The following is a joint Dear Colleague Letter from three Assistant Directors at the National Science Foundation – Sylvia Butterfield (EHR), Kellina Craig-Henderson (SBE) and Margaret Martonosi (CISE). The letter calls for high-impact proposals in the information integrity and security space. Dear Colleagues: One of the biggest challenges we face in society today is ensuring that the information that we depend on in almost every facet of our lives is accurate and trustworthy. Although information manipulated for political, ideological, or commercial gain is not new, the dissemination of inaccurate information at unprecedented speed and scale in the modern digital landscape is a new phenomenon with potential for vast harm. There […]
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.
Dear Colleague Letter: Inviting Proposals Related to Information Integrity to the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Program
February 28th, 2022 / in Announcements, NSF, Security / by Maddy HunterCIFellow Spotlight – SHIELD: Secure Hardware for IoT using Emerging-devices against side-channeL Deep-learning attacks
February 25th, 2022 / in CCC, CIFellows, CIFellows Spotlight, research horizons, Security, Uncategorized / by Maddy HunterSoheil Salehi began his CIFellowship in September 2020 after receiving her PhD from University of Central Florida in May 2020. Soheil is at University of California Davis working with Houman Homayoun, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of California Davis. The remainder of this post is written by Soheil Salehi Current Project My research focus is on applications of AI in secure Internet of Things (IoT) sensing and computing hardware. Currently, I am leading several projects on the topic of AI-enabled security for the IoT supply chain, which takes on a ground-up approach to ensure the reliability, security, and energy efficiency of the IoT hardware. Within this […]
CCC Welcomes Program Associate Catherine Gill!
February 23rd, 2022 / in Announcements, CCC, CRA / by Maddy HunterWe are excited to welcome Catherine (Cat) Gill as a new Program Associate for the Computing Research Association’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC) subcommittee. In her role, she will assist CCC staff with administrative tasks and logistical matters, such as organizing and coordinating workshops and research efforts. Most recently, she worked as an office manager for Hanover Research organized employee events and office communications. “CCC eagerly welcomes Catherine (Cat) Gill as a new Program Associate. Her organizational experience, including communications and logistics, will help amplify the efforts of CCC leader and volunteers to further our goals of catalyzing high-impact computing research within the community.” – Dan Lopresti, CCC Vice Chair Originally from […]
NSF Seeks Active U.S. PIs to Participate in their Building Collaborations: U.S. – India Workshop
February 21st, 2022 / in Announcements, NSF, resources / by Maddy HunterThe National Science Foundation (NSF) is calling for U.S. PIs with an active NSF award to apply for their Building Collaborations: U.S. – India Workshop. To be held virtually on March 15th and March 22nd from 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM US Eastern Time, the workshop seeks to support research collaborations via a joint U.S.-India funding opportunity. Applications are being accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis through March 1, 2022. The joint funding opportunity is supported by nine programs in the NSF’s Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and Directorate for Engineering (ENG) and six Indian Technology Innovation Hubs (TIHs) to provide supplemental funding for collaborative projects in […]
CCC Welcomes New Program Associate Haley Griffin
February 17th, 2022 / in Announcements, CCC / by Maddy HunterThe CCC is thrilled to welcome Haley Griffin to the team! The Computing Research Association recently hired Haley as a Program Associate for the CCC subcommittee. In this role, she will support the CCC mission through facilitating workshops, completing administrative tasks, and assisting with communications deliverables. “CCC is delighted to have Haley Griffin join us as a Program Associate. Her energy, her writing skills, and her work experience in nonprofit organizations will be assets to CCC in its mission to catalyze the computing research community and enable the pursuit of innovative, high-impact research.” -Liz Bradley, CCC Chair Previously she worked for AmeriCorps as a Literacy Coordinator where she helped students […]
OSTP’s Continuing Work on AI Technology and Uses that Can Benefit Us All
February 15th, 2022 / in AI, policy, research horizons / by Maddy HunterThis blog was originally posted by Lynne Parker, Director, National AI Initiative Office, and Rashida Richardson, Senior Policy Advisor for Data and Democracy on the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) blog. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming more prevalent in all of our lives. It powers all kinds of tools, from the digital assistants that answer questions on your phone, to breakthroughs in reading X-rays to better spot cancers. The so-called “intelligence” is the result of powerful computers sorting through mountains of data to find patterns, using algorithms designed and optimized by computer scientists. Like all technology, AI is far from perfect. As we have started using AI for […]
