In a series of six engaging roundtable discussions led by the Computing Community Consortium (CCC), 40 computing research experts from academia, industry, and government explored the complexities of interdisciplinary computing.
“Honestly, I think this is the biggest problem we need to tackle moving forward – in changing the perceptions of interdisciplinary research in computing, so that we don’t have to continually evangelize the benefits as we are also trying to do the hard work”, Dr. Wisniewki said, while pressing on the need for a change in the mindset and culture around how interdisciplinary research in computing should be conducted.
Based on a qualitative analysis of these discussions and existing research in the field, the task force crafted a best practices document to help researchers navigate the interdisciplinary landscape from start to finish and harness the full potential of diverse expertise.