The Computing Community Consortium’s (CCC) latest report, Computing on the Fly: Navigating a Vision for the Future of Drone Computing, presents the far-reaching potential of non-military drone infrastructure, from ecological management to supply chain support to boosting agricultural efficiency to recording life’s most important moments. This is potential that can be realized by 2035, the new report asserts, presenting a roadmap for how to make it so. Key Challenges in Advancing Drone Computing The report identifies twelve key technical challenges in which drone computing must advance in order to support drones as part of our national infrastructure in the next ten years. These areas include: Scaling to millions of drones […]
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.
The Research Required for the Next Decade of Drone Technology
August 5th, 2026 / in CCC, workshop reports / by Marla MackoulBiological Twins, Pothole-Filling Robots, and Animal Translators: CCC Visioning Improv at the CRA Summit
July 30th, 2026 / in CCC, conferences / by Marla MackoulLast week at the CRA Summit in Prior Lake, MN, members of the CCC Council Executive Committee hosted Yes, and: Computing Visioning Improv, a session that swapped the usual panel format for visioning improvisation. The session ran on Thursday, July 23rd, and drew 57 participants willing to think on their feet. The format of the session was built around a card game CCC developed for this kind of brainstorming called Speculative Execution. In small teams, participants drew from two decks: one featuring computing substrates like quantum or biological computing, and one featuring application domains ripe for transformation, from agriculture to email. Each team combined whatever cards they drew and pitched […]
CCC is Now on Medium!
July 28th, 2026 / in Announcements, CCC / by Marla MackoulThe Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is thrilled to announce our expansion onto a whole new platform: Medium! Medium.com is an online publication platform with over 100 million monthly users, bringing CCC and its work to an entirely new audience. Through our Medium presence, we aim to spark new conversations around computing research and showcase the wide-ranging expertise of the researchers who drive our pivotal visioning work. What to Expect on This New Platform Our Medium page is a place for leaders in computing research to write directly for a wider audience. These are pieces from experts, in their own voice, about what they think matters right now. The kind of […]
Computing on the Fly: New CCC Report Envisions the Future of Drone Computing
July 14th, 2026 / in Announcements, CCC, resources, workshop reports / by Marla MackoulIn a new workshop report published by the Computing Community Consortium (CCC), Computing on the Fly: Navigating a Vision for the Future of Drone Computing, experts across academia, industry, and government assess the potential of AI-powered drones for non-military use by 2035 and identify the critical barriers standing between today’s capabilities and that future. The report envisions a decade in which drones move goods, medical supplies, and information at a scale comparable to national infrastructure investments like highways and the electric grid. Potential applications include natural disaster detection drones that spot wildfire sources within minutes, medical supply chains that bypass ground congestion to reach rural hospitals, and nationwide fleets that […]
Call for Innovative Research Visions — Academia and Industry
July 6th, 2026 / in Announcements, CCC / by Marla MackoulAround 20 years ago, researchers were proposing new ideas that led to the current AI revolution. What is being explored in your academic unit or organization right now that will lead to the next revolution in computing in the next 10-20 years? The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is launching a Call for Innovative Research Visions (CIRV) to discover exactly that kind of forward-looking work: research that’s still early, perhaps a bit speculative, but has the kind of catalytic potential that could reshape where the field goes long-term. CCC will use these submissions to help guide the focus of future visioning Task Forces, so this is a direct line from what’s […]
A Warm Welcome to Our New CCC Council Members and Leadership
July 1st, 2026 / in Announcements, CCC / by Marla MackoulEach year, the CCC Council welcomes a new cohort of members whose terms begin on July 1st. Today, we’re delighted to introduce the following members joining the Council. We look forward to the unique perspectives and expertise they’ll bring to CCC, helping to enrich the broader computing research community and shape its future. Cindy Bethel “I am honored and excited to serve on the CCC Council because I strongly support its mission to catalyze innovative, high-impact research that addresses pressing national and global challenges. I look forward to contributing perspectives on responsible, human-centered approaches to computing and artificial intelligence that help shape research visions grounded in ethics, trust, and real-world […]
