The following blog was originally posted on the CRA Bulletin. The National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) directorate just announced a new newsletter that will share “periodic updates about CISE and NSF broadly, including up-to-date information about [their] newest programs and activities.” The first newsletter released today highlights three recent major activities that the Computing Research Association (CRA) and its committees were heavily involved in. CRA’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC) led a year-long community effort to generate an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Roadmap. The resulting report, A 20-Year Community Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence Research in the US, led to the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes. This program is a joint government effort between the NSF, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Food and […]
Computing Community Consortium Blog
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.
CCC Quadrennial Papers: Broad Computer Science
November 6th, 2020 / in CCC, CCC-led white papers, CRA, research horizons, Research News / by Maddy HunterAs part of the rollout of the 2020 Computing Research Association’s (CRA) Quadrennial Papers, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is pleased to publish the second group of papers around “Broad Computer Science,” including papers on pandemic informatics, infrastructure for AI, High Performance Computing (HPC) and Quantum, robotics in the workforce and a new research ecosystem for secure computing. The Quadrennial Papers are intended to help inform the computing research community and those who craft science policy about opportunities in computing research to help address national priorities. As part of CCC’s contribution, in addition to the theme of Core Computer Science from last week, two more sets of Quadrennial Papers organized […]
Blue Sky at AAAI HCOMP 2020
November 5th, 2020 / in Blue Sky, CCC / by Helen WrightThe Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently sponsored a Blue Sky Ideas Conference Track at the AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing (HCOMP 2020), October 25-29th, 2020, online. The emphasis of this track was on visionary ideas, long term challenges, and opportunities in research that are outside of the current mainstream topics of the field. First Place- “Using Human Cognitive Limitations to Enable New Systems“ Vincent Conitzer Second Place “Group-Assign: Type Theoretic Framework for Human AI Orchestration“ Aik Beng Ng, Zhangsheng Lai, Simon See, Shaowei Lin CCC provides travel awards to the winners. We encourage you to apply for a Blue Sky Ideas track at your conference! Requests need only include a brief description of […]
CCC Council Member William Gropp voted IEEE CS 2022 President
November 3rd, 2020 / in Announcements, CCC, computer history, research horizons, Research News / by Helen WrightComputing Community Consortium (CCC) Council member William “Bill” Gropp has been voted IEEE Computer Society 2021 president-elect and will serve as president in 2022! The IEEE Computer Society is the world’s home for computer science, engineering, and technology. A global leader in providing access to computer science research, analysis, and information, the IEEE Computer Society offers a comprehensive array of unmatched products, services, and opportunities for individuals at all stages of their professional career. Gropp is the director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and the Thomas M. Siebel Chair in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Read the full news release from the society. Congrats, Bill!
Catalyzing Computing Podcast Episode 30 – Open-Source Exhibitions with Andreas Matt
November 2nd, 2020 / in podcast / by Khari DouglasA new episode of the Computing Community Consortium‘s (CCC) podcast, Catalyzing Computing, is now available. This episode of the podcast is taken from a video interview with Andreas Matt, co-founder and CEO of IMAGINARY, a non-profit organization for the communication of modern mathematics. this interview was recorded as part of traversing separation with the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation, a non-profit which was stablished in 2013 to foster mathematics and computer science. The foundation organizes the annual Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), a networking conference where 200 outstanding young researchers in mathematics and computer science interact with the recipients of the most renowned prizes in the field. In this episode, Andreas Matt discusses IMAGINARY […]
CCC Quadrennial Papers: Core Computer Science
October 29th, 2020 / in Announcements, CCC, CCC-led white papers, CRA, research horizons, Research News / by Maddy HunterAs part of the rollout of the 2020 CRA Quadrennial Papers, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is pleased to publish the first four papers around the “Core Computer Science” theme, including papers on post quantum cryptography, the foundations of our algorithmic world, opportunities with next generation wireless technologies and computing challenges in the post-Moore’s Law world. The Quadrennial Papers are intended to help inform the computing research community and those who craft science policy about opportunities in computing research to help address national priorities. As part of CCC’s contribution, in addition to the theme of Core Computer Science, we will be releasing three additional sets of Quadrennial Papers over the […]
