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Measuringthehealthofthecompu3ngfield:
ChallengesfacingtheCRAcommunity
EricGrimsonEECS,MIT
Chair,CRABoard
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Howdowemeasurethehealthofthecompu3ngresearchcommunity?
• Fundinglevelsandtrends
• Produc3onofstudents– Numbersofstudents– Wheretheygoandthedemandlevel
• Percep3onofthefieldanditsimpact
• Influenceonotherdisciplines
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Fundinglevelsandtrends• FY11budgetprocessinCongress– COMPETESAct(2007)in
processofrenewal–doubleNSFbudgetover7years
– DARPAbudgetexpectedtoincreaseoverlastFY
– DARPAmovingtoreinvestinuniversityfunding
– NIHcomputa3onrelatedfundingrising
• Challengesremain–GACpromo3ngagenda– (SnowbirdsessiononimpactinDC)
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GovernmentITR&Dfunding
Source: Peter Harsha, CRA
Refactoring of funding by NIH
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Selectedagencies
Source: Peter Harsha, CRA
Misleading, due to contract style
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Produc3onofstudents
• Doctoralproduc3on• Theearlierpipeline
– Newbachelorsstudents• Theevenearlierpipeline?
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Doctoralproduc3on
Source:SusanneHambrusch,Purdue
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Whereareourgraduatesgoing?
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Bachelorsproduc3on
Source:SusanneHambrusch,Purdue
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NewBachelorsstudents
• Source–Taulbeesurvey
• CShasbeenflatsince2005,withaveryslightupturn
• CEessen3allyflatsince2002
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Improvingthediversityofthefield
• Trendsindegreerecipients
• Trendsinfacultyposi3ons
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Diversity
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Diversityinfaculty
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Whyarewestrugglingtoa^ractstudents?
• USDept.ofLaborsta3s3csshowthatCS/CEhaslargedemand,highini3alwages• 2oftop6occupa3onsthatrequirea
collegedegreewithlargestprojectedgrowthinjobsareCS/CErelated
• Sowhyareweflatintermsofthepipeline?• WeareworkingongefngCinto
CSTEMinschools,butprogressisslow• ChangingtheCSAPexam,gefngCS
includedinlocalcurricula• (SnowbirdsessiononCS/10K)
• Weneedtothinkabouthowstudentsseeourcurriculum
• (SnowbirdsessiononCRA‐E)
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Percep3onofthefield
• Wearelosingthe“design”ba^letootherfields,especiallyMechanicalEngineering– Arewecommunica3ngwellto
studentstheexci3ngopportuni3esinthefield?
• Currentstudentswanttomakeanimpact– Isourcurriculumsetupto
encouragestudentswithbroaderinterests?
– DowedoagoodjobofsellingCS/CEforsustainability,environmentalissues,healthcare,energy,socialwell‐being?
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Percep3onofthefield
• TheObamaadministra3onisstressingfourbroadpriori3es– economicprosperity– energy,environment,climatechange
– healthcare:biomedandIT– na3onalsecurity
• Weshouldbesignificantplayersinallofthese– Arewe?
• TheNRCrankingsprocessmaynothelpourimage?
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Areweencouragingimpact?
• Arewebecomingadeadline‐drivenfield?– Researchdrivenbythe
nextconferencedeadline,ratherthantakingthe3metotacklelargescaleissues?
• Arewehiringandpromo3ngbasedonimpactorvolume?– (Snowbirddiscussionon
publica3ons)
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Impact:Influenceonotherfields
• Growingopportuni3esforcomputa3onin:– Lifesciences– Medicine– Finance– Energy– Transporta3on
• Challengeistoar3culateimportanceofITroleintheseareas
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Influenceonotherfields
• Computa3onal‐X– Wehaveanopportunitytorelatetoawiderangeofotherdisciplines–incurricula,inresearch,inapplica3ons
• “Computa3onalthinking”– Everywelleducatedpersonshouldunderstandcomputa3onalthinking