NSF-CRI'07 Plenary Address
June 4, 2007
Introducing the Computing Community
Consortium
Ed Lazowska
Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science &
Engineering, University of Washington
Chair, Computing Community Consortium
http://lazowska.cs.washington.edu
Abstract
Computing research has made remarkable advances,
but there's much more to be accomplished. The next ten years of advances
should be even more significant, and even more interesting, than the past
ten. The National Science Foundation has created the Computing Community
Consortium to engage computing researchers in an ongoing process of
visioning -- of imagining what we might contribute to the world, in terms
that we and the world might both appreciate. The CCC is "of, by, and for"
the computing research community. It is just beginning. We have a mandate
from NSF to help articulate the longer-term research visions for the field,
and we are now creating the mechanisms to do so. I will take this
opportunity to engage you as members of the field, inviting your
contributions and suggestions.
Short Biography:
Ed Lazowska holds the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in
Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, where he has
been on the faculty since 1977. Lazowska's research and teaching concern the
design, implementation, and analysis of high performance computing and
communication systems. He is a Member of the National Academy of
Engineering, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the
Association for Computing Machinery, the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, and the American Association for the Advancement of
Science. He has chaired the NSF CISE Advisory Committee, the DARPA
Information Science and Technology (ISAT) Study Group, and the Computing
Research Association Board of Directors. He has been an advisor to Microsoft
Research since its inception in 1991, and serves as a board member or
technical advisor to a number of high-tech companies and venture firms. In
March 2007, he was appointed by the Computing Research Association as the
inaugural Chair of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council.
Established by CRA in partnership with NSF, the CCC -- a consortium of
experts drawn from and chosen by the computing research community -- seeks
to stimulate scientific leadership and vision on issues related to computing
research and future large-scale computing research projects.
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