The Computing Research Association (CRA) is seeking high-achieving applicants for the position of Director of Research Community Initiatives.  This role is responsible for managing the internal Computing Community Consortium (CCC) staff and working closely with the CCC Council of 24 computing community members in their pursuit of high-impact research through visioning workshops, white papers, and symposiums.  “If you’re a member of the computing research community and are looking for an opportunity that’ll have a significant positive impact, this may be the role for you,” said Tracy Camp, Executive Director and CEO of CRA. “Through convening and collaborating, this position is at the center of articulating and advancing visions for the […]

Ann Schwartz, who has dedicated 11 years to the Computing Research Association (CRA) and the Computing Community Consortium (CCC)–most recently as the Director of Research Community Initiatives–is now embarking on an exciting new opportunity with The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy In her new role, Dr. Schwartz will act as the inaugural Program Manager for the Pilot Office of the National Strategic Computing Reserve (NSCR). As described in the blueprint report of the National Science and Technology Council, the NSCR is envisioned as a coalition of resource providers that can be called up in times of urgent national needs to provide critical cyberinfrastructure capabilities and services to […]

Written by Helen Wright and originally posted on the CRA-I Blog The Computing Research Association (CRA) is now accepting applications for its biennial CRA Career Mentoring Workshops (CMWs). The workshops provide valuable career advice and mentoring activities to people just beginning or in the early stages of their computing research careers. Building on the success of more than two decades of workshops for starting a tenure-track position in academia, this year’s program is expanded to include a workshop on teaching and a track on launching a computing research career in industry. Taking place in Washington, D.C., participants have the option to join one or both workshops. CMW: Teaching will be held February […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently sponsored a Blue Sky Ideas Conference Track at the 2023 ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI’23). The conference was held in Paris, France on on October 9-13th. 1st Place: “From Natural to Non-Natural Interaction: Embracing Interaction Design Beyond the Accepted Convention of Natural” by Radu-Daniel Vatavu: MintViz Lab, MANSiD Research Center, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava 2nd Place: “A New Theory of Data Processing: Applying Artificial Intelligence to Cognition and Humanity” by Jingwei Liu: University of California San Diego 3rd Place: “Towards Adaptive User-centered Neuro-symbolic Learning for Multimodal Interaction with Autonomous Systems” by Amr Gomaa: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Saarland Informatics Campus and Michael Feld: German […]

In September 2023, the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a request for information on Open-Source Software Security: Areas of Long-Term Focus and Prioritization. The RFI invited public comments on areas of long-term focus and prioritization on open-source software security. Open-source software is crucial for national security, the economy, and technological innovation. Vulnerabilities in this software can lead to widespread negative impacts, especially since open-source software is extensively used in federal government and critical infrastructure. In 2021, the ONCD launched the Open-Source […]

Former CCC Council member, Suresh Venkatasubramanian, was recently featured in Fast Company article “How Suresh Venkatasubramanian helped write the White House’s framework for AI governance”. In 2021, Venkatasubramanian joined the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) as its assistant director for science and justice to think through all the risks that automation poses and limits that should be imposed on the technology. As part of his job, Venkatasubramanian coauthored the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, a broad framework for protecting people’s rights in the world of AI. Released last October, the Blueprint has had tangible effects on White House actions. Earlier this year, one section of […]