Last month the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program commemorated their 30th Anniversary in Washington D.C. You can read the full event recap here. In an effort to highlight the impact federal investments have had on the computing research community, the event featured five panels in which participants discussed key achievements in the field over the past decade and future directions going forward. Each panel focused on an important subarea of computer research: Computing at Scale, Networking and Security, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Privacy and the Internet of Things and Socially Responsible Computing. Arguably one of the greatest areas of progress in computing research over the last […]
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.
NITRD’s 30th Anniversary Symposium Recap – Panel 3: AI/ML
June 21st, 2022 / in Announcements, CCC, NITRD, videos / by Catherine GillNITRD’s 30th Anniversary Symposium Recap – Panel 2: Networking and Security
June 16th, 2022 / in CCC, NITRD, videos / by Catherine GillLast month the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program commemorated their 30th Anniversary in Washington D.C. You can read the full event recap here. In an effort to highlight the impact federal investments have had on the computing research community, the event featured five panels in which participants discussed key achievements in the field over the past decade and future directions going forward. Each panel focused on an important subarea of computer research: Computing at Scale, Networking and Security, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Privacy and the Internet of Things and Socially Responsible Computing. Technological advancements are growing at an explosive rate around the world. As new technologies […]
CCC Council Member Melanie Mitchell Interviews with CNN and MSNBC to respond to claims about Google’s sentient AI
June 15th, 2022 / in AI, CCC / by Haley GriffinWhile many of the achievements of AI scientists, especially in the field of language dialogue application, seemed impossible 20 years ago, it isn’t unrealistic to think that AI can perform in ways only seen in movies. AI systems have or will soon have the capacity to execute human tasks like writing, driving, and analyzing data. AI systems are constantly looking and acting more human, so are they becoming human? According to the vast majority of AI scientists, the answer is no. However, Google engineer Blake Lemoine has made headlines in recent days by insisting that LaMDA, short for Language Model for Dialogue Applications, is sentient. Lemoine goes as far as […]
NITRD’s 30th Anniversary Symposium Recap – Panel 1: Computing at Scale
June 14th, 2022 / in Announcements, CCC, NITRD, videos / by Catherine GillLast month the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program commemorated their 30th Anniversary in Washington D.C. You can read the full event recap here. In an effort to highlight the impact federal investments have had on the computing research community, the event featured five panels in which participants discussed key achievements in the field over the past decade and future directions going forward. Each panel focused on an important subarea of computer research: Computing at Scale, Networking and Security, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Privacy and the Internet of Things and Socially Responsible Computing. This post is the first in a series highlighting the panels from that day, […]
CCC Announces New Council Members
June 13th, 2022 / in Announcements, CCC / by Haley GriffinThe Computing Research Association (CRA), in consultation with the National Science Foundation (NSF), has appointed six new members to the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council: Randal Burns, Johns Hopkins University David Jensen, University of Massachusetts Amherst Rada Mihalcea, University of Michigan Raj Rajaraman, Northeastern University Matthew Turk, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago Pam Wisniewski, Vanderbilt University Beginning July 1, the new members will each serve three-year terms. The CCC Council is comprised of 20 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. […]
NITRD 30th Anniversary Symposium Recap
June 8th, 2022 / in Announcements, NITRD / by Maddy HunterThe NITRD 30th Anniversary Symposium was held in Washington D.C. at the National Spy Museum. The event provided an opportunity for the computing research community to come together and celebrate the impact that federal funding has had on computing technologies, innovations and the world at large. The day featured insightful remarks from key leaders in the community including Alondra Nelson (Deputy Assistant to the President Deputy Director for Science and Society White House Office of Science and Technology Policy), Barbara McQuiston (Director of Defense Research and Engineering for Research and Technology in the Department of Defense), Kamie Roberts (Director of the National Coordination Office for the Networking and Information Technology […]
