Archive of articles published in the 2024 issue.
By Barrington Davis, Program Associate, CRA-E CRA’s Education Committee (CRA-E) has recently selected its 2024 CRA-E Graduate Fellow – Emma McDonald, from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Emma (she/her) is a PhD student in Computing Science at the University of Alberta supervised by Carrie Demmans Epp. She earned her master’s degree from […]
By Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications CRA members have elected four new individuals to its Board of Directors: David Bader (New Jersey Institute of Technology), Bruce Hendrickson (Lawrence Livermore National Lab), Fatma Ozcan (Google), and Manuel Pérez-Quiñones (University of North Carolina at Charlotte). In addition, five current Board members won reelection: James Allan (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Ran Libeskind-Hadas (Claremont McKenna College), Rachel Pottinger (University of British Columbia), Eve Schooler (Intel, […]
By CRA Government Affairs As part of CRA’s mission to help the computing research community become more aware and engaged in the policymaking that affects our field, Computing Research News’ new Q&A series, Policy Spotlight: Conversations with Computing Researchers, will highlight the work that community members are doing in governmental roles or who have taken […]
By Evelyn Yarzebinski, Manager, CERP Students who are enrolled in Bachelor’s degree granting programs are faced with the decision of whether to continue on to graduate school after they have earned their Bachelor’s degree. There are many facets to this decision, such as whether their future career will include a focus on research, as graduate-level […]
By Andres Purpuro, Program Assistant, CERP We’re excited to announce the launch of the BPC Supplemental Funding Page on BPCnet.org. This resource has been developed in response to the engaging discussions held at our February 2024 BPC Community Forum, specifically addressing NSF’s latest Dear Colleague Letter for BPC Supplements. In collaboration with the Center for […]
By Julia Sepúlveda Ávalos, Program Associate, CRA-E In February, the UR2PhD team launched the Computing Engagement and Awareness Series, a virtual workshop series that aims to educate, inspire, and empower undergraduates. The first session “So you’ve done some research, what’s next?” featured a moderated panel discussion with researchers from various backgrounds, including Celeste Bean (Sony […]
By Julia Sepúlveda Ávalos, Program Associate, CRA-E Did you know that, according to CRA Taulbee data, only 22.9% of computer science PhDs who graduated in the 2021-22 academic year identified as women? And the overall fraction of doctoral students in CS programs who were neither Non-resident Aliens, Asian, nor White was 5.3%. CRA launched the […]
By Margaret Martonosi (Princeton University), Jill Denner (NSF), and Jeff Forbes (NSF) In 2022, 100,699 students in the U.S. completed bachelor’s degrees in computer science, computer engineering and information science at a public or not-for-profit institution. Eighty nine percent of these students were U.S. citizens or permanent residents according to the National Center for Education […]
By Elora Daniels, Communications Associate In 2023, the Computing Research Association (CRA) was awarded its largest grant to date ($42.1 million, to be exact) to manage the NSF CSGrad4US Fellowship program. CSGrad4US aims to support individuals returning to school to pursue a PhD in computing after being away from the academic landscape, enabling them to […]
By Yasra Chandio (CRA-E Fellow, University of Massachusetts Amherst) and Alejandro Velasco Dimate (CRA-E Fellow, College of William & Mary) This Q&A highlight features Kirsten Chapman, a Finalist in the 2023 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Kirsten finished her undergraduate degree at Brigham Young University and is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science […]
By Haley Griffin, Program Associate, CCC The Community Driven Approaches to Research in Technology & Society visioning workshop was held in the Spring of 2023, bringing together a diverse group of 53 civil society representatives, activists, non-profit leaders, and computing researchers together. The workshop was sponsored by CCC and the MacArthur Foundation. The workshop organizers, […]
