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Articles relevant to the Computing Community Consortium.
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 […]
By Catherine Gill, Communications Associate, CCC In December, CCC held a workshop on Supporting At-Risk Users Through Responsible Computing in Washington, D.C. We brought together 49 experts from industry, academia, and civil society, to explore the specific challenges at-risk users face online, and how the research community can best support and protect these people. The […]
By Haley Griffin, Senior Program Associate, CCC For many of us, it is hard to remember a time when finding information wasn’t ubiquitous with an internet search. With the rising popularity and influence of AI, what is next for the future of information retrieval? CCC addressed this question and others during the Future of Information […]
By Petruce Jean-Charles, Communications Associate, CCC CCC is pleased to announce that council members Michela Taufer and Chandra Krintz published an article in Inside AI News to discuss their upcoming panel at the 2024 Supercomputing Conference. As members of the Task Force on Sustainability and Climate Resilence, they are excited to be given a platform […]
By Haley Griffin, Senior Program Associate, CCC The Computing Community Consortium’s Senior Program Associate, Haley Griffin, attended the 11th Heidelberg Laureate Forum at the end of September. Below is an excerpt from her blog series highlighting the experience. Today is day 4 of the 11th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, and throughout the week I have been […]
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 […]
By Petruce Jean-Charles, Communications Associate, CCC In a series of six engaging roundtable discussions led by the Computing Community Consortium (CCC), 40 computing research experts from academia, industry, and government explored the complexities of interdisciplinary computing. Their goal: to pinpoint the hurdles and needs for fostering effective cross-disciplinary research. The consensus? Each team member brings […]
By Petruce Jean-Charles, Communications Associate, CCC The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) wishes Dan Lopresti well as his 2-year term as Council Chair comes to a close. June 30th marks the end of Lopresti’s term and CCC is grateful for his leadership. He remains on the Council for another year as Chair Emeritus. Lopresti has been […]
By Petruce Jean-Charles, Communications Associate, CCC Have you ever heard of LinkedIn showcase pages? Well, we have been secretly working on one to bring you exclusive CCC news. Our goal is to share content that is both informative and new. Looking forward to more content? Here’s everything you need to know about our new page: Q: […]
By Haley Griffin, Program Associate, CCC The following was written by CCC’s Addressing the Unforeseen Deleterious Impacts of Technology (AUDIT) Task Force Computing technologies of all stripes have brought enormous benefits to people’s lives, but also significant individual and societal harms. As these technologies become increasingly ubiquitous and powerful, we should expect the potential benefits […]
