CRA Bulletin
January 24, 2001

CRA Board Elects Officers

Networking 2001 Conference, April 10-12, 2001, Washington, DC

ACM Conference, "Beyond Cyberspace," March 10-14, 2001, San Jose, CA

ACM/IEEE-CS Partial Travel Support for IFIP World Conference

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CRA BOARD ELECTS OFFICERS

The Computing Research Association's Board of Directors has elected a new set of officers. They will serve 2-year terms beginning July 1, 2001. Chair: James Foley (Georgia Institute of Technology); Vice-Chair: Jan Cuny (University of Oregon); Treasurer: John Stankovic (University of Virginia); Secretary: Kathleen McKeown (Columbia University). Information about the officers will be posted soon on the CRA website.

NETWORKING 2001 CONFERENCE, APRIL 10-12, 2001, WASHINGTON, DC

"The annual Networking conference provides the premier forum for higher education information technology leaders to gather to discuss policy and practical issues associated with advancing networking technologies and usage, and to launch and report on major initiatives. The Networking 2001 conference will bring together leaders from higher education and federal, regional, and state governments to review and evaluate network policy issues, emerging network applications, and the organizational, institutional, and economic opportunities posed by federal government, public, and private sector network development efforts." CRA is a cosponsor of the event.

For more information, visit the conference website at http://www.educause.edu/netatedu/events/net2001/index.html

ACM CONFERENCE, "BEYOND CYBERSPACE," MARCH 10-14, 2001, SAN JOSE, CA

"The ACM1 Conference 'Beyond Cyberspace: A Journey of Many Directions' is a unique opportunity to discover, discuss and debate the future of IT with some of the most inspiring leaders and visionaries in the industry. ACM1 is not a traditional tradeshow, it's a practical and philosophical exploration of the future of IT on many fronts including telecommunications, security, culture, medicine, life and social sciences and education. International leaders and visionaries from industry, academia, research, and government will gather to discuss how key advances in computing and information technology are reshaping our world."

For more information, visit http://www.acm.org/acm1/overview/index.html

ACM/IEEE-CS PARTIAL TRAVEL SUPPORT FOR IFIP WORLD CONFERENCE

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), in cooperation with IEEE-CS, has applied for a grant from NSF to provide partial travel support to 30 United States participants attending the 7th IFIP World Conference on Computers in Education (WCCE 2001: http://www.wcce2001.dk/). Funding by ACM is contingent on approval by the NSF of ACM's grant request and will be limited to covering economy-class airfare up to a $1,000 maximum per attendee. Applications are due by March 15, 2001.

For more information, contact Fred Aronson at aronson@acm.org, telephone 212-626-0515.