Melanie Mitchell, Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council member and Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, was recently featured in a Scientific American article, ‘The Computer Scientist Training AI to Think with Analogies’. The article focused on explaining the importance of getting Artificial Intelligence (AI) to recognize and use analogies and included an interview on the topic from Quanta. If and how AI can reach the same level of intelligence and independence as humans is an interdisciplinary problem that has plagued the field for many decades. Mitchell believes the key to success is getting these machines to think with analogies. The greatest advances in AI have focused on training to succeed […]
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.
Melanie Mitchell on the Importance of Training AI to Recognize Analogies
August 18th, 2021 / in AI, CCC, research horizons, Research News / by Maddy HunterUpcoming NSF CISE Deadlines
August 17th, 2021 / in Announcements, NSF / by Helen WrightThe National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate has some upcoming solicitation deadlines. Check them out! Center for Advancement and Synthesis of Open Environmental Data and Sciences Full Proposal Deadline Date: September 15, 2021 NSF seeks to establish a Center fueled by open and freely available biological and other environmental data to catalyze novel scientific questions in environmental biology through the use of data-intensive approaches, team science and research networks, and training in the accession, management, analysis, visualization, and synthesis of large data sets. The Center will provide a vision for speeding discovery through the increased use of large, publicly accessible datasets to address biological research questions through collaborations […]
Computing Research for the Climate Crisis
August 12th, 2021 / in Announcements, CCC, NSF, pipeline, research horizons, Research News / by Helen WrightEarlier this week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change, released their Climate Change 2021- The Physical Science Basis Report. The report is sobering. We know that human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented and sometimes irreversible ways, but this recent report warns of increasingly extreme heatwaves, droughts and flooding, and a key temperature limit being broken in just over a decade. It shows how catastrophic the outlook will be if we don’t act now. The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) has released a new whitepaper on Computing Research for the Climate Crisis, coauthored by Nadya […]
Open Searches for NSF CISE Division Directors
August 9th, 2021 / in Announcements, NSF, research horizons, Research News / by Helen WrightThe following is a letter to the community from Margaret Martonosi (Assistant Director) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE). Dear NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Community: NSF CISE has opened TWO Division Director searches, for the Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) and the Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS). Applications are due Oct 6, 2021, and the positions will start roughly June 2022 to allow transitional lead time. Here are the link to the postings: CCF Division Director Search https://usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/606590400 IIS Division Director Search https://usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/606590200 Additional information: Through IR/D, you can continue to conduct research and advise students. The position […]
Eleven New NSF National AI Research Institutes Announced Last Week
August 5th, 2021 / in Announcements, NSF / by Helen WrightLast week, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the establishment of 11 new NSF National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes, building on the first round of seven institutes funded in 2020. The combined investment of $220 million expands the reach of these institutes to include a total of 40 states and the District of Columbia. The new awards, each at about $20 million over five years, will support 11 institutes spanning seven research areas: Human-AI Interaction and Collaboration AI for Advances in Optimization AI and Advanced Cyberinfrastructure AI in Computer and Network Systems AI in Dynamic Systems AI-Augmented Learning AI-Driven Innovation in Agriculture and the Food System. Descriptions of the 11 […]
CISE Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program Webinar
August 3rd, 2021 / in Announcements, CRA, NSF / by Helen WrightNSF’s Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) is providing information on the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program solicitation NSF 19-582 via a webinar on August 6th, 2021 starting at 12:00 pm ET. The event page can be found by clicking here, which includes more information about the webinar and a list of clarifications for specifically REU Site proposals. The webinar will include a briefing on the CISE REU program and key solicitation requirements followed by a question-and-answer session. Prior to the webinar, you can submit questions to cise.reu@nsf.gov. Register in advance for this webinar, which will take place via Zoom here. After registering, a confirmation email will be sent […]
