This June, three valued members of the CCC Council are rotating off as the end of their terms approaches. Before they do, we would like to thank each of them for their dedication and service to CCC and to the broader computing research community, and to highlight a few of their most notable contributions.
Randal Burns, Johns Hopkins University
Randal joined the council in 2022 and chaired the Beyond Code: Engineering Trustworthy Software Systems at Scale workshop, and is now the driving force behind the writing of the workshop report. He also participated in and assisted in the report development for the Systems and Applications Challenges for the Emerging Bazaar of Accelerators workshop. Beyond his involvement with visioning initiatives, Randal lent his expertise to two CCC responses to federal Requests for Information (RFIs): the response on the CHIPS and Science Act Section 10343, Research Ethics, and the November 2022 response on Manufacturing USA Semiconductor Institutes.
William (Bill) Regli, University of Maryland
Bill joined the council in 2021. As co-chair of the Grand Challenges in Computing Task Force, he ran three roundtables, and as a member of the AI Research Ecosystem Task Force he is helping organize its workshop. He co-authored the CCC Envisioning Possible Futures for AI Research white paper and co-led The Imperative for Grand Challenges in Computing white paper. Bill contributed to two RFI responses — on the AI Action Plan and on Defense Industrial Base Adoption of AI for Defense Applications — joined four Envisioning Possible Futures
for AI Research roundtables, and took part in a Best Practices for Interdisciplinary Research roundtable. He was also a familiar face at CCC events, attending the 2025 Computing Futures Symposium and 2025 CIFellows Symposium, as well as the 2018 Early Career Researchers Symposium.
Adam Wierman, California Institute of Technology
Adam joined the council in 2023 and has been at the heart of CCC’s sustainability work, both through past Task Force involvement and as a current organizer of the Full Stack Sustainability: From Silicon to Software workshop. He co-authored CCC’s Envisioning Possible Futures for AI Research white paper and contributed to two RFI responses: one on DOE’s responsibilities for the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of AI, and another on the 2025 National AI R&D Strategic Plan. Adam also served on the CCC Council Nominations Committee for 2025–26 to help shape the Council’s future.
A Heartfelt Thank You
Randal, Bill, and Adam’s work has advanced computing research visions and sharpened our responses to pressing national questions. We extend our deepest thanks to all three for their many contributions, and for the lasting value they leave for CCC and the computing research community at large.
Please stay tuned as we welcome the new Council Members joining CCC on July 1!
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