In two weeks you are hosting 1,800 scientists, engineers, designers, and other experts at a five day conference but then the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suddenly encourages Americans to practice “social distancing” measures to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. What do you do? You move it online. That is what the IEEE VR conference chairs decided to do last month, led by Blair MacIntyre, a professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Interactive Computing and IEEE VR conference co-chair, and Kyle Johnsen, an associate professor in the University of Georgia’s College of Engineering, when they transitioned the IEEE VR 2020 Conference to an all-virtual event. Working non-stop […]
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.
Computing Researchers Respond to COVID-19: Running a Virtual Conference
April 2nd, 2020 / in Announcements, CCC, conferences, COVID, Healthcare, research horizons, Research News / by Helen Wright5G Security and Privacy – A Research Roadmap
April 1st, 2020 / in CCC-led white papers, Privacy, Security / by Khari DouglasThe Computing Community Consortium (CCC) has released a white paper titled 5G Security and Privacy – A Research Roadmap. The white paper, written by CCC Council Member Elisa Bertino (Purdue University) with Syed Rafiul Hussain (Purdue University) and Omar Chowdhury (University of Iowa), aims to stimulate conversation around a research roadmap for the security of 5G-related technologies. From the abstract: “Cellular networks represent a critical infrastructure and their security is thus crucial. 5G – the latest generation of cellular networks – combines different technologies to increase capacity, reduce latency, and save energy. Due to its complexity and scale, however, ensuring its security is extremely challenging. In this white paper, we outline recent approaches […]
CCC @ AAAS 2020 – New Approaches to Fairness in Automated Decision Making
March 31st, 2020 / in AAAS, AI / by Khari DouglasThe last decade has seen the increased use of machine learning and data science to make decisions—from figuring out which YouTube video to recommend to deciding whom to give a loan, automated decisions are now everywhere. However, as deployment of these decision-making systems has increased so too have concerns about the transparency of the component algorithms and the fairness of their outcomes. This topic was the subject of the New Approaches to Fairness in Automated Decision Making scientific session at the 2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual meeting in Seattle, Washington one month ago. The session was moderated by Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Director Ann Schwartz Drobnis and included: Sampath […]
Open Access to ACM Digital Library During Coronavirus Pandemic
March 31st, 2020 / in Announcements, pipeline, research horizons, Research News, resources / by Helen WrightBy Cherri Pancake, ACM President As the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic continues, we at ACM would like to do what we can to help support the computing community. Many computing researchers and practitioners are now working remotely. In addition, teaching and learning have also moved online as more and more campuses close. We believe that ACM can help support research, discovery and learning during this time of crisis by opening the ACM Digital Library to all. For the next three months, there will be no fees assessed for accessing or downloading work published by ACM. We hope this will help researchers, practitioners and students maintain access to our publications as well as increasing visibility […]
CCC Welcomes Maddy Hunter!
March 26th, 2020 / in Announcements, CCC / by Helen WrightThe Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is delighted to welcome Maddy Hunter! The Computing Research Association (CRA) recently hired Maddy as a Program Associate for the CCC subcommittee. In this role, she provides support for the CCC by handling administrative and logistical matters, such as planning for meetings, visioning workshops, outreach activities, and committee support. Maddy will also interact with key constituents, including members of the research community, and policymakers, to further enrich the awareness of CRA, its committees, its mission, and its services. “CCC is thrilled to have Maddy Hunter join us as a Program Associate. Her experience in management, logistics, and writing should further enhance CCC in its mission […]
NSF Announces New Expeditions in Computing Awards
March 25th, 2020 / in Announcements, NSF, research horizons, Research News / by Helen WrightThe National Science Foundation‘s Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) established the Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) program more than a decade ago “to build on past successes and provide the CISE research and education community with the opportunity to pursue ambitious, fundamental research agendas that promise to define the future of computing and information.” Funded at levels up to $15 million for seven years, “Expeditions projects represent some of the largest single investments currently made by the CISE directorate. Together with the Science and Technology Centers and the National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes that CISE supports, Expeditions projects form the centerpiece of the directorate’s center-scale award portfolio.” “For over 10 […]
