Visioning Workshops

Big-Data Computing Study Group
March 25-26, 2008, Sunnyvale, CA

Under sponsorship by the CCC, the Big-Data Study Group will explore and enable opportunities for research and applications of high-performance, data-intensive computing systems, benefiting application areas ranging from astronomy to machine translation. To begin this effort, we held two events in March, 2008. Details are available here.

From Internet to Robotics - The Next Transformative Technology

The CCC study will run over the period 2008-2009 and will involve several domains to ensure coverage across a diverse set of possible applications and also broad involvement of the community. A fundamental objective of the study is to ensure that basic research addresses the key problems that will allow American companies to have a leading role in the deployment of future generations of robots.

The list of the workshop titles and their dates is available at http://www.us-robotics.us/

CRA Conference at Snowbird
July 13-15, 2008, in Snowbird, UT

The CRA Conference at Snowbird brings together the chairs of Ph.D.-granting departments of computer science and computer engineering, as well as leaders from U.S. industrial and government computing research laboratories. A number of other senior people from research groups, government, academia, and professional societies also attend. It is a relatively small (250 people) but very influential group. The goal of the conference is to provide a context in which attendees can discuss practical and strategic issues facing their organizations. This opportunity to network with peers is one of the most valuable aspects of the conference. The most recent was held June 25-27, 2006. The next will be held July 13-15, 2008, in Snowbird, UT. Details are available here.

Taskforces

Future of American Innovation
futureofinnovation.org

The Task Force on the Future of American Innovation, comprised of organizationsfrom industry and academia, advocates increased federal support for research in the physical sciences and engineering. Formed in 2004, the Task Force urges strong, sustained increases for research budgets at the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy Office of Science, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Department of Defense.