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New Computing Faculty Workshops in Summer 2017

June 7, 2017/In: For Researchers, Featured Announcements /

The third New Computing Faculty Workshop will be held August 6-8, 2017 in San Diego. The goal of the workshop is to help computing faculty at research intensive universities to be better and more efficient teachers. By learning a little about teaching, we will help new faculty (a) make their teaching more efficient and effective (e.g., students learn more with less input time from faculty) and (b) make their teaching more enjoyable. The workshops were described in Communications of the ACM in the May 2017 issue.

Call for Nominations! — 2017 CCC Leadership in Science Policy Institute

May 22, 2017/In: Opportunities, Policy, Featured Announcements /

As part of its mission to develop a next generation of leaders in the computing research community, the Computing Research Association’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC) announces the fourth offering of the CCC Leadership in Science Policy Institute (LiSPI), intended to educate computing researchers on how science policy in the U.S. is formulated and how our government works. We seek nominations for participants.

Expanding the Pipeline: Broadening Participation in Computing Fields by Preparing More Professionals with Disabilities

May 16, 2017/In: CRA-WP, For Students, Diversity, Featured Announcements /

Most broadening participation efforts have focused on women and underrepresented minorities. However, for more than 10 years, AccessComputing has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to increase the successful participation of students with disabilities in academic programs and careers. AccessComputing addresses underrepresentation by providing multiple activities for students with disabilities.

Research Highlight: CRA Board Member Margo Seltzer

May 12, 2017/In: Board Member Profiles, CRA Board of Directors, Featured Announcements /

“What are computer users doing that is wasting their time?” This question guides my research. I construe computer systems research quite broadly; if I can build it, it’s a systems problem. This breadth has let me pursue questions in visualization as well as operating systems; machine learning and computer architecture; file systems, performance analysis, graph processing, databases, and numerous other areas. Some people might say I have a short attention span; I just like to claim that I have broad interests!

2016 Taulbee Survey: Generation CS Continues to Produce Record Undergrad Enrollment; Graduate Degree Production Rises at both Master’s and Doctoral Levels

May 9, 2017/In: For Researchers, Taulbee Announcements, Featured Announcements /

This article and the accompanying figures and tables present the results from the 46th annual CRA Taulbee Survey.

The Social Science Side of CERP

May 3, 2017/In: Featured Announcements, CRA, Diversity, CERP /

The CRA’s Center for Evaluating the Research Pipeline (CERP) turns four years old this month. During the past four years, CERP has been working steadily toward its goal of building diversity in computing through evaluation and social science research. CERP is staffed by Director Jane Stout, Research Scientist Burcin Tamer, and Research Associate Heather Wright. As seen on CERP’s About page, CERP staff are an eclectic mix of social scientists with expertise in quantitative and qualitative methods and a passion for diversity research.

Jeannette Wing to Lead Columbia University’s Data Science Institute

May 2, 2017/In: Featured Announcements, CRA /

On May 1, Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger announced that Jeannette M. Wing, currently corporate vice president of Microsoft Research, will become the Avanessians Director of Columbia’s Data Science Institute and Professor of Computer Science. From Columbia’s Announcement: “Jeannette Wing is a pioneering figure in the world of computer science research and education. Her addition to the […]

Research Highlight: CRA Board Member Sarita Adve

April 26, 2017/In: Board Member Profiles, CRA Board of Directors, Featured Announcements /

What value should a memory read return? The answer to this simple question is surprisingly complex for modern systems running parallel software. The memory consistency model, which governs this answer, is a fundamental part of the hardware-software interface, but has been one of the most challenging and contentious areas in parallel hardware and software specification. […]

CRA Enrollment Committee: Institution Subgroup Recognized

April 24, 2017/In: For Researchers, People, Featured Announcements /

At the CRA board meeting in February, Executive Director Andrew Bernat presented members of the CRA Enrollment Committee: Institution Subgroup with glass awards to thank them for their service on the project, which spanned nearly two years. Former CRA Board Member Tracy Camp leads the CRA Enrollment Committee.

Inside MERL: Making Innovation Happen

April 21, 2017/In: For Researchers, People, Featured Announcements /

Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL) is the North American subsidiary of the corporate research and development organization of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and a Lab and Center member of CRA.

New CRA Board Member: Jaime Teevan

April 17, 2017/In: CRA-WP, CRA Board of Directors, Featured Announcements /

Jaime Teevan will replace Margaret Martonosi on the CRA Board on July 1.

CRA Activities and Initiatives

April 2, 2017/In: For Researchers, Featured Announcements, CRA /

Over the past few months, CRA and its committees have been actively promoting our mission areas of policy, leadership, and talent development.

Profiles in Computing: Yerika Jimenez

March 28, 2017/In: Profiles in Computing, Education, CRA-WP, For Students, Diversity, Featured Announcements /

As a little girl growing up in the Dominican Republic, Yerika Jimenez, currently a Ph.D. student in computing at the University of Florida, noticed she had a knack for fixing things – cell phones, TVs, radios. Everyone in her community would bring her broken items, and she would return them repaired. A few years later, when Jimenez was nine years old, her family settled in New Jersey, and her fascination with technology continued.

CERP Offers New Resource

March 20, 2017/In: Diversity, CERP, Resources, Featured Announcements /

Since May 2013, the CERP team has published a graphic in each issue of Computing Research News (CRN) that analyzes the experiences of underrepresented students and professionals in computing. Each month, this newsletter will share the infographic published in CRN and news about CERP. If you are interested in receiving this newsletter, subscribe here.

CRA-E Selects New Graduate Student Fellow

March 17, 2017/In: Education, Featured Announcements /

CRA’s Education Committee (CRA-E) is pleased to welcome its new 2017 CRA-E Graduate Student Fellow – Booma Sowkarthiga Balasubramani. The Graduate Fellows Program was established in 2015 to give graduate students the opportunity to contribute to CRA-E projects, engage in advocacy for mentoring undergraduate students, and promote computer science research and undergraduate education at the national level.

2017 Board Election Results

March 8, 2017/In: CRA-WP, CRA Board of Directors, Featured Announcements /

CRA members have elected two new members to its board of directors: Carla Brodley and Kim Hazelwood. Current board members Nancy Amato, Susan Davidson, Dan Grossman, Brent Hailpern, Susanne Hambrusch, Barbara Ryder and Ellen Zegura were re-elected to the CRA board. Also beginning July 1, Brian Noble will be the USENIX representative to the CRA board replacing Margo Seltzer. Retiring from the board as of June 30, 2017 are David Culler, Mary Czerwinski and Seltzer. CRA thanks them all for contributions during their service on the board.

2017 CRA Distinguished Service and A. Nico Habermann Awardees Announced

March 3, 2017/In: Distinguished Service, A. Nico Habermann, Awards, Diversity, Featured Announcements /

Carol Frieze – A. Nico Habermann Award
Tom Kalil – Distinguished Service Award

CRA Board Officers Re-Elected

February 28, 2017/In: CRA Board of Directors, Featured Announcements /

At the CRA board meeting on February 28, the CRA board of directors voted to re-elect its current board officers to serve new two-year terms beginning July 1, 2017. The board officers include: Susan Davidson (chair), Susanne Hambrusch (vice chair), Ron Brachman (treasurer), and Greg Morrisett (secretary).

Research Highlight: CRA Board Member Dan Grossman

February 25, 2017/In: For Researchers, Featured Announcements, CRA Board of Directors, Board Member Profiles, Education /

Since I started graduate school in 1997, I have considered myself a member of the programming languages research community — and I continue to attend and publish in the annual conferences of this vibrant computing subfield. But over the last 5-10 years, I have also found myself increasingly passionate about opportunities for computing researchers to focus on ways to influence computing education beyond, for those of us who are academics, our own classrooms and independent studies. Let me share some of the projects I have enjoyed (seriously!) and others I wish I had more time to pursue.

CRA Releases Report on Surge in Computer Science Enrollments

February 24, 2017/In: Featured Announcements, Education, For Researchers, CRA /

Generation CS: Computer Science Undergraduate Enrollments Surge Since 2006 Across the United States and Canada, universities and colleges are facing a significant increase in enrollment in both undergraduate computer science (CS) courses and programs. The current enrollment surge has exceeded previous CS booms, and there is a general sense that the current growth in enrollment […]

Research Highlight: CRA Board Member Mary Czerwinski

February 21, 2017/In: Board Member Profiles, CRA Board of Directors, For Researchers, Featured Announcements /

My research revolves around tracking and understanding users’ emotional states and leveraging that information as additional context for the design of emotionally sentient systems. Some of the systems we have built have been designed for a user’s own personal reflection. Our first application, AffectAura, provided users with their own behavior patterns over time, such as what they were doing, where they were, who they were with and how they felt. This information could be used to make personal decisions about behavior change—if certain activities usually result in your feeling good or bad, perhaps you want to increase or decrease those behaviors.

CERP Receives Exemplary Paper Award for SIGCSE 2017

February 17, 2017/In: Education, CERP, Featured Announcements, CRA /

A paper from CRA’s Center for Evaluating the Research Pipeline (CERP) was recently named an “Exemplary paper” in the 2017 SIGCSE Proceedings. New this year, the SIGCSE program chairs recognized a new category of the top 25% of accepted papers as “Exemplary papers”, highlighted for their accomplishment of high quality, novelty and broad appeal to […]

2017 CRA-E Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award Winners Announced

February 3, 2017/In: CRA-E Faculty Mentoring Award, Education, Mentoring, Featured Announcements /

The Education Committee of the Computing Research Association (CRA-E) is proud to announce three winners of the CRA-E Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award. Congratulations to the 2017 award recipients: Margaret Burnett from Oregon State University, Nayda Santiago from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, and Margo Seltzer from Harvard University. These outstanding individuals are recognized for providing exceptional mentorship, undergraduate […]

CRA Expresses Concern at New Executive Order Suspending Visas

February 2, 2017/In: Policy, Featured Announcements /

The Computing Research Association released the following statement in response to President Trump’s new Executive Order, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States”:

Thank You Data Buddies!

January 31, 2017/In: CERP, Diversity, Featured Announcements /

CRA wishes to thank the computing departments who distributed CERP’s Data Buddies survey during the fall of 2016! The collective effort of these departments provides data for CERP’s research on students’ experiences and successes in computing degree programs.

Undergraduate Research Opportunity Listing Service

January 25, 2017/In: For Students, For Researchers, Featured Announcements, CRA /

The Computing Research Association’s Education Committee (CRA-E) is pleased to announce the “Undergraduate Research Listing Service.” This free service is now available for faculty and other researchers to advertise undergraduate research opportunities and for undergraduates to find such opportunities. The site can be found here: http://conquer.cra.org/research-opportunities.

Profiles in Computing: Chandra Krintz

January 24, 2017/In: Profiles in Computing, CRA-WP, Diversity, Featured Announcements /

Krintz believes it is important in computing research to push technology forward by including people with diverse perspectives and ideas. To do that, she supports increasing underrepresented minority participation in computing. “I think it benefits both society and technology in general. Personally, it’s just so inspiring to see young people have new ideas, get excited, and want to go out and change the world.”

Why Students Consider Leaving Computing and What Encourages Them to Stay

January 18, 2017/In: Education, CERP, Featured Announcements /

In CERP’s 2015 Data Buddies survey, computing majors were asked whether they had thought about changing to a non-computing major during the past year. Thirteen percent of students who responded to this question said that they had. The word clouds here were created using students’ comments about the reasons they considered leaving computing and factors that helped them stay. Some of the most frequently encountered words in students’ reasons for considering leaving computing were “classes”, “hard”, “difficult”, “work”, and “time”. On the other hand, students’ responses regarding the factors that helped them stay in computing contained words such as “job”, “degree”, and “friends”.

NSF CISE 2017 CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop

January 12, 2017/In: For Researchers, NSF, Featured Announcements /

The NSF Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) will host a one-day workshop on CAREER Proposal Writing on March 20, 2017. This workshop will be held at the Hilton Arlington, near the National Science Foundation. The goal of this workshop is to introduce junior CAREER-eligible faculty to the NSF CAREER program and help them to prepare their CAREER proposals to target CISE programs. Attendees will have the opportunity to improve their skills in proposal writing, as well as to interact with NSF program directors from different CISE divisions (ACI, CCF, CNS, and IIS) and recent NSF CAREER awardees.