The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is proud to be a part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2019 Annual Meeting this weekend, February 14-17, 2019 in Washington, DC.

CCC Executive Council member and Former CCC Chair Beth Mynatt will be speaking during a session called P7: A New Paradigm for Health Care in the 21st Century on February 15, 2019 from 3:30-5:00PM in Washington 3 of the Marriott Wardman Park.

• Speakers and Talk Titles:
  • Amit Sheth, Wright State University
    kHealth: Semantic Multisensory Mobile Approach to Personalized Asthma Care
  • Beth Mynatt, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Personalized, Participatory and Pervasive Care for Breast Cancer Patients
  • Vijay Chandru, Stand Life Sciences
    Affordable Excellence in Genomics and Precision Onco-Medicine for India
• Abstract: A combination of rapid growth in patient-generated health care data enabled by the Internet of Things, genomics, and sociomics will have significant implications on the way health care is delivered globally. Panelists in this session will introduce the P7 health care paradigm, which extends Leroy Hood’s P4 concept to include precise decision making, pervasive health care, and protection of patient data. They will discuss specific case studies that instantiate the state of the art research and practice of P7 health care. Topics to be discussed include diagnostic and treatment strategies. The attendees of this symposium will gain insights into some of the scientific and technological challenges that are being addressed in this new paradigm which can transform health care practice.
• For more information, see this website. 

CCC Council member Keith Marzullo will be moderating a session called Socio-technical Cybersecurity: It’s All About People on February 16, 2019 at 8:00-9:30AM in Maryland Suite of the Marriott Wardman Park.

• Speakers and Talk Titles:
  • Brian LaMacchia, Microsoft Research
    Cyberspace: Enabling Trustworthy and Autonomous Agency
  • David Mussington, University of Maryland, College Park
    Cybercrime: The Need for Evidence-Based Policy
  • Rebecca Wright, Rutgers
    Misalignment of Incentives in a Complex Multi-stakeholder Setting
• Abstract: In this session, three aspects of cybersecurity that intersect with the social sciences will be discussed: trust and agency in cyberspace, difficulties aligning incentives in multi-stakeholder settings, and the need for an evidence-based policy for cybercrime.
  
• For more information, see this website. 

Susan McCouch from Cornell University will be moderating a session called Sustainably Feeding Ten Billion People on February 16, 2019 at 3:30-5:00PM in Washington 6 of the Marriott Wardman Park.

• Speakers and Talk Titles:
  • Diane Wang, University of Buffalo
    Coupling Nature and Nurture: Supercharging Predictions and Agricultural Crops
  • Ranveer Chandra, Microsoft Research
    Bridging the Digital Divide: Cloud Computing with Smart Sensors for Farms
  • Abraham Stroock, Cornell University
    Measuring the Pulse of Plants: Biomimetric Nanotechnologies
• Abstract: The worldwide food system faces a formidable challenge: to sustainably feed an estimated global population of ten billion people by 2050. To meet this challenge, food production, processing, and distribution must be re-envisioned and re-invented. The use and replenishment of natural resources and the way agricultural systems interact with both the human and the natural world must also be re-examined. Doing so is critical to sustaining the health of individuals, communities, and the environment.
  
• For more information, see this website. 

CCC Chair Mark Hill will be moderating a session called Cybersecurity: Transcending Physics, Technology, and Society on February 17, 2019 at 3:30-5:00PM in Washington 2 of the Marriott Wardman Park.

• Speakers and Talk Titles:
  • Kevin Fu, University of Michigan
    The Physics of Cybersecurity
  • John Masters, Red Hat
    Meltdown, and other security threats facing computer architecture
  • Zeynep Tufekci, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Facebook: Surveillance Machine
• Abstract: The science of cybersecurity is failing. In the last year alone, fundamental flaws in the basic building blocks of computation have rocked the foundation of security and privacy for society: elections and Cambridge Analytica, vulnerable pacemakers, computer chips found in billions of devices easily hacked, and more. It is necessary to consider the current gap in science to shift the conversation in productive ways to ensure security and privacy is built into the coming wave of Internet of Things devices. In this session, experts in computer security and privacy will explain the root causes of the flaws and the gaps in the science of cybersecurity.
  
• For more information, see this website. 

The CCC has participated in AAAS in the past and is looking forward to this year!