The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) issued a new call for proposals for workshops that will catalyze and enable innovative research at the frontiers of computing.  The CCC encourages creative ideas from all segments of the computing research community on topics ranging from the formulation of new basic research to the use of existing research ideas and technologies to address important scientific or societal challenges.

From the solicitation:

Workshop organizers are expected to bring together a group of scientists and practitioners in the area of interest, and to formulate a program that encourages new ideas, innovative thinking, and broad discussion. Workshops can be of varying sizes, typically ranging from 20 to 100 participants.  It is important that the participants cover a broad spectrum to ensure full coverage of the area, both in terms of content area representation and employment (academia, industry, research labs, and policy and funding organizations).

 

Workshops are expected to have a tangible output – for example, a whitepaper (or set thereof) or a workshop report. Workshop outcomes should be targeted to multiple audiences (the research community, science policy groups or funding agencies, the general public), and the deliverables should be tailored for easy dissemination.  CCC will help to support both workshop organization and the subsequent generation and communication of the output.

This guide shares further insight about the visioning process, from idea conception through program formation.  It includes suggested activities, sample wording and a timeline. Past examples can be found here.

Each proposal will be reviewed based on its potential to be a compelling vision and to engage a large segment of the research community, policy, and funding agencies.  The entire CCC Council will review the proposal and provide comments in a timely manner.

Please consider submitting a proposal by the December 1, 2014 deadline to cccrfp@cra.org as an attachment in PDF, Postscript, or Word. Proposals should be no more than six pages in length. They should describe the existing or potential vision(s) and proposed activities in detail, including how the larger community will be engaged.

For more information, see the complete call for proposals and the Visioning Webinar Slides.

We look forward to receiving your ideas!