CRA Launches 2024-2025 Quadrennial Papers Which Explore Computing Research Issues that have the Potential to Address National Priorities
CRA launches the first set of white papers in its 2024-2025 Quadrennial Papers series.
CRA Government Affairs
Six Leading Computing Organizations Call on Congress to Fully Fund the CHIPS & Science Act
Six leading organizations in computing, information technology, science, and innovation across US academia, industry, and government call on Congress to fully fund the research agencies contained in the CHIPS & Science Act of 2022.
CRA Statement on the Introducing of the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act (H.R. 6213)
CRA Statement Endorsing the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act (H.R. 6213).
Recent Advances in AI Only Possible Because of Decades of Federal Investments in Fundamental Research, Experts Across Academia, Government, and Industry Tell Congress
On Thursday October 26th, the Task Force on American Innovation (TFAI), an alliance of American high tech companies and businesses, research university associations, and scientific societies, held two events in Congress to “deconstruct” artificial intelligence and demonstrate how the decades long federal research investment which has powered in the latest advances in the AI fields. The briefings were titled, “Federally Funded Research and the Advent of Artificial Intelligence: A TFAI Deconstructing Event.”
CRA Endorsement of H.R. 7710, the “Counter Human Trafficking Research & Development Act”
CRA statement endorsing H.R. 7710, the Counter Human Trafficking Research and Development Act.
Catalyzing Computing Podcast on Health Informatics and Aging-in-Place Technologies
As we’ve noted previously, President Biden’s $2 trillion American Jobs Plan includes some pretty large proposed investments in R&D — on the order of $180 billion over the eight years of the plan. But that’s not the only aspect of the plan that might be relevant to computing researchers. Also included is a $400 billion […]
CRA Joins Science and Higher-Ed Community in Working to Reverse ICE Rule on Student Visa Holders That Could Force Hundreds of Thousands to Leave U.S.
CRA believes this policy is ill-conceived, cruel and will damage the U.S. research ecosystem greatly, perhaps for years to come. The uncertainty created by this policy, and by the other immigration policy decisions restricting other foreign students and researchers issued over the last several weeks, will certainly discourage more of the best minds in the world from studying and researching in the U.S., to our great detriment.
CRA Statement on Presidential Proclamation Concerning Visas for Chinese Scholars in the U.S.
We oppose the banning of any foreign student or researcher unless there is clear evidence of their personal connection to wrongdoing. Indiscriminate large-scale banning of students and researchers from any particular country deprives the U.S. research enterprise of contributions by international scholars, most of whom are not involved in IP theft or espionage.
CRA Releases Statement on Reported Plans to Suspend or End the Optional Practical Training (OPT) Program
CRA opposes efforts to end or suspend the OPT program, which would cause great harm to an innovation ecosystem that continues to be a crucial part of our recovery effort.
CRA Statement on the FY2021 Presidential Budget Request
CRA commends the Administration for recognizing the importance of Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Information Science to the Nation’s security and competitiveness, and for addressing that with significant new investments in the President’s Budget Request for FY2021. However, we take issue with the proposed cuts to a large number of other areas of science. Failing to […]
