Published: September 2024, Issue: Vol. 36/No.8, Download as PDF

Archive of articles published in the September 2024, Vol. 36/No.8 issue.

CRA Update: CRA Receives NSF Funding for LEVEL UP AI Initiative


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) […]

5 Reasons to Attend the 2025 CRA-WP Grad Cohort Workshops


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.  […]

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2024-2025 Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers Award – Nominations Open!


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, […]

Six Leading Computing Organizations Call on Congress to Fully Fund the CHIPS and Science Act, Bringing Computing Research Advocacy to Capitol Hill


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 […]

Call for Participation: Grand Challenges for the Convergence of Computational and Citizen Science Research


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 […]

UR2PhD Refreshes Its Digital Presence with a New Website and LinkedIn Showcase Page


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 […]

Research Illustrates HOW Faculty Advisors are Critical to PhD Student Outcomes


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 […]

5 Ways to Build Resilience to Disinformation


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.  […]

CCC Responds to the NITRD Request for Information on Digital Twins Research and Development


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 […]