CRA Committees Respond to NSF Request for Information on New Technology, Innovations, and Partnerships Directorate: Seek Additional Community Input

In April 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) published a Request for Information (RFI) to inform the development of a roadmap for the recently established Technology, Innovations, and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate. This roadmap will help guide TIP’s investments in translational use-inspired research to maintain US competitiveness in scientific research. The Computing Research Association (CRA) submitted […]

Building a More Inclusive Future: Highlights from the CRA Accessible for All Report

In a rapidly digitizing world, ensuring accessibility for all individuals is crucial.  In February 2023, the Computing Research Association (CRA) held a workshop on Accessible Technology for All. The workshop was co-hosted by CRA-Industry (CRA-I), Computing Community Consortium (CCC), and CRA-Widening Participation (CRA-WP) and led by a team of organizers from the various CRA committees […]

Calling Early and Mid Career Industry Researchers for CRA-WP’s Career Mentoring Workshop!

Computing Research Association- Widening Participation (CRA-WP) is thrilled to announce its biennial Career Mentoring Workshop (CMW) in Chicago, IL on November 3-4, 2023. The workshop presents an exceptional opportunity for early and mid-career professionals seeking growth and development in computer science research positions across three distinct tracks: education, research, and industry/lab. It offers tailored professional development opportunities […]

Call for Nominations: CRA/CCC Leadership in Science Policy Institute – Nov 16-17, 2023

Originally posted on the CRA Bulletin. As part of its mission to develop the next generation of leaders in the computing research community, the Computing Research Association’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC) announces the sixth offering of the CRA-CCC Leadership in Science Policy Institute (LiSPI), intended to educate computing researchers on how science policy in the U.S. is formulated […]

U.S. Leadership in Software Engineering & AI Engineering: Critical Needs & Priorities Workshop

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Software Productivity, Sustainability, and Quality (SPSQ) Interagency Working Group are partnering for a U.S. Leadership in Software Engineering & AI Engineering: Critical Needs & Priorities workshop, to inform a community strategy for building and maintaining U.S. leadership […]

NSF Seeks Input to Develop an Investment Roadmap

Help NSF create a strategic plan to drive future U.S. technology competitiveness, and societal and economic impacts. The U.S. National Science Foundation today issued a Request for Information, or RFI, to gather insights for the development of an investment roadmap for its Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, or TIP, in accordance with the “CHIPS and […]

Join CRA at the ACM Federated Computing Research Conference 2023

The following was originally posted in CRA’s April Edition of the Computing Research News (CRN).  CRA is planning several activities at the ACM Federated Computing Research Conference (FCRC) 2023 in June in Orlando, FL. FCRC assembles a spectrum of affiliated research conferences and workshops into a week-long, co-located, meeting. CRA will host a plenary panel session in […]

CRA-I: Workshop on Computing Research in Industry

Join CRA-Industry at the ACM Federated Computing Research Conference 2023 in Orlando, Florida on June 18th from 12:30-5:15 PM for a Workshop on Computing Research in Industry. Please register here! Companies are increasingly investing in computer science research to support their strategic goals. This workshop will not only look at what it means to do […]

Upcoming National Academies Webinar- “The New Era of Digital Precision Agriculture”

The National Academies Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable is covening a webinar on Tuesday, April 11th from 1-2PM ET to discuss the latest technological advances, and related challenges, in agriculture to meet the increasing demands of global food supply. The automation and digitization of production agriculture continues to create opportunities for large-scale societal and commercial benefits. During this […]

Future Technologies Conference (TFC) 2023- Paper Deadline April 1st

This year’s Future Technologies Conference (FTC) will be held in San Francisco, CA on November 2-3, 2023. FTC is a prestigious conference that attracts researchers, scientists, and technologists from some of the top companies, universities, research firms, and government agencies from around the world. The conference program will include paper presentations, keynote speakers, industrial workshops, […]