Published: October 2023, Issue: Vol. 35/No.9, Download as PDF

CRA Update: Newly Expanded CRA Career Mentoring Workshops Now Accepting Applications


By Tracy Camp, Executive Director and CEO  The Computing Research Association (CRA) is now accepting applications for its biennial CRA Career Mentoring Workshops (CMWs). The workshops provide valuable career advice and mentoring activities to people just beginning or in the early stages of their computing research careers. Building on the success of more than two […]

CRA Welcomes Curtis Cain as New Director of Broadening Participation in Computing Initiatives


By Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications   A well-known and respected leader in the community, Dr. Cain brings valuable experience and expertise to his new role leading CRA’s Widening Participation committee.   The Computing Research Association (CRA) is pleased to announce the naming of Curtis Cain, PhD, to the position of Director of Broadening Participation […]

Expanding the Pipeline: “Regular” CS x Inclusive Design


By Rosalinda Garcia (Oregon State University), Margaret Burnett (Oregon State University), and Patricia Morreale (Kean University)  What happens if CS faculty teach inclusive design skills throughout core undergraduate CS courses? What might the outcomes of an integrated contiguous experience be? Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), we have developed a new broadening participation in […]

2023 CRA Member Book Now Available


By Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications This week, the Computing Research Association (CRA) published the 2023 Academic Member Book to cra.org.  Compiled and made available each fall, the CRA Academic Member Book provides our academic member units (departments, schools, etc.) with the opportunity to spotlight the latest achievements, news, and developments from their faculty and […]

CRA-WP 2024 Distributed Research Experience for Undergraduates (DREU): Early Decision Deadline December 15, General Deadline February 15


Are you an undergraduate student interested in exploring research in computer science? Or are you a faculty member interested in being a research mentor? Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU) might be the program for you! The objective of the DREU program is to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups including women, minorities, […]

DREU Students Report Enhanced Awareness of Graduate School and Career Opportunities Post-Program Participation


By Eniola Idowu, CERP Research Associate The CRA-WP Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU) program is committed to sparking interest in graduate education and research careers, particularly among underrepresented groups in computing. This program offers invaluable insights into the graduate school experience and equips participants to gain hands-on research skills. CERP evaluated the 2022 DREU […]

Time100 AI List Features CRA Board Member Jaime Teevan


By Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications  In recognition of the landmark year it’s been for artificial intelligence, last month Time Magazine published a special Time100 list of the most influential people in AI.  In the words of executive editor Naina Bajekal, who led the effort: “We wanted to highlight the industry leaders at the forefront […]

Kick-off to the 10th Heidelberg Laureate Forum


By Catherine Gill, Program Associate, CCC September 25, 2023 marked the first official day of the 10th Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Heidelberg, Germany. The Computing Community Consortium has attended and covered the HLF conference every year since 2018, with the exception of last year, 2022. This year we are back in action, and will be […]

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Improving Gender Diversity in Computing: An Update on UR2PhD


By Julia Sepulveda Avalos, Program Associate, CRA-E In an effort to increase the number of women and other gender-marginalized students (especially those who identify as Black, Latinx, Native, and/or Indigenous) who pursue doctoral studies in computing, the Computing Research Association (CRA) launched the UR2PhD (pronounced “you are to PhD”) program this year. To achieve its […]

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CRA-E Rolls Out New Site to Help Students Understand Pathways into Computing Research


By Julia Sepulveda Avalos (Program Associate, CRA-E), Kelly Shaw (CRA-E Co-Chair), Lori Pollock (CRA-E Co-Chair), Janet Davis (CRA-E Board), Steven Swanson (CRA-E Board), and Amy Ko (CRA-E Board) The Computing Research Association’s Education Committee (CRA-E) recently launched a new website: Student Pathways into Research in Computing (SPARC).  The SPARC website is a resource for people […]

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Nominations Open for 2024 CRA-E Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award


By Denys Poshyvanyk (Selection Committee Co-Chair, College of William & Mary) and Gary Holness (Selection Committee Co-Chair, Clark University) The CRA-E Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award recognizes individual faculty members who have provided exceptional mentorship, undergraduate research experiences and, in parallel, guidance on admission and matriculation of these students to research-focused graduate programs in computing. […]

Computing Researchers Make the Case for Computing Research to Lawmakers in Washington


By Brian Mosley, Associate Director, Government Affairs On September 20, 2023, twenty-two computing researchers from across the country visited Washington, D.C. to make the case for federally funded computing research. The volunteers, traveling from as near as Maryland and North Carolina, and as far away as Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Indiana, participated in over 55 […]

Upcoming CRA-Industry Sharing Healthcare Data Roundtable


By Helen Wright, Manager, CRA-I CRA-Industry will host a virtual roundtable on December 6th, from 3-4:30PM ET, centered around the critical theme of “Healthcare Data Sharing.”  The event will be moderated by Tammy Toscos from Parkview Health and Divesh Srivastava from AT&T. Confirmed speakers include Margarita Gonzales (Digital Transformation Leader, Georgia Tech Research), Belinda Seto […]