The Computing Community Consortium Overview and how you can be part of this Community
David Kaeli CRA-W/CDC Systems Research Mentoring Workshop June 16, 2008
Computing has changed the world
Advances in computing change the way we
live, work, learn, and communicate Advances in computing drive advances in nearly all other fields Advances in computing power our economy
Not just through the growth of the IT industry – through productivity growth across the entire economy
Research has built the foundation
Timesharing
Computer graphics Networking (LANs and the Internet) Personal workstation computing Windows and the graphical user interface RISC architectures Modern integrated circuit design RAID storage Parallel computing
Much of the impact is recent
Entertainment technology Data mining Portable communication The World Wide Web
Speech recognition Broadband last mile
The future is full of opportunity
Creating the future of networking Driving advances in all fields of science and engineering Autonomous navigation Personalized education Predictive, preventive, personalized medicine Quantum computing Empowerment for the developing world Personalized health monitoring => quality of life Data-intensive scalable computing Bio-inspired computing Wearable computing/sensors
We must work together to establish, articulate, and pursue visions for the field
The challenges that will shape the
intellectual future of the field The challenges that will catalyze research investment and public support The challenges that will attract the best and brightest minds of a new generation
To this end, NSF asked CRA to create the Computing Community Consortium
o To catalyze the computing research community to consider such questions
o To envision long-range, more audacious research challenges o To build momentum around such visions o To state them in compelling ways o To move them towards funded initiatives o To ensure “science oversight” of large-scale initiatives
o A “cooperative agreement” with NSF
o Close coordination
The structure
CCC is all of us! This process must succeed, and it can’t succeed without broad community engagement
There is a CCC Council to guide the
effort
The Council stimulates and facilitates – it doesn’t “own” Inaugural Council appointed through an open process led by Randy Bryant
CCC Council
Greg Andrews Bill Feiereisen Susan Graham (v chair) Anita Jones David Kaeli
Dick Karp John King Ed Lazowska (ch) Peter Lee Andrew McCallum Beth Mynatt
Fred Schneider Bob Sproull Karen Sutherland David Tennenhouse Dave Waltz
Activities to date
Definition and execution of a
bootstrapping procedure for the CCC
Not straightforward, because community ownership was essential!
Five plenary talks at the Federated
Computing Research Conference (June 2007) to introduce CCC to the computing research community
Embracing and amplifying efforts that are already underway
Three efforts launched thus far
“Big Data Computing Study Group: Data
Intensive Computing”
“Visions for Theoretical Computer Science”
“From Internet to Robotics: The Next
Transformative Technology”
“Cyber-Physical Systems: The Interaction of
Physical Systems and Networked Computing”
“NetSE: The Next Generation Internet”
More on the way!!
Anticipated interactions
Close coordination with the CISE
leadership
CCC is a cooperative agreement, not a grant!
Engagement with a wide range of other
research agencies (e.g., NIH, DARPA, NIST, DoE), leadership groups (e.g., CRA, CSTB, ACM, IEEE), and research organizations (e.g., industrial research labs, national labs)
Why am I talking to you??
These and future CCC initiatives need your
participation Shrinking enrollments in undergraduate CS/CE programs nationwide (down 40% from 2002) Low participation by minority students in graduate CS/CE research programs nationwide (<5% AA&L in CS/CE PhD programs) Stronger emphasis needs to be placed on establishing links between these programs CCC/CRA/NSF needs to take an active role by rethinking how broader participation is established/maintained
Some current ideas
Develop stronger links between minority
institutions and PhD granting institutions
NSF REU/LSAMP programs are a start CCC needs to evaluate current status and recommend changes Develop a CRA-hosted website/wiki to identify programs and opportunities (e.g., CRA-W) Utilize CCC-supported projects to beta-test linkages
Identify industry/consortium-based funding
sources to partner with NSF to target projects involving minority students pursuing graduate degrees
National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science – www.gemfellowship.org
Policy catalyst
Work with NSF to require all academic
institutions to have a strategic plan that addresses recruitment of students and faculty from under-represented groups
This would help to connect the broader impact sections required in NSF proposals with real outcomes outlined in strategic plans The exercise of developing strategic plans should help to raise awareness of the problem and lead to a wider range of solutions Look to develop similar strategies within other federal research funding agencies
Why CCC/CRA?
Increasing participation by all groups will have a very positive impact on the overall quality/amount of computing-based research (CCC mandate) Need to develop natural pipelines between minority undergraduate institutions and graduate research programs CRA has already taken a leadership role in increasing participation by women in computing
Let’s build on this success
CCC is already taken steps in this direction through their CDC participation
Let’s work together to broaden this effort to attract more minority undergraduates to graduate programs
http://www.cra.org/ccc/
CCC Challenge Project
CCC is looking for ideas for a nation-
wide challenge project to help foster bridges from undergraduate minority programs to PhD programs We want to hear your ideas What excites you?