The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is very pleased to announce the release of the final report in the workshop series on enabling research collaborations between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Operations Research (OR) experts. This workshop series, first proposed in 2020, recognized the significant progress made in Artificial Intelligence research in recent years, especially in areas such as machine learning. However, it also noted the advances in optimization and decision-making made within AI, areas where the deep expertise of Operations Research is invaluable. Recognizing the complementary strengths of these two fields and the potential for significant societal impact through their synergy, the workshop series aimed to bridge this gap.   “From […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is pleased to announce an upcoming workshop focused on exploring the role of computing research in neural interfacing. This workshop, co-organized by Abhishek Bhattacharjee (Yale University), Raghavendra Pradyumna Pothukuchi (currently an Associate Research Scientist at Yale and incoming William R. Kennan Jr. Fellow Assistant Professor of CS at UNC Chapel Hill), and Nishal Shah (Rice University), with support from CCC Council member Weisong Shi (Alumni Distinguished Professor of CIS at University of Delaware) and Jojo Platt (Platt and Associates), will be held on April 22-23 in Washington, D.C. Understanding Neural Interfaces Neural interfaces are systems that create a direct communication link between the nervous system […]

Last week the CCC held a workshop on Supporting At-Risk Users Through Responsible Computing in Washington, DC. We brought together 49 experts from industry, academia, and civil society, to explore the specific challenges at-risk users face online, and how the research community can best support and protect these people.    The media often highlights certain groups of individuals who have a higher risk of experiencing technology-facilitated abuse than others, frequently publishing stories focusing on children and older adults. However, these groups only comprise a portion of at-risk online users. The organizers of this workshop strived to include researchers working with a broad range of at-risk populations to improve the understanding […]