Back in 2001, two computer scientists named Paul Viola and Michael Jones came up with a face detection algorithm called Detector Cascade. The algorithm was so simple and fast that it was built into many commercial products such as smartphones and digital cameras. We became very used to seeing that little box pop up around a person’s face when trying to take a picture. However, there were some problems with the algorithm. It was 2001 after all. The Detector Cascade could only detect a face if a person was facing the camera head-on. At any other angle, including upside down, we were out of luck. That is, until recently. Sachin […]
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.
NSF CISE Distinguished Lecture –The Future of Computing-Mediated Research and Innovation
March 16th, 2015 / in Announcements, NSF, Research News / by Helen WrightThe National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) is pleased to announce a Distinguished Lecture on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 1:30 pm (ET) by Dr. Daniel Reed titled The Future of Computing-Mediated Research and Innovation. Dr. Reed is Vice President for Research and Economic Development, as well as University Chair in Computational Science and Bioinformatics and Professor of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Medicine, at the University of Iowa. Previously he served as a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) and was a former Computing Research Association (CRA) Board of Directors Chair. Abstract In science and engineering, a tsunami of new experimental […]
WATCH Talk- Cybersecurity and Privacy: Complementary– Not Mutually Exclusive– Concepts
March 12th, 2015 / in Announcements, NSF, policy, research horizons, Research News / by Helen WrightThe next WATCH Talk is Thursday, March 19, 12:00-1:00PM EDT. Mary Ellen Callahan, will discuss Cybersecurity and Privacy: Complementary– Not Mutually Exclusive– Concepts. Mary Ellen Callahan, Chair of Jenner & Block’s Privacy and Information Governance Practice, has unique and broad experience advising clients at the interface of privacy protection with cybersecurity and national security. A nationally recognized privacy attorney, she served as Chief Privacy Officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from 2009 until August 2012. She is a prolific writer and speaker on cutting-edge commercial privacy issues. Abstract Cybersecurity information sharing is vital to protect the private and public sector assets. With that said, privacy protections must […]
You’d have to be irrational to not celebrate Pi Day at NIH!
March 11th, 2015 / in Announcements, pipeline, policy, Research News / by Helen WrightDue the advancement in computer science, π (Pi) has now been calculated to over one trillion digits past its decimal. Only 39 digits past the decimal are needed to accurately calculate the spherical volume of our entire universe, but because of Pi’s infinite & patternless nature it is fun to computationally calculate more and more digits. Plus, it give us a reason to celebrate March 14th or 3.14 with a delicious pie! The National Institute of Health (NIH) is holding a Pi Day Celebration on the NIH main campus (Building 35/Porter, basement rooms 620/630) on Pi Day Eve, March 13, 2015. The day will be packed full of events, including a keynote […]
NIH-led Effort Launches Big Data Portal for Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery
March 10th, 2015 / in big science, policy, research horizons, Research News / by Helen WrightThe National Institute of Health (NIH) is determined to reduce the cost and time it takes to discover viable therapeutic targets, which drive the changes in the molecular networks leading to the signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. NIH is leading the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and various other industry and academic scientists in a public-private partnership effort to create a Big Data portal for Alzheimer’s drug discovery. This Accelerating Medicine Partnership for Alzheimer’s disease (AMP-AD) Knowledge Portal is public so it will enable sharing, transparency, reproducibility, and analysis of large biomedical datasets. The hope is that it will shorten the time between discovery of potential drug targets to development […]
