COMPUTING RESEARCH NEWS Computing Research Association, Celebrating 30 Years of Service to the Computing Research Community
September 2002 Vol. 14/No. 4 CRA Welcomes New Executive Director
CRA is pleased to extend a warm improvements in student retention the Computer Science Accreditation In comments made at CRA’s welcome to Andy Bernat, who and achievement across the UTEP Board. He has organized a series Conference at Snowbird 2002, became its new Executive Director campus. He has co-chaired the of workshops between U.S. and Bernat indicated his goals for CRA on August 1. Bernat succeeds Coalition to Diversify Computing, an Mexican computer science include providing better support for, William Aspray, who has accepted organization sponsored by ACM, researchers. Bernat received a B.S. in and achieving better recognition an academic position at Indiana CRA, and the IEEE Computer physics from Harvey Mudd College from, its various communities. University. Society to increase the participation in 1970 and a doctorate in astronomy CRA board chair, James Foley, of underrepresented minorities in the from the University of Texas at describes Andy as “the perfect fit for computing profession. For his many Austin in 1976. CRA: he has experience with contributions in advancing under- William Aspray, the outgoing research, with CS departmental represented groups in the computing executive director of CRA, said of issues, with government research field, CRA awarded Bernat the A. Bernat: “I am delighted with Andy’s agencies, with fund-raising, with Nico Habermann Award in 1997. selection as my successor. He has the Congress and Congressional testi- Pursuing his strong interest in aca- energy, enthusiasm, contacts, drive, mony, and in working with a board. demic reform and development for analytical skills, and experience to The CRA board of directors looks the computing field, Bernat recently work with the CRA board to carry forward to working with Andy completed his second year as a pro- the organization to a new level of and the entire computing research gram officer in the Division of accomplishment and to make the community to continue moving Undergraduate Education at the good works of CRA much more CRA forward.” National Science Foundation while widely known.” Andy Bernat Bernat brings to the job a wide on leave from UTEP. He was respon- Reflecting on his new job, Bernat Executive Director range of experience and accomplish- sible for the computer science under- commented: “What a truly great ments. He was a founding member of graduate education programs at NSF opportunity—to join the people and the Computer Science Department at and also directed the Scholarship for organization working to enhance and the University of Texas El Paso, and Service Program in information assur- promote the computing research as chair built the department into ance and security, which is a compo- field, the basis for our modern society Note to Department one of the country’s strongest com- nent of the federal CyberCorps and economy. And what a great time Chairs puter science departments at a minor- program. He has been active for to join—Bill Aspray has taken the ity-serving institution. He headed the many years as an author, lecturer, association to a new level of status Taulbee Survey 2002 National Science Foundation-funded reviewer, and panelist for government and achievement, giving us a spring- Coming Soon Model Institutions for Excellence and professional organizations includ- board to further success.” program, which created dramatic ing the U.S. Army, NASA, NSF, and
Inside CRN Included with this edition Expanding the Pipeline...... 2 Fostering Community ...... 5 of CRN is a copy of Grand Challenges ...... 3 CRA Membership List ...... 8 CRA’s 2001-2002 CS Research in Mexico ...... 4 Professional Opportunities ...... 9 Annual Report. PAID U.S. POSTAGE PERMIT NO. 993 NONPROFIT ORG. Appropriations Kick Off with Good News DC WASHINGTON, for Researchers
By Peter Harsha Agencies (VA-HUD) approved an reduced funding level from the $20 increase of $564 million in NSF’s million requested by the President. The first appropriations bills to overall FY 2003 budget, an increase In the Committee Report emerge from Congressional appropri- of 11.8 percent over FY 2002. accompanying the VA-HUD ations committees this session Included is a $533 million increase in Appropriations legislation, the indicate increasing support for feder- NSF’s core research account, nearly Committee also directed NSF to ally sponsored fundamental research. 15 percent over FY 2002 and enough spend $25 million of the approved House and Senate consideration of to put the agency on pace to double increase for cyber security research the President’s proposal to create a its research budget in five years. and an additional $15 million of the new, cabinet-level Department of Of particular interest to the com- increase for advanced broadband Homeland Security had delayed puting research community is the research. The report also noted action on most of the 13 annual panel’s approval of an increase of that while the Nation remains appropriations bills necessary to fund nearly 20 percent in NSF’s Computer vulnerable to cyber-attacks on the federal government. However, by and Information Science and critical components of the national the August recess Senate appropria- Engineering directorate over the FY infrastructure, the private sector has tors had reported a bill (S. 2797) that 2002 level. Under the Senate plan, had little incentive to invest in would significantly increase the CISE’s budget would increase to $617 cyber security, and “the Federal research budget of the National million for FY 2003, $90 million Government has not filled the gap, Science Foundation (NSF), and both more than the amount requested in but instead has chronically underin- the House and Senate appropriations the President’s FY 2003 budget. Of vested in cyber security.” As a result, committees had approved increases that $90 million increase, $80 mil- the report continued, “What little to science and technology funding at lion is slated for additional research research has been done on cyber the Department of Defense (DOD). funding. The remaining $10 million security has been incremental, leav- In late July, the Senate would fund the Terascale Computing ing the basic approaches to cyber Appropriations Subcommittee on Program, which is being transferred security unchanged for decades.” Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban to CISE from NSF’s Major Research Appropriations
Development, and Independent Equipment and Facilities account at a Continued on Page 7 CRA NW 1100 Seventeenth Street, Suite 507 DC 20036-4632 Washington, COMPUTING RESEARCH NEWS September 2002
Expanding the Pipeline Computing Research CREW Announces 2002 Awards Association Board Officers The Collaborative Research controller for an autonomous walk- This will be the fifth year of the James Foley Experiences for Women in Computer ing machine, to steganographic CREW program, which is sponsored Chair Science and Engineering (CREW) image processing. by the CRA-W committee. Funding Georgia Institute of Technology program awards have been made All of the funded projects include for this year’s group is provided by Janice Cuny for 2002. a research component in the area of USENIX and the NPACI Education, Vice Chair University of Oregon A total of 46 women will be computer science or computer engi- Outreach and Training program. sponsored as research participants at neering. In addition, the proposals Further information about the pro- Kathleen McKeown Secretary 19 colleges and universities for the describe how the students will be gram, including the projects that Columbia University upcoming 2002-03 academic year. able to take a collaborative approach have been funded, can be found at John Stankovic The projects range in scope from an to working on their project and also http://www.cra.org/Activities/craw/ Treasurer exploration of weather prediction get experience in all aspects of crew. Proposals for next year’s University of Virginia through clustered computing, to the research, from initial background projects will be due in early Board Members development of an intelligent research to writing up final results. June 2003. Philip Bernstein Microsoft Research Randal Bryant Carnegie Mellon University Doris Carver Louisiana State University Lori Clarke Students Receive CRA Awards at University of Massachusetts Timothy Finin University of Maryland International Conference Baltimore County Ambuj Goyal IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Barbara Grosz Harvard University James Horning NAI Labs Mary Jane Irwin Pennsylvania State University Leah H. Jamieson Purdue University Michael Jones Microsoft Research Edward Lazowska University of Washington Nancy Leveson Massachusetts Institute of Technology David Patterson University of California, Berkeley Guylaine M. Pollock Sandia National Laboratories Daniel Reed University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Robert Schnabel University of Colorado at Boulder Photo courtesy of The 2002 International MultiConference in Computer Science. Lawrence Snyder University of Washington Pictured above are the students who attended CRA’s Outstanding Undergraduate awards Mary Lou Soffa University of Pittsburgh presentation on June 24 at the 2002 International Multiconference in Computer Science in Eugene Spafford Las Vegas. (l to r) Frank Apap, Columbia University, Honorary Mention; Allegra Angus, Cornell Purdue University University, Outstanding Female Undergraduate award; Sara Su, University of Washington, Frank Tompa Female Runner-Up award; William Aspray, CRA Executive Director, who presented the University of Waterloo awards; Adam Stubblefield, Rice University, Outstanding Male Undergraduate award; and Moshe Vardi Shirley Gaw, University of Washington, Honorary Mention. Rice University Jeffrey Vitter In addition to those attending the awards ceremony, Alexander Fabrikant, UC Berkeley, Duke University received the Male Runner-Up award, and 38 students received Honorary Mention (see David Waltz http://www.cra.org/Activities/awards/undergrad/02.html). NEC Research Institute Richard Waters CRA is grateful to Hamid Arabnia (Professor, University of Georgia Department of Computer Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs Science and Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing), chair of the 2002 International Elaine Weyuker AT&T Labs - Research Multiconference in Computer Science, for his assistance in arranging the presentations and Bryant York for providing photos of the event. Portland State University Stuart Zweben Ohio State University Executive Director CRA Outstanding Andrew Bernat UBIQUITY Undergraduate Awards Affiliate Societies Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in 2003 Computing 2002 Conference Hyatt Regency Vancouver, Deadline: October 21, 2002 British Columbia, Canada Nomination Details available at: October 9-12, 2002 Details: http://gracehopper.org http://www.cra.org CACS/AIC
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CRA Holds Grand Research Challenges Conference
Many in the computer science and after the Gordon Conferences, its There were only two prepared next day based on voting results. The engineering research community goal was to hold two and a half days talks at the conference. The rest of organizing committee initially found believe that it is appropriate, if not of intensive research discussions that the time involved focused discus- this scheduling approach daunting, urgent, to re-think what are the would lead to the identification of sions, sometimes in plenary sessions but the flexibility was helpful. grand research challenges of the field. several “grand challenges.” The com- and sometimes in small self-selected In the end, participants selected a So when a conference to discuss mittee felt that the focus had to be focus groups that discussed and total of five challenges with reason- grand research challenges was pro- narrowed somewhat, and they chose framed specific topics. Participants ably strong consensus. Several are posed, CRA agreed to organize it. “computing systems” as the theme for held working sessions after dinner, cast as societal challenges that com- Seventy participants met at the first the conference. leaving some time free in the after- puter science and engineering can CRA Grand Research Challenges in Attendees were selected based on noon for recreation, but the organiz- help meet. Others are technical Computer Science and Engineering one or more grand challenge position ing committee observed that most challenges in the forefront of research. Conference from June 23 to 26 at the papers that they submitted for consid- attendees just kept working in small The organizing committee is Airlie Resort in Warrenton, VA. eration. “Out-of-the-box” thinking focus groups in the afternoons. preparing a conference report that The conference was the brainchild was encouraged in these submissions, Science fiction writer Bruce Sterling will be published by CRA in the fall. of University of Virginia CS professor and those selected to attend were gave a lively talk on the first evening The report will be widely dissemi- Anita Jones, who chaired the organ- strongly encouraged to participate for (“Without Vision, the People nated to the technical community, izing committee, and Dr. William the entire time in order to provide Perish”). industry, future computer science Wulf, current President of the the focused effort required for the Only the first day’s program was graduates, funding agencies, and National Academy of Engineering. conference to succeed. scheduled in advance; groups were the public. Their experience attending a Gordon Members of the organizing com- asked to discuss strawman “grand Based on the enthusiasm of atten- Conference led them to believe that mittee included William Aspray, challenge” areas that were offered by dees for such discussions, CRA will a similar kind of meeting conducted Computing Research Association; the committee. Some of these sur- appoint a steering committee to con- in a retreat environment might also Ambuj Goyal, IBM Watson Research vived participant scrutiny and others sider holding similar conferences in be productive for the computing Center; Mary Jane Irwin, Penn State were discarded or reshaped. Whole the future to discuss “grand chal- research community. The conference University; Ed Lazowska, University new challenges arose in discussion. lenge” research topics selected from was supported by a grant from the of Washington; Dave Patterson, Each evening attendees were other areas of computer science and National Science Foundation. University of California, Berkeley; given the opportunity to vote on the engineering. The response from the community Jordan Pollack, Brandeis University; challenges that were discussed that Slides and other documentation for such a meeting was enthusiastic, Bob Sproull, Sun Microsystems day to determine what sessions from the meeting are available on and the organizing committee Cambridge Research Laboratory; and should go forward the next day. The CRA’s website at: http://www.cra.org. decided to make the conference a “by Bill Wulf, National Academy of organizing committee met late each invitation only” retreat. Modeled Engineering. evening to plan a schedule for the Examples of Leadership – Aspray Honored at Snowbird Departing CRA Executive Director, Bill Are You Included? Aspray, was honored by board members and attendees at the recent CRA Conference at offended, but will continue to lead By Peter A. Freeman Snowbird 2002. Aspray, who came to CRA in and to encourage others to lead. 1996, has joined the faculty of the School of Let me begin by noting the out- At CRA’s biennial Snowbird con- Informatics at the University of Indiana in standing service given to our com- ference in July, I had the opportunity Bloomington. munity by Valerie Taylor, winner of to address the attendees on the sub- Mary Lou Soffa, former vice chair, current this year’s CRA A. Nico Habermann ject of “Leadership in Computing.” board member, and co-chair of CRA-W, Award (http://www.cra.org/ My basic theme (one that Bob Kahn thanked him for his unqualified support and Activities/awards/habermann/ also addressed in his remarks at promotion of CRA-W’s activities, and pre- winner.02.html) and Andy van Snowbird) was that there is a great sented him with a pen in an engraved Dam, winner of this year’s CRA opportunity and a strong responsibil- silver box. Distinguished Service Award ity for computing people to provide In addition, Bill received several gifts, both (http://www.cra.org/Activities/awards all kinds of leadership—in research, humorous and handsome, suitable for a histo- /service/winner.02.html). In addition Bill Aspray in shaping national policy, in educa- rian of computing. These included the early to substantial scholarly contribu- tion, and in helping advance our L.E.A.D. 2.5 Word Processor (a series of pencils) presented by board member tions, Valerie and Andy have each, society through diversity of all kinds. and former board chair, Dave Patterson, and a historical computing artifact in their own way, provided great I encourage you to read my full (an abacus mounted on an engraved plaque) presented by board member and leadership to our community—and talk at: http://cra.org/Activities/ former board chair, Ed Lazowska. In addition, Jim Foley, current board chair, continue to do so. snowbird/2002/slides/freeman.html. presented a plaque with a mounted core memory board and the CRA logo to Two people who may not be quite In this short column, for which Bill “for a job well done.” as visible in the community are the CRA has graciously provided space, I CRA made great strides during the time Aspray served as Executive outgoing CRA Executive Director, want to continue that theme and Director. Its academic members grew from 147 to 212 and lab/center members Bill Aspray, and his successor at help to bring it home to everyone in from 17 to 25. CRA programs increased from 8 to 25, and staff increased from CRA, Andy Bernat. Both are our field through some examples. I 5 to 8 people. The association’s financial situation has greatly improved with trust that the hundreds of people not Leadership careful monitoring during his tenure. mentioned here who provide fine Continued on Page 7 Bill Aspray leaves CRA with an impressive record of achievement, as well examples of leadership will not be as the gratitude and best wishes of the board, members, staff, and the larger computing community. CRA Welcomes New Members Academic Members Colgate University (CS) Indiana University (LIS) Juniata College (IT) Roosevelt University (CS&T) Trinity College (CS) University of Hawaii (CIS) Virginia Commonwealth University (CS) Labs and Centers (l to r) Bryant York (Portland State), Caroline Wardle (NSF), Habermann IDA Center for Computing Sciences Award Winner Valerie Taylor (Northwestern), Richard Tapia (Rice), and Andy Bernat (CRA) at Snowbird. Page 3 COMPUTING RESEARCH NEWS September 2002
Computer Science Research in Mexico
By Valerie Bernat Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics) virtually all have returned to work to simultaneously fund interesting, works in computer control. in Mexico. useful research, while also supporting The current status of computer There is one independent comput- The National Investigators the future generation of researchers. science research in Mexico is of ing research institute in Mexico. In Program was established to compen- REDII funded both public and pri- interest to researchers in the 1991 a group of UNAM faculty sate for low academic salaries in the vate institutions, not individuals. The United States not only for the established LANIA (National scientific and technical disciplines by institutions then supported projects intrinsic value of the science, but also Laboratory of Advanced Computer providing additional support. This or general development, but the because the methods Mexico is using Science) so that they could pursue program awards bonuses of up to 100 monies could not be used for salary or to attempt a quantum leap forward in research in theoretical artificial intel- percent of salary, tax-free. The sole release time. REDII was unique in scientific capability can be seen as a ligence, including multi-agent sys- criterion for receiving an award is by that it was set up to directly fund model for other countries in the tems and logic. With additional number of pure research papers in research in computer science, not the developing world. funding opportunities and govern- international journals. Panels of dis- panoply of scientific disciplines Because the research structure ment requests, LANIA has grown tinguished researchers control the within Mexico. And, proposals were in Mexico is unfamiliar to many and now includes research in the process. As a relative newcomer to reviewed by CS research scientists. in the United States, we will first areas of image processing and com- the pantheon of disciplines within Of the nine institutions and more look at the players, the sources of puter vision, programming languages Mexico, computer science faculty than 40 projects currently funded, funding, and the constraints on and methodologies, distributed and have had difficulty gaining a voice two examples are Enciclomedia research before considering the cooperative computing, general IT and, thereby, a share of this funding. and Phronesis. efforts to improve the quality and consulting, human resources training, The panels have tended to favor their Enciclomedia uses research in HCI quantity of computer science research and direct government support such own research areas, disciplines such to couple textbooks with a multime- in Mexico. as computer network installation. as astronomy and anthropology, with dia database, creating a user-centered, Almost all research in computing long, distinguished traditions in customized learning tool with limit- The Players is done in these academic institutions Mexico. In addition, no accommoda- less possibilities. Researchers are cur- CONACyT (National Council of and research centers. Industry has tion is made for the varying defini- rently engaged in producing a Science and Technology) is the made some efforts to establish tions of research or for the varying prototype to be used in the 5th grade. counterpart of NSF in Mexico, research facilities, but the lack of difficulties of producing and publish- Through Enciclomedia, Mexico is providing funding for all areas of qualified researchers has hampered ing pure research among the different actively developing the reason to link science and technology. their efforts. disciplines. Unable to make progress schools to the Internet in the future, The top public universities, IPN Through 2000, approximately 160 without support, computer scientists anticipating the time when the effort (National Polytechnic Institute) and Ph.D. computer scientists were work- did not meet the qualifications for will be cost effective (cetee.itam.mx/ UNAM (National Autonomous ing in Mexico; most received their support, a classic catch-22. redii/informe2/ProyectosPrototipos/ University of Mexico), receive opera- degrees from universities in the CONACyT first supported com- Proyectos2.htm). tional funding from the federal gov- United States, France, England, puter science in an effort with NSF Phronesis is a web-based system ernment. Salaries are low, about U.S. Japan, and Spain. In recent years, conceived of by A. Nico Habermann, for building and using distributed dig- $28,000 annually, and faculty teach ITESM, UNAM, UDLA-P, and IPN then AD for CISE. Following high- ital library collections. Phronesis pro- one to two courses per semester. have established Ph.D. programs. level meetings, Habermann pursued vides space- and time-efficient Tuition for students is quite low. research collaboration and coopera- procedures for indexing, searching When UNAM recently proposed an Constraints, Funding, and tion with CONACyT in CISE fields. and retrieving information in either increase from $0.02 to $145 per year, the Current Scene Oscar Garcia, then a Program English or Spanish (copernico.mty. students protested with a loud and Although the first supercomputer Director in CISE, continued the itesm.mx/~tempo/Projects/). lengthy strike. in Latin America was installed at effort after Habermann’s death, and The current administration is IPN recently founded a new UNAM, in the past Mexico did not funded the first of a series of three devising a follow-on program to research center that has grown see computing as a strategic invest- joint U.S./Mexico workshops focus- REDII. rapidly with special institutional ment. Funds were available for com- ing on collaboration between support for better salaries via research puting only as it became useful in researchers in the United States Summary grants from CONACyT. Some scien- pursuing other scientific research. and Mexico. Mexico has made tremendous tists from Russia and Cuba are CS as a discrete discipline was As a result of the first of these improvement in the last 10 years in participating in this effort. not viewed as worthy of considera- workshops, SMCC (Mexican Society increasing the quality and quantity of The top private universities for tion or support by the scientists run- for Computer Science) was formed. computer science research. research are ITESM (Institute of ning CONACyT, whose motivation In addition, by joining NSF in fund- Particularly worthy of note is the phi- Technology and Higher Studies of may have also been partly a reluc- ing this workshop and the joint losophy of looking ahead by investing Monterrey: Monterrey, Morelos, and tance to share limited resources with research program that resulted, in computer science research, though State of Mexico campuses) and an upstart discipline that could be CONACyT was for the first time the vicissitudes of governmental focus UDLA (University of the Americas: construed as more technical than providing funds directly to computer and funding can still leave the field Puebla campus). Private universities truly scientific. science. NSF and CONACyT con- in a precarious position. In Mexico, are funded through foundations, usu- In addition, the limitations of tinue to support joint research proj- as throughout the world, the need for ally supplemented with resources salaries and the value of the peso ects, and their success, along with the computer capability outpaces the sup- from industry and tuition. Until have constrained the productivity of example of NSF interest in computer ply of qualified computer science pro- recently, due to Mexico’s egalitarian researchers in Mexico, making it science, has created a revolution in fessionals. Computer science is not a attitudes with regard to public more difficult for faculty and students attitudes within CONACyT. Since field that can be ignored. monies, private institutions were to travel, join international associa- 1998, programs initiated by unable to receive government tions, subscribe to journals, or pur- CONACyT have begun to put com- Valerie Bernat is a freelance writer who research support. Salaries are about chase texts or state-of-the-art puter science research on a strong lives in the Washington, DC, area. U.S. $36,000 annually, and faculty equipment. Unlike their U.S. coun- footing within the country and the teach 3 courses per semester. terparts, faculty in Mexico do not international community. This is one of an occasional series of Separate from universities, the receive sample copies of textbooks. articles describing computing research in Mexican federal government invests Prior to 1994, CONACyT had Working at Solutions other countries. in a number of public scientific two programs affecting computer REDII (Network for Development research institutes, several with inter- science research: funding for graduate and Investigation in Informatics) was national reputations. A board and a students and the National established by CONACyT in 1998 Subscribe to CRB — director oversee each center and Investigators Program. Students seek- with the goal of transforming com- choose areas of research to pursue ing a Ph.D. at a qualified institution puter science research and education FREE! within funding allocations. In the in Mexico, the United States, or within Mexico. Recognizing that area of computing, CIMAT (Center overseas would receive a loan that Mexico cannot build a research CRA’s Electronic Bulletin for Investigation in Mathematics) would be entirely forgivable if the capacity in computer science without for Computing specializes in image processing, student returned to an academic also developing the people who are Researchers CICSE (Center for Scientific career within Mexico. The loan going to do the research—and know- Investigation and Higher Education would be half forgiven if the student ing that in a developing country For details, see: of Ensenada) focuses on software returned to take a job in industry. pure research must be balanced with http://www.cra.org/ engineering and cluster programming, Approximately 90 percent have an emphasis on practical develop- cra-bulletin/home.html and INAOE (National Institute of completed their degrees, and ment—REDII had a dual intent:
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Fostering Community Within a CS&E Department: A Berkeley Perspective
By David A. Patterson A New Building Endangers the Community When I joined Berkeley 25 years When Community Activity Who The next challenge to our com- ago, there were few mechanisms to 1980 Faculty retreat David Patterson lobbied chair Manuel munity was moving into a new build- build esprit de corps among the Blum, who made it happen ing. This led to a major decision: to faculty in the department. Despite intersperse faculty with their gradu- doubling in size and moving into a 1982 Weekly faculty lunch Patterson lobbied, chair Carlo Séquin made it happen ate students, which increases chances larger building, we are probably a of interaction between grad students more closely knit community today 1982 Ad hoc joint lunch Robert Wilensky and many others and faculty, or keep the faculty than we were in 1977. Faculty who 1983 Grad student review John Ousterhout lobbied chair Domenico together? We decided that faculty have been in other departments Ferrari, who made it happen certainly meet with their grad stu- remark about how well we all get 1987 Semiannual, off-campus, Patterson dents no matter where they are along, and marvel that we shuffle the Project Research Retreat located, but to preserve our commu- faculty between research projects as 1990 Faculty on same floors in Séquin presented options: faculty voted nity we wanted to keep the faculty they come and go. new building together to increase the chances for Our community spirit is the result interaction. As we moved from a of explicit efforts to help us work 1995 Book club Randy Katz single-floor building to two floors, we together. The table shows the 1998 Sherry Hour Patterson were so concerned about that split chronology of community-building 2002 Monthly Big Topic Lunch Chair Jitendra Malik that we added a third open staircase efforts at Berkeley. Although several between the two floors, hoping that of these schemes take money, most faculty would be more likely to just take some initiative. Most were Faculty are expected to have TAs of the day. A former colleague who wander on the two floors and inter- suggested by faculty who were junior cover their classes, and since we left for a startup said what he misses mingle and making it easier to find at the time. Few ideas came directly make important decisions about our most are those lunches. faculty for the ad hoc lunches. The from the chairs, although they had to future, almost all faculty come to Shortly thereafter we added a President of Caltech visited several recognize the merits of the ideas and the retreat. review of the progress of all graduate years later, and said we absolutely had to implement them. students. We list every student in made the right decision. The first step in community Food is Love reverse chronological order by years The next milestone was a faculty building was adding a yearly faculty The next step was a weekly in the graduate program, and faculty book club. One colleague who enjoys retreat. Instead of faculty meetings departmental lunch. For the first 30 try to avoid having their student at reading books got this started, mak- where we never had enough time to minutes the faculty talk about what- the top of the list. We share stories ing suggestions of books that those of discuss important issues, we began to ever they want. The chair then about the superstars and give sugges- us who read less might enjoy. Four to meet for two days in the spring at a introduces the visitors, perhaps tions on what has worked with those six times a year we meet for dinner nice place away from campus. Two mentioning their talks, and intro- needing a helping hand. Since we and talk about a book. We quickly faculty members are charged with duces whatever topic is hot for that started the review I believe we decided that we wouldn’t read books making sure we have an interesting day. Weekly 30-minute discussions have improved both the fraction directly in our field. Topics have program. Although we spend some can make many ad hoc faculty of students getting Ph.D.s and time included economics, anthropology, time on routine issues, we complain meetings unnecessary. to degree. We meet twice a year, biology, neurology, and history of sci- if too much of it resembles a long I once remarked to an anthropol- with the faculty going out to a free ence. (If you want to see the list, see faculty meeting. We have tried pre- ogist that I was amazed what people dinner afterwards. (See “food is www.cs.berkeley.edu/~pattrsn/Faculty dicting the future of technology, would do for a free meal. She said I love” above.) BookClub.html.) We soon evolved started major research initiatives, didn’t understand a simple truth: The next major activity was off- to inviting an expert in the field and even watched an occasional “Food is love.” In addition to the site research retreats for each large from the university to join us for movie about Berkeley. We preserve convenience of a meal inside your research project. Since these projects each dinner, which makes the discus- long breaks and long meals, with building, apparently at some level typically involve three to six faculty, sions that much more interesting. time for a long walk, since we recog- the lunch shows that someone cares bonding among faculty can’t help but Several times the author has joined nize that informal discussions are an about you. happen when you are together for us, which is a lot of fun. (A recent important part of the process. To The weekly lunch was soon three days, twice a year, for four book was “History of the University avoid sacrificing our real families to supplemented by collecting faculty at years. These research retreats, where of California,” and we greatly enhance our campus community, the noon to go to a nearby restaurant to we invite a dozen interesting people retreat takes place during the week, share a meal. Bright and interesting from industry, are also invaluable to Fostering Community typically on a Thursday and Friday. people exchange views on all issues the success of our research projects. Continued on Page 7
Record Numbers Attend Snowbird Conference Once again, following a long tra- National Research Initiatives in presented the Distinguished Service Snowbird 2002 included Ron dition that began in 1974, senior Reston, VA, opened the conference Award to Andries van Dam, Brown Brachman (DARPA, formerly researchers from academia, labs/cen- with a keynote address on “Key University. Jim Foley, CRA chair, AT&T Research); Oscar Garcia ters, and government with an inter- Issues in Information Technology.” and Bill Aspray, CRA Executive (Wright State University); Tom est in computing research wended On the second day, Peter Freeman, Director, presented the “State of Henderson (University of Utah); Jim their way to Snowbird, Utah July 14 Assistant Director for CISE at the CRA” after dinner. Gifts were pre- Horning (NAI Labs); Jack Stankovic to 16 for CRA’s biennial conference. National Science Foundation, dis- sented to Bill Aspray, who stepped (University of Virginia); Frank Attendance this year was the highest cussed “Strategic Directions at NSF” down as CRA’s Executive Director Tompa (University of Waterloo); ever with 260 registrants. Attendees in a keynote address. on July 31, and the new Executive Dick Waters (Mitsubishi Labs); and managed to keep their cool in spite The always popular workshop for Director, Andrew Bernat, made some Roger Webb (Georgia Tech, of unseasonably hot temperatures in new department chairs, led by brief remarks. ECEDHA). The evaluation forms the mountains. Kathleen McKeown, Columbia For the second time at Snowbird, submitted by attendees suggest kudos The program, organized by com- University, and Randy Bryant, IT Deans met on the final day of the all around for this hard-working mittee co-chairs Leah Jamieson, Carnegie Mellon, had a very conference. This session, chaired by committee. Presentation slides are Purdue University, and Phil Bernstein, large turnout. Bobby Schnabel, University of posted at http://www.cra.org. Microsoft, offered two keynote On the second evening, CRA Colorado at Boulder, attracted more The next CRA Conference speeches, three plenary sessions, and Service Awards were made. Bryant than 40 attendees this year. at Snowbird is scheduled for July 11- four simultaneous workshop sessions. York presented the Habermann In addition to co-chairs Leah 13, 2004. Dr. Robert Kahn, Internet pioneer Award to Valerie Taylor, North- Jamieson and Phil Bernstein, mem- and President of the Corporation for western University; Guylaine Pollock bers of the program committee for
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Computing > Computer Science
By Jim Foley
Why are we called the Computing Research Association instead of the Computer Science Research Association? Our Mission Statement records that: “In 1986 CSB, in recognition of its increasing con- cern for R&D in the computing fields, including computer engineering and computational science, incor- porated as the Computing Research Board (CRB). In 1990, CRB was given its present name …” . The more general question is, “What is computing and how does it differ, if at all, from computer science?” This of course depends on what we mean by computer science. Abelson and Sussmann [1] write: “Computation provides a framework for dealing precisely with notions of ‘how to.’” In a recent presentation, Sussmann [2] contrasts the “how to” of computer science with the “what is” of mathemat- ics. I would go further. Science discovers the laws of nature—the “what is” of Figure 2. Interdisciplinary research occurs when new knowledge is nature. Engineering uses the laws of nature to create physical artifacts. In con- being discovered in both disciplines. trast, computer science discovers and uses the laws of “how to” compute and “how to” organize information to create computational and information arti- facts. Computer science is also concerned with the organization—that is, the architecture—of the physical artifacts that perform computations and that store and transmit information. (Computer science is both science and What about the relationship between computing and information engineering—a good thing, in my opinion, but that’s another story.) technology? Figure 3 shows two types of application domains—those that are What then of computing? It is simply computer science with an additional computation-intense and those that are data-intense (the two overlap because emphasis on understanding the ways and domains in which computers are there is a continuum here as well). The intersection between computation- used, and the ways in which computational engines are engineered. Also, intense applications and computing is computational science and the because people are the users of much of our computer technology, understand- intersection between data-intense applications and computing is information ing people is important to computing. The more engaged one becomes with technology. Again, each of computational science and information technology application domains and human issues in doing computer science research, the can involve research in computing foundations, computer science, and more one is doing computing research in addition to computer science computing. research. So it is a continuum. There is no hard dividing line. I’ve been at Georgia Tech’s College of Computing for much of the time since I first moved south in 1991. Our strategic plan says: “The College was founded to focus on computing — the integration of computer science and other disciplines to address problems of wide interest. Our interest in end-results leads immediately to our concentration on the human element of computing in much of our research and to our aggressive interdisciplinary orientation.” Computing is concerned both with deep theoretical questions about the nature of computing and information, as well as with new and creative ways to use computers to solve problems. That is, computing simultaneously looks inward to solve fundamental problems, and looks outward to solve real-world problems and to work collaboratively with other disciplines to solve problems that neither computer science nor the other discipline alone could solve. Indeed, in some cases they are problems that neither discipline could even recognize without collaborating, and in some cases the collaboration leads to fundamentally new ways of thinking about problems. I used figure 1 at our Snowbird meeting to suggest that: • Computing contains computer science. • Computing foundations are partially within computer science and com- Figure 3. How computational science and information technology relate puting and partially outside computer science and computing, drawing to computing. on disciplines such as math, probability, statistics, philosophy, linguistics, semantics, cognitive science, library science, and cryptography. • Working on research challenges coming from application domains is an CRA’s goal is to have as members and provide service to all groups that are important aspect of computing. Again, there is a continuum. doing computing research, whether it be in traditional computer science, com- puter engineering, computational science, information technology, information science, computational biology, medical informatics, or any domain in which new computing knowledge is being created My understanding and articulation of the structure of the discipline of com- puting is still evolving. I welcome your feedback ([email protected]).
Jim Foley is chair of the CRA board.
References: 1Abelson and Sussmann, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1985.
2Sussmann, G, The Legacy of Computer Science, presentation at NRC/CSTB Symposium, “Fundamentals of Computer Science,” http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cstb/project_fcs_agenda3.html
Figure 1. A Structure for the Discipline of Computing. 2003 Federated Computing Research Conference
“Interdisciplinary research” means different things to different people. June 7–14, 2003 Figure 2 captures some possible interpretations—or misinterpretations. It is only in the upper-right quadrant that I consider true interdisciplinary research San Diego, California to be occurring. Yes, sometimes a research team will start in one of the other quadrants as a “get acquainted with the problem domain” strategy, but the http://www.acm.org/sigs/conferences/fcrc/ target must always be the upper-right quadrant!
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The report indicates the Committee expects NSF to use this new funding to excellent scholars and have also per- ITR Large awards will be announced support individual researchers and interdisciplinary centers in computer and formed admirably as administrative before September 30, and I encour- network security research. leaders. But both share another qual- age you to learn more about them. The Committee Report also contained comments about the recent report by ity that is worth emulating in many (The CISE website, www.cise.nsf.gov, the NSF’s Blue-Ribbon Advisory Committee on Cyber-infrastructure, noting situations—the ability to move from will have links to them.) Each in its that the report’s call for significant expansion in “high-performance computing, one sphere to another, using what own way provides a good example of optical networking, software applications for ‘e-science,’ and large-scale digital they have learned in one phase of something that we need more of— libraries” could “accelerate the pace of discovery in all science and engineering their careers to lead more effectively strong, innovative, and forward- disciplines, and serve as a ‘multiplier’ for the Government’s substantial in the next. Each has already done looking research efforts that have the investment in R&D.” The Committee urged NSF to give the report careful this at least a couple of times, and I potential of changing things for consideration in preparing its FY 2004 budget proposal. know that their current transitions many years to come. (By the way, The VA-HUD Appropriations bill will likely be considered by the full will again display this leadership the announcement of the ’03 ITR Senate in September. Work on the House version of the bill in committee was characteristic. Program should have been released not completed before the House adjourned for Congress’ traditional August My next example is the CISE by the time this is published.) recess. Though the Republican-controlled House is not expected to be quite as Advisory Committee. This group Let me end by restating some- generous in its version of the VA-HUD Appropriation, there is clearly support of approximately 30 people from thing that I said in my Snowbird for significant increases in NSF’s research budget. In June, House members all corners of our field (http://www. talk. Every one of you can lead in passed overwhelmingly a bill (H.R. 4664) introduced by House Science cise.nsf.gov/vgn_apps/staf/output/ some way. As researchers, educators, Subcommittee on Research Chair Nick Smith (R-MI) that would authorize cise_staf_ac) serve one or more two- and administrators you are, by defini- funding increases of 15 percent at NSF for three years, setting a target of year terms, donating at least five days tion, in a role that in some way doubling the agency’s current budget in five years. The Senate will take up its a year to advising CISE and NSF, should be influencing others. So, at version of that bill in September. serving on special review panels, and least nominally, the answer to my House and Senate Appropriators also made progress on FY 2003 Defense generally providing a very important question “Are you included?” is Appropriations (H.R. 5010), with both committees reporting out versions that link between CISE and you, the “yes.” The challenge for each of us, approve significant increases to DOD science and technology budgets. The researchers in the field. We depend every day, is to make the answer a House bill includes $11.3 billion for Defense Research, Development, Test, and on them to give us a balanced, com- resounding “YES!” Evaluation (RDT&E) in FY 2003, including $1.41 billion for basic research, prehensive, and coherent view of In future columns, I will address $54 million more than the President’s request. DARPA’s Computing Systems what is going on, so I strongly encour- general directions and issues at NSF and Communications Technology account would grow to $425 million in FY age you to make sure they are fully and CISE, discuss some specifics, and 2003, $500,000 over the President’s request. The House plan would also pro- informed. The service they selflessly comment on general issues in the vide $60 million for DARPA’s Embedded Software and Pervasive Computing provide to the Nation is an extremely field. Your feedback will be most program. The bill passed the House by a 413 to 18 margin. important form of leadership, over appreciated. The Senate version of the bill includes $10.7 billion in RDT&E funding in and above the leadership each FY 2003, slightly less than the House version, but includes $1.49 billion in provides in their own spheres. Peter Freeman ([email protected]) is basic research funding. The Senate plan would increase DARPA’s Computing My last example is one of innova- the Assistant Director of CISE at the Systems and Communications Technology account by $59 million over the FY tive research leadership. This year’s National Science Foundation. 2002 level, but still fall $7 million short of the President’s requested level. The full Senate will take up the bill in September. Fostering Community from Page 5 For the latest information developments in the appropriations process, check the CRA Government Affairs web site at http://www.cra.org/govaffairs. enjoyed sharing a meal with its Still Innovating author, Clark Kerr.) About half the faculty participated at one time or This fall our new chair is going to another in the book club, and we try to dedicate one lunch a month to Senate-Approved FY 2003 NSF Funding Levels have from 6 to 12 at a dinner. go over the important intellectual We refer to a newer community events in our field, possibly cutting (in millions of US dollars) activity as the “Sherry Hour.” It into informal discussion time to pro- seemed a waste of talent that we vide an opportunity to interact on FY 02 FY 03 FY 03 Change % these issues. For example, I will NSF Account Plan Request Senate Over FY Change could find time to discuss sophomore 02 Plan curriculum problems but not to talk probably present the results of CRA’s about intellectual issues. Sherry recent Grand Research Challenges Biological Sciences 508.41 525.62 525.62 17.21 3.4 Hour was inspired by Richard Conference. I bet this one is a CISE 514.88 526.94 616.94 102.06 19.8 Hamming’s talk, “You and Your winner too. Research” (found on your local For more than 20 years, we’ve Engineering 472.32 487.98 567.98 95.66 20.3 search engine). He argued that it is been innovating to try to bring the Geosciences 609.47 691.07 684.49 75.02 12.3 important for successful researchers faculty together, and I believe it has to not only work hard, but to pop been especially important as we grew Math & Physical Sciences 920.45 941.57 1,056.57 136.12 14.8 their heads up occasionally to look from 25 to 40 faculty. Berkeley cer- Social, Behavioral & for new, big opportunities. Hence, on tainly would not be the same place Economic Sciences 168.79 195.61 195.61 26.82 15.9 Friday afternoons he would discuss without them. Perhaps it’s like a only Great Thoughts and he would good marriage, in that you need to U.S. Polar Research keep working at it. Programs 229.74 235.74 245.74 16.00 7.0 invite people to share a table, pro- vided they were willing to think big. I know that faculty who come to U.S. Antarctic Logistical We follow in his footsteps. We meet Berkeley from other places remark Support Activities 68.07 68.07 68.07 0.00 0.0 from 3:30 to 5:00 or so each Friday, on what a friendly community we Integrative Activities 106.51 110.61 170.61 64.10 60.2 drinking free sherry and eating free have for such a high-powered place. snacks. (See “food is love” above.) They also marvel at how we mix and Total, Research and Related match different faculty on different Activities 3,598.64 3783.21 4131.63 532.99 14.8 The argument to make with busy colleagues is: Just how much more research projects over the years; Education and Human work are you going to get done after I probably have worked on multi- Resources 875.00 908.08 947.78 72.73 8.31 3:30 on Friday, and wasn’t having year research projects with a dozen faculty. Major Research Equipment & discussions on big ideas one of the Facilities 138.80 126.28 79.28 -59.52 -42.90 reasons you went to academia? We Perhaps others can share their just have to keep a muzzle on the ideas about what works in their Salaries and Expenses 170.04 210.16 182.16 12.12 7.1 chair to prevent a faculty meeting departments? We’re interested in Inspector General 6.76 7.70 9.06 2.30 34.02 from breaking out. doing even more. I believe an interesting project TOTAL NSF 4789.24 5035.79 5353.36 564.12 11.8 between vision and computer archi- David Patterson, Professor of tecture got started at Sherry Hour, Computer Science at UC Berkeley although my colleague thinks it was ([email protected]), is a over an ad hoc lunch. The project current CRA board member who served wouldn’t have happened without a two terms as board chair from 1993 conscious attempt to cross bound- to 1997. aries within the department. Page 7 COMPUTING RESEARCH NEWS September 2002
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A number of faculty have an interest in Department of Computer Science Computer Science at TTI-Chicago North Carolina State University parallel and distributed systems, embedded and Assistant/Associate Professor Tenure-Track and Tenured Faculty Department of Computer Science real-time systems, multimedia networking, The Department is seeking applications for Positions Database Systems and Data Mining optical networks, security, real-time communi- a tenure track position at the level of assis- Toyota Technological Institute (TTI- The North Carolina State University cation, quality-of-service, concurrent system tant/associate professor. The successful appli- Japan) is founding a new Department of Department of Computer Science seeks one or testing, distributed database systems, compilers, cant will start in January or August 2003. Computer Science (TTI-Chicago) adjacent to more tenure-track assistant professors in the and object-oriented programming. Their work Faculty duties include developing a funded the University of Chicago campus. area of database systems and/or data mining to is supported by NSF, DARPA, DOE, AFOSR, research program, teaching graduate and Applications are invited for tenure-track and begin August 16, 2003. Successful candidates Cisco, Ericsson, Fujitsu, IBM, MCNC, Nortel, undergraduate courses, and supervision of the- tenured faculty positions at all ranks. will have a PhD in Computer Science or a NSA, and the State of North Carolina. ses. We will consider candidates with back- TTI-Chicago will have exclusive use of the closely related field, and demonstrated poten- The Department is in a period of rapid grounds and interests in any area of computer interest on a fund of $100 million being set tial to establish a strong research and teaching growth and advancement, and is positioning science. The minimum requirement is a PhD aside by TTI-Japan for this purpose. TTI- program at NCSU. Candidates are expected itself to be at the forefront of selected areas in in CS or in a closely related field augmented Chicago will be dedicated to basic research, to have both strong experimental and theoreti- computer science. The candidate(s) will have by experience as well as the communication education of doctoral students, and a small cal interests in the areas of database systems access to our Operating Systems cluster, state- skills needed to be a successful teacher. masters program. Faculty members will receive research and education. We are seeking candi- of-art high performance ATM-based network, Candidates should have strong research record continuing research grants and will have a dates who have carried out research in data- and the North Carolina Giga-POP and or have clearly laid the basis for such a record. teaching load of at most one course per year. base design and organization, database security, Internet-2 facilities as well as the North We have the capability of enhancing this TTI-Chicago will have close ties with the networked databases, information access and Carolina Supercomputing Center. position from our endowment for an excep- Computer Science Department of the retrieval, data mining and warehousing, dis- In addition to regular tenure-track posi- tional candidate with a strong externally University of Chicago. tributed databases, object-oriented databases, tions, candidates in parallel and distributed sys- funded ongoing research program. We provide Initial faculty appointments will commence Web applications or integration, processing or tems have the option of a joint appointment an environment that encourages and supports in autumn 2003, though some appointments transactional aspects of information, XML with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a leading research. Opportunities for collaboration exist may begin earlier by mutual agreement. The and semantic Web technologies, or other DOE center with opportunities for research in across departments and colleges as well as with Department is projected to grow to a steady- related topics. large-scale scientific computing. Joint appoint- other institutions in the area. NASA Langley, state of thirty faculty by 2007. The new faculty members will find a lively ments on a tenure-track position include a Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory, Faculty are particularly sought with and collegial work environment with many reduced teaching load and additional opportu- Virginia Modeling and Simulation Center, research programs in: opportunities for collaboration on campus and nities for collaboration as well as access to Eastern Virginia Medical School, and the Computational geometry with local industry. The department is in a DOE computing facilities. Interest in a joint United States Joint Forces Command are less Databases and data mining period of rapid growth and advancement, and appointment should be explicitly stated in the than an hour from campus. Human-computer interaction is aggressively positioning itself to be at the application. Applications should include curriculum Large-scale scientific simulation forefront of selected areas in computer science. The University is located in Raleigh, vitae and the names of three references. All Machine learning These new positions have been created to fur- which forms one vertex of the world-renowned candidates should indicate citizenship and, in Networking and distributed computing ther strengthen our ongoing activities in such Research Triangle Park. The Research Triangle the case of non-US citizens, describe their Software and programming systems areas as decision support, online data monitor- area was recently recognized as one of the best visa status. Send a letter of application, Theoretical computer science ing, electronic commerce, virtual enterprises, place to live in the U.S. It also boasts a high curriculum vita and contact information for An advisory committee from the heterogeneous and object-oriented databases, concentration of high technology companies. 3 references to: University of Chicago and Argonne National machine learning, intelligent data analysis, In addition to the historical campus, the Larry Wilson Laboratory will recruit the founding faculty, multiagent systems, intelligent multimedia, dis- department occupies substantial space on Chair of Recruiting who will then assume leadership to determine tributed computing, scientific visualization, NCSU’s new Centennial Campus, an innova- Computer Science Department the character of the department. networking, and human interfaces. tive co-location of university and industrial Old Dominion University For more information, contact: We attract research sponsorship from a labs designed to foster close collaboration. Norfolk, VA 23529. Mr. Frank Inagaki variety of sources, including NSF DARPA, The State of North Carolina recently passed a Review of applicants will begin October 1, Treasurer and Secretary to the Board AFOSR, ONR, NIH, USEPA, NSA, and State major bond initiative that includes $83 million 2002 and continue until the position is filled. Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago of North Carolina. Industrial sources include for a new engineering campus on Centennial Old Dominion University is an equal e-mail: [email protected] IBM, SAS, GlaxoSmithKline, Procter & Campus. A new 90,000 sq. ft. $36 million opportunity/affirmative action employer and Gamble, Fujitsu, and Cisco. The candidate will Computer Science/Electrical and Computer requires compliance with the Immigration United Arab Emirates University have access to our state-of-art high perform- Engineering building is currently in the Reform and Control Act of 1986. College of Information Technology ance ATM-based network, and the North design stage. Carolina Giga-POP and Internet-2 facilities. Interested candidates should send their CV Stanford University Dean of the College of Information Technology NCSU, a Doctoral/Research land-grant and the names of four references, preferably Department of Computer Science prior to January 15, 2003, to: The premier national university in the university, is located in Raleigh, a vertex of the Faculty Openings world-renowned Research Triangle, which Operating Systems Recruitment United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates The Computer Science Department of boasts a high concentration of high technology Committee University was established in 1976 with a mis- Stanford University invites applications for companies and research institutions. The state Department of Computer Science sion to contribute significantly to the develop- tenure-track faculty positions at both the jun- of North Carolina is a world center of banking North Carolina State University ment of the country and the realization of the ior level (Assistant or untenured Associate and finance. The Research Triangle area was Raleigh, NC 27695-8206 full potential of its human, economic, and Professor) and senior (tenured Associate or recently recognized as one of the best places to Prospective candidates are encouraged to social resources. Located in Al-Ain, an oasis Full Professor) level. We are seeking appli- live in the U.S. In addition to the historical access the Department’s homepage city of ancient heritage, the University enrolls cants from all areas of Computer Science, campus, the department occupies substantial (http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/) and to write via more than 18,000 undergraduates in nine col- including Foundations, Artificial Intelligence, space on NCSU’s new Centennial Campus, an email if necessary ([email protected]). leges and employs more than 600 Ph.D.-hold- Graphics, Databases, Systems, Human innovative colocation of university and indus- NC State is an Equal Opportunity, ing faculty and more than 400 master’s-level Computer Interaction, and Networking. The trial labs designed to foster close collaboration. Affirmative Action employer. Individuals with instructional staff to teach in undergraduate department also has interest in applicants The State of North Carolina recently passed a disabilities desiring accommodations in the and several master’s degree programs. doing research at the frontiers of computer major bond initiative that includes $83 million application process should contact the The new College of Information science, for instance biological computing, for a new engineering campus on Centennial Computer Science Department at NCSU at Technology was established in September 2001 bio-informatics, computation and arts, or Campus. A new 90,000 sq. ft. $36 million (919) 515-2858. with the goal of becoming a world-class college computational economics. Higher priority Computer Science/ Electrical and Computer with a forward-looking and innovative curricu- will be given to the overall innovation and Engineering building is currently in the lum that is integrated with research and profes- North Carolina State University promise of the candidate’s work than to any design stage. sional practice. Its curriculum, planned by a Bioinformatics Graduate Program specific area. Interested candidates should send their leading group of U.S. experts in the field of Faculty Positions An earned Ph.D., evidence of the ability to curriculum vitae and the names of four information technology, is designed to be con- North Carolina State University wishes to pursue a research program, and a strong com- references to: sistent with the principles of the ACM/IEEE add faculty at all levels to its Bioinformatics mitment to graduate and undergraduate teach- Database Systems Recruitment Committee Curriculum 2001. The College offers the Graduate Program and its Bioinformatics ing are required. For senior appointments, we Department of Computer Science Bachelor of Science in Information Research Center (bioinformatics.ncsu. are searching for strong, energetic and vision- North Carolina State University Technology in seven programs—computer sci- edu). The program, which now has about 50 ary leaders. Successful candidates will be Raleigh, NC 27695-8206 ence, computer systems engineering, software students pursuing Masters and Ph.D. degrees expected to teach computer science courses at Prospective candidates are encouraged to engineering, information systems, network in bioinformatics, enjoys strong support from the graduate and undergraduate levels and to access the Department’s homepage engineering, e-commerce, and information the State, NIH, NSF and industry. The build and lead a team of graduate students in (http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/) and to write to security—as well as a certificate program in research center is housed in a new facility on Ph.D. research. Further information about the [email protected] if they wish. Educational Technology. Classes are taught in NC State University’s unique multidiscipli- Computer Science Department can be found NC State is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative English. The College expects to double its cur- nary Centennial Campus (centennial.ncsu. at http://cs.stanford.edu. Action employer. Individuals with disabilities rent enrollment of nearly 300 students over edu), and has long-standing strength in statis- Applications should include a curriculum desiring accommodations in the application the next two years. As of September 2002, the tics and statistical genetics. vita, statements of research and teaching inter- process should contact the Computer Science College will have twenty-three faculty. Faculty are currently sought to enhance ests and the names of at least four references. Department at NCSU at (919) 515-2858 or The College seeks an individual of excep- computational aspects of bioinformatics and Candidates are requested to ask references to send email to the above address. tional vision and ability to serve as Dean. The other complementary areas broadly construed. send their letters directly to our search Each appointee will be associated with the successful candidate will be a leader who will
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Professional Opportunities foster excellence in teaching and research, Software Methodology and Engineering in the a Director. It is anticipated that the primary December 1, 2002, but the search will remain innovative interdisciplinary programs, and Computer Science & Computer Engineering specialization areas of the faculty will collec- open until all positions are filled. strategic partnerships with industry. S/he (CSCE) Department beginning Fall Semester tively span fields of computer science, mathe- The University of Minnesota is an equal should have the requisite organizational and 2003. Candidates should possess a record of matics and statistics, biology, and biochemistry. opportunity educator and employer. administrative experience and communications demonstrated scholarship, administrative Their primary responsibility will be to lead a skills to lead the college in a period of dra- ability, and academic leadership, evident from nationally visible research program in selected University of Rhode Island matic growth, together with a broad under- their experiences in the areas of research, areas of computational genomics, proteomics, Networking & Telecommunications standing of the information professions and a teaching, and professional achievement. molecular evolution and phylogenetics, com- Services strong track record of academic distinction. Industry experience is highly desired, with the plementing existing strengths at the University Director The Dean should warrant appointment as a candidate able to qualify for the rank of of Maryland. The Director reports to the Vice Provost full professor through some combination of: an full professor. Candidates for the Director position are for Information Services/CIO, and is responsi- earned doctorate; eminence in research and Applicants should hold an earned doctor- expected to be senior researchers with promi- ble for the business and technical leadership publication; acknowledged excellence in ate in Computer Engineering, Computer nent recognition in these areas. All other for the management of the overall voice, data, teaching; skills in curriculum development; Science, or Electrical Engineering and should applicants are expected to have publications and video communications network and notable service in relevant professional organi- have demonstrated potential to excel in teach- and research experience beyond the Ph.D. systems for the University of Rhode Island. zations; successful track record in recruitment ing and research. Each applicant should pre- degree with strong components of biological For additional information about the of talented faculty. Experience with American pare a two-page statement describing research science and computing. Experience in Office of Information Services, please see higher education is preferred. plans as well as the significance and context of interdisciplinary collaboration is an asset. http://www.uri.edu/ois/. Inquiries, nominations, and applications prior research. The faculty will be housed in contiguous This position oversees the operations and (including a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and Application packages consisting of resume, space set aside for the Center and will have management of staff in Networking and names of five references) should be directed in research statement, and three references with access to significant high-end computing infra- Telecommunications Services (NETS). confidence to: complete information are requested. Submit structure through the University of Maryland Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in tech- Kim M. Morrisson, Ph.D., Managing applications to Professor & Interim Head A. Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. nical/engineering or business management Director or Esther Collet, Vice President, Elshabini, CSCE Department, 311 Engineering Each faculty member will also be affiliated field. Master’s degree preferred. Must demon- The Diversified Search Companies, 2005 Hall, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, with at least one other campus academic unit strate an understanding of the role of telecom- Market Street, Suite 3300, Philadelphia, Arkansas, 72701. appropriate to her/his interests. There is ample munications and networking in an academic PA 19103. Tel: 215-656-3579 or 215-656- A total of 15 tenure-track faculty positions potential for collaboration with other out- environment, and have a demonstrated strong 3546. Email: [email protected] and 5 full-time instructor positions exist within standing bioinformatics research groups nearby, commitment to customer service. Broad and For additional information, please consult the the department. The Computer Engineering in organizations such as NIH, Celera, TIGR, extensive technical knowledge of voice, data, United Arab Emirates University website: (CENG) and the Computer Science (CSCE) the Maryland Biotechnology Institute, and the and video networking services with at least 6 http://www.uaeu.ac.ae programs at the University of Arkansas offer Smithsonian Institution. years of proven technical and managerial Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, To apply, send a letter of application, cur- experience required. Leadership skills and a University of Alabama at Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, riculum vitae, letters of recommendation, and record of planning, developing, and imple- Birmingham (UAB) Master of Science in Computer Systems URL for additional information to the search menting significant IT projects in a senior http://www.cis.uab.edu/ Engineering, Master of Science in Engineering, committee, in care of the appropriate depart- position, preferably in higher education, are Master of Science in Computer Science, mental representative. See http://www.umi- also required. Also required are the following: Department of Computer and Information Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, and acs.umd.edu/centers/bio.htm for more budgeting experience; excellent communica- Sciences Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science. information about the Center and the tions skills; evidence of successful contract Department Chair Position The Computer Engineering B.S. degree meets application procedure. negotiations with multiple technology/ Applications and nominations are being the ABET 2000 accreditation criteria. The University of Maryland is an affirma- telecommunications vendors; demonstrated accepted for the position of Department Chair. Enrollment in the department is 548 students tive action, equal opportunity employer. ability to develop and articulate strategic plan Candidates should possess proven leadership (239 CSCE, 309 CENG). More information Women and minorities are encouraged to and to enlist staff in implementation of that and administrative skills and have an estab- can be found at www.csce.uark.edu. apply. Applications completed by November plan. lished reputation as a scholar. The Chair will The University of Arkansas is an Equal 30, 2002 will receive full consideration. Visit our website at http://www.uri.edu/ be expected to provide vigorous leadership in Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. human_resources for a complete job descrip- the development of interdisciplinary collabora- University of Minnesota – tion including qualifications. Review of appli- tion initiatives in bioinformatics with the highly University of Illinois at Urbana- Twin Cities cations will begin on September 6, 2002 and ranked UAB biomedical research community. Department of Computer Science and continue until the position is filled. Submit a The Department of Computer and Champaign Department of Computer Science Engineering resume and cover letter to: Information Sciences is one of five Faculty Positions Christopher W. Wessells Tenure-Track/Tenured Professors departments in the School of Natural Sciences The Department of Computer Science and Search Chair, (Req #010044) and Mathematics and administers B.S., M.S. http://www.cs.uiuc.edu Engineering at the University of Minnesota UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND and Ph.D. degree programs. The department The Department of Computer Science, invites applications for several open faculty P.O. Box G currently employs nine full-time faculty mem- UIUC, invites applications for full-time, positions. These positions are primarily at the Kingston, RI 02881. bers and a number of adjunct faculty. The tenure-track and tenured professors. All areas assistant professor level, but highly qualified The University of Rhode Island is an student population includes 476 undergradu- of computer science research will be consid- applicants at higher ranks will also be consid- AA/EEO employer and values diversity. ate, 63 M.S., and 15 Ph.D. students as of fall ered, including bioinformatics, computational ered. Specialists from all areas of computer 2001. Departmental research strengths include science, HCI, NLP, and security. science and engineering are encouraged to University of Victoria object-oriented distributed computing, com- Tenure-track applicants must have demon- apply. Requirements include a Ph.D. in com- Department of Computer Science puter graphics, artificial intelligence, geometric strated excellence in research; tenured appli- puter science, computer engineering, or a Faculty Positions modeling, and bioinformatics. Average cants must have recognized national and closely related discipline, a commitment to research grant funding in the department is international stature. Applications are invited for regular tenure quality teaching, and the potential for carrying track positions at the Assistant or Associate $242,000 per faculty member. Computer Science at Illinois is interna- out outstanding research. Senior candidates UAB is an urban university of 16,000 stu- tionally recognized for its breadth and depth of Professor levels or at the rank of Professor in must possess a distinguished record of teaching, exceptional circumstances. dents located on a 270-acre campus in down- research and has strong collaborative relations research, and service. town Birmingham, a southeastern center of with the Beckman Institute for Advanced Applicants in all areas of computer science The research and teaching missions of the will be considered, but special areas of interest medicine, telecommunications and finance, Science and the National Center for Department encompass a wide range of areas, with a population of more than 900,000. The Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). The are, in descending order of importance, including networking and distributed multime- Distributed Systems/Networks, Software university attracts more than $325 million per department is targeted to grow aggressively to dia, internet technologies, cryptography and year in federal funding, which ranks it among over 60 faculties and will occupy the new Engineering, Databases and Computational security, databases, data mining, software engi- Biology. the top 20 public institutions in the U.S. in Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer neering, computer architecture, compilers, pro- NIH funding and 29th in total federal R & D Science in 2003, becoming the anchor of a Full details may be found at: gramming languages, artificial intelligence, http://www.csc.uvic.ca/news/career/index.html funding. UAB is classified as a Carnegie new IT quadrangle on the UI campus. robotics and computer vision, computer graph- Doctoral Research Extensive University. The Successful candidates must initiate and ics and visualization, algorithms and complex- UAB Office for the Advancement of conduct independent research and perform ity theory, geometric computing and University of Washington, Developing Industries (OADI), a business academic duties associated with our BS, MS, applications, human-computer interaction, Tacoma Institute of Technology incubator, provides entrepreneurship opportu- and PhD programs. Qualifications: PhD in parallel computing, and scientific computing. Faculty Positions in Computing & nities and is host to a company founded by one Computer Science or a closely related field (or Its faculty members, numbering thirty-four, Software Systems of the department’s recent Ph.D. graduates imminent completion of degree), outstanding have access to outstanding computing facilities who was selected by MIT Technology Review academic credentials, and the ability to teach both within the Department and at the various The Computing and Software Systems Magazine as one of the top 100 young effectively at both the graduate and undergrad- research center on campus, including the Program (CSS) of the University of innovators for 2002. uate levels. Starting date: August 21, 2003. Army High Performance Computing Research Washington, Tacoma is seeking to fill tenure- The successful candidate will be appointed The salary is open, based on qualifications. Center, the Minnesota Supercomputing track positions at the levels of Assistant to a tenured position as Professor within the To ensure full consideration, applications Institute, and the Institute for Mathematics Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor. Department, with salary at a level commensu- must be received by January 10, 2003. Early and its Applications. The Department is also a The Institute of Technology, recently estab- rate with qualifications and experience. Letters applications are strongly encouraged. key player in the recently established Digital lished by the State of Washington and sup- of application should include a full curriculum Interviews may take place during the applica- Technology Center at the University. External ported by public and private funds, is the vitae and names and addresses of five refer- tion period, but a final decision will not be research funding in the department has grown driving force behind the current expansion in ences. Applications will be accepted until the made until ad closing. steadily over the past several years and recently the CSS Program. position is filled; screening will begin immedi- Applicants should submit an application topped $4.4 Million. While our priority is for tenured and ately. Applicants from minority and women letter, curriculum vita and statement of career Additional information about the tenure-track appointments, we may consider applicants are especially encouraged. objectives (PDF preferred) to: Department is available at its World Wide candidates for appointment at the non-tenure- Nominations or applications should be http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/apply.html. Request at Web home page: http://www.cs.umn.edu. The track levels of Lecturer or Senior Lecturer. sent to: least three letters of recommendation to be Minneapolis-St. Paul area is a major center for Requirements for the tenure-track positions [email protected], or sent separately to [email protected]. If you or the computer industry and for advanced tech- include a Ph.D. in Computer Science or a Department Chair Search Committee your recommenders do not have Internet nology, and the Department enjoys strong closely related discipline. Requirements for Department of Computer and Information access, please contact Barbara Armstrong at interactions with local industries. non-tenure-track positions include at least an Sciences [email protected]. Applicants should submit a curriculum M.S. in Computer Science or a closely related University of Alabama at Birmingham The University of Illinois is an Affirmative vitae, a research summary, and the names of at discipline. All appointments require a strong Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. least three references to: commitment to quality teaching. Tenure track The University of Alabama at Birmingham Chair, Faculty Recruiting Committee positions also require continuing research. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action University of Maryland, Department of Computer Science and Associate Professor and Professor candidates employer. College Park Engineering must have a record of published research in Center for Bioinformatics and University of Minnesota 4-192 EE/CS computing. Non-tenure-track appointments University of Arkansas Computational Biology Building are renewable. Our recruiting emphasis is on software Computer Science and Computer Director and Seven Faculty Positions 200 Union Street S.E. The University of Maryland invites faculty Minneapolis, MN 55455 engineering, computer engineering, security, Engineering Department informatics, networks, database systems, and Full Professor, Acxiom Chair applications at the assistant, associate, and full Electronic submissions of applications are professor level for the newly established Center welcome and may be sent via e-mail to appli- enterprise applications, but we will consider The University of Arkansas invites applica- strong candidates in all areas of computing. tions and nominations for an Acxiom Chair for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. [email protected]. (Electronic submissions position at the Full Professorial level in The campus has committed resources to recruit must be in postscript, PDF or Word formats.) (cont'd) Databases, Information Retrieval Systems, and up to eight new faculty in the Center, including Review of completed applications will begin
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The Tacoma campus of the University of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic Washington, in its twelfth year of operation, is faculty and strongly encourages application located thirty-five miles south of Seattle in from women and minority candidates. Further Tacoma’s historic warehouse district. Faculty information on the University of Washington, and students at the University of Washington, Tacoma may be found at: Tacoma, while working within a smaller dis- www.tacoma.washington.edu tinctive institution experiencing rapid growth, Tel: (253) 692-5860 benefit as well from the many resources of the Fax: (253) 692-4424 Seattle and Bothell campuses of the University of Washington. The CSS program U.S. Army Medical Research and has close ties to the UW-Seattle Department Materiel Command of Computer Science & Engineering. Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Candidates are invited to submit their Research Center applications electronically to Trish Fiacchi, Postdoctoral Research Awards Finance and Administration, at: (Bioinformatics) [email protected] Postdoctoral positions are available in our Applications should include a curriculum Bioinformatics Group for applicants with a vitae, evidence/discussion of teaching experi- Ph.D. in computer science, mathematics, sta- ence/effectiveness, research interests and tistics or related discipline interested in pursu- agenda, and three letters of reference. ing research in machine learning, data mining, Applications may also be submitted by mail data analysis and database systems. to: The Group’s focus is on the development University of Washington, Tacoma of computational tools to provide insight and Finance and Administration analysis of genomics and proteomics data and (l to r) Jim Foley (CRA board chair), Ed Lazowska (University of Computing and Software Systems Faculty to support biomedical research. The positions Search are offered through the National Academy of Washington), Dave Patterson (UC Berkeley), and Andy van Dam (Brown Box 358431 Sciences/National Research Council for University and CRA Distinguished Service Award winner) at Snowbird. 1900 Commerce Street research to be performed at the Army’s Tacoma, WA 98402-3100 Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Screening of credentials will begin Research Center, Frederick, MD, U.S.A. October 15 and all positions will remain open To apply send resume (describing expertise Transitions/Appointments until filled. Salary is competitive and will be and research interests) to: commensurate with experience and qualifica- Jaques Reifman, Ph.D. tions. Frances E. Allen has recently retired as a research fellow at IBM’s Thomas J. MCMR-AT Watson Laboratory after an impressive career spanning 45 years. Dr. Allen first Inquiries can be sent to: 540 Scott Street [email protected] Fort Detrick, MD 21702 joined IBM in 1957, and in 1989 was the first woman chosen as an IBM Fellow. The University of Washington, an affirma- [email protected] tive action/equal opportunity employer, is She served as a CRA board member from 1994 to 2000. 301-619-7915 Ronald J. Brachman has been appointed the Director of the Information Processing Technology Office at DARPA. Dr. Brachman was formerly the Communications Services Research Vice President at AT&T Laboratories. CRA board member, Doris Carver, Louisiana State University, has been appointed Associate Vice Chancellor of the Office of Research and Graduate Studies. We congratulate CRA board member, Lori Clarke, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who has been awarded the 2002 ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Service Award. USENIX has appointed Michael B. Jones as its representative on the CRA board of directors. Michael is a researcher in the Systems and Networking Research Group at Microsoft Research, and currently serves as Vice President of the USENIX board. The computing research community mourns the recent deaths of three prominent computer scientists. John Cocke, who was with the IBM Research Division from 1956 to 1992, is remembered for his influence in a number of areas of computer science.
Photo: William Wulf Samuel D. Conte has been credited with heading one of the country’s first Anita Jones, University of Virginia, chair of CRA’s Grand departments of computer science in1962 at Purdue University, where he Challenges Conference, and Tony Hoare, member of the UKCRC taught until 1993. Grand Challenges Working Party, pictured at the Airlie conference Edsger Dijkstra, who retired from the University of Texas in 1999 after a in June. long career, died on August 7. He was a native of the Netherlands, and received his doctorate in computer science from the University of Amsterdam. COMPUTING RESEARCH NEWS Vol. 14/No. 4 New Reports
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