CCC in Computing Research News

• CRA Accepting Applications for Director of Research Community Initiatives November 2, 2023
  By Maddy Hunter, Program Associate, CCC The Computing Research Association (CRA) is seeking high-achieving applicants for the position of Director of Research Community Initiatives.  This role is responsible for managing the internal Computing Community Consortium (CCC) staff and working closely with the CCC Council of 24 computing community members in their pursuit of high-impact research […]
• Blue Sky Track Winners at ICMI’23 November 1, 2023
  By Maddy Hunter, Program Associate, CCC The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently sponsored a Blue Sky Ideas Conference Track at the 2023 ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI’23). The conference was held in Paris, France on on October 9-13th. 1st Place: “From Natural to Non-Natural Interaction: Embracing Interaction Design Beyond the Accepted Convention of […]
• Call for Challenge Problems Requiring AI/OR Collaboration September 1, 2023
  By Catherine Gill, Program Associate, CCC The CCC, in collaboration with INFORMS and ACM SIGAI, will be hosting the final workshop of a three-part series titled, Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Operations Research (OR), in late February or early March 2024, to set a course for fundamental research that needs the partnership of both disciplines. Organized by Yu […]
• CCC’s Recent Responses to the Community Highlights September 1, 2023
  By Maddy Hunter, Program Associate, CCC An important role of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is responding to government requests for information. The CCC does this by recruiting various members of the computing research community to synthesize main points and incorporate a variety of opinions into a response. In the past couple of months alone, […]
• How Smartphones and Watches are Revolutionizing Global Health September 1, 2023
  By Maddy Hunter, Program Associate, CCC Previous CCC Council Member Shwetak Patel’s research was recently featured in a ZME Science article “Can we screen the world? How smartphones and watches are revolutionizing global health (and just getting started)”. A new frontier of personalized medicine has arrived with the help of smart technologies such as smartphones […]
• CRA Committees Respond to NSF Request for Information on New Technology, Innovations, and Partnerships Directorate: Seek Additional Community Input August 14, 2023
  By Catherine Gill, Program Associate, CCC In April 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) published a Request for Information (RFI) to inform the development of a roadmap for the recently established Technology, Innovations, and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate. This roadmap will help guide TIP’s investments in translational use-inspired research to maintain US competitiveness in scientific research. […]
• Call for White Papers for the 2024 Robotics Roadmap August 14, 2023
  By Maddy Hunter, Program Associate, CCC The US National Robotics Roadmap was first created 14 years ago. It has since been used by government agencies, universities and companies as a reference about where robotics is going. The first roadmap was published 2009, then revised 2013, 2016 and 2020. The objective is to publish the 5th […]
• CCC Council Chair Emerita, Liz Bradley, Featured in Recent SpringerNature Podcast on Athlete-Scientists August 14, 2023
  By Maddy Hunter, Program Associate, CCC CCC Council Chair Emerita, Liz Bradley, was interviewed last month for a SpringerNature’s podcast segment on athlete-scientists. As an Olympian, mathematician and Professor of Computer Science at University of Colorado Boulder, Bradley discusses the impact of athletics on personal development, the importance of discipline, and strategies for balancing sports and intellectual pursuits. […]
• The CCC Announces New Council Members for 2023 June 1, 2023
  The Computing Research Association (CRA), in consultation with the National Science Foundation (NSF), has appointed five new members to the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council. The post The CCC Announces New Council Members for 2023 appeared first on CRN.
• CCC Announces Call for Blue Sky Papers Track at ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction June 1, 2023
  The 25th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction will be in Paris, France from October 9-13th, 2023. The CCC is pleased to partner with ACM ICMI to continue the Blue Sky Paper track, initialized in 2021, and continued in 2022, that emphasizes innovative, visionary, and high-impact contributions. The post CCC Announces Call for Blue Sky […]
• CCC Blog: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Takes New Steps to Advance Responsible Artificial Intelligence Research, Development, and Deployment June 1, 2023
  The Biden-Harris Administration is continuing their recent efforts to advance the research, development, and deployment of responsible AI. The post CCC Blog: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Takes New Steps to Advance Responsible Artificial Intelligence Research, Development, and Deployment appeared first on CRN.