The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) would like to encourage you to consider applying to attend the Breadth of Practices in Academia/Industry Relationships workshop in Seattle, WA on March 20-21, 2025. According to the request, collaboration between academia and industry is crucial for driving technological innovation and fostering economic growth. By identifying successful partnership models and a range of effective practices, stakeholders can strengthen these connections to stimulate new ways of engagement between academia and industry. “Participants will engage in meaningful discussions, share best practices, and contribute to the development of a ‘breadth of practices’ document to be shared with the broader computing research community.” Interested individuals should email CRA-I Manager […]

Did you know that LGBTQ+ youth face a higher risk of exposure to potentially harmful interactions on social media than their heterosexual peers? Exposure to such interactions has been linked to negative impacts on their mental health. Other “at-risk” users include individuals from marginalized communities such as survivors of abuse, people with disabilities, or those from low-income backgrounds. To address disproportionate digital harm to these individuals, CCC will be hosting a workshop on, “Support At-Risk Users Through Responsible Computing,” from December 9-10 in Washington, DC.  Technology has the power to connect, empower, and create opportunities, but for certain individuals and communities, it can also pose significant risks. Whether it’s online […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) would like to encourage you to consider submitting a proposal to Schmidt Sciences SAFE-AI: Safety Assurance through Fundamental Science in Emerging AI program. The SAFE-AI: Safety Assurance through Fundamental Science in Emerging AI program seeks research proposals to advance the science of AI safety.  According to the request, the goal of the program is to deepen our understanding of the safety properties of systems built with large language models (LLMs) and to develop well-founded, concrete, implementable technical methods for testing and evaluating LLMs.  “The program will improve understanding of the relationships between and implications of various testing methodologies, grow the technical AI safety academic community, […]

CCC is pleased to announce that last week council members Michela Taufer and Chandra Krintz published an article in Inside AI News to discuss their upcoming panel at the 2024 Supercomputing Conference. As members of the Task Force on Sustainability and Climate Resilence, they are excited to be given a platform at the SC24 conference. Here is a sneak peek at one of the questions they would like leaders to consider before this panel discussion in November. How can AI continue to drive innovation while minimizing environmental harm? By now, we can all agree that AI has enormous potential, but we must ask ourselves whether the growing environmental cost of […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) would like to encourage you to consider responding to the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Request for Information (RFI) on a National Plan for Cyber-Physical Systems Resilence.  The NITRD National Coordination Office seeks public input for the creation of a National Plan for Cyber-Physical Systems Resilience Research. According to the request, the goal of the plan is to shape a whole-of-government research and development (R&D) plan related to cyber-physical resilience across systems that may be local, regional, or national in scope. Interested individuals are invited to submit comments on or before 11:59 p.m. ET on October 26, 2024 via email. To find […]

In July 2024, the Computing Research Association Working Group on Socially Responsible Computing Subcommittee on Best Practices for Conference released a whitepaper to guide conference organizers in developing responsible computing policies by outlining key areas where attention seems necessary. This comes at a time when many, but not all, computing research conferences are increasingly incorporating ethical and societal considerations into their submission guidelines.  Here are some ways conferences can help promote responsible research and publication practices. Include guidelines on avoiding research-related harm. Guide responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities in submissions. When appropriate for human-centered research, require Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval or equivalent review. Promote reproducibility by requesting public release of […]