The Computing Research Association (CRA) is seeking high-achieving applicants for the position of Director of Research Community Initiatives.  This role is responsible for managing the internal Computing Community Consortium (CCC) staff and working closely with the CCC Council of 24 computing community members in their pursuit of high-impact research through visioning workshops, white papers, and symposiums.  “If you’re a member of the computing research community and are looking for an opportunity that’ll have a significant positive impact, this may be the role for you,” said Tracy Camp, Executive Director and CEO of CRA. “Through convening and collaborating, this position is at the center of articulating and advancing visions for the […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently sponsored a Blue Sky Ideas Conference Track at the 2023 ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI’23). The conference was held in Paris, France on on October 9-13th. 1st Place: “From Natural to Non-Natural Interaction: Embracing Interaction Design Beyond the Accepted Convention of Natural” by Radu-Daniel Vatavu: MintViz Lab, MANSiD Research Center, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava 2nd Place: “A New Theory of Data Processing: Applying Artificial Intelligence to Cognition and Humanity” by Jingwei Liu: University of California San Diego 3rd Place: “Towards Adaptive User-centered Neuro-symbolic Learning for Multimodal Interaction with Autonomous Systems” by Amr Gomaa: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Saarland Informatics Campus and Michael Feld: German […]

On October 31st, 2023 from 2-3:30 PM ET the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) is hosting a webinar AI for Humanity. Led by AFOSR program officer for the Science of Information, Computation, Learning, and Fusion, Doug Riecken the webinar will feature a lively discussion with A.I. leaders: Carla Gomes, Eric Horvitz, Kimberly Sablon, Steven “Cap” Rogers, Tom Mitchell, and Yann LeCun as they discuss AI for Humanity. Register here! Agenda INTRO SECTION 2:00-2:05 EDT Welcome from AFOSR Dr. William Roach, AFRL/AFOSR 2:05-2:08 EDT Outlining Goals Doug Riecken, AFRL/AFOSR THINKER/SPEAKER SECTION 2:08-3:15 ET   Remarks and Panel Discussion Each speaker will present their question(s) and a couple of comments […]

Last year, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) set out to create four new algorithms capable of withstanding an attack by quantum computers. Last month, NIST released draft standards for three new algorithms, with a fourth planned to be released in about a year. CRYSTALS-Kyber, designed for general encryption purposes such as creating secure websites, is covered in FIPS 203. CRYSTALS-Dilithium, designed to protect the digital signatures we use when signing documents remotely, is covered in FIPS 204. SPHINCS+, also designed for digital signatures, is covered in FIPS 205. FALCON, also designed for digital signatures, is slated to receive its own draft FIPS in 2024. This has been the part of a multi-year […]

The CCC, in collaboration with INFORMS and ACM SIGAI, will be hosting the final workshop of a three-part series titled, Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Operations Research (OR), in late February or early March 2024, to set a course for fundamental research that needs the partnership of both disciplines. Organized by Yu Ding (Georgia Institute of Technology), Pascal Van Hentenryck (Georgia Institute of Technology), Sven Koenig (University of Southern California), Ramayya Krishnan (Carnegie Mellon University), Radhika Kulkarni (INFORMS), and Phebe Vayanos (University of Southern California), the workshop will focus on drafting a strategic plan for increasing the AI/OR partnership and on outlining real-world opportunities for collaboration, based on discussions from the previous two […]

Dr. Nadya T. Bliss, CCC Council Vice Chair and Executive Director of the Global Security Initiative (GSI) at Arizona State University (ASU), was just recognized as a Top 50 Women Leaders of Arizona for 2023 by Women We Admire. In her current position at ASU Dr. Bliss leads research, education, and programming for national and global security. Additionally, she currently holds a Professor of Practice appointment at the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence and is a Senior Global Futures Scientist at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory. With over 20 years of leadership experience in science, technology, defense, security, and higher education, Bliss has a deep understanding of […]