Published: May 2024, Issue: Vol. 36/No.5, Download as PDF
Archive of articles published in the May 2024, Vol. 36/No.5 issue.
By Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications, and the CRA Taulbee Survey Team The Computing Research Association (CRA) is pleased to present the findings of the 53rd annual CRA Taulbee Survey. A widely known and trusted resource in the computing research community, this year’s survey report documents trends in student enrollment, degree production, employment of graduates, […]
By Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications, and Brian Mosley, Associate Director of Government Affairs The Computing Research Association (CRA), in collaboration with IEEE-USA and Carnegie Mellon University, was pleased to host Members of Congress, the media, and the public at the Robotics Showcase and Demo Day in the Hart Senate Office Building on April 30. […]
By Lauren Lashlee and Richard Elam, CRA-WP Grad Cohort for IDEALS and Grad Cohort for Women were co-located for the first time this year and took place at the Hilton Minneapolis from April 11 – 13, 2024. In total, the CRA-Widening Participation committee welcomed more than 350 attendees, participants, and speakers to this year’s combined […]
By Elora Daniels, Communications Associate After a nationwide search for its next Dean, the Georgia Institute of Technology recently announced that Dr. Vivek Sarkar will be its next Dean of the College of Computing effective June 2024. A founding member and Co-chair of the CRA-Industry (CRA-I) committee and former CRA Board of Directors member, Sarkar […]
By CERP Staff CRA and CERP are happy to announce that the 2023 Data Buddies Annual Report and Public Dataset have been published and are now available as an updated resource for the computing community! To access the annual report, click on the following link. If you would like to receive one of the 2023 […]
By Julia Sepulveda, Program Associate, CRA-E The UR2PhD program, an initiative that aims to substantially increase the quality and scale of undergraduate research opportunities through mentorship and training, is offering two summer courses: a research methods and a mentor training course. The undergraduate research methods course aims to equip students with the fundamental skills they […]
By Julia Sepulveda, Program Associate, CRA-E In order to help students bridge the gap between a first research experience and graduate study, the UR2PhD program will be launching Graduate School Application Workshops for Computing Programs in the fall. These workshops will aim to support students in their final year of study as they apply to […]
By Julia Sepulveda, Program Associate, CRA-E The UR2PhD program aims to broaden participation in computing by increasing the quality and scale of undergraduate research experiences. At this time, our program activities are cultivating stronger mentoring relationships and inspiring confidence and collaboration through training. In order to strengthen the computing pipeline, we are currently accepting proposals […]
By Yasra Chandio (CRA-E Fellow, University of Massachusetts Amherst) and Alejandro Velasco Dimate (CRA-E Fellow, College of William & Mary This Q&A highlight features Anya Ji, a Finalist in the 2023 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Anya finished her undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Psychology and her M.Eng in Computer Science at Cornell […]
By Andres Purpuro, Program Assistant, CERP, and Toyamim Rahman, Program Associate, CERP CRA is excited to announce the launch of the BPC Shared Measures Page on BPCnet.org. This collaborative effort, as part of the “BPC-DP: Developing Shared Measures Among the BPC Community” project, has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF award 2137842) as […]
By Ama Nyame-Mensah, Senior Research Associate, CERP Undergraduate research experiences are a promising tool for recruiting and retaining students in computing disciplines. Some studies show that undergraduate research opportunities help students gain confidence in their ability to conduct research, acquire valuable knowledge, and explore professional and career options (Alvarado, Villazon, & Tamer, 2019; Nyame-Mensah, Tamer, & […]
