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 […]

The CCC, in collaboration with INFORMS and ACM SIGAI, will be hosting the final workshop of a three-part series titled, Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Operations Research (OR), in late February or early March 2024, to set a course for fundamental research that needs the partnership of both disciplines. Organized by Yu Ding (Georgia Institute of Technology), Pascal Van Hentenryck (Georgia Institute of Technology), Sven Koenig (University of Southern California), Ramayya Krishnan (Carnegie Mellon University), Radhika Kulkarni (INFORMS), and Phebe Vayanos (University of Southern California), the workshop will focus on drafting a strategic plan for increasing the AI/OR partnership and on outlining real-world opportunities for collaboration, based on discussions from the previous two […]

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, […]

In April 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) published a Request for Information (RFI) to inform the development of a roadmap for the recently established Technology, Innovations, and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate. This roadmap will help guide TIP’s investments in translational use-inspired research to maintain US competitiveness in scientific research.   The Computing Research Association (CRA) submitted two responses: a joint response  from the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) and CRA’s Government Affairs Committee (GAC) and another from CRA-Industry (CRA-I). The joint CCC/GAC response can be viewed here and the CRA-I response can be viewed here.    In the joint CCC and GAC response, the authors comment on workforce development, addressing societal […]