Previous CCC Council Member Shwetak Patel’s research was recently featured in a ZME Science article “Can we screen the world? How smartphones and watches are revolutionizing global health (and just getting started)”. A new frontier of personalized medicine has arrived with the help of smart technologies such as smartphones and watches. These technologies help doctors detect and as a result efficiently fix health conditions. Almost everyone has a smartphone, and these devices collect a lot of information about us: steps, sleep, heart rate, etc. Shwetak Patel, a researcher, is leading efforts to use smartphones and their sensors for health purposes. He believes smartphones can do a lot more in health […]

An important role of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is responding to government requests for information. The CCC does this by recruiting various members of the computing research community to synthesis main points and incorporate a variety of opinions into a response. In the past couple of months alone, the CCC has responded to five requests. The responses are highlighted below: Response to the PCAST Working Group on Generative AI’s Request for Public Input In May 2023, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) published a Request for Public Input to help assess key opportunities and risks and provide input on how best to ensure that these GenAI technologies are […]

NSF Assistant Director of TIP, Erwin Gianchandani, and NSF Deputy Assistant Director for TIP Gracie Narcho wrote a letter to the community marking the one year anniversary of the authorization of TIP through the signing of the CHIPS and Science Act. The letter outline TIP’s recent accomplishments and steps taken to support the CHIPS and Science Act mission. Recently the CCC responded to TIP’s Request for Information on Developing a Roadmap for the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships at the National Science Foundation. You can read the response here. One year ago, President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, authorizing the establishment of the Directorate for […]

A number of institutions are coming together to discuss how researchers are using generative AI as a tool for research in The Generative AI Coast to Coast webinar series. Co-hosted by Johns Hopkins University; the Ohio State University; Rice University; the International Computer Science Institute, an Affiliated Institute of the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Michigan; and the University of Washington the webinars will bring feature speakers from peer institutions to discuss Generative AI in research with the larger goal of fostering a broad community of cross-institutional and interdisciplinary researchers, and building research ideas and collaboration. Each webinar will include extensive audience discussion time. Included in the line-up of speakers is CCC […]

In May 2023, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) published a Request for Public Input to help assess key opportunities and risks and provide input on how best to ensure that these GenAI technologies are developed and deployed as equitably, responsibly, and safely as possible. The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) responded emphasizing the role of academic research in addressing risks associated with generative AI. Solutions will require multidisciplinary, multi-pronged approaches that simultaneously implement solutions in the form of policies and regulations, technological advances, and education. These will necessitate transparent communication among the various stakeholders, the use of basic computing research, major contributions and collaborations from social sciences, and a determined, […]

The US National Robotics Roadmap was first created 14 years ago. It has since been used by government agencies, universities and companies as a reference about where robotics is going. The first roadmap was published 2009, then revised 2013, 2016 and 2020. The objective is to publish the 5th version of the roadmap by spring 2024. Due to major changes in the world and the robotics landscape, the CCC published a Mid-Cycle Update to the US National Robotics Roadmap this past April. The objective is to engage about 150–200 people from academia and industry to ensure that the roadmap is representative of the community’s view of where robotics is going. […]