The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) recently announced the 2022 newly elevated Fellows. Among them are two individuals involved with the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) – Sujata Banerjee and Tim Sherwood. Sujata Banerjee for leadership in programmable and energy efficient networks CCC Council and Executive Committee Member       Tim Sherwood for contributions to computer system security and performance analysis Co-Organizer of the upcoming CCC workshop on Mechanism Design for Hardware Security.       Also among the new elevated Fellows were Behçet Açikmeşe and Brian Blake who have been involved in Computing Research Association activities. You can see the orginal post on the CRA Bulletin here. IEEE […]

On Thursday, December 2nd, a virtual celebratory event was held for the 30th anniversary of the  Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program. The event was organized by NITRD National Coordination Office (NCO) with support from Computing Research Association’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC) to highlight and reflect on the impact federal investment in the network information technology research and development has had on society over the past three decades. The event began with opening remarks from the Director of NITRD, Kamie Roberts, and featured guest speakers from the founding agencies Michael Huerta (National Institute of Health), Steve Binkley (Department of Energy), Eugene Tu (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), […]

Latanya Sweeney, Harvard University, will present “How Technology Will Dictate Our Civic Future,” as part the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) Distinguished Lecture Series on February 10th, 2022 from 12pm – 1:15pm EDT.  Latanya Sweeney is the Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology at the Harvard Kennedy School and in the a part of the faculty for the Department of Arts and Sciences. In addition, she is the Editor-in-Chief of Technology Science, director and founder of the Public Interest Tech Lab and of the Data Privacy Lab. Before coming to Harvard she was the Chief Technology Officer at the U.S. […]

Originally posted on the CRA Bulletin by Shar Steed CCC Council Member and CRA-WP Board Member Maria Gini was recently named the recipient of the 2022 ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award, one of the major SIGAI awards. Maria Gini is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota. She also currently serves as a co-director for the Grad Cohort Workshop for Women and the CSGrad4US Mentoring Program. From the citation: Professor Gini has been a leader in the field of robotics and multi-agent systems for many years, consistently bringing AI into robotics. She contributed novel algorithms to connect the logical and geometric aspects of robot motion and learning, novel robot […]

Help Enable the Future of Computing Research – Join CRA as a Program Associate By Shar Steed – Originally posted on the CRA Bulletin The Computing Research Association (CRA) seeks two highly-motivated individuals to join its staff as Program Associate or Senior Program Associate (depending on qualifications and experience). The positions involve work primarily with CRA’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC) subcommittee, which aims to catalyze the computing research community to pursue innovative, high-impact research. The CCC is run as a cooperative agreement between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and CRA. Each position works closely with the Director of the CCC, the CRA staff, CCC Council members and members of the computing research community to […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is charged with enabling the pursuit of innovative, high-impact computing research that aligns with pressing national and global challenges. Established in 2006 through a cooperative agreement between the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Computing Research Association (CRA), the CCC provides a voice for the national computing research community, facilitating the development of a bold, multi-themed vision for computing research and communicating that vision to a wide range of stakeholders. To fulfill its mission, the CCC seeks visionary leaders — people with great ideas, sound judgment, and the willingness to work collaboratively to see things through to completion. The Council is composed of 20 […]