The following is a special contribution to the CCC blog by Peter Z. Revesz, 2012-14 AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of Defense. Do you want to have an impact in how Congress and Federal Agencies make laws and decisions regarding issues such as software patents, regulating the Internet, stem cell research, climate change, environmental pollution, STEM education, and funding basic research? Consider an AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship (http://fellowships.aaas.org) which provides you with an opportunity to learn and help influence federal government decision making and make a positive impact on science-related policy. Beginning with the 2014-15 fellowship year, AAAS will be offering new fellowships in […]

This week, ScienceCareers named “Three Can’t Miss Science Careers,”  and Ph.D. computer scientist was on the list along with geoscientist, and physician scientist. According to the article, “Despite frequently made claims in the national news media, and from university and industry officials, the job market for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics professionals as a whole is not booming. A decade of flat funding by federal agencies, declines in in-house research programs in industry, and an academic research culture that relies upon an ever-increasing number of trainees to execute research have flooded the market with highly trained scientists competing for few permanent positions that would utilize their skills. There are, however, […]

The National Robotics Initiative (NRI) Principal Investigator meeting showcased an amazing collection of new ideas and technologies developed by over 200 of the top researchers in the field Oct. 1-2 in Washington. The NRI program, which was the direct result of a Computing Community Consortium (CCC) roadmapping effort led by Henrik Christensen of Georgia Tech, is a broad multi-year, multi-agency initiative to develop “Collaborative Systems” that augment, assist, or amplify human capabilities in a wide range of areas. The technologies and applications covered were breathtaking in scope and frame interesting and compelling questions for Co-workers, Co-inhabitants, or Co-protectors; for example: How to combine automated observation with human sampling to produce […]

Today (October 9, 2013), The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for Chemistry to Martin Karplus of Harvard University and the Universite de Strasbourg, Michael Levitt of the Stanford University of Medicine, and Arieh Warshel of the University of Southern California.  The three devised methods which combined classical physics and quantum physics to more accurately model and understand chemical reactions. From the Academy announcement: Chemists used to create models of molecules using plastic balls and sticks. Today, the modelling is carried out in computers. In the 1970s, Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel laid the foundation for the powerful programs that are used to understand […]

Miriah Meyer was a Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Computing Innovation Fellow (CIFellow) from 2009 – 2011 at Harvard University.  Upon completion of her Fellowship, Miriah became a  USTAR assistant professor in the School of Computing at the University of Utah and a faculty member in the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute. Miriah has been selected for many accolades during her career, including being a TED Fellow, a Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship, and being included on MIT Technology Review’s list of the top young innovators and Fast Company’s list of the 100 most creative people. Most recently, Miriah was named a PopTech Science Fellow.  This is a unique leadership development opportunity designed to help high potential working scientists become more effective communicators, collaborators and […]

The following entry is a special contribution to this blog from John L. King, the W.W. Bishop Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan.  John was a council member of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) from 2007 – 2010 and on the Board of the Computing Research Association (CRA) from 2003 – 2005.   The Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) 2013 Summer Institute took place at the University of Maryland College Park, College of Information Studies from July 28-August 1.  It built on traditions established by the CSST (Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems) summer institutes and the Summer Social Webshops.  The focus was on bridging the “social” and […]