The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has released its 2020 list of newly elevated fellows. The IEEE Grade of Fellow is given to a IEEE member with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest by the Board of Directors. This year’s list features a number of impressive computer scientists, including Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council member Ian Foster (Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago), “for contributions to grid computing and data transport infrastructures.” Ian has been on the CCC Council since 2018 and is a member of the Systems and Architecture Task Force. Congratulations to all the recipients for their accomplishments, including CRA Board Members Mary Hall […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) just posted a number of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes: Accelerating Research, Transforming Society, and Growing the American Workforce Solicitation (NSF 20-503). The National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes program anticipates approximately $120 million in grants next year to fund eight planning grants and up to six research institutes in order to advance AI research and create national nexus points for universities, federal agencies, industries, and nonprofits. Earlier this year, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) released their completed AI Roadmap, titled A 20-Year Community Roadmap for AI Research in the US. An HTML version is available here. This roadmap, led by Yolanda Gil (University […]

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) just announced its 2019 Fellows! Fellows are elected each year by their peers serving on the Council of AAAS, the organization’s member-run governing body. The honor recognizes diverse accomplishments, including pioneering research, leadership within a given field, teaching and mentoring, fostering collaborations and advancing public understanding of science.  Among the 2019 Fellows is Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council Member Odest Chadwicke (Chad) Jenkins (University of Michigan), “for distinguished contributions to the field of robotics and artificial intelligence, particularly for robot learning from human demonstration, cloud robotics, and broadening participation in computing.” Chad joined the CCC this year and is a member […]

John Hennessy, Chair of Alphabet Inc., will present “The End of Moore’s Law and Faster General-Purpose Processors, and a New Road Forward,” part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) Distinguished Lecture Series on November 22nd, 2019, from 1:00PM to 2:00PM ET. John Hennessy revolutionized the design of computer processors with the invention of the RISC architecture, which increased performance while reducing costs.  He co-founded MIPS Computer System in 1984 and went on to pioneering research in distributed systems.  He served as President of Stanford University from 2000 to 2016, and in 2017 received ACM A.M. Turing Award together with his collaborator David Patterson.  In 2018, he was named […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently sponsored a Blue Sky Ideas Conference Track at the 27th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, November 5- November 8, 2019 in Chicago, IL. The purpose was to bring together researchers, developers, users, and practitioners in relation to novel systems based on geo-spatial data and knowledge, and fostering interdisciplinary discussions and research in all aspects of geographic information systems. The goal of this track was to present visionary ideas at the conference. First Place- Revolutionizing Tree Management via Innovative Spatial Techniques Yiqun Xie, Shashi Shekhar, Richard Feiock, and Joseph Knight Second Place- Towards Geocoding Spatial Expressions (Vision Paper) Hussein Al-Olimat, Valerie Shalin, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan, and Joy […]

Last week, we shared the National Security Commission on AI‘s Interim Report as well as details about the corresponding conference held on November 6, Strength Through Innovation: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of U.S. National Security. The Commission now welcomes feedback and is looking forward to continuing to engage with the community as they move into the analysis and recommendation phase of the Commission’s work. To that end, they will be holding a series of teleconferences to provide a deeper dive into the interim report content and gather your feedback. Please join them on one of the following dates for these discussions: LOE 1: Invest in AI R&D, Thursday, November 21, […]