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Computing Research: Addressing National Priorities and Societal Needs 2017


October 23-24, 2017

The InterContinental Washington D.C. at the Wharf
801 Wharf Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024



Event Contact

Ann Drobnis
adrobnis@cra.org


Event Type

2017 Events, Special Event


Event Category

CCC


Tags

grand challenges, research, symposium

Speaker Videos Poster Videos

 

Overview

Over the past several decades, computing and information technologies have shaped our lives, our society, and our physical world in ways we never would have imagined. An increasing number of jobs depend on IT, IT shrinks time and distance in our social lives, agriculture and transportation are rapidly becoming IT-based, and IT holds the promise of revolutionizing education and healthcare. Although many of the IT-powered innovations that are reshaping our society can be traced to fundamental computing-related research, their impact has been magnified through powerful applications in areas of broad societal need and opportunity.

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 brought these topics into a program designed to illuminate current and future trends in computing and the potential for computing to address national challenges.

The two days were organized around four main themes:

Intelligent Infrastructure for our Cities and Communities

  • Intelligent infrastructure is already transforming our nation’s cities and communities, but the technological revolution is just now beginning. The potential for major improvements in public health and safety, efficient use of our resources, and a higher quality of life for all citizens are enormous. At the same time, new risks arise as we attempt to integrate large scale data collection, advanced cyberphysical systems, and autonomous vehicles into our daily lives. This session highlighted some of the major advances now taking place, while at the same time emphasizing the substantial body of research, much of it crossing disciplinary boundaries, that still needs to be done.

Security and Privacy for Democracy

  • Computing research enables new technology to help society cope with information security and privacy risks. The audience learned about how differential privacy will enable new understanding of the population while protecting privacy and about technologies used to help journalists and human rights workers to communicate safely in oppressive regimes.

AI and Amplifying Human Abilities

  • This panel examined the emerging role of AI in augmenting human abilities in new and powerful ways. In particular, this session examined the spectrum of human and machine capabilities and how we develop systems that provide a seamless interface between the two. Speakers grounded their remarks in application areas ranging from health, transportation, universal access, data analysis, and education.

Data, Algorithms, and Fairness

  • Data-driven and algorithmic decision making increasingly determines how businesses target advertisements to consumers, how police departments monitor individuals or groups, how banks decide who gets a loan and who does not, how employers hire, how colleges and universities make admissions and financial aid decisions, and much more. As data-driven decisions increasingly affect every corner of our lives, there is an urgent need to ensure they do not become instruments of discrimination, barriers to equality, and threats to social justice.

To watch video recordings of the 2017 CCC Symposium on Computing Research visit here.

Poster presenters at the 2017 CCC Symposium on Computing Research included early career faculty members, post-docs, and graduate students from many fields of computer science. You can learn more about the poster session and view video presentations here.

Agenda

October 23, 2017 (Monday)

07:30 AM Breakfast | Waterside 2 & 3
08:45 AM Opening Remarks | Waterside 1
09:15 AM Intelligent Infrastructure for our Cities and Communities Plenary | Waterside 1

Michael Dunaway (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

09:45 AM BREAK | Waterside 2 & 3
10:15 AM Intelligent Infrastructure for our Cities and Communities Panel | Waterside 1

Moderator – Daniel Lopresti

Panelists:

  • Elizabeth M. Belding (University of California, Santa Barbara)
  • Jennifer Clark (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • Chandra Krintz (University of California, Santa Barbara)
  • Megan S. Ryerson (University of Pennsylvania)
11:15 AM Intelligent Infrastructure Q&A
11:45 AM LUNCH | Waterside 2 & 3
12:45 PM AI and Amplifying Human Abilities Plenary | Waterside 1

Thad Starner (Georgia Tech)

01:15 PM AI and Amplifying Human Abilities Panel | Waterside 1

Moderator – Elizabeth Mynatt

Panelists:

  • Brenna Argall (Northwestern University)
  • Jeffrey P. Bigham (Carnegie Mellon University)
  • Suchi Saria (Johns Hopkins University)
  • Cliff Young (Google)
02:15 PM AI and Amplifying Human Abilities Q&A
03:00 PM BREAK / Poster Session | Waterside 2 & 3
04:30 PM Plenary | Waterside 1

Farnam Jahanian (Carnegie Mellon University)

05:30 PM Reception / Poster Session Part 2 | Waterside 2 & 3

October 24, 2017 (Tuesday)

07:30 AM Breakfast | Waterside 2 & 3
08:30 AM Opening Remarks | Waterside 1
08:45 AM Security and Privacy for Democracy Panel | Waterside 1

Moderator – Kevin Fu

Panelists:

  • Roger Dingledine (Tor Project)
  • Simson L. Garfinkel (U.S. Census Bureau)
  • Phillipa Gill (UMass-Amherst)
  • Daniela Oliveria (University of Florida)
  • Dan Wallach (Rice University)
09:45 AM Security and Privacy for Democracy Q&A | Waterside 1
10:15 AM BREAK | Waterside 2 & 3
10:45 AM Data, Algorithms, and Fairness Panel | Waterside 1

Moderator – Nadya Bliss

Panelists:

  • Solon Barocas (Cornell University)
  • Nick Diakopoulos (Northwestern University)
  • Kelly Jin (Laura & John Arnold Foundation)
11:45 AM Data, Algorithms, and Fairness Q&A | Waterside 1
12:00 PM Lunch
12:30 PM Connecting Computing Research with National Priorities Panel | Waterside 2 & 3

Moderator – Mark Hill

Panelists:

  • Will Barkis (Orange Silicon Valley)
  • Patti Brennan (NIH)
  • Jim Kurose (NSF)
  • Bill Regli (DARPA)
01:30 PM Connecting Computing Research with National Priorities Q&A | Waterside 2 & 3
01:45 PM Concluding Remarks | Waterside 1
Speakers

Intelligent Infrastructure for our Cities and Communities:

  • Dan Lopresti, Lehigh University, Moderator
  • Michael Dunaway, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Plenary Speaker – Blueprint for Current and Future Smart Cities
  • Elizabeth M. Belding, University of California, Santa Barbara, Panelist – A Rural Lens on Intelligent Infrastructure
  • Jennifer Clark, Georgia Institute of Technology, Panelist –  Scaling Smart Cities: Design and Planning for Smart Urban Communities
  • Chandra Krintz,  University of California, Santa Barbara and AppScale Systems, Inc, Panelist – UCSB SmartFarm — Turning Data Analytics Into Farm Implements
  • Megan S. Ryerson, University of Pennsylvania, Panelist – Integrating the User Perspective in Planning for Smart Cities

AI and Amplifying Human Abilities:

  • Beth Mynatt, CCC Chair/Georgia Institute of Technology, Moderator
  • Thad Starner, Georgia Institute of Technology/ Google’s Glass, Plenary Speaker – Augmenting Intellect through Wearables and Artificial Intelligence
  • Brenna Argall, Northwestern University, Panelist – Human Autonomy through Robotics Autonomy
  • Jeffrey P. Bingham, Carnegie Mellon University, Panelist – Deep Integration of Human and Machine Intelligence for Accessibility
  • Suchi Saria, Johns Hopkins University, Panelist – Humans and Machine Working Together to Spot Diseases Faster
  • Cliff Young, Google Brain Team, Panelist – Deep Learning, Special-Purpose Hardware, and Some Hard Problems

Plenary:

  • Farnam Jahanian, Carnegie Mellon University, Plenary, Our Accelerating Digital Future: Trends, Disruptions, and Market Opportunities

Security and Privacy for Democracy:

  • Kevin FuUniversity of Michigan, Moderator
  • Roger Dingledine,Tor Project, Panelist – Tor: anonymity, anti-censorship, anti-surveillance
  • Simson L. Garfinkel, U.S. Census Bureau, Panelist – Modernizing the Disclosure Avoidance System for the 2020 Census
  • Phillipa Gill, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Panelist – Improving Democracy with Network Measurement: Challenges and Opportunities
  • Daniela Oliveria, University of Florida, Panelist – Cyber Social Engineering: Why You Should Care and Implications for Democracy
  • Dan Wallach, Rice University, Panelist – Adventures in Electronic Voting Research or Security for Electronic Voting Systems

Data, Algorithms, and Fairness:

  • Nadya Bliss, Arizona State University, Moderator
  • Solon Barocas, Cornell University, Panelist – What is the Problem to Which Fair Machine Learning is the Solution?
  • Nick Diakopoulos, Northwestern University, Panelist – What Makes Algorithmic Accountability Hard
  • Kelly Jin,Laura and John Arnold Foundation, Panelist – Disrupting Mass Incarceration with Data

Connecting Computing Research with National Priorities:

  • Mark Hill CCC Vice Chair/University of Wisconsin–Madison, Moderator
  • Will Barkis, Orange Silicon Valley, Panelist
  • Patti Brennan, National Library of Medicine at the National Institute of Health, Panelist
  • Jim Kurose, National Science Foundation, Panelist
  • Bill Regli, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Panelist
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