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 March, 2013

 

The National Science Foundation Launches Two Supercomputers

March 28th, 2013 / in Uncategorized / by Ann Drobnis

This week, the National Science Foundation launched two new supercomputers.  Here’s what Farnam Jahanian, head of NSF’s Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering has to say about the launch: Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that this week two NSF-supported advanced computational infrastructure facilities were formally declared open for use by the science and engineering research community at-large. Stampede at the University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) was dedicated on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, and Blue Waters at the NationalCenter for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was dedicated on Thursday, March 28, 2013.  Read more about these dedications from the NSF […]

“We Are the World” – Science Magazine on Computer Science careers

March 27th, 2013 / in Uncategorized / by Ed Lazowska

In two articles in Science – the flagship publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science – CCC Chair Ed Lazowska is interviewed on career futures in Computer Science.  An example from an extensive Q&A: Q: What’s new and emerging in computer science? If you were in training today, about to choose a thesis area, what subfields would you look at? E.L.: Computer science is a field of limitless opportunity, and limitless impact. We are terrible at predicting the future: We overestimate what can be achieved in 10 years, and we underestimate what can be achieved in 50. Look back 10 or 12 years. Did we foresee the […]

Supercomputing Highlighted by NSF

March 26th, 2013 / in NSF / by Ann Drobnis

This week marks the dedication of the NSF “Blue Waters” supercomputer at NCSA. Over the past 30 years, driven in large part by the NSF Supercomputer Centers program and its successors, science has been transformed by computation.  Scientific breakthroughs are no longer happening only in the field or in the lab – they are happening on computers. “Science is now investing in supercomputers, and they are where many new scientific discoveries are being made,” says Michael Wiltberger, a space weather researcher. The National Science Foundation is in the process of building up the nation’s computational power by funding the acquisition and deployment of three new leading-edge systems – “Yellowstone” at […]

“Making the Most of Big Data”

March 23rd, 2013 / in Uncategorized / by Ed Lazowska

As we enter the second year of the Federal “Big Data Initiative,” the Administration is encouraging multiple stakeholders to develop and participate in Big Data innovation projects across the country. Later this year, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, NSF, and other agencies plan to convene an event that highlights high-impact collaborations and identifies areas for expanded collaboration between the public and private sectors. The Administration is particularly interested in projects and initiatives that: Advance technologies that support Big Data and data analytics; Educate and expand the Big Data workforce; Develop, demonstrate and evaluate applications of Big Data that improve key outcomes in economic growth, job creation, education, health, […]

NSF Launches Search Committee for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Division Director

March 21st, 2013 / in Uncategorized / by Shar Steed

The following was submitted by Farnam Jahanian, NSF Assistant Director for CISE. Dear Colleagues, The National Science Foundation CISE Directorate is pleased to announce the formation of a search committee for the Director of the Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (ACI, formerly the Office of Cyberinfrastructure). Dr. Alan Blatecky will be finishing his term as ACI Division Director at the end of this summer – we greatly appreciate his expertise and leadership for the coordination and support of NSF’s cyberinfrastructure during his tenure! Announcements for the search for his replacement can be found at http://www.nsf.gov/cise/news/2013-ACI-Annoucement.jsp and on USAJOBS at https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/339364500?org=NSF. Please feel free to contact any of the following search committee members to nominate candidates; self-nominations are […]

Robotics Roadmap 2.0 on the Hill

March 20th, 2013 / in Uncategorized / by Shar Steed

The Congressional Robotics Caucus held a briefing this morning on the Robotics Roadmap 2.0(PDF), a follow up report to the CCC-led Robotics Roadmap(PDF) published in 2009. Click here to view the CRA Policy Blog summary of the briefing.