University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa January 7th, 2019

THE COMPUTING COMMUNITY CONSORTIUM (CCC)

CCC: CATALYZING I.T.’S VIRTUOUS CYCLE

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ThemissionofCompu8ngResearchAssocia8on'sCompu8ngCommunityConsor8um(CCC)istocatalyzethecompu8ngresearchcommunityandenablethepursuitofinnova8ve,high-impactresearch.

COMPUTING COMMUNITY CONSORTIUM

Who•  Council–20members•  CCC/CRAStaff•  Chair,VC,&Director

Inputs:BoGom-up,Internal,&Top-Down

What:•  Workshops&Conf.BlueSkyTracks•  Whitepapers&SocialMedia•  ReportsOut(esp.togovernment)•  BiannualSymposium

ProfessionalDevelopment•  EarlyCareerWorkshops&Par*cipa*on•  CouncilMembership•  Leadershipw/Gov’t(LISPI)

NationalPriorities

AgencyRequests

OpenVisioning

Calls

Blue SkyIdeas

Reports • White PapersRoadmaps • New Leaders

Public Funding Agencies

Science Policy Leadership

Computing Research Community

Council-LedWorkshops

CommunityVisioning

AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMPUTING COMMUNITY CONSORTIUM •  Establishedin2006asastandingcommiMeeoftheCompu8ng

ResearchAssocia8on(CRA)

•  FundedbyNSFunderaCoopera8veAgreement

–  ThirdawardbeganinApril2018

•  Facilitatesthedevelopmentofabold,mul8-themedvisionfor

compu8ngresearch–andcommunicatesthisvisionto

stakeholders

•  Ledbyabroad-basedCouncil

•  StaffedbyCRA

MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS

•  Compu8ngResearchCommunity–  CRAmembers–  CSTB(ComputerScienceandTelecommunica8onsBoard,partof

Na8onalResearchCouncil)–  Professionalsocie8es–  Academicunits–  Researchlabs

•  Industry–  Compu8ngindustry,MajorusersofIT

•  Public•  Government

GOVERNMENT STAKEHOLDERS

Agenciesthatarepar8cularlyimportanttous•  NSF –strong8eswithCISE•  NIH –growing8eswithfolksinterestedinHealthIT•  DARPA –8escomeandgo•  DoE –8eswithASCR;interestinARPA-E•  NITRD –entretointeragencyworkinggroups

Othersthatarerelevant•  NIST•  HHS/ONC•  IARPA•  DoT•  DHS•  OSTP

THE CCC COUNCIL Chair:MarkHillViceChair:LizBradleyTermsendingJune2021•  IanFoster,UniversityofChicago•  RoniMRubinfeld,MIT•  SureshVenkatasubramanian,Utah•  DanielP.Lopres8,LehighUniversity•  DavidC.Parkes,Harvard•  ShwetakPatel,Univ.Washington

TermsendingJune2020•  NadyaBliss,ArizonaState•  JulianaFreire,NYU•  KeithMarzullo,Maryland•  GregMorriseM,Cornell•  JenniferRexford,Princeton•  ManuelaVeloso,CarnegieMellon•  BenZorn,MicrosogResearch

TermsendingJune2019•  SampathKannan,UPenn•  MajaMataric,USC•  ElizabethMynaM,GeorgiaTech•  NinaMishra,Amazon•  HollyRushmeier,Yale•  KevinFu,Univ.Michigan

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CRA STAFF WITH CCC RESPONSIBILITIES

CCCDirector:AnnDrobnisSeniorProgramAssociate:HelenWrightProgramAssociate:KhariDouglasCRAExecu8veDirector:AndyBernatAddi8onalCRAStaff:

–  PeterHarsha,DirectorofGovernmentAffairs

–  SandraCorbeM–  SabrinaJacob

ACTIVITIES EventsfortheCommunity

–  VisioningWorkshops–  BlueSkyIdeasConferenceTracks

AligningwithNa8onalPriori8es–  ShortReports/WhitePapers–  TaskForces

WebsiteFeatures–  CCCBlog(hMp://cccblog.org/)–  GreatInnova8veIdeas

LeadershipOpportuni8es–  Industry–AcademicCollabora8ons–  LeadershipinSciencePolicyIns8tute(LiSPI)

VISIONING ACTIVITIES •  Over45visioningac8vi8esin11-year

history•  Eightin2018==>•  Researchareasinclude:

–  SmartandPervasiveHealth–  BeyondMoore’sLaw–  Robo8cMaterials–  PrivacybyDesign–  AI–  Fairness–  PersonalizedEduca8on

•  19workshopreportsand37addi8onalwhitepapersreleasedinpastfouryears

•  Over300communitymembersannuallypar*cipateinvisioningworkshops

Workshop Date

FairRepresenta*onsandFairInterac*veLearning

March18-19,2018

SociotechnicalInterven*onsforHealthDisparityReduc*on

April9-10,2018

Robo*cMaterials April23-24,2018DigitalCompu*ngBeyondMoore’sLaw

May3-4,2018

NextStepsinQuantumCompu*ng:ComputerScience’sRole

May22-23,2018

EarlyCareerResearcherSymposium

August1-2,2018

LeadershipinEmbeddedSecurity

August13,2018

Ar*ficialIntelligenceRoadmap–IntegratedIntelligence

November14-15,2018

JosepTorrellasUIUC

MarkOskinWashington

MarkHillWisconsin

2010 2010 2012 2013

IMPACT: ARCHITECTURE

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IMPACT: ARCHITECTURE

2016 2016

MarkHillWisconsin

LuisCezeWashington

TomWenischMichigan

2013

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BLUE SKY

Goal-Helpconferencesreachoutbeyondtheusualresearchpapers.Papersareopenedendedandpossibly“outrageous”or“wacky.”

•  17differenttracksattendifferentconferencesinthelastfouryears

•  Onaverage,13paperssubmiMedpertrackataconference

•  WinnersareaskedtosubmitGreatInnova8veIdeas

PastCCCChairGregoryHagerwithAAAI-16BlueSkyawardwinnerFrancescaRossi

BLUE SKY

ConferencesmayrequestCCCsponsorshipofsuchtracksalongwithaCCCgrantthatprovidesprizemoneytobeawardedastravelgrantsforthetop3papers:•  Firstprize$1000•  Secondprize$750•  Thirdprize$500

Learnmore:hMps://cra.org/ccc/visioning/blue-sky/Sendproposalstoblueskyideas@cra.org

BLUE SKY

ACMSIGSPATIAL2018•  1stPlace-UnderstandingtheHumanBrainViaits

Spa4o-temporalProper4esOuriWolfson(UniversityofIllinoisatChicago)

•  2ndPlace-GeofencesintheSky:HerdingDroneswithBlockchainsand5GTamraparniDasu(AT&TLabs-Research)YaronKanza(AT&TLabs-Research),andDiveshSrivastava(AT&TLabs-Research)

•  3rdPlace–VisionPaper:ReinforcementLearninginSmartSpa4o-TemporalEnvironmentsSebas4anSchmoll(LudwigMaximilianUniversityofMunich),MaMhiasSchubert(LudwigMaximilianUniversityofMunich)

LEADERSHIP IN SCIENCE POLICY INSTITUTE (LISPI)

•  Intendedtoeducatecompu8ngresearchersonhowsciencepolicyintheU.S.isformulatedandhowourgovernmentworks

•  Twodayworkshopwithpresenta8onsfromanddiscussionswithsciencepolicyexperts,currentandformerHillstaff,andrelevantagencyandAdministra8onpersonnelaboutmechanicsofthelegisla8veprocess,interac8ngwithagencies,advisorycommiMees,andthefederalcaseforcompu8ng

•  TheCCCprovidesfundsforhotelaccommoda8onsfortwonightsoflocalexpenses(hotel,meals)

LEADERSHIP IN SCIENCE POLICY INSTITUTE (LISPI)

•  LiSPIpar8cipantsareexpectedtohavetheexperienceandflexibilityincurrentposi8onstoengagewithgovernment

•  UniversityfacultymembersshouldbefromCSorISdepartmentsandbepost-tenure;industrialresearchersshouldhavecomparableseniority

•  Thenomina8onprocessisasfollows:AchairordepartmentheadproposesaLiSPIcandidatebyprovidingthenameandins8tu8onofthenominee,alongwithaleMerofrecommenda8on.ThecandidatewillthenbecontactedbytheCCCandaskedtosubmitaCVandashortessaydetailingtheirinterestsinsciencepolicy

CCC BLOG ReaditathMps://www.cccblog.org/TenMostRecentBlogPosts:•  YoungResearchers:ApplyforSeventhHeidelbergLaureateForum,September

22-27,2019•  Nomina8onsSoughtforNewCCCCouncilMembers•  GreatInnova8veIdea:BuildingupSpeakingSkillsinanonlinelearningcommunity•  2020CensusandDifferen8alPrivacy•  2018ACMFellowsAnnounced•  Connec8ngandSecuringCommuni8esthroughDigitalTechnologies:AGuidefor

FederalAgencies•  NASQuantumCompu8ng:ProgressandProspects—ReportReleaseWebinar•  BlueSkyIdeasConferenceTrackheldatACMSIGSPATIAL2018NSFDCL-Fairness,

Ethics,Accountability,andTransparency:EnablingBreakthroughResearchtoExpandInclusivityinComputerandInforma8onScienceandEngineeringResearch

•  NSFDCL-Early-conceptGrantsforExploratoryResearchonAr8ficialIntelligence(AI)andSociety–SupportedJointlywiththePartnershiponAI

•  CCCQuantumCompu8ngWorkshopReportandNSFQuantumSolicita8on

CCC BLOG ReaditathMps://www.cccblog.org/TenMostReadBlogPostsThisYear:•  TheSurprisingSecurityBenefitsofEnd-to-EndFormalProofs(2018)•  WhatComputerScienceCanTeachUsAboutRobo8cs (2012) •  WhereTheJobsAre–2016Edi8on(2016)•  TwoHardwareSecurityDesignFlawsAffectBillionsofComputers(2018)•  FOCUSiden8fies“TheBestJobsinAmerica”(2010)•  PECASEAwardsAnnounced(2017)•  FirstPerson:“LifeasaNSFProgramDirector”(2011)•  DARPABroadAgencyAnnouncement-LifelongLearningMachines(L2M)

(2017)•  2016Robo8csRoadmapandtheNa8onalRobo8csIni8a8ve2.0(2017)•  APrimerontheMeltdown&SpectreHardwareSecurityDesignFlawsand

theirImportantImplica8ons(2018)

CCC BLOG Youcanwriteaguestblogpost!

HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?

•  Reach out to the CCC with your ideas! –  Email Khari Douglas (kdouglas@cra.org) or CCC Director, Ann Drobnis

(adrobnis@cra.org) –  Come to a CCC visioning workshop

(See upcoming events: https://cra.org/ccc/events/) –  Submit a Great Innovative Idea https://cra.org/ccc/great-innovative-ideas/) –  Request a Blue Sky Idea Conference Track

https://cra.org/ccc/visioning/blue-sky/)

•  Tell your community about CCC! –  Workshop RFP posted at the beginning of each year, please share

(https://cra.org/ccc/visioning/rfp-creating-visions-for-computing-research/) –  CCC is seeking nominations for new Council Members

(https://cra.org/ccc/call-for-council-nomination/) –  Read and share our blog (http://www.cccblog.org) –  Have a colleague who you would recommend for a visioning workshop? Let

us know!

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SPECIAL THANKS TO SUSANNE STILL