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Tijana Milenkovic and Saad Biaz Receive the 2021 CRA-E Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award

March 1, 2021/In: CRA-E Faculty Mentoring Award, Education, Awards, Mentoring, Research, Featured Announcements /

The Education Committee of the Computing Research Association (CRA-E) is proud to announce two recipients of the 2021 CRA-E Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award: Tijana Milenkovic from University of Notre Dame and Saad Biaz from Auburn University. These outstanding individuals are being recognized for providing exceptional mentorship, undergraduate research experiences, and, in parallel, guidance on admission and matriculation of their students to research-focused graduate programs in computing.

2021 CRA Leadership Summit and Board Meeting Highlights

February 26, 2021/In: Industry, CRA Board of Directors, Featured Announcements /

On February 22-23, CRA held its annual Computing Research Leadership Summit for the senior leadership of CRA member societies and winter board meeting.

Cloud Access for NSF CISE Research

February 23, 2021/In: Resources, For Researchers, Featured Announcements /

An increasing number of NSF CISE solicitations, including the CISE Core Programs (for which SMALL Projects do not have a submission deadline), are eligible for cloud access via the CloudBank portal to the AWS, Azure, GCP, and IBM clouds.

Applications Open for the 2021 CMD-IT Academic Careers Workshop

February 17, 2021/In: CRA-WP, For Researchers, Mentoring, For Students, Diversity, Featured Announcements /

The goal of the 2021 CMD-IT Academic Careers Workshop is to mentor assistant- and associate-level faculty, senior doctoral students, and postdocs in computing about academic careers.

“Valuing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Our Computing Community” Panel on March 3rd

February 16, 2021/In: NSF, Diversity, Featured Announcements /

CRA Board Member Timothy M. Pinkston has organized and will moderate the panel, “Valuing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Our Computing Community” from 1:30 to 3 PM (EST) on March 3rd at this year’s co-located HPCA’21, PPoPP’21, CGO’21 and CC’21 conferences (virtual due to COVID-19).

National Academy of Engineering Announces Newly Elected Members

February 15, 2021/In: Featured Announcements, People /

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 106 new members and 23 foreign members. Several computing researchers are among those elected this year, including those with CRA connections. Among them are Margaret Martonosi and Kunle Olukotun.

NSF CISE to Hold Workshop on CAREER Proposal Writing on April 5

February 11, 2021/In: NSF, Featured Announcements /

The NSF Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) will host a one-day workshop on CAREER Proposal Writing on April 5, 2021.

2021 CRA Board of Directors Election Slate; Petition Nominees Sought

February 9, 2021/In: CRA Board of Directors, Featured Announcements /

CRA is pleased to announce the 2021 Election Committee’s slate of nominees for the CRA Board. CRA also encourages nominations by petition, which are due by February 22.

CRA Looking to Develop a Mentoring Program for NSF’s CSGrad4US Graduate Fellowship

February 4, 2021/In: Education, CRA-WP, Mentoring, Featured Announcements /

In response to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate’s recently announced CSGrad4US Fellowship program, the Computing Research Association’s Education (CRA-E) and Widening Participation (CRA-WP) committees, with CRA support, are exploring the development of a CSGrad4US Mentoring Program to support recipients of the CSGrad4US Fellowship.

Changing the Face of Computer Science Video Campaign

February 3, 2021/In: Diversity, For Students, People, Featured Announcements /

Inspire or encourage a student to try computer science, and let them know they belong. Together let’s change the face of computer science.

New NSF Fellowship Opportunity for CISE Bachelor’s Degree Holders to Return for PhD

February 2, 2021/In: Education, CRA-WP, NSF, Mentoring, For Students, Funding, Featured Announcements /

NSF CISE has announced the new CSGrad4US Graduate Fellowship program that aims to increase the number of diverse, domestic graduate students pursuing research and innovation careers in the CISE fields.

Get Involved With CRA-WP Opportunities

January 19, 2021/In: CRA-WP, Featured Announcements /

CRA-WP is accepting applications for two programs: Scholarships for Women Studying Information Security and Distributed Experiences for Undergraduates. Nominations are due March 31 for two award programs: Skip Ellis Early Career Award and Anita Borg Early Career Award.

New CRA Board Member: Forrest Shull

January 8, 2021/In: CRA Board of Directors, People, Featured Announcements /

CRA welcomes Forrest Shull as a new Board Member. Shull is President of IEEE-CS and replaces Greg Byrd as one of the IEEE-CS representatives on the CRA Board, serving along with Leila De Floriani.

Updated Analysis of Current and Future Computer Science Needs via Advertised Faculty Searches for 2021

January 7, 2021/In: Featured Announcements /

This updated work follows a full study released in November 2020, on faculty hiring in Computer Science for hires starting in 2021. That work analyzed hiring based on ads through mid-November 2020 and found significant decreases in the number of institutions searching and the number of positions being sought. This updated work considers ads through the end of December 2020 and is intended to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on whether searches have been delayed or simply will not materialize this hiring season.

New CRA Board Member: Arvind Krishnamurthy

January 4, 2021/In: CRA Board of Directors, People, Featured Announcements /

CRA welcomes Arvind Krishnamurthy as a new Board Member. Krishnamurthy is the Vice President of the USENIX Board of Directors and replaces Brian Noble as the USENIX representative on the CRA Board. Noble joined the CRA Board in 2017, and CRA thanks him for his term of service.

CRA-E 2021 SIGCSE TS Virtual Pre‐Symposium Event: Application Deadline February 1

December 17, 2020/In: Opportunities, Education, Featured Announcements /

The CRA Education Committee, with support from NSF, is organizing a Virtual Pre‐Symposium Event for Teaching-Track Faculty at SIGCSE 2021. The event will be held on Friday, March 12, 2021 from 1:00 – 5:00 PM EST. We are now accepting applications to the event! Click here for more information and a tentative agenda. 2020 event information is available here.

2021 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award Recipients

December 16, 2020/In: Education, Outstanding Undergrad Researchers, Awards, Featured Announcements /

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award. This year’s nominees are a very impressive group. A number of them were commended for making significant contributions to more than one research project, several are authors or coauthors on multiple papers, others have made presentations at major conferences, and some have produced software artifacts that were in widespread use.

CRA Board Member Timothy Pinkston Featured in People of ACM

December 15, 2020/In: People, Featured Announcements /

CRA Board Member Timothy Pinkston is featured in this week’s “People of ACM”. In the Q&A, Pinkston discusses topics such as what prompted him to establish his research group, deadlock-free adaptive routing techniques, the importance of CISE’s Expeditions in Computing program, and efforts to broaden participation in computing.

Nominations Sought for New CCC Council Members

December 11, 2020/In: Opportunities, Featured Announcements /

To fulfill its mission, the CCC needs visionary leaders — people with great ideas, sound judgment, and the willingness to work collaboratively to see things through to completion. The Council is composed of 20 researchers representing the breadth and diversity of computing today.

Please help the computing community by nominating outstanding colleagues for the Council.

New CRA Board Member: Timothy M. Pinkston

December 7, 2020/In: CRA Board of Directors, People, Featured Announcements /

CRA welcomes Timothy M. Pinkston as a new Board Member. Pinkston replaces Mark D. Hill as an academic member on the Board. Hill recently moved into industry with a position at Microsoft as Partner Hardware Architect with Azure, requiring him to step down from the Board. We would like to thank Hill for his term of service on the CRA Board.

Analysis of Current and Future Computer Science Needs via Advertised Faculty Searches for 2021

December 2, 2020/In: CRA, Featured Announcements /

This work uses the same methodology as previous work to study where Computer Science departments are choosing to invest faculty positions using data obtained from advertised tenure-track searches for the current hiring season. This work also provides an opportunity to understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on faculty hiring in Computer Science for hires starting in 2021.

2020 AAAS Fellows Announced

December 1, 2020/In: People, Featured Announcements /

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently announced its 2020 Fellows. The honor recognizes diverse accomplishments, including pioneering research, leadership within a given field, teaching and mentoring, fostering collaborations and advancing public understanding of science. Several individuals involved with CRA have been elected Fellows.

Amplifying Resources for Inclusiveness in Computing: Join CMD-IT on December 2 for Standing Against Racial Injustices – Commanding Our Voice

November 30, 2020/In: Diversity, Featured Announcements /

Part 2 of the CMD-IT Standing Against Racial Injustice conversation brings together a group of Black industry tech professionals for a breadth of conversation on how we create the change we want to see and how Commanding Our Voices drives Inclusion, Innovation and Impact to our community, society and the nation.

CRA-E Releases Report on Best Practices for Scaling Undergraduate CS Research Opportunities

November 23, 2020/In: Education, Resources, Featured Announcements /

Undergraduate enrollments in CS have grown considerably and continue to grow. Yet opportunities for undergraduates to engage in CS research have not grown proportionally. Engaging undergraduates in research has tremendous benefits for students, and is critical to the health of the North American CS PhD pipeline.

The CRA’s Education committee has released a new report documenting best practices and concrete suggestions for departments wishing to expand undergraduate research opportunities in CS (without overwhelming their faculty!). The report is based on a broad examination of existing structured research programs at universities across North America. It compiles the main challenges departments face in implementing undergraduate research programs, and provides best practices for addressing these challenges.

CCC Quadrennial Papers: Artificial Intelligence

November 19, 2020/In: Featured Announcements, CRA /

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 previous themes of Broad Computer Science, Core Computer Science, and Socio-Technical Computing.

CRA-WP Renames the Grad Cohort for URMD Workshop

November 18, 2020/In: Featured Announcements /

CRA-WP has renamed the Grad Cohort for URMD Workshop to the Grad Cohort for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Leadership Skills – The IDEALS Workshop.

CRA-E Spotlights Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers in the Highlights Series

November 16, 2020/In: Education, Featured Announcements, CRA /

The CRA-E Undergraduate Research Highlights series is now in its third year of featuring outstanding undergraduate researchers from universities across North America. It is one of the many CRA-E activities that supports the computing research pipeline by honoring undergraduate research and promoting graduate education and research careers in computing fields.

Each article describes the journey of a successful undergraduate researcher, from finding research opportunities to disseminating their work. The highlights series features students from the Finalists and Honorable Mentions of the CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher competition, with the goal of offering guidance to the next generation of undergraduate researchers and to share how research has shaped their career aspirations. CRA-E chooses a diverse set of students for the highlights series to reflect the wide range of undergraduate institutions, research areas, and paths to research.

CRA-E Graduate Fellows Program Accepting Nominations

November 13, 2020/In: Education, Featured Announcements /

The Computing Research Association Education Committee (CRA-E) is now accepting nominations for the CRA-E Graduate Fellows Program. The program opportunities for Ph.D. candidates in a computing field to contribute to CRA-E projects, to network with computer science education advocates on the committee, and to engage in advocacy for mentoring undergraduate students and promote computer science research and undergraduate education at the national level.

Subscribe to the New NSF CISE Newsletter

November 10, 2020/In: Computing Innovation Fellows, For Researchers, NSF, Featured Announcements /

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) directorate just announced a new newsletter that will share “periodic updates about CISE and NSF broadly, including up-to-date information about [their] newest programs and activities.” The first newsletter released today highlights three recent major activities that the Computing Research Association (CRA) and its committees were heavily involved in.

CCC Quadrennial Papers: Broad Computer Science

November 6, 2020/In: Policy, Featured Announcements /

As part of the rollout of the 2020 Computing Research Association’s (CRA) Quadrennial Papers, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is pleased to publish the second group of papers around “Broad Computer Science,” including papers on pandemic informatics, infrastructure for AI, High Performance Computing (HPC) and Quantum, robotics in the workforce and a new research ecosystem for secure computing. 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. As part of CCC’s contribution, in addition to the theme of Core Computer Science from last week, two more sets of Quadrennial Papers organized around the themes of Artificial Intelligence and Socio-Technical Computing will be released over the next several weeks.