Participate in the launch of NYC ASCENT, a professional development and career services consortium for Computer Science and Engineering postdocs at Columbia, Cornell, CUNY, and NYU. The launch event will feature a panel of individuals from industry and academia who will speak about making the most of the postdoc experience, and it will also be a great networking opportunity for CS&E postdocs! When: September 4, 2014, 5:00pm-8:00pm Where: Microsoft Technology Center, 11 Times Square, New York, NY Who: Computer Science and Engineering postdocs, faculty, researchers, and industry professionals Please visit www.nycascent.org to RSVP! You can see the event program here. NYC ASCENT is one of the NSF CCC PostDoc Best […]

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)’s Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) supports scientists and engineers who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees in the last five years (on or after 1 May 2009) and who show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. The objective of this program is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering, enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators, and increase opportunities for the young investigators to recognize the United States Air Force mission and the related challenges in science and engineering. AFOSR is seeking unclassified proposals addressing the research areas of interest for the Air Force Research Laboratory. Several of […]

The following is a special contribution to this blog by CCC Council Member Ran Libeskind-Hadas and CRA Board Member Susanne Hambrusch, Co-Chairs of CRA-E. The CRA Education Committee’s (CRA-E) mission is to address society’s need for a continuous supply of talented and well-educated computing researchers.  The committee’s efforts include both research on the state of the “domestic student pipeline” and developing resources to maintain its health. The fraction of Ph.D. students who are domestic (U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents) has been in decline over the last several decades from around 70% in the mid-1980’s to under 50% in recent years.  A 2013 CRA-E report shows that a small number of departments have accounted […]

The National Science Foundation, Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) Core Program solicitations have been posted. There are no major changes to the solicitations, which can be found here: Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS): Core Programs  Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF): Core Programs Computer and Network Systems (CNS): Core Programs Submission Window Date(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer’s local time): October 27, 2014 – November 10, 2014 MEDIUM Projects November 12, 2014 – November 20, 2014 LARGE Projects January 02, 2015 – January 14, 2015 (January 2 – January 14, Annually Thereafter) SMALL Projects September 02, 2015 – September 21, 2015 (September 2 – September 19, Annually Thereafter) MEDIUM […]

July 31, 2014 marks Farnam Jahanian’s final day as Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) at the National Science Foundation (NSF). In this position, which he has held since February 1, 2011, Farnam has been a indefatigable champion for the computer science research community.  He led the launch of three Presidential Initiatives: the National Robotics Initiative, the Big Data Research and Development Initiative, and US Ignite.  He led the Directorate through the creation of 25 new solicitations, many of which were cross-directorate, and he spearheaded the expansion of interagency and international collaborations: Smart and Connected Health with NIH; Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience with NIH, Israel, France and […]

We are proud to announce the launch of a new brand for CRA and its committees. As the impact of CRA’s activities are becoming more widely recognized and valued across our industry, we decided to develop a new brand identity that reinforces and amplifies our mission, objectives and programs.  Our new brand is part of our larger effort to create a comprehensive communications strategy for CRA and its many activities. After updating our mission statement, last fall we began developing a brand that positions CRA as dynamic and collaborative, while preserving the unique identities of CRA’s distinct committees. The new CRA symbol is designed to represent great minds coming together. […]