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 […]

This is a final reminder to submit feedback on the joint CCC/GAC response and the CRA-Industry (CRA-I) response to the Request for Information (RFI) to inform the development of a roadmap for the recently established Technology, Innovations, and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate. We are very interested in hearing your feedback on our RFI responses and your thoughts on the TIP Directorate in general.    If you have any comments or feedback on these responses, please share them here. All of the feedback we receive will be treated anonymously. We will summarize the feedback we receive and post an anonymized addendum to our RFI responses to the CRA website. The deadline to […]

In April 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) published a Request for Information (RFI) to inform the development of a roadmap for the recently established Technology, Innovations, and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate, and the Computing Research Association (CRA) submitted two responses. The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) and CRA’s Government Affairs Committee (GAC) submitted a joint response and CRA-Industry (CRA-I) submitted a separate response. The joint CCC/GAC  response can be viewed here and the CRA-I response can be viewed here.   We are interested in hearing your feedback on our RFI responses and your thoughts on TIP, in general. If you have any comments or feedback on these responses, please share them […]

In April 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) published a Request for Information (RFI) to inform the development of a roadmap for the recently established Technology, Innovations, and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate. This roadmap will help guide TIP’s investments in translational use-inspired research to maintain US competitiveness in scientific research.   The Computing Research Association (CRA) submitted two responses: a joint response  from the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) and CRA’s Government Affairs Committee (GAC) and another from CRA-Industry (CRA-I). The joint CCC/GAC response can be viewed here and the CRA-I response can be viewed here.    In the joint CCC and GAC response, the authors comment on workforce development, addressing societal […]

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 submitted a response to a Request for Information (RFI) released by Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD), National Coordination Office (NCO), and National Science Foundation (NSF) on the 2023 Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Strategic Plan. CCC previously released a blog about the importance of the RFI, and encouraged the computing community to respond. CCC’s response was written by: Nadya Bliss (Arizona State University)  Elizabeth Bradley (University of Colorado-Boulder)  Randal Burns (Johns Hopkins University)  Thomas M. Conte (Georgia Institute of Technology)  David Danks (University of California San Diego)  Nathan Evans (Arizona State University)  Kevin Fu (Northeastern University)  Haley Griffin (Computing Community Consortium)  William D. Gropp (University of […]