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COMPUTING RESEArcH NEWS A Publication of the Computing Research Association May 2006 Vol. 18/No. 3 CRA Announces 2006 Service Award Winners CRA is pleased to announce the The Distinguished Service Com­ member of council and vice president in the United States through his winners of its 2006 service awards. mittee also recommended that a of ACM; and a member of council of efforts to return DARPA to a more Distinguished Service Awards will special award be presented to Stuart the IEEE Computer Society. basic research agenda, increasing be given this year to Mary Jane Zweben, Ohio State University, for Irwin played a fundamental role in federal funding for computing Irwin, Penn State University, and his long­term involvement and efforts founding CRA­W, and has continued research and development, making David Patterson, University of on behalf of CRA’s annual Taulbee to be active in this leading organi­ the United States a more welcoming California, Berkeley. Survey. zation for more than a decade. She place to foreign students and has helped to set the future research researchers, and encouraging agenda for the computer architecture American students to pursue a community by co­chairing CRA’s computing research career. grand challenge conference in this area. Her record of participation in CRA A. Nico Habermann professional publications and Award conference activities is unusually Mary Lou Soffa, the Owen R. rich. Cheatham Professor and Chair of David Patterson, Professor of Computer Science at the University Computer Science at the University of Virginia, was the founder of Mary Lou Soffa, University of California, Berkeley, has a wide CRA­W’s Affiliate Distributed of Virginia, will receive the The awards will be presented at range of service activities in addition Mentoring Program and co­founder A. Nico Habermann award for CRA’s Conference at Snowbird, to being a leading computing (with Jan Cuny) of the CRA­W her outstanding contributions to Utah, on June 25, 2006. researcher. He served for four years as Graduate Student Cohort and the increasing the numbers and/or CRA’s board chair, during which he Cohort for Associate Professors. The successes of underrepresented revitalized the membership of the Graduate Student Cohort program is members in the computing research CRA Distinguished Service board, greatly strengthened the now bringing 200 women together financial abilities of the organization community. Awards annually for a two­day workshop. so it could better carry out work on Mary Jane Irwin, A. Robert Noll Soffa has consistently been Chair of Engineering and Co­director behalf of the computing research responsible for finding funding for of the Embedded and Mobile Com­ community, and oversaw an these programs, recently obtaining puting Center (emc^2) in the CSE expansion and strengthening of the significant funding from industrial programs, in particular in govern­ Department at Penn State University, sources, even as the programs have has served at high levels, with ment affairs and representation of grown. She is also extremely active distinction, in three of the main women. in individual mentoring. She has computing research professional As current president of ACM, graduated 21 PhD students and 54 Patterson has used his standing to organizations. She was a long­time MS students, and more than half of and active member of the CRA board speak out forcefully and effectively these are women. Eight are tenured for improving the innovation climate and vice­chair for four years; a or tenure­track faculty members. Continued on Page 5 Inside CRN Expanding the Pipeline..................... 2 Taulbee Survey Results .................... 7 New CRA Board Members ...............3 Professional Opportunities ............. 18 Musings from the Chair .................... 3 Snowbird Preliminary Are Computer Scientists Timid? ...... 4 Program .................................... …20 PAID Innovative, Competitiveness Plans Advance, But Hurdles Ahead U.S. POSTAGE PERMIT NO. 993 NONPROFIT ORG. Washington Update DC WASHINGTON, By Peter Harsha Some high­profile legislative efforts increased research funding to immi­ ing the federal investment in to bolster U.S. competitiveness by gration changes that would help the energy science, including dou­ fostering greater U.S.­based innova­ U.S. recruit and retain the world’s bling the DOE Office of Sci­ tion have begun to move in Congress, best talent—aimed at ensuring that ence budget over 7 years; putting the spotlight on the impor­ the U.S. retains its competitive edge. creation of a new “DARPA­ tance of increasing federal support of The other package receiving atten­ like” agency within DOE fundamental research, improving edu­ tion is the “National Innovation Act” called ARPA­E; and support cation efforts, and addressing needs in (NIA) (S.2109)—and a related piece for math, science and engi­ federal tax policy and workforce and dealing only with the commerce­ neering education through immigration issues. But despite the related provisions (S. 2390)—which DOE. positive action, there are a number of was introduced in December 2005 by 2. PACE Education (S. 2198)— obstacles to enactment of these inno­ Senators John Ensign (R­NV) and includes a series of provisions vation plans including, most seriously, Joseph Lieberman (D­CT), and has aimed at increasing the pro­ a perceived lack of support from the since attracted 23 co­sponsors. The duction and supporting the House Republican leadership. NIA is modeled on the conclusions of professional development of Two legislative packages have the December 2004 Council on Com­ K­12 teachers in math and sci­ received the most attention and the petitiveness report, Innovate America: ence; increases support for NSF most action in the Senate. A biparti­ Thriving in a World of Challenge and and NASA’s Early Career san package of three bills called the Change, in which a panel of preemi­ grants; directs federal research “Protecting America’s Competitive nent academic and industry leaders agencies to devote 8 percent of Edge” Acts (PACE), introduced by offered 60 recommendations for their budgets to “high­risk, Senators Pete Domenici (R­NM), Jeff improving America’s competitiveness. high­payoff research;” autho­ Bingaman (D­NM), Lamar Alexan­ Though both packages of bills rizes the doubling of the NSF der (R­TN), and Barbara Mikulski have been referred to the Senate budget over 7 years; creates a (D­MD), has attracted 66 Senate co­ committees with jurisdiction, it new “F­4” visa category to sponsors. The PACE acts (S. 2197, appears the PACE bills have the most encourage foreign students in 2198 and 2199) are based largely on a momentum behind them. The PACE the physical sciences, math, 2005 National Academies report, Ris- legislation is broken into three parts: computing or engineering to ing Above the Gathering Storm, that 1. PACE Energy (S. 2197)— included 20 recommendations—from includes provisions for bolster­ Continued on Page 6 CRA NW 1100 Seventeenth Street, Suite 507 DC 20036-4632 Washington, COMPUTING RESEArcH NEWS MAY 2006 Expanding the Pipeline Computing Research Association CRA-W and CDC Form an Alliance for NSF’s New Board Officers Program to Broaden Participation in Computing Daniel A. Reed Chair University of North Carolina By Carla Ellis, Margaret Martonosi, and Jeffrey Forbes at Chapel Hill Lori Clarke The National Science Foundation of computer science and engineering their home institutions. This out­ Vice Chair University of Massachusetts (NSF) has always been a major being pursued. To address these reach will continue to be a priority Carla Ellis source of support for activities aimed needs, we are planning Research for the DMP. In addition, a Traveling Secretary at diversifying science and engineer­ Workshops or Summer Schools that Lecture Series is being redesigned Duke University ing fields. So when NSF launched a will provide an intense immersion in around the lessons learned in a previ­ Philip Bernstein Treasurer visionary new program aimed specifi­ a research area, its culture, and inter­ ous CRA­W lecture series to focus on Microsoft Research cally at increasing the participation actions with established researchers the needs of undergraduates at Board Members of women and underrepresented mi­ in the field. Throughout the events, schools where information about William Aspray norities in computing, CRA’s Com­ there will be a mix of technical ses­ graduate school is more difficult to Indiana University mittee on the Status of Women in sions and discussions of career devel­ obtain and research role models are Randal Bryant Carnegie Mellon University Computing Research (CRA­W) part­ opment topics. The climate will be rare. The Traveling Lecture series will Anne Condon nered with the Coalition to Diversify distinctly different from traditional complement CDC’s Traveling Aca­ University of British Columbia Computing (CDC) to submit a pro­ technical workshops because of the demic Forum. The long­term goal of Robert Constable posal. We saw this as a wonderful significant diversity that will exist the revamped Traveling Academic Cornell University opportunity to improve some of our among the attendees and the invited forum is to create a community of George V. Cybenko Dartmouth College current programs and to create speakers and panelists. Because of underrepresented minority faculty to Richard A. DeMillo innovative new projects to encourage their research focus, DSMTs also provide support and guidance for cur­ Georgia Institute of Technology women and underrepresented minori­ foster the formation of research rent and future faculty from under­ Timothy Finin ties to participate in computing collaborations and career mentoring represented groups. Each workshop University of Maryland, Baltimore County research. Our alliance is designed to networks among participants. The provides information that permits James D. Foley share each other’s programs and offer first Summer School is being planned better understanding and navigation Georgia Institute of Technology them to a wider range of people from in Computer Architecture, and is of the academic ladder, and offers en­ Mary Jean Harrold underrepresented groups.

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