Computing Community Consortium Blog

The goal of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to catalyze the computing research community to debate longer range, more audacious research challenges; to build consensus around research visions; to evolve the most promising visions toward clearly defined initiatives; and to work with the funding organizations to move challenges and visions toward funding initiatives. The purpose of this blog is to provide a more immediate, online mechanism for dissemination of visioning concepts and community discussion/debate about them.


Archive for February 23rd, 2010

 

ARPA-E’s Arun Majumdar on Energy Research

February 23rd, 2010 / in Uncategorized / by Ed Lazowska

Arun Majumdar, the Director of ARPA-E, spoke at the University of Washington on February 18th regarding the energy challenges facing our nation. While his talk was not specifically oriented towards computer scientists, it is inspirational, and it is obvious that a broad range of advances in computer science are essential to creating a sustainable future for our nation and our world. ARPA-E is a new office of the Department of Energy focused on extramural breakthrough research, in the DARPA tradition. Watch Majumdar’s talk here. See white papers on the essential role of computing research here, here, and here.

Computer Science and America’s Priorities

February 23rd, 2010 / in Uncategorized / by Ed Lazowska

Jeannette Wing, Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation, addressed the CRA Computing Leadership Summit in Washington DC on February 22. Wing noted that NSF’s CISE and ENG Directorates fared particularly well in the President’s FY2011 budget request.  She attributed this to two factors: These fields drive innovation that creates jobs and increases America’s competitiveness. These fields are closely aligned with the Administration’s four science and technology budget priorities: Applying science and technology strategies to drive economic recovery, job creation, and economic growth; Promoting innovative energy technologies to reduce dependence on energy imports and mitigate the impact of climate change, while creating green […]