Computing innovations have the power to save lives, and there are few applications where the promise of computing is more clear than in the healthcare domain. At the recent CCC Computing Futures Symposium, panelists Susan K. Gregurick, (National Institutes of Health (NIH)), Andy Kilianski (Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)), Mona Singh (Princeton University), and Tammy Toscos (Parkview Health), in a discussion moderated by Sharon Gillett (Microsoft), discussed how computing, including AI, can revolutionize patient care – from precision medicine and oncology to overcoming critical barriers in health data sharing.   Unleashing the Power of Health Data and Computing   Gregurick highlighted the sheer scale of health data now […]

Artificial intelligence stands at a “great juncture,” a moment brimming with excitement and profound responsibility. This was the central theme of a recent insightful panel discussion where leading minds in AI — Yolanda Gil (University of Southern California), David Jensen (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Aarti Singh (AI Institute for Societal Decision Making), and Bart Selman (Cornell University) —explored its current trajectory and charted its future horizons. The panel was moderated by Bob Bond (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). The conversation moved beyond the hype, offering a grounded yet ambitious vision for where AI is headed and what it will take to get there responsibly.   Shifting the Focus of AI Development  […]

This is the second post in a two-part series recapping the panel Social Technologies: Why We Can’t Live With Them or Without Them, which was supported by the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) at the 2025 AAAS Annual Conference. The first post, Rethinking Social Technologies: Platforms, Protocols, and the Push for Decentralization, explored how researchers and technologists are approaching the future of social media through decentralized design and protocol-driven innovation. This follow-up highlights the second half of the panel discussion, which examined critical issues related to artificial intelligence, online trust, and potential regulatory responses. The panel was moderated by Sarita Schoenebeck, Professor of Information at the University of Michigan, and featured […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) supported a session at this year’s AAAS Annual Conference titled Social Technologies: Why We Can’t Live With Them Or Without Them. The panel was moderated by Sarita Schoenebeck, Professor of Information at the University of Michigan, and featured Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Associate Professor and co-leader of the Princeton HCI Lab at Princeton University, Motahhare Eslami, Assistant Professor of Software and Societal Systems at Carnegie Mellon University, and Bryan Newbold, Protocol Engineer at Bluesky. The panelists provided their perspectives on how social technologies are impacting society. Schoenebeck opened the panel by explaining that while there are many demonstrated benefits to social technologies (e.g., online conversations, relationships, and […]

Last week, CCC, in collaboration with CRA-Industry, submitted a Response to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Department of Commerce’s Request for Comments: Ethical Guidelines for Research Using Pervasive Data. The response was written by Nazanin Andalibi (University of Michigan), David Danks (University of California, San Diego), Haley Griffin (Computing Research Association), Mary Lou Maher (Computing Research Association), Jessica McClearn (Google), Chinasa T. Okolo (The Brookings Institution), Manish Parashar (University of Utah), Jessica Pater (Parkview Health), Katie Siek (Indiana University), Tammy Toscos (Parkview Health), Helen V. Wright (Computing Research Association), and Pamela Wisniewski (Vanderbilt University).    The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) was seeking, “public input on the […]

For many of us, it is hard to remember a time when finding information wasn’t ubiquitous with an internet search. With the rising popularity and influence of AI, what is next for the future of information retrieval? CCC addressed this question and others during the Future of Information Retrieval Research in the Age of Generative AI Workshop this summer in Washington, DC. Today, the CCC is thrilled to announce the release of the Future of Information Retrieval Research in the Age of Generative AI Workshop Report. The report was authored by the Workshop Organizers: James Allan (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Eunsol Choi (University of Texas at Austin / New York […]