Computing Research Symposium Speakers
Over the past 10 years, the Computing Community Consortium has hosted dozens of research visioning workshops to imagine, discuss, and debate the future of computing and its role in addressing societal needs. This symposium draws these topics into a program designed to illuminate current and future trends in computing and the potential for computing to address national challenges. The videos below were recorded at the symposium and are divided by topic area and panel group.
Welcome and Introductions
Computing in the Physical World
Carla Gomes
Professor and Director of the Institute for Computational Sustainability at Cornell University
Short Talks and Panel Discussion – Opportunities in Urban Environments
- Sokwoo Rhee, National Institute of Standards and Technology – Internet of Things and Smart Cities
- Carter Hewgley, Johns Hopkins University, Center for Government Excellence – Converting Insight into Action
- Charlie Catlett, Argonne National Laboratory and the Computation Institute – Open Data and Instrumented Cities
Short Talks and Panel Discussion – Opportunities in Agriculture, Environment, Disaster, Food-Energy-Water
- Sonny Ramaswamy, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) – Societal Challenges and Nutritional Security: The Role of Cyberphysical Systems and Big Data
- Shashi Shekhar, University of Minnesota – Computing Challenges in Food, Energy, and Water Nexus: A Perspective
- Robin Murphy, Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) and the Center for Emergency Informatics and Texas A&M University – Computing for Disasters
Lunch Presentation
The Ever Expanding Sphere
Ed Lazowska
Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington
Computing Enhancing Our Lives
Beth Mynatt
Executive Director of the Institute for People and Technology, and Professor in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology
Short Talks and Panel Discussion – Life Long Learning (Education and Workforce)
- Moshe Vardi, Rice University – The Moral Imperatives of Automated Driving
- Zoran Popović, University of Washington – Discovering New Rapid Pathways to Human Expertise at Scale
- L. Miguel Encarnação, ACT – From Summative Assessments to Quantified Self: The changing scope of learning analytics in the era of Big Data
Short Talks and Panel Discussion – Learning Health Systems and Successful Aging
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Margaret L. Campbell, Retired, Senior Scientist for Planning and Policy Support, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) – Systems Engineering: Complexity and Personalization Are Key to Good Geriatric Care
- Charles Friedman, University of Michigan Medical School – The Learning Health Systems: Pointing to a ‘New Science’
- Rory Cooper, University of Pittsburgh – Computing and Advance Technology to Improve the Lives of People with Disabilities and Older Adults
Dinner Presentation
Computing Meets Policy
Susan L. Graham
Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley
Controlling Our Data
Butler Lampson
Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft Corporation and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at MIT
Short Talks and Panel Discussion – Controlling Our Data
- Rich Zemel, University of Toronto – Ensuring Fair Decisions
- Dan Ford, Capitol Technology University – Achieving Privacy in the Ever-evoling World of Smartdevices
- Cynthia Dwork, Harvard University – Differential Privacy and the Right to Be Forgotten
Short Talks and Panel Discussion – Privacy via Cryptography
- Jonathan Katz, Maryland Cybersecurity Center and University of Maryland – Better Privacy and Security via Secure Multiparty Computation
- Shai Halevi, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center – Computing with Encypted Data and Programs
- Seny Kamara, Brown University – Encrypted Search: From Theory to Practice
Short Talks – Privacy by Design: Research and Action
- Deirdre Mulligan, Associate Professor in the School of Information at UC Berkeley and a co-Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
Partnerships for the Future
Keynote – Mind the Gaps
Tom Kalil
Deputy Director for Policy for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Senior Advisor for Science, Technology and Innovation for the National Economic Council
Short Talks and Panel Discussion – Partnerships for the Future
- Jim Kurose, National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) – Computing Everywhere! Why Partnerships Matter
- Keith Marzullo, Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) National Coordination Office (NCO) – Partnerships with Communities
- Chris Mentzel, Data-Driven Discovery Initiative at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation – Working Together on Data Science
- Gil Vandentop, STARnet, Semiconductor Research Corporation – Industry Partnerships; Inter-Company Collaboration, Public Private Partnerships, Member Specific Research, and SRC support for all the above
Closing Remarks
These were recorded at the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Symposium on Computing Research, which was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1136993. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
