CCC in Computing Research News

• CCC Council Members Discuss Upcoming SuperComputing Conference Panel November 1, 2024
  By Petruce Jean-Charles, Communications Associate, CCC CCC is pleased to announce that council members Michela Taufer and Chandra Krintz published an article in Inside AI News to discuss their upcoming panel at the 2024 Supercomputing Conference. As members of the Task Force on Sustainability and Climate Resilence, they are excited to be given a platform […]
• Grand Challenges from the 11th Heidelberg Laureate Forum October 1, 2024
  By Haley Griffin, Senior Program Associate, CCC The Computing Community Consortium’s Senior Program Associate, Haley Griffin, attended the 11th Heidelberg Laureate Forum at the end of September. Below is an excerpt from her blog series highlighting the experience. Today is day 4 of the 11th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, and throughout the week I have been […]
• 5 Ways to Build Resilience to Disinformation September 1, 2024
  By Petruce Jean-Charles, Communications Associate, CCC In 2020, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) published the quad paper “An Agenda for Disinformation Research,” where seven researchers came together to share the urgency of investing in fundamental research and interventions to meet the disinformation challenge. In today’s digital landscape, misleading information is widespread and causing real-world harms.  […]
• CCC Responds to the NITRD Request for Information on Digital Twins Research and Development September 1, 2024
  By Catherine Gill, Program Associate, CCC Envisioning a future of digital twins leads to near limitless possibilities. Researchers predict digital twins will become increasingly personalized, with every individual having access to a digital twin of their own body. Imagine receiving real time updates from your phone to monitor your health conditions and predict health crises […]
• CCC Catalyzing Interdisciplinary Computing Research Task Force Releases New CRA Best Practices Document August 1, 2024
  By Petruce Jean-Charles, Communications Associate, CCC  In a series of six engaging roundtable discussions led by the Computing Community Consortium (CCC), 40 computing research experts from academia, industry, and government explored the complexities of interdisciplinary computing.  Their goal: to pinpoint the hurdles and needs for fostering effective cross-disciplinary research. The consensus? Each team member brings […]
• CCC Chair Daniel Lopresti Transitions to Chair Emeritus and Several Council Members Rotate Off June 1, 2024
  By Petruce Jean-Charles, Communications Associate, CCC The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) wishes Dan Lopresti well as his 2-year term as Council Chair comes to a close. June 30th marks the end of Lopresti’s term and CCC is grateful for his leadership. He remains on the Council for another year as Chair Emeritus. Lopresti has been […]
• CCC Launches New LinkedIn Showcase Page June 1, 2024
  By Petruce Jean-Charles, Communications Associate, CCC Have you ever heard of LinkedIn showcase pages? Well, we have been secretly working on one to bring you exclusive CCC news. Our goal is to share content that is both informative and new. Looking forward to more content? Here’s everything you need to know about our new page:   Q: […]
• Addressing Harms: Moving Beyond Intent June 1, 2024
  By Haley Griffin, Program Associate, CCC The following was written by CCC’s Addressing the Unforeseen Deleterious Impacts of Technology (AUDIT) Task Force Computing technologies of all stripes have brought enormous benefits to people’s lives, but also significant individual and societal harms. As these technologies become increasingly ubiquitous and powerful, we should expect the potential benefits […]
• CCC Sponsored AI/OR III workshop: Engaging the Synergies of the AI and OR Communities May 1, 2024
  By Petruce Jean-Charles, Communications Associate, CCC An interdisciplinary group of 50 researchers attended the third Artificial Intelligence/Operations Research (AI/OR) workshop in late March in Washington, DC. Presentations ranging from the opioid epidemic to integrating OR and AI through the optimization lens, discussing challenges that require collaboration between the two communities in Operations Research (OR) and […]
• Visioning Workshop Report Released: The Future of Research on Social Technologies May 1, 2024
  By Haley Griffin, Program Associate, CCC In November 2023, CCC hosted a workshop on “The Future of Research on Social Technologies” in Washington, DC. The event, also supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, addressed the past, present and future of social technologies research. The workshop brought together over 50 information and […]
• CCC @ AAAS: How Big Trends in Computing are Shaping Science – Part One May 1, 2024
  By Catherine Gill, Program Associate, CCC CCC supported three scientific sessions at this year’s AAAS Annual Conference, and in case you weren’t able to attend in person, we are recapping each session. This week, we will summarize the highlights of the session, “How Big Trends in Computing are Shaping Science.” In Part 1, we will […]