The Computing Research Association (CRA), in consultation with the National Science Foundation (NSF), has appointed five new members to the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council: Kevin Butler, University of Florida Daniel Rockmore, Dartmouth College Julie Shah, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michela Taufer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Adam Wierman, California Institute of Technology Beginning July 1, the new members will each serve three-year terms. The CCC Council is composed of 23 members who have expertise in diverse areas of computing. They are instrumental in leading CCC’s visioning programs, which help catalyze and enable ideas for future computing research. Members serve staggered three-year terms that rotate every July. The CCC and CRA […]
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.
Former CCC Council Member, Kevin Fu, Appointed to White House PCAST Working Group
May 30th, 2023 / in Announcements, CCC / by Maddy HunterThe President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) recently created a working group on physical resilience. The working group is made up of cyber-security experts from across academia, government and industry with the intent to identify research areas and possible solutions, as well as, advance current approaches to bolstering cyber-physical resilience. Among the new working group members is former Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council Member Kevin Fu. Kevin Fu is a Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering and the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. Fu served on the CCC Council from 2015-2019. During his time at the CCC, Kevin was […]
Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Steps to Advance Responsible Artificial Intelligence Research, Development, and Deployment
May 25th, 2023 / in AI, Announcements / by Maddy HunterThe Biden-Harris Administration is continuing their recent efforts to advance the research, development, and deployment of responsible AI. With the rise of AI and its increasing capabilities these initiatives are meant to protect American citizens’ rights and safety. Last week the CCC blog highlighted responsible AI efforts from the White House. Yesterday the White House announced three more initiatives summarized below. An update to the National AI Research and Development Strategic Plan. This plan builds on plans issued in 2016 and 2019, and sets out key priorities and research goals to guide federal investments in AI research and development (R&D). It will focus federal investments in R&D to promote responsible […]
Call for Nominations: CRA/CCC Leadership in Science Policy Institute – Nov 16-17, 2023
May 24th, 2023 / in Uncategorized / by Maddy HunterOriginally posted to the CRA Bulletin As part of its mission to develop the next generation of leaders in the computing research community, the Computing Research Association’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC) announces the sixth offering of the CRA-CCC Leadership in Science Policy Institute (LiSPI), intended to educate computing researchers on how science policy in the U.S. is formulated and how our government works. We seek nominations for participants. LiSPI will be centered around a two-day workshop to be held November 16-17th, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Full details of LiSPI are available here) LiSPI will feature presentations and discussions with science policy experts, current and former Hill staff, and relevant agency and Administration personnel about the […]
Dear Colleague Letter: Clean Energy Technology RAISE or EAGER Proposals
May 18th, 2023 / in Announcements, climate / by Maddy HunterThe following is a joint Dear Colleague Letter from eight Assistant Directors at the National Science Foundation – Susan S. Margulies (Directorate for Engineering), Sean L. Jones (Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences), Simon Malcomber (Directorate for Biological Sciences), Margaret Martonosi (Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering), Alexandra R. Isern (Directorate for Geosciences), Sylvia M. Butterfield (Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences), James L. Moore III (Directorate for STEM Education) and Erwin Gianchandani (Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships). With this DCL, the National Science Foundation (NSF) invites interdisciplinary groups of Principal Investigators (PIs) to develop potentially transformative, convergent, fundamental research proposals in the area of clean energy […]
The Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Promote Responsible AI Innovation that Protects Americans’ Rights and Safety
May 16th, 2023 / in AI / by Maddy HunterThe development and implementation of responsible artificial intelligence systems has come to the forefront of conversations and concerns in government, industry and academia. Last week the Biden-Harris Administration introduced new actions to advance responsible AI. The actions include: New investments to power responsible American AI research and development (R&D). The National Science Foundation is announcing $140 million in funding to launch seven new National AI Research Institutes. This investment will bring the total number of Institutes to 25 across the country, and extend the network of organizations involved into nearly every state. These Institutes catalyze collaborative efforts across institutions of higher education, federal agencies, industry, and others to pursue transformative AI […]
