The organizing committee for the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) sponsored Computer-Aided Personalized Education has released their workshop report. The workshop, held in November 2015, brought together over 50 researchers in the fields of education, computer science, human-computer interaction, and cognitive psychology to address the challenges and future directions of computing-based educational tools. This growing agenda in computing research includes formalizing tasks such as assessment and feedback as computational problems, developing algorithmic tools to solve resulting problems at scale, and incorporating these tools effectively in learning environments. The report examines emerging trends, such as logical reasoning, machine learning, student-computer interaction, and learning science in order to come up with a research […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) has launched a program on Industry-Academic Collaboration through the Big Data Regional Hubs. The West Big Data Hub, is holding their All Hand Meeting, this Thursday, May 12th at UC Berkeley. You can learn more about the All Hands Meeting below. West Big Data Innovation Hub (WBDIH) All Hands Meeting Thursday, May 12 9AM PT University of California – Berkeley and http://westbigdatahub.org/live-stream Participants gathering at UC Berkeley for the meeting include The White House, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of State, and all four Regional Big Data Innovation Hubs. The full agenda is available HERE and you can follow the event with #BDHubs and @westbigdatahub. […]

The organizing committee for the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) sponsored Promoting Strategic Research on Inclusive Access to Rich Online Content and Services has released their workshop report. The workshop, held in September 2015, brought together almost 40 experts to address the challenges and future research opportunities about access to online content and services. They focused on six active research areas, automatic description of image and video content, online support for deaf people, access to textual content for people with language and learning disabilities, inclusive design of games and simulations, access to large quantitative datasets, maps and 3D printing, and software architecture for configurability. The participants found three main steps that need to be developed in order to […]

As a follow-up to the CCC/CRA Industry Academic Survey, conducted in spring of 2015 and the CCC Industry Roundtable Discussion held on July 24, 2015, the CCC is sponsoring a program on Industry-Academic Collaboration. The goal of this program is to catalyze and foster partnerships between industry and academic research by creating mechanisms for early career researchers in academia and industry representatives to interact and explore ways to work together. The CCC will implement these programs through the four National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs (BD Hubs). The Hubs are coordinated by top data scientists at Columbia University (Northeast Hub), Georgia Tech and the University of […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) has launched a program on Industry-Academic Collaboration through the Big Data Regional Hubs. The Northeast Hub, coordinated by Columbia University, is pleased to issue a call for proposals for their two summer 2016 programs. The Young Innovator Internships will provide an opportunity for early career researchers to collaborate with small businesses, government agencies, and NGOs, using data science approaches to solve substantial challenges. The Knowledge Exchange is a two-part program consisting of a Lecture Series and a Visiting Scholar Exchange. Both share the goal of providing academic scholars and non-academic practitioners with an understanding of the challenges, capabilities, and available data at the organizations they visit […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) has launched a program on Industry-Academic Collaboration through the Big Data Regional Hubs. The South Hub, which is coordinated by Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and the University of North Carolina (UNC), has announced their two summer 2016 programs. The DataStart Program provides an opportunity for graduate students to intern with data-related startups and PEPI (The Program to Empower Partnerships with Industry) is an exchange program for early-career faculty. You can read more about the programs and how to apply in the announcement below and be sure to check back with the CCC blog soon to find out more about the Industry-Academic Collaboration through the Regional […]