INTRODUCTION TO THE CCC AND THE CCC COUNCIL

AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMPUTING COMMUNITY CONSORTIUM

•  Establishedin2006asastandingcommi4eeoftheCompu9ngResearchAssocia9on(CRA)

•  FundedbyNSFunderaCoopera9veAgreement

–  ThirdAwardbeganinApril2018,SiteVisitwillbeSeptember2018

•  Facilitatesthedevelopmentofabold,mul9-themedvisionforcompu9ngresearch–andcommunicates

thisvisiontostakeholders

•  Ledbyabroad-basedCouncil•  StaffbasedatCRA

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PRE-HISTORY Inthemid-2000’s,NSFCISEleadersandcompu9ngresearchcommunityleadershadsimilarconcernsregarding:

–  TheFederalcommitmenttoresearchingeneral,andtocompu9ngresearchinpar9cular

–  Publicandpolicymakerpercep9onthatcomputerscienceis“yesterday’snews”

–  Failuretoar9culateandcoalescearoundexci9ngresearchvisionsincomputerscience–researchvisionsthatwouldgalvanizethepublic,policymakers,researchers,andstudents

–  Needtogroomleadershipforthefield–  Decreaseinstudentinterest–  GENIProjectdirec9on

Thisledto:–  Increasedfocusontheseissues

byNSFCISEandthecompu9ngresearchcommunity

–  Compu9ngCommunityConsor9umsolicita9onbyNSF

–  Eagerresponsebyagroupofcompu9ngresearchcommunityleadersundertheauspicesoftheCompu9ngResearchAssocia9on

•  RandyBryant•  SusanGraham•  AnitaJones•  DickKarp•  KenKennedy•  EdLazowska•  PeterLee•  JeffVi4er

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INFORMAL MISSION “Acatalystandenablerforthecompu9ngresearchcommunity”–  Bringthecommunitytogethertocontributetoshapingthefutureofthe

field–  Provideleadershipforthecommunity,encouragingrevolu9onary,high-

impactresearch–  Encouragethealignmentofcompu9ngresearchwithpressingna9onal

priori9esandna9onalchallenges(manyofwhichcrossdisciplines)–  Workwithpolicymakerstofacilitatethetransla9onoftheseimportant

researchdirec9onsintofundedprograms–  Givevoicetothecommunity,communica9ngtoabroadaudiencethe

manywaysinwhichadvancesincompu9ngwillcreateabrighterfuture–  Grownewleadersforthecompu9ng

researchcommunity

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MAJOR ORGANIZATIONAL MILESTONES

•  NSFsolicita9on+CRAProposal+Coopera9veAgreement(2006)•  Chairappointed(Winter2007)+Councilappointed(Spring2007)•  Vice-Chairposi9onformalized:Fall2007•  Full-9meDirector(ErwinGianchandani)joins:Spring2010•  Renewalproposalsubmi4ed:Spring2011•  Steady-stateorganiza9onalstructuredefined:Fall2012•  Execu9veCommi4eelaunched:Winter2013•  AnnDrobnisjoinsasDirector:Spring2013•  RegularChair/Vice-Chairsuccessionkicksin:Summer2013•  ProposalandRenewal(2017)•  ThirdAward(2018)

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CCC: CATALYZING I.T.’S VIRTUOUS CYCLE

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Academia

Ci*zens

GovernmentIndustry

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ThemissionofCompu9ngResearchAssocia9on'sCompu9ngCommunityConsor9um(CCC)istocatalyzethecompu9ngresearchcommunityandenablethepursuitofinnova9ve,high-impactresearch.

COMPUTING COMMUNITY CONSORTIUM

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

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

What:•  Workshops&Conf.BlueSkyTracks•  Whitepapers&SocialMedia•  ReportsOut(esp.togovernment)•  BiannualSymposiumtoDC’ers

HumanDevelopment•  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

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES

CCC ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE Chair,Vice-chair

–  2yearnon-staggeredterms–  Vice-chairispresump9vechair

Director,DeputyDirector,ProgramAssociates(2)–  Full-9mepaidposi9ons

Execu9veCommi4ee–  Chair,Vice-chair,Director–  3atlargedrawnfromCouncilfor1-yearterms–  CRAExecu9veDirector

Council–  20members–  3yearterms,atmost2consecu9veterms

Support–  Asneeded,fromCRAStaff

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WHAT DOES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DO?

•  Eachmemberhasamajorresponsibilitywithintheorganiza9on

•  Overseestheworkofsubcommi4eesandworkinggroups•  Guidestheplanningofnewac9vi9es•  Overseestheexecu9onoftheStrategicPlanandannual

Implementa9onPlan•  Meetsbiweeklybyteleconference•  MeetsbiweeklywithNSFbyteleconference

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WHAT DO COUNCIL MEMBERS DO?

•  Shepherdvisioningac9vi9es•  Par9cipateintopicaltaskforces

–  Examples:AIandRobo9cs,Healthcare,PrivacyandFairness–  Produceandcuraterelevantresources–  Monthlyteleconferences

•  Developandleadnewac9vi9es–  Examples:CIFellows,LISPI,…

•  Engagewithgovernmentagencies,industry,andsisterorganiza9ons(NSF,ACM,BigDataHubs…)

•  Writewhitepapersandblogposts•  Otherrequestsasneeded•  Monthlyteleconferences•  Threeface-to-facemee9ngseachyear

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THE CCC COUNCIL Chair:MarkHillViceChair:LizBradley

TermsendingJune2021•  IanFoster,UniversityofChicago•  Roni4Rubinfeld,MIT•  SureshVenkatasubramanian,Utah•  DanielP.Lopres9,LehighUniversity•  DavidC.Parkes,Harvard•  ShwetakPatel,Univ.Washington

TermsendingJune2020•  NadyaBliss,ArizonaState•  JulianaFreire,NYU•  KeithMarzullo,Maryland•  GregMorrise4,Cornell•  JenniferRexford,Princeton•  ManuelaVeloso,CarnegieMellon•  BenZorn,MicrosoqResearch

TermsendingJune2019•  SampathKannan,Upenn•  MajaMataric,USC•  ElizabethMyna4,GeorgiaTech•  NinaMishra,Amazon•  HollyRushmeier,Yale•  KevinFu,Univ.Michigan

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CRA STAFF CCCDirector:AnnDrobnisSeniorProgramAssociate:HelenWrightProgramAssociate:KhariDouglasCRAExecu9veDirector:AndyBernatOtherCRAStaff:

–  PeterHarsha,DirectorofGovernmentAffairs

–  SandraCorbe4–  SabrinaJacob

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RELATIONSHIP TO COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (CRA) NSFcoopera9veagreementiswithCRA

CCCisastandingcommi4eeofCRA–  AndyBernat,CRAExecu9veDirector,isanexofficiomemberofthe

CCCExecu9veCommi4ee–  MarkHill,theCCCChairisamemberoftheCRABoardofDirectors–  SusanB.Davidson,theCRAchairmustconsenttoCCCCouncil

appointments(andisaformerCouncilmember)–  GregMorrise4,CCCCouncilmemberandmemberoftheCRABoardof

Directors

CCCstaffarebasedinCRA

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CCC GOALS AND ACTIVITIES

GOALS FOR CCC

1.  Bring the computing research community together to envision audacious research challenges, and to articulate concrete pathways to enable pursuit of these challenges.

2.  Communicate these challenges and opportunities to the broader national community.

3.  Facilitate investment in these research challenges by key stakeholders.

4.  Inculcate values of leadership and service by the computing research community.

5.  Inform and influence early career researchers to !engage in these community-led research challenges.

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VISIONING PROCESSES

•  Periodic RFP for Community Initiated Activities•  6 workshops per year in the last 3 years•  Top-down (agency initiated)•  Bottom-up (open call)•  Sideways (council initiated, joint with other agencies,….)

Cybersecurityfor

Manufacturers

SociotechnicalCybersecurity

SociotechnicalInterven9onsforHealthDisparityReduc9on

DigitalCompu9ngBeyondMoore’s

Law

Robo9cMaterials

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VISIONING ACTIVITIES •  Over 45 visioning activities in 10-year

history •  Average of 6 activities per year in the

last 4 years•  Research areas include:

–  Smart and Pervasive Health–  Beyond Moore’s Law–  Robotic Materials–  Privacy by Design –  BRAIN Initiative–  Fairness–  Personalized Education

•  13 workshop reports released !in past 4 years

•  20 white papers released !in past 4 years

Workshop DateCyber-SocialLearningSystemsWorkshop3

January24-25,2017

CyberSecurityforManufacturersWorkshop

March14-15,2017

SocioTechnicalCybersecurityWorkshop2

August8-9,2017

LeadershipinSciencePolicyIns*tute

November6-7,2017

FairRepresenta*onsandFairInterac*veLearning

March18-19,2018

SociotechnicalInterven*onsforHealthDisparityReduc*on

April9-10,2018

Robo*cMaterials April23-24,2018

DigitalCompu*ngBeyondMoore’sLaw

May3-4,2018

NextStepsinQuantumCompu*ng:ComputerScience’sRole

May22-23,2018

SUCCESSFUL VISIONING ACTIVITIES

•  Engage the community and relevant stakeholders

•  Facilitate broad thinking with compelling examples•  Create new avenues for (interdisciplinary) collaboration•  Prepare and energize the community for future

opportunities

•  Rapidly capture and synthesize ideas from the community.

•  Present ideas and engage possible funders and stakeholders

•  Articulate needs and barriers to research impact19

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CCC TASK FORCES CCC task forces are organized around national priorities, community needs, and council member interests. Our current* set of topics are:

•  AI Working Group•  Industry Working Group•  Cybersecurity and Cybercrime•  Health and Human Computer Interaction•  Information Integrity and Provenance•  Intelligent Infrastructure•  Fairness and Accountability•  Systems and Architecture !Goal is for CCC to be engaged in ongoing activities around these topics, to identify needs and opportunities in the topic area, and to identify actions (generating white papers, convening a workshop, publicizing information, etc.) that have the possibility of “moving the needle” for these topics.

Annual process to determine topics, membership and priorities. Informed by major stakeholders (NSF, OSTP, PCAST, NITRD, workshops and council members). * List likely to change after this summer’s meeting.

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COMMUNICATING •  WorkshopReports•  WhitePapers

–  CCCworkswithcommunitytoproduce9melywhitepapersthatinformpolicymakersandthebroadercommunityonna9onalpriori9es

•  CCCBlog–  Providesacon9nuousstreamofinforma9onon

advancesincompu9ngresearch–  Opportuni9esforcommunitytogetinvolved–  Forumforcommunitydiscussion

•  Website–  Collec9onofResources

•  GreatInnova9veIdeas–  Awaytoshowcasetheexci9ngnewresearchand

ideasgeneratedbythecompu9ngcommunity•  Annualevents

–  CCCSymposium–  CRASnowbird

•  SpecialEvents–  EarlyCareerResearcherSymposium

BiannualCompu9ngResearchSymposium

EarlyCareerResearcherSymposium

2018

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NURTURING NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS Growleadershipandcommunitycapacitytoengageinandrespondtona9onalsciencepolicyneedsandiden9fynewdirec9onsforcompu9ngresearch.

LeadershipinSciencePolicyIns9tute–  Educatesandtrainscompu9ngresearchersonhowsciencepolicyintheU.S.is

formulatedandhowtoadvocateforcompu9ngresearch–  Co-sponsoredbyCRA’sGovernmentAffairsCommi4ee

Industry–AcademicCollabora9ons

–  CCCcollaboratedwithBigDataRegionalHubs–  Ac9vi9estoenhancetheresearchofearlycareerfaculty

PostdocBestPrac9ces

–  Programtostudyins9tu9onalsupportstructuresforpostdocs–  3programs:UniversityofWashington,NYASCENT,Arizona

Compu9ngInnova9onFellows(CIFellows)Project

–  RapidlycreatedtheCIFellowsprogramtopreservehumancapitalwhenfacultyposi9onsbecamescarcewiththefinancialcrisis

THE CCC COUNCIL — PAST MEMBERS –  LorenzoAlvisi,Univ.ofTexas–  GregAndrews,Univ.Arizona–  RandyBryant,CarnegieMellonDebra

Crawford,Drexel–  ElizabethChurchill,Google–  SusanDavidson,Univ.PA–  CynthiaDwork,Harvard–  JosephEvans,Univ.KS–  BillFeiereisen,LANL–  LimorFix,Intel–  StephanieForrest,Univ.NewMexico–  LanceFortnow,GeorgiaTech–  SusanGraham,UCBerkeley–  GregHager,JohnsHopkins–  VasantHonavar,Univ.ofPennsylvania–  EricHorvitz,MicrosoqResearch–  ChrisJohnson,Univ.Utah–  AnitaJones,UVA–  FransKaashoek,MIT–  DaveKaeli,Northeastern–  DickKarp,UCBerkeley–  JohnKing,Univ.Michigan

–  HankKorth,Lehigh–  EdLazowska,Univ.ofWashington,CCC

FoundingChair–  PeterLee,CarnegieMellon–  RanLibeskind-Hadas,HarveyMudd–  AndrewMcCallum,UMass–  JohnMitchell,Stanford–  RobinMurphy,TexasA&M–  KlaraNahrstedt,UIUC–  TalRabin,IBMResearch–  DebraRichardson,UCSD–  DanielaRus,MIT–  FredSchneider,Cornell–  MargoSeltzer,Harvard–  ShashiShekhar,Univ.MN–  BobSproull,FormallyOracle–  KarenSutherland,AugsburgCollege–  DavidTennenhouse,NewVenturePartners–  JosepTorrellas,UIUC–  DaveWaltz,Columbia–  RossWhitaker,Univ.Utah–  KathyYelick,UCBerkeley

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