Planning Grant for a Federated Computing Research Conference

计算机科学是一个非常年轻的研究领域。 过去几 多年来，计算正在加入实验， 和数学分析，提供了一个基本的新的科学范式 科学是如何完成的。 在这样一个新的和迅速变化的领域， 研究人员之间的沟通尤为重要。 但 计算机科学与工程的会议结构是高度 支离破碎，不利于这种沟通。 重要的新 研究成果很少在基础广泛的国家 会议. 因此，参加基础广泛的会议的人很少， 活跃的研究人员。 联合计算研究会议计划解决这个问题 问题. 本次会议将保留规模较小的优势 与此同时， 在不同领域的研究者中。 这一点的额外好处 会议包括：（1）规模经济，（2）提供教育 为公众服务，（3）促进新的研究。 规划 这次会议将包括发展讨论和共识， 在计算研究界，以及精心规划， 选址和其他安排。 的大多数行政 这项规划工作将由一个指导委员会负责， 研究界的杰出成员。

Computing Research is a very young research area. In the past few years it has become clear that computation is joining experimentation and mathematical analysis, providing a basic new scientific paradigm for how science gets done. In such a new and rapidly changing field, communication among researchers is particularly important. But the conference structure in computer science and engineering is highly fragmented and works against such communication. Important new research results are seldom presented at broad based national meetings. Consequently, broad based meetings are seldom attended by active researchers. A Federated Computing Research Conference is planned to address this problem. This conference will retain the advantages of smaller specialized meetings while at the same time facilitating communication among researchers in different subfields. Additional benefits of this meeting include: (1) economies of scale, (2) providing an educational function for the public, (3) stimulating new research. Planning for this conference will consist of developing discussions and consensus within the computing research community as well as careful planning of site selection and other arrangements. Most of the administrative effort in this planning will be carried out by a steering committee of prominent members of the research community.