ACM Award Nominations

See here for upcoming deadlines for ACM Award Nominations.  Most if not all of the nomination deadlines are November 30, 2016. As usual, the CATCS is available to help with the nomination process (in the form of providing advice, connecting you with others who might help, etc.); just contact a member of the committee.

Note that for ACM Fellow Nominations, the candidate must have been a Professional Member of ACM (not just SIGACT member) for at least 5 years continuously.  

In addition to the awards listed at the site above, note that there are also several SIGACT-specific awards.

New NSF Program (TRIPODS)

Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science (TRIPODS) is a new program that aims to bring together the statistics, mathematics, and theoretical computer science communities to develop the theoretical foundations of data science through integrated research and training activities. Phase I will support the development of small collaborative Institutes. Phase II (to be described in an anticipated future solicitation, subject to availability of funds) will support a smaller number of larger Institutes, selected from the Phase I Institutes via a second competitive proposal process. All TRIPODS Institutes must involve significant and integral participation by all three of the aforementioned communities.

Due dates:

Letter of Intent (required to be eligible to submit Full Proposal): January 19, 2017
Full Proposal: March 15, 2017

Program page: here

Solicitation: here

A webinar on the TRIPODS program will be held on November 15, 2016 at 2:30 pm Eastern Time. Details will appear on the program page.