The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is excited that council member Holly Yanco (Chair, Distinguished University Professor, NERVE Center Director, UMass Lowell), and former council members Melanie Moses (Professor, University of New Mexico) and Chad Jenkins (Professor, Robotics, University of Michigan) were exhibitors at the Senate Robotics and Demo Day. They were among exhibitors across industry, academia, and government. The Computing Research Association (CRA), in collaboration with co-hosts IEEE-USA and Carnegie Mellon University, was pleased to host Members of Congress, the media, and ..read more

Have you ever heard of LinkedIn showcase pages?  Well we have been secretly working on one to bring you exclusive CCC news. Our goal is to share content that is both informative and new. Looking forward to more content? Here’s everything you need toknow about our new page: Q: What’s a LinkedIn Showcase page? A: It’s an extension of an already existing account like CRA’s–designed to spotlight individual initiatives like CCC. Q: Why create a CCC showcase page? A: CCC aims to energize the computing research community by sparking discussions on ambitious, long-term research challenges. We st ..read more

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently sponsored a Blue Sky Ideas Conference Track at the 2024 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM’24). The conference was held in Houston, Texas on April 18-20th. This conference provides a platform for researchers tackling issues in data mining to showcase their work in a peer-reviewed setting. It’s an opportunity for graduate students to connect and receive input on their research through the doctoral forum. Individuals new to the field learn about research by listening to invited speakers, attending presentations and tutorials, and ..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 are recapping each session. This week, we are summarizing the highlights of the session, “How Big Trends in Computing are Shaping Science.” In Part 5, we share the Q&A portion of the panel. The panel comprised Jayson Lynch (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Gabriel Manso (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Mehmet Belviranli (Colorado School of Mines), and was moderated by Neil Thompson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).   Neil Thomps ..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 are recapping each session. This week, we are summarizing the highlights of the session, “How Big Trends in Computing are Shaping Science.” In Part 4, we hear from Dr. Mehmet Belviranli, an Assistant Professor of computer science at Colorado School of Mines, in his presentation, titled, “Taming Diversely Heterogeneous Compute Systems.”   Dr. Mehmet Belviranli rounded out the panel by discussing heterogeneous compute systems, and their role in accelerating co ..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 are recapping each session. This week, we are summarizing the highlights of the session, “How Big Trends in Computing are Shaping Science.” In Part 3, we hear from Dr. Jayson Lynch, a Research Scientist in the FutureTech lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who explains the speed at which algorithms are improving.   Dr. Jayson Lynch began their presentation by addressing the cliffhanger that Manso ended on: how quickly are algorithms improving, and ..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 are recapping each session. This week, we are summarizing the highlights of the session, “How Big Trends in Computing are Shaping Science.” In Part 2, we hear from Gabriel Manso, a first year PhD student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who explains the computational limits of deep learning.   Gabriel Manso, a first-year PhD student at MIT and a member of the MIT FutureTech research group, discussed the computational limits of deep learning along wi ..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 are recapping each session. This week, we will summarize the highlights of the session, “How Big Trends in Computing are Shaping Science.” In Part 1, we will hear from Dr. Neil Thompson, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who will explain the computing trends shaping the future of science, and why they will impact nearly all areas of scientific discovery.   CCC’s third AAAS panel of the 2024 annual meeting took place on Saturday, February 17th ..read more

CCC is proud to announce two of its council members Michela Taufer and Holly Yanco as the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) 2023 Fellows. CCC would also like to congratulate CRA-Industry’s Steering Committee Co-Chair Ben Zorn for this achievement. In 2023, the AAAS Council elected 502 members as fellows. The association selects individuals whose contributions to the progression of science or its practical applications for the betterment of society have set them apart within their professional community. Taufer believes the scientific community can find not just answe ..read more

Ever thought about providing input that will shape a possible future in federal data collection on the U.S. cybersecurity workforce? The Cybersecurity Workforce Data Initiative (CWDI), mandated by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 and led by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science Foundation (NSF), is examining the viability of generating nationwide assessments regarding the U.S. cybersecurity workforce. CWDI is hosting three virtual workshops in 2024 where individuals can contribute insights that will influence the potential design of a f ..read more