The Computing Research Association (CRA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit association of North American academic departments of computer science, computer engineering, and related fields; laboratories and centers in industry, government, and academia engaging in basic computing research; and affiliated professional societies.CRA Membership Information CRA was formed in 1972 and is based in Washington, D.C., United States.

Mission and activities CRA's mission is to enhance innovation by joining with industry, government and academia to strengthen research and advanced education in computing. CRA executes this mission by leading the computing research community, informing policymakers and the public, and facilitating the development of strong, diverse talent in the field.CRA About

Policy CRA assists policymakers who seek to understand the issues confronting the federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program, a thirteen-agency, $4-billion-a-year federal effort to support computing research. The National Coordination Office (NCO) for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program website CRA works to educate Members of Congress and provide policy makers with expert testimony in areas associated with computer science research. CRA also maintains a Government Affairs website and a Computing Research Policy Blog.

Professional development CRA works to support computing researchers throughout their careers to help ensure that the need for a continuous supply of talented and well-educated computing researchers and advanced practitioners is met. CRA assists with leadership development within the computing research community, promotes needed changes in advanced education, and encourages participation by members of underrepresented groups. CRA offers Academic Careers Workshops, supports the CRA-W: CRA's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research, and runs the DREU: Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates Project.

Leadership CRA supports leadership development in the research community to support researchers in broadening the scope of computing research and increasing its impact on society and works to promote cooperation among various elements of the computing research community. CRA supports the CRA Conference at Snowbird, a biennial conference where leadership in computing research departments gather to network and address common issues in the field. CRA also supports the Computing Leadership Summit.CRA holds Annual Computing Leadership Summit

Information collection and dissemination CRA collects and disseminates information to the research and policy-making communities information about the importance and state of computing research and related policy. CRA works to develop relevant information and make the information available to the public, policy makers, and computing research community.

CRA publishes the Taulbee Survey, a key source of information on the enrollment, production, and employment of Ph.D.s in computer science and computer engineering (CS & CE) and in providing salary and demographic data for faculty in CS & CE in North America. Statistics given include gender and ethnicity breakdowns. CRA also provides Computing Research News published ten times annually for computing researchers, and the CRA Bulletin to share news, information about CRA initiatives, and items of interest to the general community.

Computing Community Consortium

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is a programmatic committee of the Computing Research Association. Its stated mission is "...to catalyze the computing research community and enable the pursuit of innovative, high-impact research".

The CCC conducts activities that strengthen the research community, articulate compelling research visions, and align those visions with pressing national and global challenges. The CCC communicates the importance of those visions to policymakers, government and industry stakeholders, the public, and the research community itself.

History In March 2006, the National Science Foundation (NSF) issued a solicitation indicating its desire to establish a Computing Community Consortium. In October of that year, CRA responded to the solicitation, submitting a proposal that was backed by explicit letters of support from 132 Ph.D.-granting academic programs, 16 leading corporations, 7 major national laboratories and research centers, and five professional societies in the field. Pursuant to positive external peer review, the CCC was established in late 2006 through a cooperative agreement between NSF and CRA.

An interim CCC Council was appointed by the proposal team in December 2006. Following an open recruitment process, Ed Lazowska (University of Washington) was selected as Chair of the CCC Council in March 2007. The membership of the inaugural CCC Council was selected through a transparent process and announced in June 2007. The first public activity of the CCC was a set of five plenary talks at the Federated Computing Research Conference (FCRC 2007) that month.

Today, the CCC Council has 20 members on 3-year staggered terms, representing the diverse nature of the computing research field.

CRA Honorary Awards The Computing Research Association offers a number of honorary recognitions for individuals, covering notable contributions to increasing the involvement of underrepresented communities in computing research, making outstanding service contributions to the computing community, making significant early-career research contributions and efforts to broaden participation in computing, and recognizing early-career research achievements and leadership in diversifying computing, among others.

A. Nico Habermann Award The A. Nico Habermann Award is offered by the Computing Research Association to individuals in recognition of contributions aimed at increasing the involvement of underrepresented communities in computing research. It is named in honour of the Dutch computer scientist A. Nico Habermann.

Award recipients include:

2026: Wendy Powley 2025: Lori Pollock 2024: Mary Ann Leung 2023: Charles Lee Isbell Jr. 2022: Andrea Danyluk 2021: Mary Jane Irwin 2020: Carla Ellis 2019: Maria Gini 2018: Juan Gilbert, Manuel Pérez Quiñones 2017: Carol Frieze 2016: Ayanna Howard 2015: Ann Quiroz Gates 2014: Nancy Amato 2013: David Notkin 2012: Lucy Sanders, Robert Schnabel, Telle Whitney 2011: Charles Lickel 2010: Anne Condon 2008: Richard E. Ladner 2007: Janice E. Cuny 2006: Mary Lou Soffa 2005: Jane Margolis 2004: Maria Klawe, Nancy Leveson 2003: Rita Rodriguez 2002: Valerie Taylor 2001: Anita Borg 2000: Roscoe Giles 1999: Sheila Humphreys 1998: Bryant York 1997: Andrew Bernat 1996: Caroline Wardle 1995: Eugene Lawler 1994: Richard A. Tapia

CRA Distinguished Service Award The CRA Distinguished Service Award is offered by the Computing Research Association to a person, persons, or organization that has made an outstanding service contribution to the computing research community. This award recognizes service in areas such as government affairs, professional societies, publications, conferences, and leadership that has a major impact on computing research.

Award recipients include:

2026: Dan Reed 2025: Carl Landwehr 2024: Manish Parashar 2023: Lynne Parker 2022: Katherine Yelick 2021: James Kurose 2020: The CARES Movement 2019: Edward Felten 2018: Paul Messina 2017: Tom Kalil 2016: Maria Klawe 2015: Farnam Jahanian 2014: Vinton G. Cerf 2013: Peter G. Neumann 2012: Susan L. Graham 2011: Jeannette M. Wing 2010: Moshe Y. Vardi 2009: Eugene H. Spafford 2008: Rick Adrion 2007: Peter A. Freeman, John E. Hopcroft 2006: Mary Jane Irwin, David Patterson 2005: Edward Lazowska 2004: David Clark, Barbara Simons 2003: Ruzena Bajcsy 2002: Andries van Dam 2001: Marjory Blumenthal 2000: Juris Hartmanis 1999: Bill Joy, Ken Kennedy 1998: Merrell Patrick 1997: Anita Jones 1996: Paul Young 1995: Randy Katz 1994: William A. Wulf 1992: Joseph F. Traub 1991: David Gries 1990: Robert Kahn 1989: Peter J. Denning 1988: Kent Curtis

Anita Borg Early Career Award The CRA Anita Borg Early Career Award, offered annually by the Computing Research Association's Committee on Widening Participation in Computing Research (CRA-WP), honors early-career researchers in North America for significant research contributions and efforts to increase participation of underrepresented groups in computing.

Award recipients include:

2026: Akshitha Sriraman 2025: Adriana Schulz 2024: Yakun Sophia Shao 2023: Robin Brewer 2022: Maya Cakmak 2021: Finale Doshi-Velez 2020: Olga Russakovsky 2019: Nadia Heninger 2018: Yejin Choi, Reetuparna Das 2017: Lydia Tapia 2016: Martha Kim, Hanna Wallach 2015: Natalie Enright Jerger 2014: Jaime Teevan 2013: Yanlei Diao 2012: M. Bernardine Dias, Katie A. Siek 2011: Alexandra Fedorova 2010: A.J. Bernheim Brush, Radhika Nagpal 2009: Kim Hazelwood 2008: Chandra Krintz 2007: Li-Shiuan Peh 2006: Gail Murphy 2005: Yuanyuan Zhou 2004: Joanna McGrenere

Skip Ellis Early Career Award The CRA Skip Ellis Early Career Award, named for Clarence "Skip" Ellis and awarded annually by CRA-WP, recognizes early-career researchers for significant research achievements and leadership in diversifying computing.

Award recipients include:

2026: Elaine Short 2025: Cynthia Bennett 2024: Martez Mott 2023: Michael Carbin 2022: Christina Harrington 2021: Sanmi Koyejo 2020: Tawanna Dillahunt, Michel A. Kinsy

See also Association for Computing Machinery CRA was the main organizer of the first Federated Computing Research Conference in 1993. CRA-WP Informatics Europe is a similar organization to the CRA for Europe.

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