Computing Research News COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMPUTING RESEARCH COMMUNITY JUNE 2013 Vol. 25 / No. 6 Announcements 2 Coalition for National Science Funding 2 CRA Announces Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award Winners 3 Computing Research in Action 5 CERP Infographic 6 NSF Funding Opportunity 6 CRA Recognizes Participants 7 CRA Board Members 16 CRA Board Officers 16 CRA Staff 16 Professional Opportunities 17 COMPUTING RESEARCH NEWS, JUNE 2013 Vol. 25 / No. 6 Announcements 2012 Taulbee Report Updated May 15, 2013 Corrected Table F6 Click here to download updated version CRA Releases Latest Research Issue Report New Technology-based Models for Postsecondary Learning: Conceptual Frameworks and Research Agendas The report details the findings of a National Science Foundation-Sponsored Computing Research Association Workshop held at MIT on January 9-11, 2013. From the report: “Advances in technology and in knowledge about expertise, learning, and assessment have the potential to reshape the many forms of education and training past matriculation from high school. In the next decade, higher education, military and workplace training, and professional development must all transform to exploit the opportunities of a new era, leveraging emerging technology-based models that can make learning more efficient and possibly improve student support, all at lower cost for a broader range of learners.” The report is now available as a pdf at http://cra.org/resources/research-issues/. Slides from the presentation at NSF on April 19, 2013 are also available. Investments in STEM Research and Education: Fueling American Innovation On May 7, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Brett Bode from the National Center for Supercomputing Washington, DC, the Coalition for National Science Funding Applications at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign were (CNSF) held its 19th annual exhibition and reception, on hand to talk about the “Blue Waters” project. “Investments in STEM Research and Education: Fueling American Innovation.” High school students Joshua Meka and Vitaly Kleiner of Landon School in Bethesda, MD attended, and were greeted CRA is a sponsor and was among the exhibitors showcasing by Members of Congress and STEM professionals who research and education projects supported by the National shared their research and encouraged them to pursue a Science Foundation. On behalf of CRA, John Melchi and career in science and technology. Image Credit: Sabrina Jacob From left to right: Dr. Farnam Jahanian, Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation; Joshua Meka, Landon School; Dr. Cora B. Marrett, Acting Director, National Science Foundation; and Vitaly Kleiner, Landon School. http://cra.org/resources/crn-online/ 2 COMPUTING RESEARCH NEWS, JUNE 2013 Vol. 25 / No. 6 CRA Announces Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award Winners The Computing Research Association honors the recipients In addition to formulating research hypotheses, developing of its 2013 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Awards, and implementing algorithms, and presenting research results which recognizes undergraduates in North American colleges at international conferences, Matthew also mentors at-risk and universities who show outstanding research potential youth. in an area of computing research. This year’s awards are sponsored by Microsoft Research. Mitsubishi Electric Zhengyuan Zhou – Male Awardee Research Labs and Microsoft Research sponsor the awards Zhengyuan recently received his in alternate years. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Vera Khovanskaya – Female Awardee Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Vera Khovanskaya is a Senior Mathematics from the University at Cornell University in the of California, Berkeley. Department of Information Science. Zhengyuan has an exemplary record of research results, As an undergraduate researcher and a drive to work on deep in Cornell’s Interaction Design and meaningful problems in Lab, Vera brings a synthesis of computer science. He has co- computer science and social authored several papers building on open-loop frameworks science skills to her projects. for differential games, with an emphasis on control and Vera’s research combines optimization. In addition to theory and algorithm design, critical reflection on issues in the Zhengyuan is a skilled programmer. collection and processing of data for personal informatics with the design of technologies. She has assisted with the Zhengyuan also gained experience as an undergraduate development of a mobile phone application to improve student instructor and tutor in the Department of Computer health behaviors and health awareness, and a mobile phone Science and Engineering and worked on problems in Algebra application that generates music in response to a user’s with researchers in the Mathematics Department. physical movements in order to foster creative expression. Mattea Welch – Female Runner Vera also has also worked as a teaching assistant, and Mattea Welch is a Senior at helped develop an introductory programming course for Queen’s University in Ontario, non-majors. majoring in Computer Science with a specialization in Biomedical Matthew Bryan – Male Awardee Computing. Matthew Bryan is a Senior at the University of Washington Mattea is passionate about using majoring in Computer Science. computing and logic to solve real life problems, and her projects Matthew’s research is highly are multidisciplinary – involving multidisciplinary – spanning the computer scientists and clinicians. fields of robotics to brain-comput- She has organized research er interfacing. in the Laboratory for Percutaneous Surgery specializing in computer-assisted surgery. Matthew’s state-of-the-art research helps make brain- She is also a Research Assistant and Vice-President of computer interfacing more the Queen’s Association for Technology in Medicine and adaptive to the ongoing Biology, which provides a platform to discuss and explore needs of users, who are often paralyzed or disabled. As the changing role that technology plays in medicine and an undergraduate research assistant, Matt took on the biology. It promotes the idea that traditionally separate fields challenging problem of developing a brain-computer interface of technology, medicine and biology have much to gain for controlling an assistive humanoid robot using brain through a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach to signals. Matthew’s novel approach allows the user to teach problem solving. the robot new commands on the fly by training the robot to perform new behaviors using brain signals. http://cra.org/resources/crn-online/ 3 COMPUTING RESEARCH NEWS, JUNE 2013 Vol. 25 / No. 6 Frank Ong – Male Runner Up Kevin Clark, University of Washington Frank Ong is a Senior at the Nihit Desai, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of California, Berkeley, Jesse Domack, Florida International University majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. Adam Fairfield, Arizona State University John Fallon, University of Massachusetts, Lowell As a Research Assistant, Frank investigated a novel way Clement Gehring, McGill University of denoising blood flow data William Hamilton, McGill University using divergence-free wavelet transform. During the project, he John Judnich, Santa Clara University had the opportunity to collaborate Jason Koenig, Carnegie Mellon University with radiologists in Stanford Alan Kuntz, University of New Mexico University, which motivated him to allow complete user control on the denoising process, because algorithms may cover up Young Hyun (Albert) Kwon, University of Pennsylvania some details that radiologists want to see. Avi Levy, University of Texas, Dallas Finalists, Female Award Jack Ma, Harvey Mudd College Logan McNamara, Lehigh University Kevin Mantel, Princeton University Marjori Pomarole, University of California, San Diego Douglas McErlean, Brown University Alexandra Schofield, Harvey Mudd College Christopher Miller, University of Rochester Gal Oshri, Princeton University Finalists, Male Award Tong Pham, Lafayette College Daniel Grier, University of South Carolina Steven Reisman, Loyola University, Chicago Eric Moult, Queen’s University Mark Rich, New York University Sameh Saleh, George Mason University Cesar Rodriguez, Texas A&M University Rohan Sharma, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Russell Seidel, Clarkson University Honorable Mentions, Female Michael Shaffer, Loyola University, Chicago Colleen Alkalay-Houlihan, McGill University Max Smiley, Tufts University Andreea Bancila, Mount Holyoke College Daniel Stubbs, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Willa Chen, Princeton University Timothy Sun, Columbia University Yudi Fu, Brown University Kui Tang, Columbia University Rachel Gordon, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Kesler Tanner, Brigham Young University Grace Muzny, University of Washington Jesse Thomason, University of Pittsburgh Amy Pavel, University of California, Berkeley Jeffery Thompson, University of Southern Maine Melissa Queen, Dartmouth College David Turner, Texas A&M University Elissa Redmiles, University of Maryland, College Park Joshua Wang, Stanford University Stephanie Rogers, University of California, Berkeley Matthew Weber, University of Virginia Kaitlin Stouffer, Princeton University James Wilcox, Williams College Megan Torkildson, University of Washington Alan Wright, University of Central Florida Rachel Ulgado,