Pete Beckman will give a talk “Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Continuum: The Future of Linking Scientific Instruments and Edge Computing to Advanced Computation” as a part of the National Science Foundation CISE Distinguished Lecture Series. The lecture will be held on May 19th, 2022 at 11AM ET. Current technology, particularly artificial intelligence, enables huge amounts of data to be immediately collected, processed and archived. Beckman’s lecture will dive into SAGE, a new edge computing programming framework, how it will transform the digital continuum and upcoming developments in intelligent scientific infrastructure. Talk Abstract: No longer does a chasm exist between scientific instrumentation and advanced computation. From the sensor to the […]

The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) National Coordination Office (NCO) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) recently released a request for information (RFI) on Federal Priorities for Information Integrity Research and Development. The purpose of the RFI is to gain input on how to “enable research and development activities to advance the trustworthiness of information, mitigate the effects of information manipulation, and foster an environment of trust and resilience in which individuals can be discerning consumers of information.” There is so much information on the internet these days and so few ways for the general public to verify what is true and what is not. This has […]

In October 2020, the Computing Research Association (CRA) and the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) released more than a dozen white papers exploring areas and issues around computing research with the potential to address national priorities over the next four years. Called “Quadrennial Papers,” the white papers attempt to portray a broad picture of computing research detailing potential research directions, challenges, and recommendations for policymakers and the computing research community. As a continuation of our 2020 series, we are delighted to release two more papers titled: “Taking Stock of the Present and Future of Smart Technologies for Older Adults and Caregivers” and “Imagine All the People: Citizen Science, Artificial Intelligence, and […]

As part of the rollout of the 2020 Computing Research Associations (CRA) Quadrennial Papers, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is pleased to publish the final group of papers around the “Artificial Intelligence (AI)” theme, including papers on AI being deployed at the edge of the network, cooperation between AI and humans, new approaches to understanding AI’s impact on society, AI-driven simulators, and the next generation of AI. The Quadrennial Papers are intended to help inform the computing research community and those who craft science policy about opportunities in computing research to help address national priorities. This group of papers is the final installation of the CCC’s contribution, in addition to […]

The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) subcommittee on Future Advanced Computing Ecosystems just released a new report on Pioneering The Future Advanced Computing Ecosystem. It lays out a strategic plan that envisions a future in which an “advanced computing ecosystem provides the foundation for continuing American leadership in science and engineering, economic competitiveness, and national security.” The plan outlines the following strategic objectives:  Utilize the future advanced computing ecosystem as a strategic resource spanning government, academia, nonprofits, and industry.  Establish an innovative, trusted, verified, usable, and sustainable software and data ecosystem.  Support foundational, applied, and translational research and development to drive the future of advanced computing and its applications.  […]

The following was adapted from this Santa Fe blog post.  At a recent presentation at the Science Writers 2020 conference, Joshua Garland and Mirta Galesic of the Santa Fe Institute presented the first large-scale analysis of tens of millions of instances of hate and counter-hate speech on Twitter. Their findings suggest that organized movements to counteract hate speech on social media are more effective than striking out on one’s own. “I’ve seen this big shift in civil discourse in the last two or three years towards being much more hateful and much more polarized,” says Garland, a mathematician and Applied Complexity Fellow at SFI. “So, for me, an interesting question […]