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Computing Researchers Among Presidential Early-Career Awardees

July 23rd, 2012

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President Barack Obama joins prior-year recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for a group photo in the East Room of the White House, Jan. 13, 2010 (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson). [This photograph is provided by THE WHITE HOUSE as a courtesy and may be printed by the subject(s) in the photograph for personal use only. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not otherwise be reproduced, disseminated or broadcast, without the written permission of the White House Photo Office. This photograph may not be used in any commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

This afternoon, the White House named 96 researchers — including a 2009 Computing Innovation Fellow (CIFellow) – as recipients of the 2012 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), “the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.” Established in 1996 and coordinated by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the awards honor individuals “for their pursuit of innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology and their commitment to community service as demonstrated through scientific leadership, public education, or community outreach.” Among this year’s PECASE recipients, several are in computing and related fields (following the link):

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Introducing the CCC to Our New Readers

July 23rd, 2012

(This post has been updated; please scroll down for the latest.)

Click to download the new CCC brochure.

For those of you who have been regulars of the CCC Blog since the early days (back in late 2008), thanks for continuing to click on to us.

For the rest of you — we’ve seen a surge in traffic in the last year, so many of you are new subscribers/readers — we thought we would take a moment to provide some background about the Computing Community Consortium (CCC). In particular, at the Computing Research Association’s (CRA) biennial Snowbird Conference this week, the CCC is rolling out a new brochure that summarizes its brief history, key goals, and primary activities (following the link):

  • A Leadership in Science Policy Institute, a daylong symposium in Washington, DC, that aims to educate a small cadre of computing researchers on how science policy in the U.S. is formulated and how our government works. The next LiSPI will take place in spring 2013, and we’ll have more in this space as the details become available.

Please take just five minutes to review the brochure (click on the image above) and forward it on to your colleagues. And if you are interested in getting involved in any of the activities listed, or if you have ideas for new and related opportunities, please e-mail me!

***Updated Tuesday, Aug. 7th at 12:35pm EDT: We’re also making available a short video presentation about the CCC:

(Contributed by Erwin Gianchandani, CCC Director)

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