Last week, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) teamed up with the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) to host the AI-centered visioning workshop Beyond Code: Engineering Trustworthy Software Systems with AI at Scale. Held at The Westin hotel in San Francisco, CA from February 25-26, 2026, this workshop brought together dozens of experts who work with artificial intelligence in different capacities. The goal was to better understand the current impacts of AI and lay out a roadmap for transforming it — responsibly — into something that can craft not only individual pieces of code, but complex and interdependent computing systems. Working alongside CCC staff, the workshop was organized by an inspired team […]

In a new workshop report published by the Computing Community Consortium (CCC), Grand Challenges for the Convergence of Computational and Citizen Science Research, experts across disciplines examine the ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) and citizen science can mutually enrich each other, fostering increased opportunity for advancement in numerous scientific fields. The report presents a roadmap for maximizing the potential of citizen science through the contributions of AI — and vice versa — while also demonstrating the broader applications of this union for challenges across ecological, infrastructural, clinical, and other domains. “We are entering a brave new world where we are renegotiating the relationship between humans and machines,” says Lucy […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is proud to be sponsoring a Blue Sky Ideas track at the upcoming international conference SEMANTiCS, taking place September 15-17, 2026 in Ghent, Belgium. We hope to award several winners with a travel grant to showcase their visions for the future of semantic web and knowledge graph research.   Call for Papers: SEMANTiCS 2026 Blue Sky Ideas Track   Event: SEMANTiCS 2026   Track: Blue Sky Ideas   Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 – Thursday, September 17, 2026   Location: Ghent, Belgium   Website: https://2026-eu.semantics.cc/   Aims and Scope   The Blue Sky Ideas Track at SEMANTiCS 2026 seeks visionary ideas addressing long-term challenges and […]

CRA’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC), in partnership with co-sponsor IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS), is excited to announce an upcoming two-day workshop designed to address the evolving future of artificial intelligence (AI) in software development. Beyond Code: Engineering Trustworthy Software Systems with AI at Scale brings together researchers across AI, software engineering, programming languages, cybersecurity, and systems engineering to address the evolving role of AI in developing not just isolated code, but complex and large-scale software systems. The workshop will take place from February 25-26, 2026 at The Westin hotel in San Francisco, CA. There, participants will engage in panels, breakout group discussions, and report-writing alongside fellow experts, ultimately crafting a […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has made enormous strides in recent years, becoming increasingly ubiquitous and driving significant economic and social changes worldwide. For such progress to continue, it is pivotal that the computing community continues to recognize and produce high-quality AI research. However, that is easier said than done, as there are many stressors on the current ecosystem — stressors that are in dire need of community discussion and action to ensure that reliable, effective, safe and responsible AI research advances can occur. To that end, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) AI Research Ecosystem (AIRE) team, with support from the National Science Foundation, is excited to announce the launch of […]