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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Call for Participation: Envisioning Computer Science Futures and Frontiers
The Computing Community Consortium’s (CCC) Grand Challenges task force is engaging in a new visioning activity to identify the next grand challenges that will shape...
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Watch CCC Sponsored Sessions at AAAS – February 15th – 17th
The 2024 AAAS Meeting is coming up later this week, beginning on Thursday, February 15th and ending on Saturday, February 17th in Denver, Colorado. This year...
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CCC Responds to NIST RFI on Executing Tasks Assigned to NIST in the AI Executive Order
The CCC, on Friday of last week, responded to a Request for Information to assist NIST with executing the tasks assigned to them in the Executive Order on Safe,...
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Last Call for CCC Council Member Nominations
Thank you to everyone who has nominated a colleague or self-nominated for the opportunity to be a CCC Council member for the three-year term beginning July 1, 2024...
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CCC Releases the 5 Year Update to the Next Steps in Quantum Computing Workshop Report
Quantum computing has captured the public’s attention due to its incredible theoretical applications, but the intensely complicated underlying physics make it difficult...
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Call for Submissions: NSF Workshop on Sustainable Computing for Sustainability
Below is a call for submissions to the NSF Workshop on Sustainable Computing for Sustainability, which has been taken directly from the NSF-WSCS 2024 website. ...
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The National Science Foundation and philanthropic partners announce the new ReDDDoT program
On Tuesday, the NSF announced the Responsible Design, Development, & Deployment of Technologies (ReDDDot) program, which aims to ensure both ethical and legal...
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CCC Will Sponsor 3 Scientific Panels Next Month at AAAS 2024
The 2024 AAAS Meeting will take place February 15th – 17th in Denver, Colorado. This conference, held annually since AAAS was established in 1848, is dedicated...
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Heidelberg Laureates Warn Against a False Sense of Security with Current Encryption Methods
During the 10th Heidelberg Laureate Forum last week, I had the opportunity to interview several of the laureates to hear their perspectives on current and future...
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Kick-off to the 10th Heidelberg Laureate Forum
Today marks the first official day of the 10th Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Heidelberg, Germany. The Computing Community Consortium has attended and covered...
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Final Reminder to Submit Challenge Problems Requiring AI/OR Collaboration
This is a final reminder to please submit your Challenge Problems which require collaboration between the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Operations Research (OR)...
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Reminder to Submit Challenge Problems Requiring AI/OR Collaboration
This is a reminder to please submit your Challenge Problems which require collaboration between the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Operations Research (OR) disciplines...
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Call for Challenge Problems Requiring AI/OR Collaboration
The CCC, in collaboration with INFORMS and ACM SIGAI, will be hosting the final workshop of a three-part series titled, Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Operations...
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CRA Committees Respond to NSF Request for Information on New Technology, Innovations, and Partnerships Directorate: Seek Additional Community Input
In April 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) published a Request for Information (RFI) to inform the development of a roadmap for the recently established...
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CCC at AAAS Panel Recap: “Maintaining a Rich Breadth for Artificial Intelligence” Q&A
This blog post is a continuation of yesterday’s summary of the Maintaining a Rich Breadth for Artificial Intelligence panel at the 2023 AAAS meeting. This panel...
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AAAS Panel Recap: Maintaining a Rich Breadth for Artificial Intelligence
The final CCC panel of AAAS 2023, “Maintaining a Rich Breadth for Artificial Intelligence”, was held on Sunday, March 5th, the last day of the conference. This...
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AAAS Panel Recaps: Sustaining Computing Research Communities in a Hybrid World
Continuing in our AAAS panel recaps, the CCC hosted a panel titled, “Sustaining Computing Research Communities in a Hybrid World”. The panelists were Brent Hecht...
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CCC Releases the Artificial Intelligence/Operations Research Workshop II Report Out
The CCC just released the 2nd Report Out in the three part Artificial Intelligence/Operations Research Visioning Workshop series. In September of 2021, the CCC...
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CCC at AAAS: Surveillance, Assistance or Hinderance?: Caregiving Technologies for Older Adults Panel Recap
On the second day of the 2023 AAAS Annual Meeting, held in Washington, DC, the CCC supported its first of 6 panels, titled, Surveillance, Assistance or Hinderance...
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