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Manish Parashar Wins the 2024 CRA Distinguished Service Award


By Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications The Computing Research Association (CRA) has selected Dr. Manish Parashar as the recipient of the 2024 CRA Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his multi-faceted and highly impactful service to the computing research community.  Parashar is the Director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute, Chair in Computational […]

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Lynne Parker Receives the 2023 CRA Distinguished Service Award


The Computing Research Association (CRA) has selected Lynne Parker, Associate Vice Chancellor and Director of the AI Tennessee Initiative at the University of Tennessee, as the recipient of the 2023 CRA Distinguished Service Award for her unparalleled impact on the computing research community.

Parker has made numerous outstanding contributions over the course of six years in federal government positions, leading national artificial intelligence (AI) policy across the Executive Branch and fashioning key strategic policies in support of AI research, development, and deployment.