The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is charged with enabling the pursuit of innovative, high-impact computing research that aligns with pressing national and global challenges. Established in 2006 through a cooperative agreement between the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Computing Research Association (CRA), the CCC provides a voice for the national computing research community, facilitating the development of a bold, multi-themed visions for computing research and communicating that vision to a wide range of stakeholders. To fulfill its mission, the CCC seeks visionary leaders — people with great ideas, sound judgment, and the willingness to work collaboratively to see things through to completion. The Council is composed of 20-24 […]

Dr. Nadya T. Bliss, CCC Council Vice Chair and Executive Director of the Global Security Initiative (GSI) at Arizona State University (ASU), was just recognized as a Top 50 Women Leaders of Arizona for 2023 by Women We Admire. In her current position at ASU Dr. Bliss leads research, education, and programming for national and global security. Additionally, she currently holds a Professor of Practice appointment at the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence and is a Senior Global Futures Scientist at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory. With over 20 years of leadership experience in science, technology, defense, security, and higher education, Bliss has a deep understanding of […]

CCC Council Chair Emerita, Liz Bradley, was interviewed last month for a SpringerNature’s podcast segment on Athlete-scientists. As an Olympian, mathematician and Professor of Computer Science at University of Colorado Boulder, Bradley discusses the impact of athletics on personal development, the importance of discipline, and strategies for balancing sports and intellectual pursuits. Bradley first fell in love with the sport of rugby and went on to play on the New England Select team around 1979. She ended up switching to rowing due to a series of concussions that left her unable to play rugby. As a rower, she competed in the World Rowing Championships in 1986 and 1987, finishing fourth […]

Jennifer Rexford, former Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council Member, Engineering Professor and Chair of the Computer Science Department at Princeton University was just named Princeton’s provost. The provost position acts as chief academic advisor and chief budget officer. Rexford will start her new position in March, 2023. Rexford is a long-time friend of the CCC. She served on the CCC Council from 2014 – 2020 where she held an exec position. She was involved in many initiatives during her time at the CCC. You can read several white papers she co-authoring below: Evolving Academia/Industry Relations in Computing Research  (2019) Advanced Cyberinfrastructure for Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (2017) Systems Computing […]

The Computing Research Association (CRA), in consultation with the National Science Foundation (NSF), has appointed six new members to the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council:  Randal Burns, Johns Hopkins University David Jensen, University of Massachusetts Amherst  Rada Mihalcea, University of Michigan Raj Rajaraman, Northeastern University Matthew Turk, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago Pam Wisniewski,  Vanderbilt University Beginning July 1, the new members will each serve three-year terms. The CCC Council is comprised of 20 members who have expertise in diverse areas of computing. They are instrumental in leading CCC’s visioning programs, which help catalyze and enable ideas for future computing research. Members serve staggered three-year terms that rotate every July. […]

Chad Jenkins, CCC Council Member, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Associate Director of the Robotics Institute at the University of Michigan will be featured as a part of the National Science Foundation’s Distinguished Lecture Series on March 3rd from 11am-12:30pm EDT.  Jenkins earned his B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics at Alma College (1996), M.S. in Computer Science at Georgia Tech (1998), and Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Southern California (2003). He previously served on the faculty of Brown University in Computer Science (2004-15). His research addresses problems in interactive robotics and human-robot interaction, primarily focused on mobile manipulation, robot perception, and robot learning from […]