Announcements

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Announcements from CRA.

2013 CRA Distinguished Service and A. Nico Habermann Awardees Announced

By CRA Staff Full Article

The CRA Board of Directors has announced its selections of the 2013 Service Awards. David Notkin, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington Seattle, was selected for the A. Nico Habermann Award, and Peter G. Neumann Principle Scientist at SRI International, was selected for the Distinguished Service Award.

2012 Taulbee Report Sneak Preview

By Stu Zweben, Betsy Bizot Full Article

The full 2012 Taulbee Report will be published in the May 2013 issue of CRN. However, the degree and enrollment numbers for bachelor’s and doctoral level programs in the departments responding to the survey have been compiled at this time, and they should be of interest to our members and readership. Thus, we are providing a sneak preview into these data.

IT Research Hearing Focuses on Security, Education

By Peter Harsha & Melissa Norr Full Article

On February 14, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee’s Subcommittee on Research held a hearing on Applications for Information Technology Research and Development. CCC Chair and former CRA Board Chair Ed Lazowska, CRA-W Chair and current CRA Board Member Kathryn McKinley, representing Microsoft, and Kelly Gaither of the University of Texas at Austin testified on behalf of the computing community and articulated the importance of federal funding for computing research.

Updates from the Computing Community Consortium

By Ed Lazowska Full Article

The role of CRA’s Computing Community Consortium is to assist the computing research community in envisioning and enabling new high-impact research directions. Here are some key activities since our last report two months ago:

CISE Welcomes the Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure

By Farnam Jahanian Full Article

On September 6, 2012, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced plans for realigning the Office of Cyberinfrastructure (OCI) as a unit within the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE). With the December 27, 2012 Congressional approval of NSF’s plan for operations through March 27, 2013, OCI has now become the Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (ACI) within CISE. The new division will continue to benefit from the leadership of Alan Blatecky.

Expanding the Pipeline

Growing the Tech Talent Pool: NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Program Scales Up

By Ruthe Farmer Full Article

In May 2007, the National Center for Women & IT (NCWIT) launched the Award for Aspirations in Computing at its annual members meeting, which that year took place in Boulder, Colorado. Fifteen young women were selected from local Boulder and Denver high schools and recognized for their aspirations and achievements in computing.