CCC Council Member Nominations Open
By Catherine Gill, Communications Associate, CCC
The mission of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to enable the pursuit of innovative, high-impact computing research that aligns with pressing national and global challenges. Established in 2006 through a cooperative agreement between the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Computing Research Association (CRA), CCC provides a voice for the national computing research community, facilitating the development of a bold, multi-themed visions for computing research and communicating that vision to a wide range of stakeholders.
To fulfill its mission, the CCC seeks visionary leaders — people with great ideas, sound judgment, and the willingness to work collaboratively to see things through to completion. The Council is composed of 20-24 researchers representing the breadth and diversity of computing today.
Please help the computing community by nominating outstanding colleagues (including self-nominations) for the Council.
CCC carries out its work through an active and engaged Council, currently led by Chair Nadya Bliss (Arizona State University) and Vice Chair Katie Siek (Indiana University). The members of the Council are appointed by CRA, in consultation with NSF, for staggered three-year terms. In the aggregate, the Council strives to reflect the full breadth of the computing research community — this includes its research areas, institutional structures and geography (e.g., industry / academia, public / private, large / small, urban / nonurban), and all other forms of diversity, broadly defined. The Council is fully supported by a dedicated staff at CRA.
What do CCC Council members do?
- Help develop and lead new visioning activities (e.g., Future of Pandemic Prevention and Response, or Supporting at Risk Users through Responsible Computing)
- Shepherd visioning activities put forward by community colleagues (e.g., Workshop Series on Artificial Intelligence / Operations Research)
- Serve on and engage in topical CCC Task Forces
- Develop and lead new activities (e.g., Artificial Intelligence Roadmap)
- Engage with government agencies, industry, and sister organizations (NSF, NIH, NITRD, ACM, IEEE-CS, etc.)
- Write and edit white papers, blog posts, and contribute to other CCC communications efforts (e.g., Addressing the Unforeseen Harms of Technology white paper)
- Participate in monthly video conferences
- Attend 1.5 day, in-person Council meetings three times a year
- Handle other requests from and for the community, as needed
For more information about CCC, please visit our website and blog.
CCC’s Nominating Subcommittee invites nominations (including self-nominations) for members to serve on the CCC Council for terms beginning July 1, 2025 and concluding June 30, 2028. We are seeking new members to complement the current Council to help us achieve this goal.
The committee’s recommendations will serve as input to CRA and NSF, who will make the final selection.
Please use this form to submit nominations. The deadline to submit nominations is February 14, 2025 at 11:59 pm ET. The following items are included:
- Name, email and affiliation
- Demographic information (gender identity, ethnicity and race)
- Research areas
- Previous service to the computing research community
- Nominee webpage
- Description of why the nominee would be a great addition
- Name and contact information of recommenders
The committee’s recommendations will serve as input to CRA and NSF, who will make the final selection. If you have any questions, please direct them to the CCC Director, Mary Lou Maher (cccdirector@cra.org).
Please note that in order to represent the community and provide a breadth of knowledge and backgrounds, CCC selects new Council members from institutions different from those of continuing Council members.
If you submitted a nomination within the past three years and believe that individual would still be a good fit, please let us know along with any updates you consider relevant. We will include new information we receive when we review past nominations.
