Tag Archive: CCC

A Roadmap for US Robotics

/, //CRA/CCC
Over the last two decades, the internet has—in many ways—transformed our daily lives from work routines to social networking. The internet is an impressive media for interconnecting computers. However, almost all these computers are passive devices with no or very limited facilities for interaction with the physical world. Robots—on the other hard—are devices designed to interact intelligently with the environment. Over the next decade or two the prediction is that robotics will impact our daily lives in manners that, at least, matches the way the internet has impacted our life.

Early Career Researcher Symposium

/, , , , //Washington, D.C.
The workshop will be 1.5 days in the Washington, DC area, with the opportunity for attendees to meet National Science Foundation program officers as well as representatives from other agencies. The content covered at the workshop will draw from the 2017 CCC Symposium, recent CCC visioning workshops, and CRA programs for Career Mentoring and Leadership in Science Policy.

Next Steps in Quantum Computing: Computer Science’s Role

/, //The Fairmont Washington DC
While it has been known for some time that quantum computers could in principle solve problems that are intractable on today’s supercomputers such as breaking public key cryptography and solving hard computational chemistry problems, the field of quantum computing is still at an early stage. Recent progress in realizing small scale quantum computers is encouraging and these devices may scale up further in the near future. However, currently, only very few opportunities exist to bring quantum computing experts together with experts from other computer science fields with much to offer: programming languages, compiler design, computer architecture, and design automation in an exchange of ideas.

CCC at AAAS

///Washington, D.C.
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) has attended and hosted sessions at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting since 2013. AAAS is the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society dedicated to advancing science for the benefit of all people.Below you can find information about CCC participation during each year and links to slides, resources, and related CCC white papers.

Sociotechnical Interventions for Health Disparity Reduction: A Research Agenda

/, //New Orleans Riverside Hilton
In this cross-disciplinary workshop, we will bring together leading researchers in computing, health informatics, and behavioral medicine to develop an integrative research agenda regarding sociotechnical interventions to reduce health disparities and improve the health of socio-economically disadvantaged populations. As part of these discussions, approaches for guarding against unintended consequences of general interventions will also be explored. To do so, this workshop will focus on integrating insights and findings from each of these fields, identifying gaps in understanding between fields, and surfacing opportunities for future interdisciplinary research to address relevant challenges.

Digital Computing Beyond Moore’s Law

/, //Parc 55 - San Francisco, California
The historical increases in computing performance and reductions in power consumption, size, weight and cost of computing devices are ingrained in the fabric of the research community. These improvements have fueled innovation across scientific domains, health, industry, and government. But clock speeds have been relatively flat for over a decade and current transistor scaling will be reaching limits that are both technological and economic over the next decade. While alternative models of computation are being explored, including quantum and neuro-inspired, digital computing will remain the dominant computational technology for the foreseeable future.

Computing Research: Addressing National Priorities and Societal Needs 2017

/, //The InterContinental Washington D.C. at the Wharf
Over the past 11 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. The second CCC Computing Research 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.