The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently sponsored a Blue Sky Ideas Conference Track at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, May 9 – 13, 2020, online.  The Blue Sky Ideas talk presentations were aimed at presenting ideas and visions that can stimulate the research community to pursue new directions, e.g., new problems, new application domains, or new methodologies that are likely to stimulate significant new research. Two First Place Papers “New Foundations of Ethical Multiagent Systems” Pradeep Kumar Murukannaiah Nirav Ajmeri Catholijn Jonker Munindar Singh “Agents are Dead. Long live Agents!” Virginia Dignum Frank Dignum Second Place “Live Simulations” Samarth Swarup Henning Mortveit CCC provides travel awards to the winners. We encourage you […]

The following is a press release from The White House Office of  Science and Technology Policy.  Recently, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and over a dozen top U.S. industry and academic leaders launched the National Q-12 Education Partnership, a groundbreaking new initiative to expand access to K-12 quantum information science (QIS) education. As part of the announcement, NSF is awarding nearly $1 million to QIS education efforts, including the establishment of the Q2Work Program to support quantum education workforce development across the country. Private sector and academic leaders are committing to develop and provide educational programs, tools, training opportunities, and curricula […]

MIT Technology Review publishes an annual list of 35 innovators under the age of 35, and they recently released their list of innovators for 2020. The list features over 20 innovators who are solving problems related to or using computer science. Some highlights from the list include: Leila Pirhaji, ReviveMed – Pirhaji built an AI-based tool for measuring tiny molecules in the body called metabolites, and her work could help us better detect and treat diseases. Measuring and identifying metabolites is expensive and time-consuming, and fewer than 5% of metabolites in a patient can be identified using common technologies. So Pirhaji developed a platform that uses machine learning to do it much […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently sponsored a Blue Sky Ideas Conference Track at the 31st ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT’20), July 13-15 2020, online.  The Blue Sky Ideas talk presentations were aimed at presenting ideas and visions that can stimulate the research community to pursue new directions, e.g., new problems, new application domains, or new methodologies that are likely to stimulate significant new research. First Place- Bad Character: Who do We Want our Hypertexts to Be? Mark Bernstein Second Place- Thoughts Reflection Machine Claus Atzenbeck and Daniel Rohner Third Place- Games/Hypertext David E. Millard CCC provides travel awards to the winners. We encourage you to apply for a Blue Sky Ideas […]

Are you a Postdoc in Artificial Intelligence? Then you might consider applying to the Postdoctoral Networking Tour in Artificial Intelligence (Postdoc-NeT-AI). The purpose of the Postdoc-NeT-AI, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), is to connect international early-career researchers with the research community in artificial intelligence in Germany. For one week, selected postdoctoral researchers from all over the world will have the chance to connect with leading researchers and institutions in their fields. The first call is out, and applications are possible until 16 August 2020. Comprehensive information is available here. The program provides: coverage of all program-related costs in Germany (accommodation, domestic travel, most meals) a […]

AnitaB.org, The National Center for Women & Technology (NCWIT) and the STARS Computing Corps (STARS) are conducting a survey to understand the impact of the global pandemics on the conditions of work and educational environments related to in computing and technical degree programs and professions. Through the Investigating Compounding Impacts of Racism & COVID-19 on Learning & Employment in Computing & Technology (CIRCLE-CT) Study we are gathering responses from individuals across the computing and technical ecosystem including K-12 teachers; post-secondary program leaders, educators and students; and individuals in the computing and technical workforce and tech startup community. We invite you to participate in the 10-minute survey by visiting https://anitaborginstitute.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6fYZUZBl53lTMWN  . For more information […]