The National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Resource (NAIRR) Task Force convened its third virtual public meeting to further develop a vision and implementation plan for the NAIRR. Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council member Ian Foster (Argonne National Laboratory and University of Chicago), was invited to speak about the recently published A National Discovery Cloud: Preparing the US for Global Competitiveness in the New Era of 21st Century Digital Transformation white paper.  In addition, 84 responses from industry, academia, and government stakeholders were recently released regarding the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation request for information to develop an implementation roadmap for the NAIRR. […]

The CRA-Industry Committee invites you to attend the Virtual Roundtable on Best Practices on using the Cloud for Computing Research on September 15, 2021, from 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time. A major focus in computing research across industry, academia, and government is to advance the frontiers of computing by experimenting with leading-edge compute platforms.  This was initially at odds with early instances of cloud/warehouse computing that focused on deploying commodity rather than state-of-the-art systems.  However, cloud computing platforms have advanced significantly during the last two decades to the point where there are now many notable examples of their use in research.  Further, the cloud’s “pay as you go” […]

The Computing Research Association (CRA) seeks a full-time employee to join our team as a Senior Program Associate for the CRA Industry standing committee (CRA-Industry). CRA-Industry is a newly formed standing committee that convenes industry partners on computing research topics of mutual interest and connects our partners with CRA’s academic and government constituents for mutual benefit and improved societal outcomes. More information about CRA-Industry is available here. The Senior Program Associate will be primarily responsible for program management aspects of all CRA-Industry activities, including outreach to industry partners, organizing meetings with participants from industry, government, and academia and coordinating with other CRA committees, including CRA-WP and the CCC. Since computing […]

The following is a message from the new CRA-I Industry Committee.  The CRA-Industry Committee is hosting a series of virtual roundtable meetings focused on issues of interest to our computing research industry partners. The first roundtable, “Corporate Responsibility and Computing Research” will be held on July 14, 2021 from 4:00-5:30 PM ET. In order to attend this event, please register here. Please forward this to your appropriate colleagues and encourage them to attend! CRA-Industry Virtual Roundtable on Corporate Responsibility and Computing Research July 14, 2021 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Eastern Time Today, more companies are deliberately extending their social responsibility initiatives at the behest of investors, customers, and employees. How should industry […]