The New York Times yesterday had a nice piece on the declining interest of women in computer science, the impact on the field, and some efforts to reverse the trend. Here’s a snippet: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. For decades, undergraduate women have been moving in ever greater numbers into science and engineering departments at American universities. […]
CRA Board member, Eugene Spafford, has received the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) President’s Award for “his long and effective leadership on issues of computer security and policy, professional responsibility, and the Internet.” The award, given to only seven previous recipients since 1985, will be presented in June in San Diego. The award is given […]
The Computing Research Association is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Edward Lazowska, Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, as the inaugural Chair of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council. This appointment was made after extensive consultations with computing research leaders, the Interim CCC Council […]
Frances E. Allen, a former CRA Board member, has received the 2006 A.M. Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the first time a woman has been given this honor. Allen, an IBM Fellow at the TJ Watson Research Center, was chosen for contributions that fundamentally improved the performance of computer programs in […]
The New York Times has a nicely-written obituary for computing pioneer Ken Kennedy, penned by John Markoff. Here’s a snippet: A member of the generation of researchers who were the first to have access to modern supercomputers, Mr. Kennedy spearheaded early work on software programs known as parallelizing compilers, systems that can automatically spread workloads […]
Since it’s apparently official, we can spread the word that the new head of NSF’s Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate is Jeannette Wing, president’s professor and head of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon. Jeanette takes over for Peter Freeman, who served as CISE AD since 2002. Jeannette will take over CISE […]
The House Committee on Science and Technology has announced its membership and subcommittee chairs for the 110th Congress. The committee membership includes 24 Democrats and 20 Republicans with one vacancy on the minority membership. The subcommittee structure is slightly different with this Congress in that the some subcommittee names have been changed to more accurately […]
Google announced today that the 2007-2008 Google Anita Borg Scholarship will be $10,000 for women recipients in the United States and that it is expanding to Europe this year with a 5,000 scholarship for recipients in Europe. All the details can be found on the Google Blog. The deadline for applications is January 15, 2007. […]
CRA Board Chair Dr. Daniel Reed has been elected as a fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Section on Information, Computing, and Communication for “outstanding research in the field of high performance computing, exemplary professional leadership, and distinguished national service” said an article in the Triangle Business Journal. Reed is […]
Peter Freeman, head of NSF’s Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate announced today that he’ll be leaving the post in January to take over a new position with the Washington Advisory Group. This isn’t a huge surprise as Peter’s term as Assistant Director of NSF was due to expire in early 2007. Hopefully […]
