The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has been providing the medical field with information since 1836. Starting off as a small collection of books, the entity has grown into the world’s largest biomedical library, housing biomedical research and computational health data research. NLM supports two research programs, the Division of Extramural Programs (EP) and Intramural Research Program (IRP), that seek to catalyze advancements in the intersection of medicine and computer science. Specifically, these programs focus on biomedical informatics, data science, computational biology, and computational health. Through these programs NLM is making major investments in finding new ways that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used in the medical field.  A couple […]

The Computing Community Consortium just held a two-part workshop, “Building Resilience to Climate Driven Extreme Events with Computing Innovations”. The workshops were sponsored by the National Science Foundation’s new Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnership (TIP). TIP has a major initiative “Convergence Accelerator” that funds programs seeking to solve societal challenges through convergence research and innovation. The goal is to encourage interdisciplinary work, “merging ideas, approaches and technologies from a wide and diverse range of sectors and expertise.” The first workshop in the series was held in-person in Denver, Colorado on October 27-28th, 2022. The goal was to frame the research focus for impact areas (application domains), computing research building […]

Gokul Subramanian Ravi began his CIFellowship in September 2020 after receiving his PhD (focused on computer architecture) from the  University of Wisconsin-Madison in August 2020. Gokul is currently at the University of Chicago working on quantum computing with Frederic Chong, Seymour Goodman Professor of Computer Science. Linked are his blogs on variational quantum algorithms and bringing more classical computer architects into the quantum world. Gokul is currently on the 2022-23 academic job market. The remainder of this post is written by Gokul Ravi Current Project Quantum computing is a disruptive technological paradigm with the potential to revolutionize computing, and therefore, the world. Over three decades, the promise of quantum computing […]

The Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL) just released a white paper reflecting ideas that were presented and discussed at the Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Social Responsibility sponsored by the CSL at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with co-sponsorship by the School of Information Sciences at the University. This symposium was the second of two symposia sponsored by CSL to celebrate its 70th anniversary.  Contemporary AI technologies are more powerful and pervasive than the original AI technologies created in university laboratories. While industry dominates AI today, universities can still play important roles. In this white paper, we recommend actions that universities should take to promote social responsibility in the development and […]

The NSF will be hosting a webinar “Becoming a CISE IPA Program Director (Rotator) at NSF” on November 7th, 2022 from 4:00-5:00 PM EDT. The synopsis is below: Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an IPA Program Director, take time out of your current position, and come to the National Science Foundation (NSF)? Do you want to hear what it takes to come to NSF and what you would do once you got here? What is it like reading proposals that may change the science or leading review panels with experts from around the country? This webinar will address these issues and introduce you to […]

The Marconi Society will host a free virtual Symposium, The Decade of Digital Inclusion, on November 2-3, 2022.  The Marconi Society is a nonprofit chaired by Vint Cerf and dedicated to creating digital equity.  This event honors wireless innovator, Siavash Alamouti, recipient of the Eric E. Sumner Award, and the program includes a number of technology notables. With nearly half the world unconnected and $42B in broadband infrastructure funding going out to states in the US right now, digital equity is center stage in the journey to bring opportunity to everyone. The Decade of Digital Inclusion brings together technologists, policy makers and digital inclusion advocates to create collaborations to bridge […]