We are excited to welcome Catherine (Cat) Gill as a new Program Associate for the Computing Research Association’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC) subcommittee. In her role, she will assist CCC staff with administrative tasks and logistical matters, such as organizing and coordinating workshops and research efforts. Most recently, she worked as an office manager for Hanover Research organized employee events and office communications. “CCC eagerly welcomes Catherine (Cat) Gill as a new Program Associate. Her organizational experience, including communications and logistics, will help amplify the efforts of CCC leader and volunteers to further our goals of catalyzing high-impact computing research within the community.” – Dan Lopresti, CCC Vice Chair Originally from […]

The CCC is thrilled to welcome Haley Griffin to the team! The Computing Research Association recently hired Haley as a Program Associate for the CCC subcommittee. In this role, she will support the CCC mission through facilitating workshops, completing administrative tasks, and assisting with communications deliverables. “CCC is delighted to have Haley Griffin join us as a Program Associate. Her energy, her writing skills, and her work experience in nonprofit organizations will be assets to CCC in its mission to catalyze the computing research community and enable the pursuit of innovative, high-impact research.” -Liz Bradley, CCC Chair Previously she worked for AmeriCorps as a Literacy Coordinator where she helped students […]

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 […]

Help Enable the Future of Computing Research – Join CRA as a Program Associate By Shar Steed – Originally posted on the CRA Bulletin The Computing Research Association (CRA) seeks two highly-motivated individuals to join its staff as Program Associate or Senior Program Associate (depending on qualifications and experience). The positions involve work primarily with CRA’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC) subcommittee, which aims to catalyze the computing research community to pursue innovative, high-impact research. The CCC is run as a cooperative agreement between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and CRA. Each position works closely with the Director of the CCC, the CRA staff, CCC Council members and members of the computing research community to […]

The mission of Computing Research Association’s (CRA) Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to enable the pursuit of innovative, high-impact research that aligns with pressing national and global challenges.   In accordance with the mission, the CCC is issuing a new call for proposals for visioning activities that will catalyze innovative research at the frontiers of computing.  Successful activities will articulate new research visions, galvanize community interest in those visions, mobilize support for those visions from the computing research community, government leaders, and funding agencies, and encourage broader segments of society to participate in computing research and education. This guide shares further insight about the visioning process, from idea conception through program […]

Written by Shar Steed, originally posted on the The CRA Bulletin. The University of Washington (UW) Allen School recently shared the story behind the creation of a new professorship honoring Ed Lazowska in recognition of his incredible impact on the computing research community. The Endowed Professorship in Computer Science & Engineering in Honor of Edward D. Lazowska was the brainchild of Peter Lee of Microsoft and Jeff Dean of Google, who teamed up with Lee’s Microsoft colleagues Harry Shum and Brad Smith to provide a $1M gift. From the UW announcement: “If you’re not part of the steamroller, you’re part of the road.” That maxim once graced the top of Allen […]