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Ed Lazowska Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington

Ed Lazowska Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington Chair, Computing Research Association, 1997-2001 October 2005. My own involvement with CRA. CRA Government Affairs Committee Member, 1990-present Chair, 1992-97 and 2001-03

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Ed Lazowska Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington

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  1. Ed Lazowska Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington Chair, Computing Research Association, 1997-2001 October 2005

  2. My own involvement with CRA • CRA Government Affairs Committee • Member, 1990-present • Chair, 1992-97 and 2001-03 • CRA Board of Directors • Member, 1995-2003 • Chair, 1997-2001 • CRA Distinguished Service Award • 2005

  3. Mission Membership Organization History Leadership Activities How things get done How’s it going? Why IT? Beyond IT Actions! Today

  4. Mission • Strengthen research and advanced education in computing and allied fields • Promote a cohesive community of computing researchers • Encourage the development of humanresources • Collect and disseminate information about the importance and state of computing research • Influence policy that impacts computing research • C H I P

  5. Membership • 229 academic programs in the US and Canada • Almost all are Ph.D.-granting • 27 industrial and governmental research labs and centers active in the field • E.g., Argonne, Google, Microsoft, NCSA • 6 affiliated professional societies • AAAI, ACM, CACS/AIC, IEEE-CS, SIAM, USENIX

  6. Organization • 33-member Board of Directors • Elected by the membership • 5-member Executive Committee • The elected officers of the board • 14 committees • Mixture of permanent and ad hoc • Staffed by board members and others from the computing research community • 9-person professional staff

  7. History • 1972: Computer Science Board formed • Periodic discussions among the chairs of the major computer science departments • 1986: => Computing Research Board • Embraced computer engineering and computational science • 1990: => Computing Research Association • Professional staff, Washington DC office

  8. Leadership • Chairs of the CRB/CRA Board of Directors • Andy van Dam, Brown Univ., 1985-87 • David Gries, Cornell Univ., 1987-89 • Paul Young, Univ. of Washington, 1989-91 • John Rice, Purdue Univ., 1991-93 • Dave Patterson, UC Berkeley, 1993-97 • Ed Lazowska, Univ. of Washington, 1997-2001 • Jim Foley, Georgia Tech, 2001-05 • Dan Reed, Univ. of North Carolina, 2005-

  9. Executive Directors of the CRA • Rick Weingarten, 1990-96 • Bill Aspray, 1996-2002 • Andy Bernat, 2002-

  10. Activities • Community • CRA Conference at Snowbird

  11. 2004 CRA Conference at Snowbird • Sunday July 11 • 8:00 – 2:45 • CRA Board of Directors Meeting • 3:00 – 6:00 • Workshop for New Department Chairs • 6:00 – 7:00 • Welcoming Reception • 7:00 – 9:00 • Dinner and Keynote • Vint Cerf: “Internet Future”

  12. Monday July 12 • 8:40 – 10:00 (plenary) • Computer Science Education After the Crash • 10:30 – noon (parallel sessions) • Computing-Related Policy Issues • New Models for Computer Engineering Programs • Complexity vs. Robustness in the Information Infrastructure • Trends in Research Funding 1 • 12:00 – 1:30 • Luncheon

  13. 1:30 – 3:00 (plenary) • Stop the Female Brain Drain • 3:30 – 5:00 (parallel sessions) • Politically Incorrect, Fast-Pitch, Hardball Questions about Diversity in Computing • Implementing the Fluency Report • Computer Science and the Humanities • Trends in Research Funding II • 6:30 – 9:30 • Dinner, “State of the CRA” address, awards

  14. Tuesday July 13 • 8:30 – 10:00 (plenary) • The Impact of IT on the US Economy • 10:30 – noon (parallel sessions) • Diversity: What Works? • The Role of Research Faculty • Expanding the Frontiers of Information Technology Education • The Future of Industrial Research Labs • 1:30 – 3:00 (parallel sessions) • The Role of Computer Science in Societal Applications • Accreditation of IT Programs • Grand Challenges in Trustworthy Computing • Software Offshoring: Risks and Opportunities • 3:00 – 9:00 (and 8:30 – noon Wednesday) • Workshop for IT Deans

  15. Community (cont’d) • Federated Computing Research Conference • Computing Leadership Summit • IT Deans Group • CRA Distinguished Service Award • Forsythe List (contact information) • “Grand Research Challenges” workshops/reports • Revitalizing Computer Architecture Research • Grand Research Challenges in Information Security & Assurance • Grand Research Challenges in Information Systems

  16. Community (cont’d) • “Research Directions” workshops/reports • Road Map for the Revitalization of High-End Computing • R&D for the NII: Technical Challenges • Research Related to National Security • Research Challenges for the Next Generation Internet • Setting a Computer Science Agenda for Educational Technology

  17. Human Resources • Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing • Tapia Conference (Coalition to Diversify Computing)

  18. Human Resources (cont’d) • CRA-Women • Distinguished Lecture Series • Systers – Academia • Career Mentoring Workshops • Distributed Mentor Project (undergraduates) • Graduate Cohort for Women • Cohort of Associate Professors

  19. 2003 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, & Engineering Mentoring Mary JeanHarrold,Co-Chair John Marburger,White HouseOSTP Director Arden Bement, NSF Director Jan Cuny,Past Co-Chair

  20. 2005 National Science Board Public Service Award (group)

  21. Human Resources (cont’d) • Workshops for young faculty • Academic Careers • Effective Teaching • Awards • Outstanding Undergraduate Award • A. Nico Habermann Award (diversity) • Researcher Databases for women and minorities • Jobs listserve and web

  22. Human Resources (cont’d) • Workshops/Reports • Recruitment and Retention of Faculty in CSE • Recruitment and Retention of Women Graduate Students in CSE • Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Minority Graduate Students in CSE

  23. Information • Computing Research News – print and web • CRA Bulletin – web, email, and blog • Computing Research Policy blog • Surveys: • Taulbee (student, faculty) • Departmental Profiles (funding, space) • Industry Lab Salary

  24. Information (cont’d) • “Best Practices” Reports • University-Industry Sponsored Research Agreements • Commercialization Oversight for Computing Research Departments • Evaluating Computer Scientists and Engineers for Promotion and Tenure • Graduate Student Information Guide • Career Mentoring

  25. Policy • Full-time professional Director of Government Affairs (Peter Harsha, ex House Science Committee staff) • Office co-staffed by US-ACM (Cameron Wilson, also ex House Science Committee staff) • Congressional testimony and visits • Coalition participation (CSSP, AAAS, CNSF, etc.) • CNSF annual Congressional “demo day” • Executive Fellowship Program

  26. Policy (cont’d) • Computing Research Policy blog • Community action (CRN articles, electronic bulletins, “Computing Research Advocacy Network”) • Studies/workshops/reports: • Grand Research Challenges (noted previously) • Research Directions (noted previously) • The Supply of IT Workers in the United States • Computing Research: An National Investment for Leadership in the 21st Century

  27. How things get done • Limited income (members are organizations, not individuals) • A volunteer organization! – the staff largely coordinates volunteers • Executive Director • Director of Government Affairs • Director of Programs • Surveys and Evaluation • Meetings and Human Resources • Senior Communications Associate • Manager of Membership and Information Services • Business Manager • Administrative Assistant

  28. So, how’s it going? • The good news • A disproportionate increase in research funding • A very significant expansion of the field • More programs • Bigger programs • More “connections” • Respect on campus • A far stronger “middle tier” of programs • Strong industry/university relations

  29. The bad news • Undergraduate enrollment • Ph.D. production • Gender trends • Research funding trends

  30. Bachelors data for Ph.D.-granting departments

  31. Undergraduate data for Ph.D.-granting departments

  32. Nationwide survey of freshmen

  33. NSF data for all CS departments

  34. $530 million short of the 1999 PITAC recommendation for FY04, and headed in the wrong direction

  35. Basic research has flat-lined!

  36. DARPA response to SASC, 4/2005

  37. DARPA • Support for overall IT R&D is at best holding steady • University participation is dramatically decreasing • Classification of programs • Shortened research horizon • 12-month go/no-go evaluations • This is bad for DARPA and it’s bad for the nation • Decreased DARPA mind-share among some of the best researchers • Future manpower issues

  38. NSF CISE, 1994-2004 • Budget: 2x • Proposals: 3x • Larger core • Broader mission • Behavior of other agencies • Funding rate: 38% -> 16%

  39. FY 2006 R&D Request Percent Change from FY 2005 (basic + applied) Source: AAAS Preliminary Analysis of R&D in the FY 2006 Budget, February 2005

  40. DHS • Simply doesn’t get it! • 90% of S&T budget is for deployment, vs. research • DHS is generally ignoring research • <2% of budget is for cyber security • DHS is generally ignoring the nation’s infrastructure • The agency is focused almost entirely on WMD threats (bio, chem, rad) against individuals

  41. Why IT? • Advances in IT drive advances in all other fields • Advances in IT power our economy • Not just through the growth of the IT industry – through Multi Factor Productivity Growth throughout the economy • Advances in IT are the cornerstone of our national security • Advances in IT change the way we live, the way we work, the way we learn, the way we communicate • IT is where the jobs are

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