, a multidisciplinary field that uses tiny, 3D-engineered tissues to replicate the functions of natural organs. By investing $2 million in each project, NSF aims to explore and develop novel biological computing systems that could significantly enhance the capabilities of artificial intelligence and address its current limitations. Organoid […]
5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Fight Against Human Trafficking
September 10th, 2024 / in AI, CCC / by Petruce Jean-CharlesIn March 2020, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) partnered with the Code 8.7 Initiative to bring together over fifty experts from the computing research community, along with anti-slavery practitioners and survivors. The mission was clear: to chart a research roadmap that explores how artificial intelligence (AI) can be leveraged in the fight against human trafficking. Building on the momentum from the 2019 Code 8.7 conference at the United Nations, this workshop aimed to align the bold objectives of the 20-Year Community Roadmap for AI Research in the U.S. with the crucial goal of eliminating modern slavery, as outlined in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7. Here are five critical […]
CCC Weekly Computing News: $100 Million Funding for NOAA’s Newest HPC System
September 6th, 2024 / in CCC / by Petruce Jean-CharlesIn this installment of CCC’s Weekly Computing News, we are sharing an exciting opportunity to advance research on weather, climate, ocean and ecosystem prediction through a $100 million investment to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) high-performance computer system (HPC). Investment of $100 million in a new high-performance computer system to advance NOAA research and development Rhea, the newest HPC system, will be installed at the NOAA Environmental Security Computing Center (NESCC) in Fairmont, West Virginia. This advanced facility, which already houses the Hera HPC, will feature graphics processing units designed to accelerate NOAA’s use of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Rhea’s capabilities will enhance NOAA’s efforts in various […]
CCC Q&A: Trustworthy Intelligent Systems From An Interdisciplinary Lens
September 5th, 2024 / in CCC / by Petruce Jean-CharlesCCC spoke with one of its council members, Rachel Greenstadt about her work in trustworthy intelligent systems and her approach to this research through an interdisciplinary lens. What interests you about trustworthy intelligence systems? When I say intelligent systems, I mean socio-technical systems that include humans and computers collaborating. Humans can be awful sometimes, but also great. Intelligent systems can do delightful things, but are also really gullible and lack social sophistication. To realize their benefits, we need to figure out how they can fit into our society and enhance the best rather than worst instincts of humanity. It also touches on a lot of different areas so as someone […]
Call for Participation: Grand Challenges for the Convergence of Computational and Citizen Science Research
September 4th, 2024 / in Announcements, CCC / by Petruce Jean-CharlesThe Community Computing Consortium (CCC) is engaging in a new visioning activity to craft a research agenda focused on how human-computer collaborations can solve some of the most pressing scientific problems through citizen science, crowdsourcing, and community-engaged science. We are excited to announce a visioning workshop titled “Grand Challenges for the Convergence of Computational and Citizen Science Research.” The workshop will take place in Washington, DC, from April 8 to 9, 2025, with an opening dinner on April 7. The workshop will cover several key focus areas including Human-Computer Teaming, Computational Citizen Science, Citizen Science Data Cyberinfrastructure, the development of affordable sensors for citizen science, and the ethical and social […]
