The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently sponsored a Blue Sky Ideas Conference Track at the 31st ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT’20), July 13-15 2020, online.  The Blue Sky Ideas talk presentations were aimed at presenting ideas and visions that can stimulate the research community to pursue new directions, e.g., new problems, new application domains, or new methodologies that are likely to stimulate significant new research. First Place- Bad Character: Who do We Want our Hypertexts to Be? Mark Bernstein Second Place- Thoughts Reflection Machine Claus Atzenbeck and Daniel Rohner Third Place- Games/Hypertext David E. Millard CCC provides travel awards to the winners. We encourage you to apply for a Blue Sky Ideas […]

Are you a Postdoc in Artificial Intelligence? Then you might consider applying to the Postdoctoral Networking Tour in Artificial Intelligence (Postdoc-NeT-AI). The purpose of the Postdoc-NeT-AI, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), is to connect international early-career researchers with the research community in artificial intelligence in Germany. For one week, selected postdoctoral researchers from all over the world will have the chance to connect with leading researchers and institutions in their fields. The first call is out, and applications are possible until 16 August 2020. Comprehensive information is available here. The program provides: coverage of all program-related costs in Germany (accommodation, domestic travel, most meals) a […]

AnitaB.org, The National Center for Women & Technology (NCWIT) and the STARS Computing Corps (STARS) are conducting a survey to understand the impact of the global pandemics on the conditions of work and educational environments related to in computing and technical degree programs and professions. Through the Investigating Compounding Impacts of Racism & COVID-19 on Learning & Employment in Computing & Technology (CIRCLE-CT) Study we are gathering responses from individuals across the computing and technical ecosystem including K-12 teachers; post-secondary program leaders, educators and students; and individuals in the computing and technical workforce and tech startup community. We invite you to participate in the 10-minute survey by visiting https://anitaborginstitute.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6fYZUZBl53lTMWN  . For more information […]

Nominations are now open for the 2021 Microsoft Research Ada Lovelace Fellowship and Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship. Doctoral students must be nominated by the department chair’s office in their field of study by August 14, 2020. Students will then be contacted to submit their proposals by September 21, 2020. The Microsoft Research Ada Lovelace Fellowship aims to increase the pipeline of diverse talent receiving advanced degrees in computing-related fields by providing a research funding opportunity for doctoral students who are underrepresented in the field of computing. This includes those who self-identify as a woman, African American, Black, Hispanic, Latinx, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, person with a disability, and/or LGBTQI+. The […]

Computing is a field with substantial interaction between academia and industry even in research. Last year, for example, CCC reported significant increases in the level of interaction between professors and companies, especially in artificial intelligence. What follows is a blog post from the computer architecture community by ACM A.M. Turing Laureate David A. Patterson, UC Berkeley and Google, reporting on an effort to increase industrial product papers in a flagship conference of the discipline, further enhancing academia-industry synergies Problem: The Disappearance of Product Papers from ISCA Industry research groups in computer architecture (like at IBM, Intel, and NVIDIA) have as much support for architectural exploration and publication as academic groups, but product groups […]

The Herbert A. Simon Award is presented to researchers who have made important lifetime contributions to the field of complex systems science. It is named in memory of Herbert A. Simon for his pioneering work on complex systems, artificial intelligence, information processing, decision-making, problem-solving, and organization theory. The award ceremony is held during the International Conference on Complex Systems. In 2020, the Award will be presented to Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council member Melanie Mitchell for her prolific contributions to complex systems science and artificial intelligence. Prof. Mitchell is the Davis Professor of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, and Professor of Computer Science (currently on leave) at Portland State University. Her […]