Computing Research Association

Chicago-area teaching-track faculty in computing: CRA-E is launching a new regional event designed to bring local educators together for a full day of connection, discussion, and idea-sharing.

Join us June 30 in Chicago for conversations around:
• Teaching strategies and classroom practices
• Promotion, leadership, and scholarship
• AI and CS education
• Networking with colleagues across the region

Participation is free.

📅 Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis through June 23.

Apply to attend: https://cra.jotform.com/261393956461163

Faculty — are you trying to bring real AI computing power into your classroom but not sure where to start?

The NAIRR Pilot Classroom provides U.S.-based educators with access to national AI computing infrastructure, and our first webinar will walk you through exactly how to request it for your course.

📅 Monday, June 30 | 4:00 PM ET 💻 Free & Virtual 🔗 Register: https://cra-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f6uYPNPBQCuFFOVmo9DUyg

This is the first session in our new NAIRR AI EDU RCN Webinar Series, organized by NSF NAIRR AI Education Fellows Debanjali Banerjee, Oyebade Kunle Oyerinde, and Roderick Lee — faculty who have hands-on experience using NAIRR resources in their own teaching.

Open to any U.S.-based faculty teaching undergraduate or graduate courses with AI content. No prior experience with NAIRR required!

Hot off the press!

Check out the June edition of CRA's Computing Research News, featuring:
🔸2025 CRA Taulbee Survey Report
🔹2026 CRA Summit preview
🔸CCC Community Chat takeaways

And so much more: https://cra.org/crn/

Beginning our coverage of Congressional actions on the FY27 budget, we’re tackling the House Appropriations Committee’s proposed budgets for NSF, NIST, and NASA. Mirroring last year’s proposal, the House appropriators are recommending difficult budget cuts for the agencies, while still being less harsh than the Trump Administration request.

Read the full analysis from CRA’s Government Affairs team: https://cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2026/06/fy27-house-cjs/

Meet the faces advocating for and shaping the future of AI education! 🤖

Continuing our series highlighting our newly announced NSF NAIRR AI Education Fellows, this week we’re celebrating Elahe Javadi! 🌟

Elahe Javadi, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Information Systems in the School of Information Technology at Illinois State University. Her passion for research, curriculum development, and community outreach focuses on applied AI, robotics, and quantum computing. Through the NAIRR AI Education Fellowship, Javadi will collaborate with organizations across Central Illinois to expand access to AI education.

We’re inspired by her drive to collaborate in order to expand AI education!

Catching up on highlighting our 2025 CRA Trustworthy AI Research Fellows, we connected with Taslima Akter to chat about her experience and hopes for the future of trustworthy AI. As an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas, San Antonio, Taslima’s research focuses on accessibility and privacy for blind and low-vision individuals using AI technologies.

As a Trustworthy AI Research Fellow, her research focuses on:
🔹 Community-informed design
🔹 Inclusive AI framework
🔹 AI that is prioritized for blind and low-vision individuals

Learn more about Taslima’s research and her commitment to trustworthy AI: https://cra.org/crn/2026/03/cra-trustworthy-ai-research-fellow-spotlight-taslima-akter/

📣 Applications are now open for the inaugural CRA-E Chicago-Area Regional Summit for Teaching-track Faculty in Computing, taking place June 30, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois.

This new CRA-E event will bring together teaching-track faculty in computing at PhD-granting institutions for a full day of discussion, networking, and idea-sharing around:

🎓 Pedagogical strategies and classroom best practices
🤝 Professional development and promotion preparation
🤖 AI and computing education
🌟 Leadership, scholarship, and community-building

The program will also feature lightning talks and interactive discussions designed to connect teaching-track faculty across the region.

✅ Participation is free.
📅 Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis through June 23.

Learn more and apply: https://cra.jotform.com/261393956461163

Meet the faces advocating for and shaping the future of AI education! 🤖

Continuing our series highlighting our newly announced NSF NAIRR AI Education Fellows, this week we’re celebrating Ananya Jana! 🌟

Ananya Jana, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Marshall University, West Virginia. Her research lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence and computer vision, with a primary focus on medical imaging. She develops deep learning methods for disease assessment. Through the NAIRR AI Education Fellowship, Jana seeks to expand equitable access to AI research infrastructure and design hands-on, research-driven learning experiences that empower students to build, evaluate, and deploy responsible AI systems.

We’re inspired by her passion to make AI accessible to all!

CRA proudly congratulates members of the computing research community who have recently been recognized as 2025 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2026 Members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S), and 2026 Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).

These honors reflect extraordinary contributions to computing research, innovation, and leadership across the field. We’re especially proud to celebrate those honorees who have also volunteered their time and expertise in support of CRA programs, committees, workshops, and community initiatives.

Read more: https://cra.org/crn/2026/05/cra-congratulates-new-aaas-and-siam-fellows-and-aaas-members-2026/

Special congratulations as well to several honorees with ties to CRA who were highlighted in greater detail in the May CRN, including Tanya Berger-Wolf, Aaron Clauset, Chris Clifton, Kevin Crowston, Hai “Helen” Li, Dongyan Xu, Daphne Yao, Magdalena Balazinska, Michael Littman, Rada Mihalcea, Shwetak Patel, Tim Roughgarden, Tandy Warnow, and Onur Mutlu.

CRA Congratulates New AAAS and SIAM Fellows and AAA&S Members By Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications and Member Engagement The Computing Research Association (CRA) proudly congratulates members of the computing research community who have recently been…