The National Science Foundation (NSF) is calling for U.S. PIs with an active NSF award  to apply for their Building Collaborations: U.S. – India Workshop. To be held virtually on March 15th and March 22nd from 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM US Eastern Time, the workshop seeks to support research collaborations via a joint U.S.-India funding opportunity. Applications are being accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis through March 1, 2022.  The joint funding opportunity is supported by nine programs in the NSF’s Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and Directorate for Engineering (ENG) and six Indian Technology Innovation Hubs (TIHs) to provide supplemental funding for collaborative projects in […]

Chad Jenkins, CCC Council Member, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Associate Director of the Robotics Institute at the University of Michigan will be featured as a part of the National Science Foundation’s Distinguished Lecture Series on March 3rd from 11am-12:30pm EDT.  Jenkins earned his B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics at Alma College (1996), M.S. in Computer Science at Georgia Tech (1998), and Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Southern California (2003). He previously served on the faculty of Brown University in Computer Science (2004-15). His research addresses problems in interactive robotics and human-robot interaction, primarily focused on mobile manipulation, robot perception, and robot learning from […]

The National Science Foundation is currently seeking nominations for the National Medal of Science (NMS), the highest recognition the nation can bestow on scientists and engineers. In 1959, the 86th Congress established the NMS as a Presidential Award, given to individuals “deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to knowledge in the physical, biological, mathematical, or engineering sciences.” The award has since been expanded to include social and behavioral scientists.  A committee of scientists and engineers appointed by the President evaluate the nominees taking into consideration scientific and engineering achievement along with broader impacts in promoting scientific advancements and in societal benefits. So far 506 scientists and […]

On Wednesday, February 2nd at 11am EST The Networking Channel will stream a panel “How can we improve diversity and inclusion in the systems and networking community?” Organized by Jim Kurose (University of Massachusetts Amherst) and Matt Caesar (University of Illinois), the panel will feature Margaret Martonosi (National Science Foundation), the Computing Research Association’s incoming Director Tracy Camp (Colorado School of Mines and CRA), Mythili Vutukuru (IIT Bombay, India), Ahmed Elmokashfi (Simula Research Laboratory, Norway), Craig Partridge (Colorado State University), and Manuel Perez-Quinones (University of North Carolina Charlotte). The panel will address how to improve diversity and inclusion in the Computer Science field. Panel Description: Many of us would agree […]

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. […]

The US and United Kingdom (UK) will collaborate on a series of innovation prize challenges to catalyze research and advancements related to privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs). These technologies give the user greater control over the data being processed to protect personal information and intellectual property. The aim of the prize challenge is to bring together the top minds in both countries to encourage and facilitate the adoption of PETs. As a large problem area and growing concern among scientists, both countries heavily invested in privacy-enhancing technologies over the past decade. PETs are already used to address a number of societal problems from Covid-19 contact tracing to protecting online banking transactions. This […]