Reading Group Breakouts at the Conference at Snowbird

We are excited to introduce a new discussion session at the 2016 CRA Conference at Snowbird that will facilitate dialogues about a number of thought-provoking topics in computing research. The group discussions will be based on the articles and books below. The session is scheduled for the morning of Tuesday, July 19, so begin the final day of the conference with some stimulating conversation. The conference agenda, now including session descriptions is available at:  https://cra.org/events/snowbird-2016/#agenda.

Articles:
American Statistical Association Statement on the “Role of Statistics in Data Science” (pdf available here)

“Rescuing US Biomedical Research from its Systemic Flaws” in Proceedings of the National Academies (pdf available here)

Books:
Designing the New American University by Michael Crow and William Dabars (available for purchase here)

An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey (available for purchase here)

Stuck in the Shallow End: Education, Race, and Computing by Jane Margolis (available for purchase here)

Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots by John Markoff (available for purchase here)

Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do (Issues of Our Time) by Claude M. Steele  (available for purchase here)