I recently linked my child’s smart robot toy to the Internet. Did I feel a little strange about it? Yes. But was giving the robot the ability to play “Baby Shark” and dance to it while making my child laugh, worth it the risk? Yes, I thought, until I saw this… Recently, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released an informational report called Considerations for Managing Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks (NISTIR 8228). This is the first in a planned series of documents NIST is developing to help IoT users protect themselves, their data and their networks from potential compromise. Developed by the NIST Cybersecurity for IoT […]
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.
New NIST Report on Consideration for Managing Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks
July 3rd, 2019 / in Announcements, policy, resources, workshop reports / by Helen WrightKhari Douglas is now Senior Program Associate for Engagement!
July 2nd, 2019 / in Announcements, CCC / by Helen WrightKhari Douglas, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Program Associate, was recently promoted to Senior Program Associate! Khari has worked on a number of projects while at CCC, including organizing and running visioning workshops, helping to write and edit workshop reports, co-sponsoring the Manoa Mini-Symposium on Physics of Adaptive Computation at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in January 2019, and creating, producing, and hosting a bimonthly podcast called Catalyzing Computing. Khari’s new role will focus on engagement. He will be responsible for interacting with the community and supporting council members to enable more bidirectional engagement, primarily through visits with the broader community and ensuring participation at regular CCC activities. He will continue […]
CCC Welcomes New Council Members!
July 1st, 2019 / in Announcements, CCC / by Helen WrightToday, July 1st, is the start of a new term at CCC! The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Chair Mark Hill and Vice Chair Liz Bradley are staying in their respective roles for another year. They look forward to continuing the ongoing work, such as the AI Roadmap and the report on Evolving Academia / Industry Relations in Computing Research. Seven new CCC Council members have joined us for the start of their three year terms: Sujata Banerjee (VMware), Elisa Bertino (Purdue University), Tom Conte (Georgia Tech), Maria Gini (University of Minnesota), Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan), Melanie Mitchell (Portland State University), and Katie Siek (Indiana University). The CCC and CRA thank those council members whose terms ended […]
NYT: Stanford Team Aims at Alexa and Siri With a Privacy-Minded Alternative
June 27th, 2019 / in AI, Announcements, CCC, research horizons, Research News / by Helen WrightContributions to this post were provided by Monica Lam and Jen King from Stanford University. The New York Times recently published an article titled Stanford Team Aims at Alexa and Siri With a Privacy-Minded Alternative. Professor Monica Lam and her students, Giovanni Campagna, Silei Xu, Michael Fischer, and Mehrad Moradshahi, have developed a virtual assistant called Almond that can avoid surrendering personal information to a centralized service and encourage open competition among companies. She is joined by Stanford computer science researchers Michael Bernstein, Dan Boneh, Jen King, James Landay, Chris Manning, and David Mazières, Chris Re in a newly funded NSF research grant to expand the capabilities and privacy protection […]
CCC Past Chair Beth Mynatt is featured in National Geographic for her work on health informatics and assistive technology!
June 26th, 2019 / in Announcements, CCC, research horizons, Research News / by Helen WrightThe population in this country is getting older, and yet, these aging individuals expect their homes to keep up with their changing needs. This so called “Aging in Place” is becoming more and more common. Researchers, like Computing Community Consortium (CCC) past chair Beth Mynatt, Regents’ Professor and Executive Director of the Institute for People and Technology at Georgia Tech, are working to develop assistive technologies to help these individuals continue to enjoy their home and live well. Beth’s work is highlighted in the July 2019 National Geographic Magazine. Here is a snippet from the feature: “Like other computer scientists, Elizabeth Mynatt uses cutting-edge tech. What sets her apart is her holistic, […]
CS for Social Good White Paper Competition
June 25th, 2019 / in AI, Announcements, CCC / by Helen WrightThe Computing Community Consortium (CCC), in conjunction with Schmidt Futures, will sponsor and administer a white paper competition on the future of “CS for Social Good,” in order to harness CS to address societal challenges such as: Accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy; Reducing the inter-generational transmission of poverty; Feeding 10 billion people while reducing the environmental footprint of agriculture; Reducing the time and cost for a low-income worker to gain a skill that is a ticket to the middle class; Using data to support evidence-based policy while protecting privacy and security; Reducing health care costs while maintaining or improving health outcomes; and Improving K-12 student learning outcomes in core academic subjects […]
