Computing on the Fly: Navigating a Vision for the Future of Drone Computing, the Computing Community Consortium’s (CCC) latest report, presents the benefits of advancing the United States’s non-military drone infrastructure, with numerous potential benefits to industry. Drones have the capacity to provide large-scale support to supply chains (particularly rural routes), for example, as well as revolutionize agricultural efficiency. By 2035, these benefits can be made tangible. Computing on the Fly also goes one stop further, laying out the exact ways to make this happen. Below, find a summary of the ways current industry efforts can advance non-military drone computing.  Key Challenges in Advancing Drone Computing  The report identifies twelve […]

In a new workshop report published by the Computing Community Consortium (CCC), Computing on the Fly: Navigating a Vision for the Future of Drone Computing, experts across academia, industry, and government assess the potential of AI-powered drones for non-military use by 2035 and identify the critical barriers standing between today’s capabilities and that future. The report envisions a decade in which drones move goods, medical supplies, and information at a scale comparable to national infrastructure investments like highways and the electric grid. Potential applications include natural disaster detection drones that spot wildfire sources within minutes, medical supply chains that bypass ground congestion to reach rural hospitals, and nationwide fleets that […]

Citizen science projects have contributed to scientific progress across disciplines. From users mapping biodiversity on iNaturalist, to analyzing protein folding configurations to advance drug discovery on Foldit, to discovering new planets on Zooniverse, we have seen the value of engaging everyday participants in scientific research projects. The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently published a new report on how advanced computing, especially artificial intelligence (AI), can extend that impact even further while at the same time contribute to human-in-the-loop computational research. The report, titled Grand Challenges for the Convergence of Computational and Citizen Science Research, assesses the ways that such technology can increase the potential of citizen science, ultimately enhancing scientific […]

In a new workshop report published by the Computing Community Consortium (CCC), Grand Challenges for the Convergence of Computational and Citizen Science Research, experts across disciplines examine the ways in which computational science — including artificial intelligence (AI) — and citizen science can mutually enrich each other, fostering increased opportunity for advancement in numerous scientific fields. The report presents a roadmap for maximizing the potential of citizen science through the contributions of AI — and vice versa — while also demonstrating the broader applications of this union for challenges across ecological, infrastructural, clinical, and other domains. “We are entering a brave new world where we are renegotiating the relationship between […]

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is very pleased to announce the release of the final report in the workshop series on enabling research collaborations between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Operations Research (OR) experts. This workshop series, first proposed in 2020, recognized the significant progress made in Artificial Intelligence research in recent years, especially in areas such as machine learning. However, it also noted the advances in optimization and decision-making made within AI, areas where the deep expertise of Operations Research is invaluable. Recognizing the complementary strengths of these two fields and the potential for significant societal impact through their synergy, the workshop series aimed to bridge this gap.   “From […]

CCC held a visioning workshop on the Future of Pandemic Response and Prevention in September 2023 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was organized by the CCC Council’s Computational Challenges in Healthcare Task Force, and a Steering Committee of community members in the healthcare domain: David Danks, University of California-San Diego/CCC Council Member Rada Mihalcea, University of Michigan/CCC Council Member Katie Siek, Indiana University/CCC Council Member Mona Singh, Princeton University/CCC Council Member Brian Dixon, Regenstrief Institute Madhav Marathe, University of Virginia Shwetak Patel, University of Washington Erica Shenoy, Harvard MGB Michael Sjoding, Michigan Medical The organizers assembled a wide range of experts for a 1.5-day event to see what ideas the […]