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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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NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Computer Science for All
National Science Foundation (NSF) Assistant Director for the Directorate of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) James Kurose and NSF Assistant Director...
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Federal Highway Administration Research Opportunity on Virtual and Augmented Reality
The National Research Council (NRC) Research Associateship Programs (RAP) promote excellence in scientific and technological research conducted by the U.S. government...
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Nominate for NSA Best Cybersecurity Paper Competition
The National Security Agency is seeking nominations for its Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition. The 4th competition is open for nominations...
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NSF CISE Distinguished Lecture Series – Moshe Vardi
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) is pleased to announce a distinguished lecture on...
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Register Now for the Global City Teams Challenge Tech Jam
The registration for the Global City Teams Challenge Tech Jam (GCTC) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Gaithersburg, MD on...
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Theoretical Foundations for Social Computing Workshop Report
Contributions to this post were made by Jenn Wortman Vaughan, a senior researcher at Microsoft Research and a member of the workshop’s organizing committee. The...
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Cryptography Pioneers Receive 2015 ACM A.M. Turing Award
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) congratulates Whitfield Diffie, former Chief Security Officer of Sun Microsystems and Martin E. Hellman, Professor Emeritus...
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Blue Sky Ideas Track Held at AAAI-16
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently sponsored a Blue Sky Ideas Conference Track at the 30th Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence...
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New NSF Partnership with the Semiconductor Research Corporation on Energy-Efficient Computing
The following is a special contribution to this blog by Sankar Basu, National Science Foundation (NSF) Program Director for Computing and Communication Foundations...
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NSF Dear Colleague Letter- Fostering the Development of the National Brain Observatory
On April 2, 2013, President Obama launched the Brain Research though Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative as a bold new research effort to...
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CCC White Paper- Accelerating Science: A Computing Research Agenda
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Convergence of Data and Computing Task Force, led by CCC Council Members Vasant G. Honavar from Pennsylvania State University...
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CCC Council Member Shwetak Patel Named Extraordinary Early-Career Scientist by President Obama
President Obama has named 105 researchers recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. This is the highest honor bestowed by...
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Global City Teams Challenge Tech Jam March 22-23!
The Global City Teams Challenge Tech Jam date has been set! It will take place at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Gaithersburg...
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CCC at AAAS 2016 Summary
Last week we reported that the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) would be a part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2016 Annual...
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IARPA Request For Information – Novel Training Datasets and Environments to Advance Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has captured the public’s imagination for over 60 years, but it has proceeded in fits and starts leading to what has become known as...
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NIH Pill Image Recognition Challenge
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), recently published a Federal Register Notice for a national Pill Image...
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NSF Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Director France A. Córdova outlined President Obama’s fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request to Congress for NSF. The FY17 request...
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Computing Community Consortium at AAAS 2016
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is proud to be a part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2016 Annual Meeting this weekend...
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President Establishes a Commission on Enhancing Cybersecurity
President Obama just announced his plan to implement a Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP) that will take near-term actions and put in place a long-term strategy...
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