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CRA’s mission is to enhance innovation by joining with industry, government and academia to strengthen research and advanced education in computing. CRA executes this mission by leading the computing research community, informing policymakers and the public, and facilitating the development of strong, diverse talent in the field.

2016 CRA Distinguished Service and A. Nico Habermann Awardees Announced

February 25, 2016/In: CRA-WP, Distinguished Service, A. Nico Habermann, Featured Announcements, CRA /

The CRA Board of Directors is pleased to announce its selections for the 2016 CRA Awards. Maria Klawe was selected as the 2016 recipient of the CRA Distinguished Service Award for her tireless commitment to and profound impact on the computing research community. Ayanna Howard was selected as the recipient of the 2016 A. Nico Habermann Award Winner for her sustained commitment to increasing diversity, combined with her distinction in research.

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2016 CRA Conference at Snowbird Preliminary Program Available

January 21, 2016/In: Conference at Snowbird, CRA /

In case you missed it, last week we announced the preliminary program for the 2016 CRA Conference at Snowbird in the January issue of Computing Research News.

CRA Board Member Profile: Susanne Hambrusch

December 3, 2015/In: CRA, Board Member Profiles, CRA Board of Directors, Featured Announcements /

CRA is honored to have a prestigious group of computing researchers serve on its Board of Directors. These individuals volunteer their time to run CRA’s programs and committees and to develop and lead new initiatives. In this new series, CRA Board Member Profiles, we will highlight our board members and their contributions to the organization. Following is a profile on CRA Vice Chair Susanne Hambrusch.

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Opportunites to Host a Workshop or Lecture from CRA Women

November 16, 2015/In: CRA-WP, For Researchers, For Students, Diversity, CRA /

Apply to host a Discipline Specific Workshop or a Distinguished Lecture! These two great programs are currently accepting proposals until December 15.

CRA Women Undergraduate Town Hall

November 13, 2015/In: CRA-WP, For Students, CRA /

CRA-W’s Virtual Undergraduate Town Hall webinar is an online mentoring event where students learn about cutting edge research in computing and how to get involved with undergraduate research. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with distinguished computer scientists on topics such as professional development, reasons for pursuing a research career, and how to get into graduate school.

Career Mentoring Workshop: a participant’s perspective

November 10, 2015/In: For Researchers, Featured Announcements, CRA, Career Mentoring Workshop /

CRA is gearing up for its biennial Career Mentoring Workshop (CMW) on February 22-23, 2016. The CRA CMW is a great opportunity for assistant professors, and individuals just starting as industrial researchers in the computing and information fields to get career advice and participate in mentoring activities. To get a first hand perspective on what to expect, I spoke with Julia Stoyanovich, from Drexel University. Julia has been fortunate enough to attend two workshops. She attended her first workshop in 2012 as part of the Computing Innovation Fellows program, followed by the 2014 workshop as an assistant professor at Drexel University.

CRA Releases Report on Data-Intensive Research in Education

November 4, 2015/In: Big Data, Education, Featured Announcements, CRA /

The Computer Research Association (CRA) has recently released a cumulative report from two workshops held by CRA and supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) on big data in education. Chris Dede, the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, was the intellectual lead for this effort.

Application Open for CRA-W Grad Cohort 2016

October 27, 2015/In: CRA-WP, For Students, CRA /

CRA-W is now accepting applications for Grad Cohort 2016, a 2-day workshop during which participants will learn graduate school survival skills, receive mentoring, and develop networks with senior female computing researchers. This is a great opportunity for female graduate students to build mentoring relationships and develop peer networks to form the foundation of their graduate career and beyond.

House STEM Education Caucus Briefing on Building a STEM Education Pipeline for Industry Needs

October 23, 2015/In: Education, Policy, CRA /

Earlier this week, the House STEM Education Caucus sponsored a briefing for Congressional staff titled, “Building a STEM Education Pipeline Aligned with Industry Needs: Perspectives from the Field.” The briefing was moderated by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) and partnered with CRA, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). The briefing focused on ways […]

Call for applications – Become a BRAID affiliate school

October 15, 2015/In: For Researchers, CERP, Diversity, CRA /

BRAID is now accepting applications for up to five new BRAID affiliate schools. Affiliates are schools that are working toward implementing BRAID commitments to increase diversity in their computing departments but are not receiving funding through the initiative. Affiliates will be eligible to receive consultation from Harvey Mudd College and NCWIT. In addition, affiliates will have the opportunity to be a part of a network of other BRAID schools and to share and learn best practices from one another in increasing diversity in computing departments. It is required that this work be led by the Department Chair who will be the main liaison on the BRAID project. Department Chairs from affiliates will be expected to attend the annual BRAID Summit, which will occur July 15-17, 2016 in Snowbird, Utah.

BRAID/CRA Collaboration to Study and Evaluate Diversity Initiatives in Computing

October 14, 2015/In: CERP, Diversity, CRA /

CRA’s Center for Evaluating the Research Pipeline (CERP) will be working with Linda Sax, Professor of Education at UCLA, and a team of graduate students, on the research component of the Building Recruiting and Inclusion for Diversity (BRAID) initiative. The BRAID initiative was established in 2014 by Harvey Mudd College and the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, and currently involves 15 computing departments across the U.S. that are committed to recruiting and retaining women as well as underrepresented men in computing majors. To that end, BRAID departments implement changes to their introductory computer science courses, and pathways into the major, as well as improve departmental climate, and promote outreach efforts for students.

Call For Nominations – 2016 Alan T. Waterman Award

October 13, 2015/In: For Researchers, NSF, Awards, CRA /

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is now accepting nominations for the 2016 Alan T. Waterman award, the NSF’s highest honor. This annual award recognizes an outstanding young researcher in any field of science or engineering supported by the National Science Foundation. In addition to a medal, the awardee receives a grant of $1,000,000 over a five-year period for scientific research or advanced study in the mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, social, or other sciences at the institution of the recipient’s choice.

Nominations Open for CRA Distinguished Service and A. Nico Habermann Award

October 12, 2015/In: A. Nico Habermann, Distinguished Service, For Researchers, Awards, Featured Announcements, CRA /

The Computing Research Association invites nominations for the 2016 CRA Distinguished Service Award and A. Nico Habermann Award.

New CRA-E Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award

October 7, 2015/In: CRA-E Faculty Mentoring Award, For Researchers, Awards, Mentoring, Featured Announcements, CRA /

CRA is pleased to announce a new award program that honors faculty members in computing who have made a significant impact on students they have mentored. The CRA-E Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award recognizes faculty members who have provided exceptional mentorship and undergraduate research experiences, and, in parallel, guidance on admission and matriculation of these students […]

Save the Date: 2016 CRA Career Mentoring Workshop

September 30, 2015/In: Career Mentoring Workshop, For Researchers, Featured Announcements, CRA /

The biennial Career Mentoring Workshop will be offered by the Computing Research Association on February 22 and 23, 2016 at The Westin Arlington Gateway in Arlington, Va.

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CRA-W Undergraduate Town Hall October 8

September 24, 2015/In: For Students, CRA /

CRA-Women invites undergraduate students for to the Virtual Undergraduate Town Hall Event on Thursday, October 8, at 5pm ET. This event will be a webinar style discussion with A.J. Bernheim Brush, Senior Researcher at Microsoft. A.J. will begin the event with a presentation about her current research on Inventing Technology for Homes and Families. This is […]

Towards Big Steps Enabled by Big Data Science

August 18, 2015/In: Resources, CRA /

Towards Big Steps Enabled by Big Data Science Two workshops on big data in education were organized. The first workshop, held in January, focused on case studies of effective partnerships outside of education between big data producers and consumers (see below for the agenda and slides). The second workshop held in early June and focused on case […]

#ILookLikeAnEngineer Coverage Cites CRA Data

August 11, 2015/In: CRA, Diversity, Taulbee /

News coverage of the wildly popular social media campaign #ILookLikeAnEngineer, often cites CRA data on enrollment statistics.

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CRA at RESPECT 2015

August 4, 2015/In: Featured Announcements, CRA /

The Computing Research Association will be participating in the Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT) 2015 Conference, the first international meeting of the IEEE Special Technical Community on Broadening Participation with technical co-sponsorship by the IEEE Computer Society.

Check Out the New CRA.org

July 27, 2015/In: Featured Announcements, CRA /

If you have visited the CRA website lately, you may have noticed that it’s been refreshed with a new look and feel. We are excited to announce the launch of a new website for CRA and its committees. The new website presents a more consistent visual identity for CRA and provides a seamless experience for a visitor viewing each of the committee sites in addition to CRA.

CRA Best Practices Memo on Evaluating Scholarship in Hiring, Tenure, and Promotion

June 22, 2015/In: For Researchers, Best Practices, Resources, Featured Announcements, CRA /

The CRA Board of Directors has recently released its latest Best Practices Memo, “Incentivizing Quality and Impact: Evaluating Scholarship in Hiring, Tenure, and Promotion.” Distinguishing between quality and quantity is key to promoting the future growth of the computing and information field. The memo advocates adjustments to hiring, promotion, and tenure practices as well as […]