The following CRA-I workshop is organized by Mary Hall, Amit Jain, and Vivek Sarkar. Motivation and Goals Collaboration between academia and industry is crucial for driving technological innovation and fostering economic growth. By identifying successful partnership models and a range of effective practices, stakeholders can strengthen these connections to stimulate new ways of engagement between […]
The following is a repost from the ACM SIGPLAN Blog: PL Perspectives. It was written by Tommy Guy, Peli de Halleux, Reshabh K Sharma, and past CRA-I Co-Chair Ben Zorn on October 22, 2024. Please see the original post here. In this post, we highlight just how important it is to understand that an AI […]
CRA-Industry (CRA-I) is pleased to welcome Bruce Hendrickson (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 shaping the committee’s future directions, […]
CRA-Industry (CRA-I) is excited to announce that Hector Gonzalez of SpiNNcloud Systems has joined the CRA-I Council. Hector joins a vibrant group of council members led by CRA-I Council Chair Ron Brachman from Cornell Tech. Together, they are committed to working with the CRA-I Steering Committee to guide the direction of future initiatives, engage with […]
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 350 computing research leaders, including […]
In our hyperconnected world, increasing computational power and the rapid growth of data offer vast opportunities for data-driven decision-making and scientific advancement. To harness these benefits responsibly, especially for training AI models, we need scalable technologies for privacy-preserving data sharing. Despite significant research progress, these technologies are still at varying stages of practical deployment. The […]
It is July 1st, which means it is CRA-Industry (CRA-I)’s first official change in leadership! We are delighted to welcome Divesh Srivastava and Fatma Özcan as our new Co-chairs! Fatma Özcan (Google)- Fatma Özcan works as a Principal Software Engineer at Google. She earned her PhD in computer science from University of Maryland, College Park. […]
Recently, the Computing Research Association – Industry (CRA-I) held a dynamic roundtable event on “Generative AI (GenAI) for Research and Science,” bringing together industry leaders, researchers, and experts to delve into the transformative potential of GenAI, a subset of AI that generates new content by learning data patterns, across various scientific disciplines. CRA-I Council member […]
The following is a repost from the ACM SIGARCH blog. It was written by Emery Berger (UMass) and CRA-Industry Co-Chair Ben Zorn (Microsoft Research) on Apr 23, 2024. Large Language Models (LLMs) and other foundation models have revolutionized what is possible to implement in software. On a regular basis, new AI models with ever greater capabilities, […]
CRA-Industry (CRA-I) is thrilled to share that Heather Stephens (Oracle) is now a member of the CRA-I Council. Heather joins a dynamic group of Council members, led by CRA-I Council Chair Divesh Srivastava (AT&T), who are dedicated to collaborating with the CRA-I Steering Committee. Together, they will steer the direction of future committees, engage with […]
