The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is hosting its highly anticipated Computing Futures Symposium in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., on May 15-16, 2025. This isn’t just another conference; it’s a dynamic forum where the architects of our digital future – leading researchers in computing, influential figures from federal agencies, and insightful voices from civil society – will converge to explore the cutting edge of computing research and its transformative power. The symposium features a series of panel discussions and keynote addresses from prominent experts across a spectrum of computing disciplines, including the future of robotics and autonomy, the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, the intersection of computing and healthcare, and […]

  In the near future, robots may assist humans in a near-endless variety of applications — as teaching assistants in schools, in dangerous search and rescue efforts in disaster situations, and in ocean cleanup efforts, to name a few possibilities. In some areas, robots are already supporting humans in carrying out daily activities, such as robots assisting warehouse workers with retrieving and packaging products. While robotics research offers tremendous potential to improve our quality of life, a key challenge lies in developing a skilled workforce to drive these innovations.   CCC recently led the development of a CRA Quadrennial Paper on this topic, titled Imperative for Education the Next Generation […]

In mid-January, OpenAI released an Economic Blueprint outlining policy proposals to enable American leadership in AI development. Along with guidance on testing frontier models for national security risks and suggestions on how the U.S. can take the lead in establishing international standards for AI regulation, the blueprint also focused on funding. The blueprint points to “an estimated $175 billion sitting in global funds awaiting investment in AI projects,” and notes that China is competing strongly for this funding as well.  Shortly after the OpenAI blueprint was released, President Trump announced the Stargate Project, which aims to invest up to $500 billion in AI infrastructure in the U.S. It is clear […]

This is a reminder to please submit your Challenge Problems which require collaboration between the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Operations Research (OR) disciplines by September 15th. You can submit your ideas using this form. Selected submitters will be invited to participate at the 3rd AI/OR workshop to help shape the discussion of potential collaboration between these communities and overcome hurdles preventing collaborations.   Below is our original solicitation; Please read it for more details about submissions. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The CCC, in collaboration with INFORMS and ACM SIGAI, will be hosting the final workshop of a three-part series titled, Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Operations Research (OR), in late February or early March 2024, to […]

A number of institutions are coming together to discuss how researchers are using generative AI as a tool for research in The Generative AI Coast to Coast webinar series. Co-hosted by Johns Hopkins University; the Ohio State University; Rice University; the International Computer Science Institute, an Affiliated Institute of the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Michigan; and the University of Washington the webinars will bring feature speakers from peer institutions to discuss Generative AI in research with the larger goal of fostering a broad community of cross-institutional and interdisciplinary researchers, and building research ideas and collaboration. Each webinar will include extensive audience discussion time. Included in the line-up of speakers is CCC […]

In May 2023, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) published a Request for Public Input to help assess key opportunities and risks and provide input on how best to ensure that these GenAI technologies are developed and deployed as equitably, responsibly, and safely as possible. The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) responded emphasizing the role of academic research in addressing risks associated with generative AI. Solutions will require multidisciplinary, multi-pronged approaches that simultaneously implement solutions in the form of policies and regulations, technological advances, and education. These will necessitate transparent communication among the various stakeholders, the use of basic computing research, major contributions and collaborations from social sciences, and a determined, […]