The South Big Data (BD) Hub is proud to present a monthly series on emerging data science challenges, featuring researchers, innovators, and industry from the South Hub. One area of emphasis for the South BD Hub, among others, is health analytics. This month’s webcast roundtable on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at Noon-1:30PM EST will explore translational data analytics for environmental health and what the application of sensors and cloud computing can do to address health disparities in the Southern United States. Speakers include Ayaz Hyder and Andy May from Ohio State University, and David Peden from UNC Chapel Hill. The roundtable will be moderated by Ashok Krishnamurthy from UNC Chapel Hill. To attend in person, please RSVP to subers@renci.org. UNC Renaissance […]
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.
South Big Data Hub Roundtable- Translational Data Analytics for Environmental Health: Sensors, Cloud Computing, and Patients
January 5th, 2017 / in Announcements, CCC, research horizons, Research News / by Helen WrightGreat Innovative Idea- BigGIS: A Continuous Refinement Approach to Master Heterogeneity and Uncertainty in Spatio-Temporal Big Data
January 4th, 2017 / in CCC, Great Innovative Idea / by Helen WrightThe following Great Innovative Idea is from Patrick Wiener from Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences. Wiener along with his coauthors Manuel Stein and Daniel Seebacher from University of Konstanz, Julian Bruns, Matthias T. Frank, Viliam Simko, and Stefan Zander from FZI Research Center for Information Technology, and Jens Nimis from Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences were among the winners at the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) sponsored Blue Sky Ideas Track Competition at the ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems 2016 (SIGSPATIAL 2016) in San Francisco, CA. Their winning paper is called BigGIS: A Continuous Refinement Approach to Master Heterogeneity and Uncertainty in Spatio-Temporal Big Data. The Innovative Idea Geographic information systems (GIS) are important for […]
2016 Robotics Roadmap and the National Robotics Initiative 2.0
January 3rd, 2017 / in Announcements, robotics / by Khari DouglasThe following is a blog post by Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council Member and contributor to the Robotics Roadmaps Maja Matarić. In 2009, the CCC published a report, A Roadmap for US Robotics, From Internet to Robotics (a.k.a. the Robotics Roadmap), which explored the capacity of robotics to act as a key economic enabler, specifically in the areas of manufacturing, healthcare, and the service industry, 5, 10, and 15 years into the future. An updated version of the Robotics Roadmap was released in November 2016; it expands on the topics discussed in the 2009 roadmap and addresses the areas of public safety, earth science, and workforce development. It also emphasizes robotics […]
White House Report on AI, Automation, and the Economy
December 21st, 2016 / in Announcements, CCC, research horizons, Research News / by Helen WrightThe following is a blog post by Computing Community Consortium (CCC) AI Task Force Co-Chair Gregory D. Hager, Mandell Bellmore Professor of Computer Science at The Johns Hopkins University and CCC Director Ann Drobnis. The past year has seen an incredible amount of ink spilled on a singular topic: what does the future of AI portend for the nation and the world? Will AI technologies enhance productivity and quality of life, or will it disrupt labor markets and accelerate growth in income disparity and wealth concentration? Will AI research be used for the common good, or will it be “bought up” by the private sector and exploited for commercial gain? Is this […]
NSF DCL: The Outcome of the Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Positioning Review
December 19th, 2016 / in Announcements, NSF, Research News / by Helen WrightThe following is a Dear Colleague Letter from the National Science Foundation‘s Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), regarding the outcome of the Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (ACI) positioning review. Dear Colleagues, As you may recall, in 2013, the Office of Cyberinfrastructure (OCI), which was then part of the NSF Office of the Director, was re-aligned into the CISE directorate as the Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (ACI). That realignment did not change the mission of OCI/ACI; ACI has continued to support and coordinate the development, acquisition, and provision of state-of-the-art cyberinfrastructure resources, tools, and services essential to the advancement and transformation of science and engineering, along with forward-looking […]
New Report Recommends Research Agenda for Effective Science Communication
December 15th, 2016 / in Uncategorized / by Helen WrightThe following is a press release from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine about a recent report that recommends a new research agenda for effective science communication. A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine highlights the complexity of communicating about science effectively, especially when dealing with contentious issues, and proposes a research agenda to help science communicators and researchers identify effective methods. The most widely held model of what audiences need from science communication — known as the “deficit model,” which focuses on simply conveying more information — is wrong, the report says. A major research effort is needed to understand the complex factors […]
