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 6th, 2015

 

NAE Elects CCC Council Member Daniela Rus!

February 6th, 2015 / in awards, CCC / by Helen Wright

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 67 new members and 12 foreign members. Computing Community Consortium (CCC) council member Daniela Rus is one of the newly elected members. Daniela is a Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS) and Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Hari Balakrishnan, the Fujitsu Chair Professor in the EECS Department at MIT was also elected. From the NAE press release: Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering research, practice, or education, including, where […]

CISE AD Issues Letter to Community on FY 16 Budget Rollout

February 6th, 2015 / in NSF, policy / by Helen Wright

National Science Foundation (NSF) Assistant Director for the Directorate of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) James Kurose has issued the following letter to the community describing Monday’s FY16 budget rollout: Dear Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Community, Earlier this week, the President delivered his Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Budget Request to Congress.  I am pleased to share with you key figures from the Request for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the CISE directorate specifically.  The Administration is requesting $7.7 billion for NSF.  This includes $954.4 million for the CISE directorate – an increase of approximately $33 million or 3.5 percent above the FY 2015 Estimate.  For […]