Published: September 2024, Issue: Vol. 36/No.8, Download as PDF
Archive of articles published in the September 2024, Vol. 36/No.8 issue.
By Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications The Computing Research Association (CRA), in collaboration with New Mexico State University (NMSU), has launched the LEVEL UP AI initiative, a significant project aimed at increasing both the capacity and diversity in artificial intelligence (AI) education. This effort is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) […]
By Lauren Lashlee, Senior Program Associate, CRA-WP, and Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications The 2025 CRA-WP Grad Cohort for Women and Grad Cohort for IDEALS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Leadership Skills) Workshops will take place in Denver, CO, from April 3-5, 2025. Read more about Denver’s gorgeous springtime weather and accessibility options and services. […]
By Julia Sepulveda, Senior Program Associate, CRA-E The Computing Research Association (CRA) aims to champion a diverse, welcoming, equitable, and socially responsible computing research community. As such, every year we celebrate and recognize undergraduate researchers who demonstrate outstanding potential through the Undergraduate Researcher Awards. The Undergraduate Researcher Awards will accept nominations through Tuesday, October 15, […]
By Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications On September 12, 2024, computing researchers participating in CRA’s annual Congressional Visit Day took to Capitol Hill armed with a crucial message: fully fund the CHIPS and Science Act. This year’s visit day coincided with the release of a letter from six leading computing organizations — the Association for […]
By Elora Daniels, Communications Associate With September underway and students back on campus, it is now time to celebrate your academic units and share your highlights in the 2024 CRA Academic Member Book! A benefit of CRA Academic Unit Membership is being featured in our annual Academic Member Book, which is then shared around North […]
By Petruce Jean-Charles, Communications Associate, CCC The Community Computing Consortium (CCC) is engaging in a new visioning activity to craft a research agenda focused on how human-computer collaborations can solve some of the most pressing scientific problems through citizen science, crowdsourcing, and community-engaged science. We are excited to announce a visioning workshop titled “Grand Challenges […]
By Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications The Computing Research Association’s UR2PhD program recently launched a redesigned website and a new LinkedIn Showcase Page, marking a significant step forward in better communicating the program’s mission to expand opportunities for underrepresented groups in computing. The new UR2PhD website, located at cra.org/ur2phd, offers an enhanced user experience, providing […]
By Dr. Kari George, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Dr. Kaitlin Newhouse, North Carolina State University Motivated by persistent equity gaps in computing degree attainment, a recently published article from Drs. Kari George and Kaitlin Newhouse contributes new evidence to understand factors that may contribute to doctoral attrition or persistence. Most notably, this study elucidates […]
By Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications The Computing Research Association (CRA) is delighted to announce that Peter Harsha, CRA’s Chief Operating Officer and Senior Director of Government Affairs, has been honored with the 2024 Service to CRA Award. This prestigious award recognizes Peter’s more than 20 years of dedicated service to the organization, during which […]
By Petruce Jean-Charles, Communications Associate, CCC In 2020, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) published the quad paper “An Agenda for Disinformation Research,” where seven researchers came together to share the urgency of investing in fundamental research and interventions to meet the disinformation challenge. In today’s digital landscape, misleading information is widespread and causing real-world harms. […]
By Catherine Gill, Program Associate, CCC Envisioning a future of digital twins leads to near limitless possibilities. Researchers predict digital twins will become increasingly personalized, with every individual having access to a digital twin of their own body. Imagine receiving real time updates from your phone to monitor your health conditions and predict health crises […]
