CRA has started a new service intended to improve the recruiting process for academic and industrial/government laboratory research positions.
Candidates for these positions can upload their resumes, research and teaching statements, job objectives and other preferences, and a link to a presentation video. Recruiting officers with access are able to search this information and are encouraged to contact candidates.
The long, long awaited 2018 Midterm elections have come and (mostly) gone. As you’ve probably heard, the Democrats have gained control of the House of Representatives, while the Republicans have increased their majority in the Senate. But what does this mean for science here in Washington? Find out more in this article.
The 2018 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) broke its attendance records again, with more than 20,000 participants gathering in Houston, Texas, from September 26th through September 28th, and CRA-W also broke its attendance records with a variety of programs for GHC attendees interested in research. From talks, panels, and mentoring circles to the CRA-W Research Scholars Program to poster presentations and sponsorship of other sessions, CRA-W played an important role at the conference.
Increasingly, jobs rely on the ability to use computers to interpret, understand, and trust data. For example, my students and I have worked with ornithologists who cannot understand the representations of their bird sightings, civil engineers who cannot easily use their own building data, finance experts who cannot trace money between companies and their subsidiaries, and an XML document company whose clients cannot understand data that appears outside of their reports. In each case, the data users have been hampered because their data is exceedingly difficult to understand and trust, even though the users are experts in their fields. One reason for this difficulty is that the organization of the data is often designed for computers, not for people (i.e., for storage, not accessibility). Another reason is that data often come from different sources, leaving users with the challenge of integrating data that they neither understand nor trust.
My computer science research career started during my college internship at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, during the early 1970s in the center that later produced UNIX and the portable C compiler. This experience taught me that computing was broader than the introduction to scientific programming in my undergraduate studies in applied math. (There was no computer science undergraduate major at the time.) For most of my career, I was interested in deriving descriptions of program execution behaviors from code in order, for example, to optimize program time and/or memory performance, to validate desirable properties such as correctness or data security, or to refactor code for ease of maintenance.
Increasing diversity in computing has been my passion throughout my career, mostly through my informal mentoring of female CS students at Rutgers and Virginia Tech, participating in CRA-W mentoring workshops, and leading efforts in CS at Virginia Tech College of Engineering to join with NCWIT to increase the gender diversity of our CS students.
The CCC responded to NITRD NCO’s “RFI on Update to the National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan.” Their response was then endorsed by a number of societies in a corresponding statement.
CCC held a Robotic Materials workshop in Washington, DC. This workshop was the second in a series of interdisciplinary workshops aimed at transforming our notion of materials to become “robotic”, that is have the ability to sense and impact their environment. The workshop report has been published here.
The goal of this Dear Colleague Letter, which specifically mentions the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) AI Roadmap, is to encourage the submission of EAGERs on understanding the social challenges arising from AI technology and enable scientific contribute to overcoming them.
Undergraduate and graduate students in computing fields were asked to rate how much importance they place on a list of 15 career values. Helping others was rated the highest by both groups of students.
Former CRA Board Member Sarita Adve (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) was recently named the 2018 recipient of the ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award. She is being recognized “for research contributions and leadership in the development of memory consistency models for C++ and Java, for service to numerous computer science organizations, and for exceptional mentoring.”
Are You Working on the Taulbee Survey?
The CRA Taulbee Survey is in progress.
Late December: Preliminary salary report available to participants.
January 15, 2019: Due date for the main Taulbee section.
Upcoming Nomination Deadlines
Candidates Sought for CRA Board of Directors (November 30)
CRA Distinguished Service Award (December 7)
A. Nico Habermann Award (December 7)
CRA-E Graduate Fellows Program (January 28, 2019)
By: Jim Kurose, Assistant Director of NSF for CISE and Erwin Gianchandani, Deputy Assistant Director of NSF for CISEIn: November 2018, Vol. 30/No.10, Current Issue/
It is an exciting, impactful, and important time to be in computer science, not only as a researcher or educator, but also as an expert serving the community – and we want to invite you to consider opportunities for service at the National Science Foundation (NSF).
NSF’s Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) provides more than 80 percent of the federal funding for academic computer science research in our country. CISE also supports computing education at all levels (from K-12 through graduate education), as well as advanced research cyberinfrastructure for all areas of science and engineering.
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New from CRA: Database of Candidates for Academic and Industrial/Government Laboratory Positions
In: November 2018, Vol. 30/No.10, Current Issue /CRA has started a new service intended to improve the recruiting process for academic and industrial/government laboratory research positions.
Candidates for these positions can upload their resumes, research and teaching statements, job objectives and other preferences, and a link to a presentation video. Recruiting officers with access are able to search this information and are encouraged to contact candidates.
The database can be accessed through https://cra.org/cv-database/. For further information, including an instructional video, visit: https://cra.org/cv-database/#Info.
Midterm Election Impact: Mixed Results for Science and Research
By: Brian Mosley, CRA Policy AnalystIn: November 2018, Vol. 30/No.10, Current Issue /The long, long awaited 2018 Midterm elections have come and (mostly) gone. As you’ve probably heard, the Democrats have gained control of the House of Representatives, while the Republicans have increased their majority in the Senate. But what does this mean for science here in Washington? Find out more in this article.
Expanding the Pipeline: CRA-W Expands Research Mentoring at the 2018 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
By: A. J. Brush and Andrea DanylukIn: November 2018, Vol. 30/No.10, Current Issue /The 2018 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) broke its attendance records again, with more than 20,000 participants gathering in Houston, Texas, from September 26th through September 28th, and CRA-W also broke its attendance records with a variety of programs for GHC attendees interested in research. From talks, panels, and mentoring circles to the CRA-W Research Scholars Program to poster presentations and sponsorship of other sessions, CRA-W played an important role at the conference.
CRA Board Member Highlight: Rachel Pottinger
By: Rachel PottingerIn: November 2018, Vol. 30/No.10, Current Issue /Increasingly, jobs rely on the ability to use computers to interpret, understand, and trust data. For example, my students and I have worked with ornithologists who cannot understand the representations of their bird sightings, civil engineers who cannot easily use their own building data, finance experts who cannot trace money between companies and their subsidiaries, and an XML document company whose clients cannot understand data that appears outside of their reports. In each case, the data users have been hampered because their data is exceedingly difficult to understand and trust, even though the users are experts in their fields. One reason for this difficulty is that the organization of the data is often designed for computers, not for people (i.e., for storage, not accessibility). Another reason is that data often come from different sources, leaving users with the challenge of integrating data that they neither understand nor trust.
CRA Board Member Highlight: Barbara G. Ryder
By: Barbara G. RyderIn: November 2018, Vol. 30/No.10, Current Issue /My computer science research career started during my college internship at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, during the early 1970s in the center that later produced UNIX and the portable C compiler. This experience taught me that computing was broader than the introduction to scientific programming in my undergraduate studies in applied math. (There was no computer science undergraduate major at the time.) For most of my career, I was interested in deriving descriptions of program execution behaviors from code in order, for example, to optimize program time and/or memory performance, to validate desirable properties such as correctness or data security, or to refactor code for ease of maintenance.
Increasing diversity in computing has been my passion throughout my career, mostly through my informal mentoring of female CS students at Rutgers and Virginia Tech, participating in CRA-W mentoring workshops, and leading efforts in CS at Virginia Tech College of Engineering to join with NCWIT to increase the gender diversity of our CS students.
CCC Response to NITRD “RFI on Update to the National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan”
By: CCC StaffIn: November 2018, Vol. 30/No.10, Current Issue /The CCC responded to NITRD NCO’s “RFI on Update to the National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan.” Their response was then endorsed by a number of societies in a corresponding statement.
CCC Robotic Materials Workshop Report
By: CCC StaffIn: November 2018, Vol. 30/No.10, Current Issue /CCC held a Robotic Materials workshop in Washington, DC. This workshop was the second in a series of interdisciplinary workshops aimed at transforming our notion of materials to become “robotic”, that is have the ability to sense and impact their environment. The workshop report has been published here.
Quantum Computing Workshop Report
By: CCC StaffIn: November 2018, Vol. 30/No.10, Current Issue /The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) has recently released a workshop report from the May 2018 workshop Next Steps in Quantum Computing: Computer Science’s Role.
NSF DCL- EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Society – Supported Jointly with the Partnership on AI
By: Jim Kurose, Assistant Director, CISE and Arthur Lupia, Assistant Director, SBEIn: November 2018, Vol. 30/No.10, Current Issue /The goal of this Dear Colleague Letter, which specifically mentions the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) AI Roadmap, is to encourage the submission of EAGERs on understanding the social challenges arising from AI technology and enable scientific contribute to overcoming them.
Helping Others is the Highest Rated Career Value for Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students in Computing
By: Burçin Tamer, Director of CERPIn: November 2018, Vol. 30/No.10, Current Issue /Undergraduate and graduate students in computing fields were asked to rate how much importance they place on a list of 15 career values. Helping others was rated the highest by both groups of students.
Former Board Member Sarita Adve Named Recipient of the ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award
In: November 2018, Vol. 30/No.10, Current Issue /Former CRA Board Member Sarita Adve (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) was recently named the 2018 recipient of the ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award. She is being recognized “for research contributions and leadership in the development of memory consistency models for C++ and Java, for service to numerous computer science organizations, and for exceptional mentoring.”
Announcements
In: November 2018, Vol. 30/No.10, Current Issue /Are You Working on the Taulbee Survey?
The CRA Taulbee Survey is in progress.
Late December: Preliminary salary report available to participants.
January 15, 2019: Due date for the main Taulbee section.
Upcoming Nomination Deadlines
Candidates Sought for CRA Board of Directors (November 30)
CRA Distinguished Service Award (December 7)
A. Nico Habermann Award (December 7)
CRA-E Graduate Fellows Program (January 28, 2019)
Serve as a Rotator at the National Science Foundation to Influence Computer and Information Science Research and Funding
By: Jim Kurose, Assistant Director of NSF for CISE and Erwin Gianchandani, Deputy Assistant Director of NSF for CISEIn: November 2018, Vol. 30/No.10, Current Issue /It is an exciting, impactful, and important time to be in computer science, not only as a researcher or educator, but also as an expert serving the community – and we want to invite you to consider opportunities for service at the National Science Foundation (NSF).
NSF’s Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) provides more than 80 percent of the federal funding for academic computer science research in our country. CISE also supports computing education at all levels (from K-12 through graduate education), as well as advanced research cyberinfrastructure for all areas of science and engineering.