The Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) recently announced the start of the application period to attend the 8th annual HLF, which will take place September 20–25, 2020 in Heidelberg, Germany. Organized by the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation and Klaus Tschira Stiftung, HLF brings together laureates in compute science and mathematics with young researchers in the fields in “a one-week event combining scientific, social and outreach activities. The recipients of the most prestigious awards in mathematics and computer science, the Abel Prize, ACM A.M. Turing Award, ACM Prize in Computing, Fields Medal and the Nevanlinna Prize are invited to participate in the Forum. They will give lectures on subjects of their choosing which […]
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.
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December 9th, 2019 / in Announcements, conferences, pipeline / by Khari DouglasGreat Innovative Idea: Datasets First! A Bottom-up Data Linking Paradigm
December 5th, 2019 / in Great Innovative Idea, research horizons, Research News / by Helen WrightThe following great innovative idea is from Konstantin Todorov from the University of Montpellier and a researcher at the LIRMM laboratory within the FADO group. Todorov was one of the Blue Sky Awards at ISWC 2019 for his paper called Datasets First! A Bottom-up Data Linking Paradigm. The Idea Data linking is understood as the task of establishing typed links between entities across different knowledge graphs via the help of automatic link discovery systems. We argue that the current generic approach to develop data linking solutions has reached its limits and suggest that a paradigm shift in the way we look onto this task needs to take place. We propose to enable the development of data-centric approaches for bottom-up […]
Call for Proposals: Creating Visions for Computing Research
December 3rd, 2019 / in Announcements, CCC / by Helen WrightThe mission of Computing Research Association’s (CRA) Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to catalyze the computing research community and enable the pursuit of innovative, high-impact research. CCC conducts activities that strengthen the research community, articulate compelling research visions and align those visions with pressing national and global challenges. CCC communicates the importance of those visions to policymakers, government and industry stakeholders, the public, and the research community itself. In accordance with the mission, CCC is issuing a new call for proposals for activities that will catalyze and enable innovative research at the frontiers of computing. This guide shares further insight about the visioning process, from idea conception through program formation. It includes suggested activities, sample wording, and a […]
Congratulations to the 2020 IEEE Newly Elevated Fellows!
December 3rd, 2019 / in Announcements, research horizons, Research News / by Helen WrightThe Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has released its 2020 list of newly elevated fellows. The IEEE Grade of Fellow is given to a IEEE member with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest by the Board of Directors. This year’s list features a number of impressive computer scientists, including Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council member Ian Foster (Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago), “for contributions to grid computing and data transport infrastructures.” Ian has been on the CCC Council since 2018 and is a member of the Systems and Architecture Task Force. Congratulations to all the recipients for their accomplishments, including CRA Board Members Mary Hall […]
NSF Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes
December 2nd, 2019 / in Announcements, NSF, research horizons, Research News, robotics / by Helen WrightThe National Science Foundation (NSF) just posted a number of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes: Accelerating Research, Transforming Society, and Growing the American Workforce Solicitation (NSF 20-503). The National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes program anticipates approximately $120 million in grants next year to fund eight planning grants and up to six research institutes in order to advance AI research and create national nexus points for universities, federal agencies, industries, and nonprofits. Earlier this year, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) released their completed AI Roadmap, titled A 20-Year Community Roadmap for AI Research in the US. An HTML version is available here. This roadmap, led by Yolanda Gil (University […]
2019 AAAS Fellows Announced
November 27th, 2019 / in AAAS, Announcements, Research News / by Helen WrightThe American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) just announced its 2019 Fellows! Fellows are elected each year by their peers serving on the Council of AAAS, the organization’s member-run governing body. The honor recognizes diverse accomplishments, including pioneering research, leadership within a given field, teaching and mentoring, fostering collaborations and advancing public understanding of science. Among the 2019 Fellows is Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council Member Odest Chadwicke (Chad) Jenkins (University of Michigan), “for distinguished contributions to the field of robotics and artificial intelligence, particularly for robot learning from human demonstration, cloud robotics, and broadening participation in computing.” Chad joined the CCC this year and is a member […]
