Earlier this month The U.S. Air Force Chief Scientist’s inter-agency working group sent out a Request for Information (RFI) on unintended Artificial Intelligence (AI) bias. The group is delving into the critical issue of bias within AI and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms, with a primary emphasis on datasets. They are seeking to learn about these biases from academic institutions like minority serving institutions (MSIs) and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), alongside industry, the federal government and other academic institutions. Despite the development of several tools ..read more

Motahhare Eslami (Carnegie Mellon University), Sarita Schoenebeck (University of Michigan), and Eric Gilbert (University of Michigan) In November 2023, CCC hosted a workshop on “The Future of Research on Social Technologies” in Washington, DC. The event, also supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, addressed the past, present and future of social technologies research. The workshop brought together over 50 information and computer scientists, social scientists, communication and journalism scholars, and policy experts. The workshop was organized by Motahhare Eslami (Carnegie ..read more

In a world where social technologies dominate our daily interactions, it is crucial to understand their profound impact on our lives. Last year, CCC brought together information, computing, and social scientists, communication and journalism scholars, and policy experts to discuss how we can navigate these complexities to harness the benefits of social technologies while mitigating their harms.  From shaping our cultural norms to influencing political landscapes, these systems wield immense power. But with power comes responsibility, and the shadows of harassment, disinformation, and ment ..read more

An interdisciplinary group of 50 researchers attended the third Artificial Intelligence/Operations Research (AI/OR) workshop in late March in Washington, DC. Presentations ranging from the opioid epidemic to integrating OR and AI through the optimization lens, discussing challenges that require collaboration between the two communities in Operations Research (OR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).  In 2021, the first AI/OR workshop was convened to establish the joint strategic vision. Researchers from the OR and AI communities presented on theories and applications and discussed ways to fo ..read more

The American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) annual meeting brought together a community of leading scientists, educators, policymakers and journalists in February. Among those individuals were CCC council member Matthew Turk and former council member Suresh Venkatasubramanian. Turk, the president of the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago and Venkatasubramanian, a professor of data science and computer science at Brown University, were featured in an article by the California Council on Science & Technology.  As AI experts, they were asked about the role of ..read more

Last week, the CCC responded to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Request for Information on Dual Use Foundation Artificial Intelligence Models with Widely Available Model Weights. The CCC’s own Daniel Lopresti (CCC Chair and Lehigh University) and David Danks (CCC Executive Committee and University of California, San Diego) helped author this response along with several other members of the computing community. Markus Buehler (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Duncan Watson-Parris (University of California, San Diego), who both spoke at the CCC sponsore ..read more

Today, April 1, 2024, the CCC submitted a response to the Department of Energy (DOE)’s Request for Information (RFI) Related to Responsibilities on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. In the solicitation, DOE sought advice on their plan to carry out some of the responsibilities outlined for them in the October Executive order (E.O.), “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence”. The RFI response was written by the following CCC Council Members and staff: Nadya Bliss (Arizona State University), Haley Griffin (CCC), Mich ..read more

In 2023, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), an affiliated professional society member of CRA, commissioned a task force to craft a strategic vision for arising challenges in the future of computational science. Earlier this month, the task force released its report, titled The Future of Computational Science. CCC is excited to highlight the importance and timeliness of this report in which many themes are confirmed by our visioning activities and reports.  As cited in the report, the United States was the unquestioned leader in advanced computing and computational ..read more

CCC supported three scientific sessions at this year’s AAAS Annual Conference, and in case you weren’t able to attend in person, we will be recapping each session. Today, we will summarize the highlights of the Q&A portion of the session, “Large Language Models: Helpful Assistants, Romantic Partners or Con Artists?” This panel, moderated by Dr. Maria Gini, CCC Council Member and Computer Science & Engineering professor at the University of Minnesota, featured Dr. Ece Kamar, Managing Director of AI Frontiers at Microsoft Research, Dr. Hal Daumé III, Computer Science professor at Univers ..read more

CCC supported three scientific sessions at this year’s AAAS Annual Conference, and in case you weren’t able to attend in person, we will be recapping each session. Today, we will summarize the highlights of the panelists presentations of the session, “Large Language Models: Helpful Assistants, Romantic Partners or Con Artists?” This panel, moderated by Dr. Maria Gini, CCC Council Member and Computer Science & Engineering professor at the University of Minnesota, featured Dr. Ece Kamar, Managing Director of AI Frontiers at Microsoft Research, Dr. Hal Daumé III, Computer Science professor at ..read more