Published: March 2024, Issue: Vol. 36/No.3, Download as PDF
Archive of articles published in the March 2024, Vol. 36/No.3 issue.
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, […]
By Haley Griffin, Program Associate, CCC CCC held a visioning workshop on the Future of Pandemic Response and Prevention in September 2023 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was organized by the CCC Council’s Computational Challenges in Healthcare Task Force, and a Steering Committee of community members in the healthcare domain: David Danks, University of California-San […]
By Catherine Gill, Program Associate, CCC The Computing Community Consortium’s (CCC) Grand Challenges task force is engaging in a new visioning activity to identify the next grand challenges that will shape the future of our field. We’re seeking visionary thinkers and researchers to join us in this exciting exploration. These virtual roundtable discussions will aim […]
By Helen Wright, Manager, CRA-I The Computing Research Association-Industry (CRA-I) is hosting a virtual roundtable event on May 1st, from 3-4:30 PM ET, focusing on Generative AI (GenAI) for Research and Science. Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is at the forefront of technological advancement and has the potential to transform and accelerate research across diverse fields. […]
By Brian Mosley, Associate Director, Government Affairs On February 15th, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearing, titled “Examining Federal Science Agency Actions to Secure the U.S. Science and Technology Enterprise”, to look at how federal science agencies are implementing, “recent guidance and laws to protect proprietary technology and scientific discoveries.” […]
By Brian Mosley, Associate Director, Government Affairs In late February, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced the establishment of a bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence. The task force will be co-chairs by Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and Ted Lieu (D-CA) and will have 24 members drawn equally […]
By Brian Mosley, Associate Director, Government Affairs On February 6th the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearing, titled Federal Science Agencies and the Promise of AI in Driving Scientific Discoveries, to look at, “how federal science agencies can further harness artificial intelligence (AI) to drive discoveries in new scientific domains and […]
