The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) continues to be amazed by the accomplishments of our council members. On May 31, Pamela Wisniewski was appointed to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Science and Technology (ISAT) Study Group beginning in August 2024. The ISAT Study Group, established by DARPA in 1987, brings together 40 scientists and engineers to identify emerging areas in computer science and information technology, and recommend potential future research directions. CCC believes she is an excellent fit for the group due to her extensive work in advancing socio-technical interdisciplinary research in computing. Her contributions to CCC’s initiatives on AI accountability, the development of consent language for digital […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is pleased to share that former council member Maja Matarić received the 2024-2025 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Athena Lecturer Award.  Matarić, who also serves as a Principal Scientist at Google DeepMind, is renowned for her trailblazing contributions to the field of socially assistive robotics. Her groundbreaking research, extensive evaluation, and successful technology transfer initiatives have significantly advanced the field. Additionally, she has laid foundational groundwork in multi-robot coordination and human-robot interaction.  Initiated in 2006, the award celebrates women researchers who have made fundamental contributions to computer science. Aside from innovative research, Matarić has been a strong mentor and advocate for underrepresented groups.  In fact, […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is proud to share that council member William “Bill” Gropp was invested as the Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on April 30th as a recognition of his exceptional contributions to research, teaching, and leadership within the computer science community.  Gropp serves as the director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), where he has launched programs and resources for the community, such as Illinois Computes. This program offers computing and data storage resources, technical expertise and support services to researchers from all domains across the three universities of the University of Illinois System. His career at the university […]

Recent years have seen increased awareness of the potential negative impacts of computing technologies, and yet these harms are often unforeseen when the technology is first deployed. The CCC Council formed a task force on Addressing the Unforeseen Deleterious Impacts of Technology (AUDIT) to investigate possible harmful consequences of computing technology, to what extent these outcomes could have been mitigated or avoided, and who should be responsible for negative impacts. The task force, composed of Nadya Bliss, Kevin Butler, David Danks, Ufuk Topcu, and Matthew Turk, brings together diverse expertise across cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, data science, philosophy/ethics, computer vision, and autonomous systems. The group also spoke with multiple […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is excited that council member Holly Yanco (Chair, Distinguished University Professor, NERVE Center Director, UMass Lowell), and former council members Melanie Moses (Professor, University of New Mexico) and Chad Jenkins (Professor, Robotics, University of Michigan) were exhibitors at the Senate Robotics and Demo Day. They were among exhibitors across industry, academia, and government. The Computing Research Association (CRA), in collaboration with co-hosts IEEE-USA and Carnegie Mellon University, was pleased to host Members of Congress, the media, and the public in the Hart Senate Office Building on April 30.  Through interactive exhibits and informal discussions, attendees gained insight into the current state of US robotics innovation […]

Have you ever heard of LinkedIn showcase pages?  Well we have been secretly working on one to bring you exclusive CCC news. Our goal is to share content that is both informative and new. Looking forward to more content? Here’s everything you need toknow about our new page: Q: What’s a LinkedIn Showcase page? A: It’s an extension of an already existing account like CRA’s–designed to spotlight individual initiatives like CCC. Q: Why create a CCC showcase page? A: CCC aims to energize the computing research community by sparking discussions on ambitious, long-term research challenges. We strive to foster consensus on research visions, refine the most promising ones into actionable […]