The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is delighted National Science Foundation (NSF) Director France Córdova has selected Margaret Martonosi as the next head of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate at NSF! Martonosi will assume the role of Assistant Director (AD), CISE on February 1, 2020.  “On behalf of myself, the CCC, and the computing research community, we are thrilled with the selection of Margaret Martonosi as CISE AD,” said Mark D. Hill, CCC Chair. “I have known Margaret for three decades and admired her creative work ranging from hardware power efficiency to a deep, formal understanding of memory consistency models. For the CCC, I am particularly impressed […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is holding a webinar on September 11, 2019 at 2:00 PM ET for the NSF/Intel Partnership on Machine Learning for Wireless Networking Systems (MLWiNS) solicitation NSF 19-591, submission requirements, and program updates. The NSF/Intel Partnership on Machine Learning for Wireless Networking Systems (MLWiNS) seeks to accelerate fundamental, broad-based research on wireless-specific machine learning (ML) techniques, towards a new wireless system and architecture design, which can dynamically access shared spectrum, efficiently operate with limited radio and network resources, and scale to address the diverse and stringent quality-of-service requirements of future wireless applications. In parallel, this program also targets research on reliable distributed ML by addressing the challenge […]

The following is a letter to the community from James Kurose, Assistant Director, and Erwin Gianchandani, Deputy Assistant Director, of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE).  Dear Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Community, As many of you know, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has a long history of investing in education and workforce development across all areas of science and engineering, including CISE areas. For example, you may recall that last fall we highlighted one such opportunity – the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) – which recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing full-time, research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions.  You […]

A new episode of the Catalyzing Computing podcast is now available. In this episode, Khari Douglas continues his interview with Peter Harsha, the Director of Government Affairs for the Computing Research Association (CRA), to discuss the impact of the 2013 budget sequestration on federal funding for science, the recent push for regulations on foreign research collaborations, and the history of CRA. Stream in the embedded player below or find the podcast on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | Youtube. Have question for Peter about federal funding for computing and science research? Send your questions to cccpodcastletters@cra.org and we’ll answer them on a future episode! If you listen to the podcast, please take a moment […]

A new episode of the Catalyzing Computing podcast is now available. In this episode Khari Douglas sits down with Peter Harsha, the Director of Government affairs for the Computing Research Association (CRA), to discuss the federal funding landscape and it’s impact on science research. He also highlights the CCC’s Leadership in Science Policy Institute (LiSPI) and walks through the National Research Council’s (part of the National Academies) Tire Tracks Chart of the IT ecosystem. Stream in the embedded player below or find the podcast on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | Youtube. If you listen to the podcast, please take a moment to complete this listener survey – this survey will help us learn more about […]

The following is a letter to the community from James Kurose, Assistant Director, and Erwin Gianchandani, Deputy Assistant Director, of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE).  Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) has convened a search committee for the next Division Director for its Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS). As many of you know, Dr. Ken Calvert, who has served as the CNS Division Director since May 2016, will be completing his rotation and returning to his institution, the University of Kentucky, at the end of this calendar year.  While at NSF/CISE, Ken has provided outstanding leadership […]