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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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DARPA Broad Agency Announcement- Machine Common Sense (MCS)
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) just released a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) on Machine Common Sense (MCS) with a December 18, 2018, response...
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Early Career Researcher Symposium Summary
In August, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) held the Early Career Researcher Symposium (ECR) as a capstone event for the CIFellows program. It brought together...
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IARPA- Future Computer Systems (FCS) RFI
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is seeking information on research efforts in the area of innovative, new computer hardware and software...
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ACM SIGARCH Blog- What’s the future of technology scaling?
The following is a blog post from ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture Today that discusses the dramatic slowing of technology scaling (Moore’s Law). It touches on...
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NSF Upcoming Due Dates
Check out the upcoming due dates for the National Science Foundation (NSF)! Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E) Full Proposal Window:...
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Blue Sky Ideas Conference Track at ISWC 2018
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently sponsored a Blue Sky Ideas Conference Track at the 17th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC), October...
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CCC Content Generation for Workforce Training Workshop- Call for White Papers
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) will hold a visioning workshop in Atlanta, GA on March 14-15, 2019 to discuss and articulate research visions for authoring...
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
The following is a letter to the community from James Kurose, Assistant Director, and Erwin Gianchandani, Deputy Assistant Director, of the National Science Foundation...
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National Academies Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Applications for Older Adults and People with Disabilities: Balancing Safety and Autonomy
On October 24, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine‘s Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence will host a workshop in Washington...
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Blavatnik Awards For Young Scientists
The nomination period for the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists is now open and will close on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. The Blavatnik National...
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CCC Deputy Director Position Open
The Computing Research Association seeks a highly motivated individual to serve as a Deputy Director for the Computing Community Consortium. The Deputy Director...
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The Future VR/AR Network — Towards Virtual Human/Object Teleportation
This blog post is from Jacob Chakareski, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama. Virtual and augmented reality...
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HLF 2018 Comes to an End
The 6th annual Heidelberg Laureate Forum ended with a tour, reception, and lovely dinner at Heidelberg Castle. It was a time for reflection and celebration for...
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AI and The Need for More Research
Last Thursday, Politico held an AI Summit: Innovation and Governance as “a global leadership gathering of policymakers, business leaders and experts for solutions...
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A New Golden Age for Computer Architecture
The 2017 Turing Award winner, Dave Patterson, from the University of California, Berkeley, presented on Thursday morning of the HLF a talk called “The Past is Prologue...
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What is the most exciting thing in computing in the next 10 years?
On Wednesday afternoon, HLF got out of the lecture halls and cruised down the Neckar River. I decided to spend my time listening in on conversations and jumping...
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Jeffrey Dean Wants YOU To Take A Machine Learning Class
Only day two of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum and the term machine learning or “ML” has been popping up throughout during talks and in conversations with young...
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Is your 2-year-old smarter than your computer?
Is your 2-year-old smarter than your computer? Yes, simply because she is human. While she might not know how to read or do simple addition, she has the uniquely...
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HLF 2018 Begins, there’s already some controversy!
The 6th Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) has begun! Two hundred young researchers from 60 different countries have come to Heidelberg to learn from 33 Laureates....
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