CCC supported three scientific sessions at this year’s AAAS Annual Conference. This week, we will summarize the highlights of the session, “Generative AI in Science: Promises and Pitfalls.” This panel, moderated by Dr. Matthew Turk, president of the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago), featured Dr. Rebecca Willett, professor of statistics and computer science at the University of Chicago, Dr. Markus Buehler, professor of engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dr. Duncan Watson-Parris, assistant professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute at UC San Diego. In Part Four, we summarize the Q&A portion of the panel.    A Q&A session followed the panelist’s presentations, […]

On March 2-5, the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) Annual Meeting was held in Washington, DC. AAAS was founded in 1848 on the principle of supporting and highlighting scientific research at the national level, and was the first organization of its kind in the United States. The annual meeting featured hundreds of scientific sessions, plenary and topical lectures, workshops, and e-poster presentations, and was attended by researchers in all disciplines of science as well as members of the government and media organizations. The Computing Community Consortium attended and hosted 6 scientific sessions on a broad range of computing topics, which are listed below. We will release weekly […]

As further advancements in Artificial Intelligence are made, automated processes and robotics are becoming a ubiquitous entity in the workforce. As a result, there is a growing concern among the public that robots will replace humans and cause a massive job shortage. The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) organized the “Robotics: Empowering not Replacing People” scientific session at the 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in February to address this concern in the public perception. The panel moderated by CCC Council Member, Maria Gini (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) and featuring Henrik Christensen (University of California, San Diego), Michelle Johnson (University of Pennsylvania) and Julie Shah […]

After two years of being virtual, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is thrilled to announce the 2023 AAAS Annual Meeting will be held in person March 2-5, 2023 in Washington D.C. AAAS is the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society dedicated to the advancement of science for societal good and each year they hold a Annual Meeting featuring lectures, flash talk sessions, e-poster presentations and international exhibit hall to bring together experts form a broad range of disciplines to discuss new research and developments in science, technology and policy. The theme for next year is Science for Humanity and will aim to highlight groundbreaking multi-disciplinary research that […]

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society dedicated to the advancement of science for societal good. Each year AAAS holds an Annual Meeting featuring lectures, flash talk sessions, e-poster presentations and international exhibit hall to bring together experts form a broad range of disciplines to discuss new research and developments in science, technology and policy. This year’s annual meeting is completely virtual and will be held online February 17th-20th. The Computing Community Consortium has attended and hosted sessions since 2013. This year we will host the following sessions: Robotics: Empowering not Replacing People– Feb 18th, 1-1:45 PM ET Intelligent Infrastructure For […]

Every February, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) — the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society and the publisher of the Science family of journals — holds the AAAS Annual Meeting, which brings together scientists, engineers, and press to share and discuss their work with each other. The 2021 Annual Meeting will take place virtually next week, February 8-11. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Understanding Dynamic Ecosystems.”  The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) has attended and hosted sessions at the AAAS Annual Meeting since 2013 — learn more about those past sessions here. This year, the CCC’s official podcast, Catalyzing Computing, is part of the Sci-Mic virtual […]