The following is a letter to the community from Margaret Martonosi (Assistant Director) and JD Kundu (Deputy Assistant Director) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE). Dear NSF CISE Community, The National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is an important but, from our experience, an often overlooked funding opportunity for the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) community. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported areas who are pursuing full-time, research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions. As the deadline of October 19, 2021, approaches for applicants who fall within CISE fields of study, we want to be sure you all […]
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.
Upcoming Oct 19 deadline for NSF Graduate Research Fellowships: Applicants and Reviewers encouraged
September 15th, 2021 / in Announcements, NSF, pipeline, research horizons, Research News / by Helen WrightMarconi Society Webinar “The Issues That Keep Us Up at Night” Wednesday, 9/15 at 11AM ET
September 13th, 2021 / in Announcements, research horizons, Research News, Uncategorized / by Helen WrightThe Marconi Society, a nonprofit chaired by Vint Cerf and dedicated to bridging the digital divide, is offering a complimentary webinar called The Issues That Keep Us Up at Night, which will take place on September 15 at 11 a.m. ET. Moderated by luminary Sir David Payne, panelists Vint Cerf (Google), Jane Coffin (ISOC), Joseph Kakande (Facebook), Muriel Médard (MIT) and Colin Rhinesmith (Benton Institute for Broadband and Society) will kick off an ongoing discussion of the digital inclusion challenges facing policymakers, technologists, and community organizers. This interdisciplinary conversation is perfect for those looking to collaborate on solving critical barriers in connecting the unconnected. Register now here!
CRA Executive Director Andrew Bernat Retires After Nearly Two Decades of Leadership
September 9th, 2021 / in Announcements, CCC, CRA / by Helen WrightThe following blog was first posted on the CRA Bulletin. After nearly 20 years at the helm of the Computing Research Association, Executive Director Andrew Bernat has retired from his position, marking the close of his incredible career that has spanned more than 40 years. Over the course of his career, he was founding member and chair of the Computer Science Department at the University of Texas at El Paso, a NSF Program Director and finally executive director of CRA since 2002. Under his leadership the association has seen a dramatic, positive transformation, more than tripling in size and launching significant new efforts in research visioning, widening participation, and postgraduate […]
Call for Proposals: Climate Change AI Innovation Grants
August 30th, 2021 / in AI, Announcements, CCC, CCC-led white papers, NSF, policy, research horizons, Research News / by Helen WrightThe Climate Change AI (CCAI) organization, which is composed of volunteers from academia and industry who believe that tackling climate change requires concerted societal action in machine learning, has announced a new Call for Proposals: Climate Change AI Innovation Grants. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can help support climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as climate science, across many different areas, for example energy, agriculture, forestry, climate modeling, and disaster response (for a broader overview of the space, please refer to Climate Change AI’s interactive topic summaries and materials from previous events). However, impactful research and deployment have often been held back by a lack of data […]
CRA-Industry Virtual Roundtable on Best Practices on Using the Cloud for Computing Research
August 27th, 2021 / in Announcements, CRA / by Helen WrightThe CRA-Industry Committee invites you to attend the Virtual Roundtable on Best Practices on using the Cloud for Computing Research on September 15, 2021, from 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time. A major focus in computing research across industry, academia, and government is to advance the frontiers of computing by experimenting with leading-edge compute platforms. This was initially at odds with early instances of cloud/warehouse computing that focused on deploying commodity rather than state-of-the-art systems. However, cloud computing platforms have advanced significantly during the last two decades to the point where there are now many notable examples of their use in research. Further, the cloud’s “pay as you go” […]
NSF CISE Distinguished Lecture: Towards Ambient Intelligence in Smart Healthcare
August 26th, 2021 / in Announcements, CCC, NSF / by Helen WrightJohn A. Stankovic, University of Virginia, will present “Towards Ambient Intelligence in Smart Healthcare,” part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) Distinguished Lecture Series on September 30th, 2021, from 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM ET. Professor John A. Stankovic is the BP America Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Virginia and Director of the Link Lab. He is a Fellow of both the IEEE and the ACM. He has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of York, U.K., for his work on real-time systems. He won the IEEE Real-Time Systems Technical Committee’s Award for Outstanding Technical Contributions and Leadership. He also received […]
