Tag Archive: CRA-Industry
By Helen Wright, Manager, CRA-I The Computing Research Association – Industry (CRA-I) is seeking visionary leaders to help guide its efforts in strengthening collaboration between industry, academia, and government. CRA-I was established in 2020 as a committee of the Computing Research Association (CRA) and has since grown into a dynamic community of computing researchers from […]
By Helen Wright, Manager, CRA-I The Computing Research Association’s Industry (CRA-I) Committee invites you to its upcoming “Research in a Box” virtual roundtable on Wednesday, April 30, from 12:00–1:30 pm ET. Moderated by Andrea Gibbs (CEO of Gibbs Corporation and former Intel executive), this engaging session will feature insights from Jaime Teevan (Microsoft) and Claire […]
By Helen Wright, Manager, CRA-I At the Computing Research Association – Industry (CRA-I), we have launched a new initiative to explore two critical areas shaping the computing industry: enterprise cybersecurity and storage technologies. This project aims to generate key insights and recommendations that address specific challenges in both fields, ultimately guiding research and industry efforts […]
By Helen Wright, Manager, CRA-I In a recent survey conducted by the Computing Research Association’s Industry committee (CRA-I) titled the Practitioner-to-Professor (P2P) survey, over 1,000 computing professionals shared their insights on the current state of undergraduate computer science (CS) education. This work has been greatly benefited from the project’s advisor, Rahul Simha (George Washington University). […]
By Helen Wright, Manager, CRA-I CRA-Industry (CRA-I) is pleased to welcome Bruce Henrickson (LLNL) and Ronak Shah (NVIDIA) to the CRA-I Council. They join an expanding group of Council members, under the leadership of CRA-I Council Chair Ron Brachman (Cornell Tech), who will continue collaborating with the CRA-I Steering Committee. Together, they will focus on […]
By Helen Wright, Manager, CRA-I The Computing Research Association (CRA) Industry Committee (CRA-I) was pleased to welcome over 60 industry professionals and affiliates to the CRA Conference at Snowbird this July. One of CRA and CRA-I’s primary goals is to foster collaboration between industry, academia, and government. The CRA’s biannual conference, historically attended by around […]
By Elora Daniels, Communications Associate After a nationwide search for its next Dean, the Georgia Institute of Technology recently announced that Dr. Vivek Sarkar will be its next Dean of the College of Computing effective June 2024. A founding member and Co-chair of the CRA-Industry (CRA-I) committee and former CRA Board of Directors member, Sarkar […]
By Helen V. Wright, Manager, CRA-I CRA-Industry (CRA-I) is delighted to announce that Theo Drane (Intel) has joined the CRA-I Council. He joins a growing list of Council members, led by CRA-I Council Chair Divesh Srivastava (AT&T), that will continue to work closely with the CRA-I Steering Committee to identify future committee directions, connect with […]
By Helen V. Wright, Manager, CRA-Industry Computing Research Association-Industry (CRA-I), whose mission is to convene industry partners on computing research topics of mutual interest, has an active Steering Committee (SC) that uses the following workflow to impact the computing research industry community. The SC has had over 30 conversations with those in […]
Computing Research Association – Industry (CRA-I) held a roundtable in November organized by Jaime Teevan (Microsoft) and Ben Zorn (Microsoft) on Computing Research in Industry, which was based on the very successful and well attended session of the same name at the CRA Conference at Snowbird 2022. The roundtable was moderated by Fatma Özcan (Google) and the speakers were Lisa Amini (IBM Research Cambridge), Ben Carterette (Spotify), Jaime Teevan (Microsoft), and Manuela Veloso (J.P. Morgan Chase AI Research).
CRA is planning an Accessible Technology for All workshop co-hosted by CRA-Industry (CRA-I), Computing Community Consortium (CCC), and CRA-Widening Participation (CRA-WP) on February 22-23, 2023 in Washington, DC. This workshop is one of the activities CRA is currently pursuing under the umbrella of Socially Responsible Computing, one of the topics identified in the recent CRA Strategic Planning Effort.
The purpose of this workshop is to convene academic, industry, and government representatives to vision ways to make all technology accessible and why that is important and necessary for society as a whole. If you are interested in learning more about this workshop or other activities, please reach out to industryinfo@cra.org and let us know. This workshop will be in-person only with no hybrid option. Individual invitations will be sent out to community members before the end of the year.
