COMPUTING RESEARCH NEWS Computing Research Association Uniting Industry, Academia and Government to Advance Computing Research and Change the World. JANUARY 2018 Vol. 30 / No. 1 CRN At-A-Glance 2018 Conference at Snowbird In This Issue Preliminary Agenda 2 2018 Conference at Snowbird Preliminary Agenda The biennial CRA Conference at Snowbird is the flagship invitation-only conference 4 2018 Nominations for CRA Board; for the leadership of the North American computing research community. Petition Nominees Sought 5 2018 Outstanding Undergraduate This year at Snowbird: Researcher Award Winners The 2018 CRA Conference at Snowbird is co-chaired by Kim Hazelwood, 9 CRA-E Professional Development Workshop Facebook, and Vivek Sarkar, Georgia Tech. Plenary sessions will feature for Teaching-Track Faculty former CRA Chair David Patterson, University of California-Berkeley and Raquel 10 Videos Now Available from the CRA Summit on Urtasun, University of Toronto and Uber Advanced Technologies Group. A Technology and Jobs major focus of the conference will be diversity in computing, and additional 12 CRA Taulbee Survey Update parallel session topics include faculty recruiting, department rankings, and 13 Meeting the Needs of Individuals with Disabilities- new models for industrial research in CS. Accessible Computing 15 Nominations Sought for New CCC Council Members See page 2 for full article. 16 Security and Privacy for Democracy Panel 18 Microsoft Research Podcast on How Programming Languages Quietly Run the World with CCC Exec Member Ben Zorn 2018 Nominees for CRA Board; 18 Two Hardware Security Design Flaws Affect Billions Petition Nominees Sought of Computers 20 Get Involved with CRA-Women Activities 21 Expanding the Pipeline: CRA-W at 2017 Grace Hopper CRA is pleased to announce the 2018 Election Committee’s slate of nominees Celebration of Women in Computing for the CRA Board. There are eight academic openings and two industry 23 Analysis of Current and Future Computer Science openings. CRA also encourages nominations by petition. Petition nominations Needs via Advertised Faculty Searches for 2018 must be signed by the Designated Voting Representatives of at least five 25 Ph.D. Students’ Interest in Faculty Positions at Constituent Member Organizations that are current in dues payment. Research Universities Shows a Declining Trend Over Time See page 4 for full article. 26 Low Diversity in Tech: How Did It Happen and How Do We Fix It? 27 Announcements 28 Board Members, Staff, Column Editor 29 Professional Opportunities cra.org/crn 2018 Conference at Snowbird Preliminary Agenda CRA CONFERENCE 2018 at snowbird The biennial CRA Conference at Snowbird is the flagship invitation-only conference for the leadership of the North American July 16-18 computing research community. Invitees: will feature former CRA Chair David Patterson, A preliminary program is below. It will be Computer science, computer engineering, University of California-Berkeley and Raquel updated on the CRA website as additional and information technology department Urtasun, University of Toronto and Uber information becomes available. Online chairs; assistant, associate, and Advanced Technologies Group. registration will open on the CRA website prospective chairs; directors of graduate in April 2018. Please note, this year the A major focus of the conference will be or undergraduate education; directors of conference will start on a Monday, which diversity in computing, and additional industry or government research labs/ is revised somewhat from past schedules parallel session topics include faculty centers; and professional society or which started on Sundays. recruiting, department rankings, and government leaders in computing. new models for industrial research in CS. In addition to the conference, a workshop The conference site: The meeting will also feature a view into for new department chairs will be co-chaired The Snowbird Resort is located in the computing and Washington from Peter by Greg Hager, Johns Hopkins University, Wasatch Mountains about 30 miles from Harsha, CRA’s Director of Government and Andrew Sears, Penn State, on July 16. Salt Lake City. A top-rated ski resort in Affairs, and short after-dinner talks on There will be several hours of free time for the winter, off-season at Snowbird offers computing research futures. Jane Stout, networking, mingling, hiking, or hanging out hiking amidst beautiful scenery. CRA's Director of the Center for Evaluating and enjoying the gorgeous environment. the Research Pipeline and Betsy Bizot, CRA This year at Snowbird: Director of Statistics and Evaluation will The 2018 CRA Conference at Snowbird is co-chair a session titled "Using CRA Data co-chaired by Kim Hazelwood, Facebook, and to Improve Your Department and Inform Vivek Sarkar, Georgia Tech. Plenary sessions Decision Making." 2 cra.org/crn January 2018 2018 Conference at Snowbird (continued) Monday, July 16 Parallel Session Topics 3:00 – 5:45 pm New Chairs Workshop • Increasing Diversity in Computing is Easier Than You Think: 10 This workshop will give new CS department Small Steps that Make a Big Difference chairs some of the skills needed to lead their Chair: Mary Hall, University of Utah organizations and work with deans, provosts, • Diversity in CS Research Leadership and advisory boards - the stuff they never told Co-chairs: Kim Hazelwood, Facebook, and Margaret Martonosi, you in graduate school. Princeton University 6:00 – 7:00 pm Welcome Reception • Booming Faculty: Opportunities and Challenges 7:00 – 9:00 pm Dinner/Plenary Session Chair: Laura Haas, University of Massachusetts – Amherst • New Models for Industrial Research in CS Co-chairs: Brent Hailpern, IBM and Joe Sventek, Tuesday, July 17 University of Oregon 8:30 am – 10:00 am Plenary Session • Growing a CS Department into a School/College of Computing 10:30 am – noon Parallel Tracks Chair: Chris Johnson, University of Utah Noon – 1:30 pm Lunch • Department Rankings 1:30 – 3:00 pm Parallel Tracks Chair: H.V. Jagadish, University of Michigan 3:30 – 5:00 pm Networking Activities • Improving Faculty Recruiting in the Computing Community Co-chairs: Shashi Shekhar, University of Minnesota and 6:30 – 9:00 pm Dinner Josep Torrellas, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign After Dinner Research Talks Organized by the Computing Community • Using CRA Data to Improve Your Department and Inform Consortium Decision Making Co-chairs: Jane Stout, CRA and Betsy Bizot, CRA • Recruiting, Retaining, and Advancing Teaching Faculty Wednesday, July 18 Co-chairs: Dan Grossman, University of Washington and Penny 8:30 – 10:00 am Plenary Session Rheingans, University of Maryland Baltimore County 10:30 – Noon Parallel Tracks Noon – 1:30 pm Lunch 1:30 – 3:00 pm Parallel Tracks 3:30 – 5:00 pm Policy Session (Chair: Peter Harsha, CRA) 5:30 – 6:30 pm TBD 3 cra.org/crn January 2018 2018 Nominees for CRA Board; Petition Nominees Sought CRA is pleased to announce the 2018 Election Committee’s slate of nominees for the CRA Board: Petition Nominees Sought Academic (8 openings) The Computing Research Association seeks your help in suggesting nominations for its Board of Directors. We want James Allan (UMass) individuals who have the time, energy and initiative to work on Henrik Christensen (UC San Diego) CRA issues on behalf of the entire CRA community. We have a working board, and all members are expected to be involved with Stephanie Forrest (Arizona State University)* community issues. Michael Franklin (University of Chicago)* The CRA Elections Committee has recently announced its slate of Ayanna Howard (Georgia Tech) nominees for a seat on the Board of Directors. CRA also encourages Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan) nominations by petition. Petition nominations must be signed by Ran Libeskind-Hadas (Harvey Mudd College) the Designated Voting Representatives of at least five Constituent Member Organizations that are current in dues payment. Greg Morrisett (Cornell University)* Keshav Pingali (University of Texas at Austin) A complete nomination package for petition candidates must be submitted here no later than February 2, 2018. Separately, Rachel Pottinger (University of British Columbia) each of the five supporters of the petition must send an e-mail William Regli (University of Maryland at College Park) to [email protected] simply stating their support for the petition Vivek Sarkar (Georgia Tech)* candidate to run for a seat on the CRA Board of Directors. Questions can be sent to [email protected]. Industry (2 openings) Maria Ebling (IBM Research) Important dates and events: Kathryn McKinley (Google)* • On February 9, 2018, final ballots will be distributed to all CRA department chairs and lab directors. Each will have one Chris Ramming (VMware) vote for each open slot on the board. • On February 23, 2018, completed ballots must be returned to CRA. *Denotes current board members. • In early March, the election results will be announced. 4 cra.org/crn January 2018 2018 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award Winners Congratulations to the recipients of the 2018 Outstanding CRA gratefully acknowledges the support of Microsoft Research Undergraduate Researcher Award. This year’s nominees and Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL), which sponsor are a very impressive group. A number of them were the Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award program in commended for making significant contributions to alternate years. MERL is the sponsor of this year’s awards. more than one research project, several are authors