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The goal of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to catalyze the computing research community to debate longer range, more audacious research challenges; to build consensus around research visions; to evolve the most promising visions toward clearly defined initiatives; and to work with the funding organizations to move challenges and visions toward funding initiatives. The purpose of this blog is to provide a more immediate, online mechanism for dissemination of visioning concepts and community discussion/debate about them.


Archive for the ‘NSF’ category

 

NSF WATCH TALK- In the Eye of the Storm: Biometrics, Security and Privacy

April 12th, 2018 / in NSF / by Helen Wright

The next WATCH talk, called In the Eye of the Storm: Biometrics, Security and Privacy, from Dr. Arun Ross at Michigan State University, is Thursday, April 26th 2018, Noon-1PM EST. Arun Ross is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University, and is the Director of the Integrated Pattern Recognition and Biometrics (iPRoBe) Lab. He conducts research on the topic of biometrics, privacy, computer vision and pattern recognition. He is a recipient of the JK Aggarwal Prize and the Young Biometrics Investigator Award from the International Association of Pattern Recognition for his contributions to the field of Pattern Recognition and Biometrics. He was designated a Kavli Fellow by the US […]

NSF DCL: Stimulating Research Related to Navigating the New Arctic (NNA)

April 10th, 2018 / in Announcements, NSF, research horizons / by Helen Wright

The following is a cross-directorate Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) on stimulating research related to one the NSF’s 10 Big Ideas called Navigating the New Arctic (NNA). It invites proposals in FY 2018 that will advance NNA research through convergent approaches to emerging scientific, engineering, societal, and education challenges. This includes the critically important research on sensor oriented data analytics, such as developing and deploying new sensor-cyber systems that can withstand extreme Arctic conditions and provide continuous analysis and interpretation of Arctic change. February 22, 2018 Dear Colleague: In summer 2017, the first ship to traverse the Arctic Northern Sea Route without assistance from ice-breaking vessels completed its journey. That transformational […]

NSF Distinguished Lecture – Hitting the Nail on the Head: Interdisciplinary Research in Computer Networking

March 29th, 2018 / in Announcements, CCC, NSF / by Helen Wright

Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Executive Council member Jennifer Rexford from Princeton University will present “Hitting the Nail on the Head: Interdisciplinary Research in Computer Networking,” part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) Distinguished Lecture series on April 4th, from 2:00PM to 3:00PM ET. Jennifer Rexford is the Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering and the Chair of Computer Science at Princeton University. Before joining Princeton in 2005, she worked for eight years at AT&T Labs—Research. Jennifer received her BSE degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University in 1991, and her PhD degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Michigan in 1996. She is co-author of the […]

NSF DCL- FY18, FY19 Budget Update

March 27th, 2018 / in Announcements, NSF, policy, Research News / by Helen Wright

The following is a letter to the community from James Kurose, Assistant Director, and Erwin Gianchandani, Deputy Assistant Director, of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE).   Dear CISE Community, Much has happened since our email (regarding the President’s FY 2019 Budget Request for the National Science Foundation) last month, and so we wanted to provide an update below. FISCAL YEAR 2018 First and foremost, as you’ve probably read in the media, Congress passed a spending bill for FY 2018 (the current fiscal year, ending on September 30, 2018) this past week, which was signed into law on Friday by the President. Under this FY 2018 budget,  NSF’s funding will […]

NSF CAREER Program Webinar

March 14th, 2018 / in Announcements, NSF / by Helen Wright

The NSF CAREER Coordinating Committee is hosting a webinar to answer participants’ questions about development and submission of proposals to the NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) on May 15th, 2018 from 1:00-3:00PM ET. The webinar will give participants the opportunity to interact with members of the NSF-wide CAREER Coordinating Committee in a question-and-answer format. In preparation for the webinar, participants are strongly encouraged to consult material available on-line concerning the CAREER program. In particular, the CAREER program web page has a wealth of current information about the program, including: the CAREER program solicitation NSF 17-537; frequently asked questions about the CAREER program; and slides from a CAREER program overview. Additionally, there is a video […]

NSF WATCH TALK- Applications of Differential Privacy

March 7th, 2018 / in Announcements, NSF, research horizons, Research News / by Helen Wright

The next WATCH talk, called Applications of Differential Privacy, from Dr. Rebecca Wright at Rutgers University, is Wednesday, March 28th, from 1:30PM-2:30PM. Dr. Rebecca Wright is a professor in the Computer Science Department and Director of DIMACS at Rutgers. Her research is primarily in the area of information security, including cryptography, privacy, foundations of computer security, and fault-tolerant distributed computing. Dr. Wright serves as an editor of the International Journal of Information and Computer Security and of the Transactions on Data Privacy, and is a member of the board of the Computer Research Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W). She received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Yale University, a […]