In April 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) published a Request for Information (RFI) to inform the development of a roadmap for the recently established Technology, Innovations, and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate, and the Computing Research Association (CRA) submitted two responses. The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) and CRA’s Government Affairs Committee (GAC) submitted a joint response and CRA-Industry (CRA-I) submitted a separate response. The joint CCC/GAC response can be viewed here and the CRA-I response can be viewed here. We are interested in hearing your feedback on our RFI responses and your thoughts on TIP, in general. If you have any comments or feedback on these responses, please share them […]
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.
Reminder to Submit Feedback on the CRA’s Committee Responses to the NSF Request for Information on the new Technology, Innovations, and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate
August 17th, 2023 / in CCC, CRA-I, Government Affairs / by Catherine GillHow Smartphones and Watches are Revolutionizing Global Health
August 16th, 2023 / in Announcements, research horizons, Research News / by Maddy HunterPrevious CCC Council Member Shwetak Patel’s research was recently featured in a ZME Science article “Can we screen the world? How smartphones and watches are revolutionizing global health (and just getting started)”. A new frontier of personalized medicine has arrived with the help of smart technologies such as smartphones and watches. These technologies help doctors detect and as a result efficiently fix health conditions. Almost everyone has a smartphone, and these devices collect a lot of information about us: steps, sleep, heart rate, etc. Shwetak Patel, a researcher, is leading efforts to use smartphones and their sensors for health purposes. He believes smartphones can do a lot more in health […]
CCC’s Recent Responses to the Community Highlights
August 15th, 2023 / in Announcements / by Maddy HunterAn important role of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is responding to government requests for information. The CCC does this by recruiting various members of the computing research community to synthesis main points and incorporate a variety of opinions into a response. In the past couple of months alone, the CCC has responded to five requests. The responses are highlighted below: Response to the PCAST Working Group on Generative AI’s Request for Public Input In May 2023, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) published a Request for Public Input to help assess key opportunities and risks and provide input on how best to ensure that these GenAI technologies are […]
TIP Quarterly Update – One year anniversary of the CHIPS and Science Act getting signed into law
August 10th, 2023 / in Announcements / by Maddy HunterNSF Assistant Director of TIP, Erwin Gianchandani, and NSF Deputy Assistant Director for TIP Gracie Narcho wrote a letter to the community marking the one year anniversary of the authorization of TIP through the signing of the CHIPS and Science Act. The letter outline TIP’s recent accomplishments and steps taken to support the CHIPS and Science Act mission. Recently the CCC responded to TIP’s Request for Information on Developing a Roadmap for the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships at the National Science Foundation. You can read the response here. One year ago, President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, authorizing the establishment of the Directorate for […]
Call for Challenge Problems Requiring AI/OR Collaboration
August 8th, 2023 / in AI, Announcements, CCC, Uncategorized / by Catherine GillThe CCC, in collaboration with INFORMS and ACM SIGAI, will be hosting the final workshop of a three-part series titled, Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Operations Research (OR), in late February or early March 2024, to set a course for fundamental research that needs the partnership of both disciplines. Organized by Yu Ding (Georgia Institute of Technology), Pascal Van Hentenryck (Georgia Institute of Technology), Sven Koenig (University of Southern California), Ramayya Krishnan (Carnegie Mellon University), Radhika Kulkarni (INFORMS), and Phebe Vayanos (University of Southern California), the workshop will focus on drafting a strategic plan for increasing the AI/OR partnership and on outlining real-world opportunities for collaboration, based on discussions from the previous two […]
Generative AI Coast-to-Coast Webinar Series
August 7th, 2023 / in AI, Announcements / by Maddy HunterA number of institutions are coming together to discuss how researchers are using generative AI as a tool for research in The Generative AI Coast to Coast webinar series. Co-hosted by Johns Hopkins University; the Ohio State University; Rice University; the International Computer Science Institute, an Affiliated Institute of the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Michigan; and the University of Washington the webinars will bring feature speakers from peer institutions to discuss Generative AI in research with the larger goal of fostering a broad community of cross-institutional and interdisciplinary researchers, and building research ideas and collaboration. Each webinar will include extensive audience discussion time. Included in the line-up of speakers is CCC […]
