Electrical and Communications Systems Division Strategic Plan: ENG AdCom Feedback ENG Advisory Committee Meeting May 12, 2005 Gary May Professor and Steve W. Chaddick School Chair School of Electrical

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Electrical and Communications Systems Division
Strategic Plan ENG AdCom Feedback ENG
Advisory Committee MeetingMay 12, 2005 Gary
MayProfessor and Steve W. Chaddick School
ChairSchool of Electrical Computer
EngineeringGeorgia Institute of Technology
National Science Foundation
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Directorate for Engineering
Assistant Director Dr. John A. Brighton Deputy
Assistant Director Dr. Michael M.
Reischman 561.30M
Office of Industrial Innovation 102.76M
Senior Advisor
Dr. Mike Roco
Dr. Kesh Narayanan
Chemical Transport Systems CTS 65.79
Civil Mechanical Systems CMS 81.98M
Bioengineering Environmental Systems BES
48.22M
Dr. Bruce Hamilton
Dr. Ken Chong, Acting
Dr. Richard Buckius
Design, Manufacture Innovation DMI 63.85M
Electrical Communications Systems ECS 71.64M
Engineering Education Centers EEC 127.06M
Dr. Usha Varshney, Acting
Dr. Gary Gabriel
Dr. Warren DeVries
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ECS Mission

• Address fundamental research issues underlying
  component and device technologies, computation,
  networking, controls and systems principles at
  the nano, micro and macro scales
• Support the integration and networking of
  intelligent systems for a variety of application
  domains
• Ensure the education of a diverse workforce
  prepared to continue the rapid development of
  emerging technologies as drivers of the global
  economy

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Vision

• ECS envisions a research community that will
• - Address major technological challenges in
  devices and systems due to the convergence of
  micro/nano/info/cogno/bio- electronics, controls,
  networks, computation and communications
• - Prepare a future workforce to meet the
  emerging technological challenges of the 21st
  Century

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ECS Programs
Electronics, Photonics and Device
Technologies EPDT
Control, Networks and Computational
Intelligence CNCI

• Microelectronics
• Nanoelectronics
• Molecular Electronics
• Silicon Nanoelectronics and Beyond
• Organic Electronics
• Spin Electronics
• Bioelectronics
• Micromagnetics
• Photonics and Optoelectronics
• Quantum Optics
• Ultrafast Sources
• Sensors and Actuators
• MEMS/NEMS
• Power Electronics
• Nonsilicon Electronics
• RF/Microwave and Mixed Signals
• Electromagnetics

• Embedded, Distributed and Adaptive
  Control
• Robotics
• Power and Energy Networks
• Sensing and Imaging Networks
• Multi-scale Modeling
• Adaptive Dynamic Programming

Integrative, Hybrid and Complex Systems IHCS

• Nanosystems, Microsystems, Macrosystems
• System-on-a-chip
• System-in-a-package
• Organic and Silicon- based Hybrid Systems
• Machine Intelligent Systems
• Quantum Information Systems
• Optical and Wireless Communications Systems
• Cyberengineering Systems

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ENG Research Priority Areas

• Biology in Engineering
• Diagnostic and Implantable Devices
• Biomedical Imaging
• Complexity in Engineered and Natural Systems
• Learning and Self Organizing Systems
• Communications Systems
• Cyberengineering Systems
• Critical Infrastructure Systems
• Power and Energy Networks
• Intelligent Power Grid
• Manufacturing Frontiers
• Robotics
• Controls and Signal Processing
• New Frontiers in Nanotechnology

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ECS Investments for FY 2005

• NSF Priority Areas (Millions of Dollars)
• NSF ENG ECS
• Nanoscale Science and Engineering
  297 127.8 36
• Biocomplexity in the Environment
  99 6 1.2
• Human and Social Dynamics 38 2 0.5
• Mathematical Sciences 89 2.9 0.55
• NSF Programs
• CAREER Faculty Early Career Development
• PECASE Presidential Early Career Award
• SGER Small Grants for Exploratory Research
• RET Research Experiences for Teachers
• REU Research Experiences for Undergraduates
• ADVANCE Increasing the Participation and
  Advancement of Women in Academic Science
  and Engineering Careers
• MRI Major Research Instrumentation
• GOALI Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison
  with Industry
• ENG Initiatives
• Collaborative Large-scale Engineering Analysis
  Network for Environmental Research (CLEANER)
• Grants for Department-Level Reform of
  Undergraduate Engineering Education (DLR)
• Sensors and Sensor Networks ENG, GEO, OPP (23M),
  ECS (4 M)

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ECS Future Technologies

• Key Technologies
• Integrative and Complex Systems
• Communications and Network Systems
• Cyberengineering Systems
•   Focused Areas
• Nanoelectronics, Nanophotonics and Nanomagnetics
• Critical Infrastructure Technologies and Systems
• Flexible Electronics
• Diagnostic and Implantable Devices
• Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources

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ECS Former Organization Structure
Electronics, Photonics and Device Technologies
(EPDT) 4 Program Directors Dr. Filbert
Bartoli Dr. Rajinder Khosla Dr. James
Mink Vacancy
Controls, Networks and Computational Intelligence
(CNCI) 4 Program Directors Dr. Radhakisan
Baheti Dr. Vittal Rao Dr. Kevin Tomsovic Dr.
Paul Werbos
Integrative Systems (IS) No Staff Assignments
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ECS Current Organization Structure
Electronics, Photonics and Device Technologies
(EPDT) 3 Program Directors Dr. Filbert
Bartoli Dr. Rajinder Khosla Dr. James Mink
Controls, Networks and Computational Intelligence
(CNCI) 3 Program Directors Dr. Radhakisan
Baheti Dr. Kevin Tomsovic Dr. Paul Werbos
Integrative, Hybrid and Complex Systems
(IHCS) 2 Program Directors Dr. Vittal Rao Dr.
Kawthar Zaki
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Anticipated Outcomes

• Elevation of the IHCS program will provide a
  greater emphasis on systems engineering research
  and education within ECS
• Emerging areas in integrated systems research
  will be well defined for the external community
• ECS will have a balanced portfolio consisting of
  three active research programs
• The new Communications Systems position in the
  IHCS program will better define the
  communications technologies in the "Electrical
  and Communications Systems Division
• Reorganization will balance the overall workload
  among Program Directors in ECS
• The proposed reorganization strategy will
  increase both productivity and efficiency of the
  ECS Division

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Cyberengineering Research

• Cyberengineering will focus on design,
  integration and implementation of multi-scale and
  multi-level complex systems
• Research activities in Cyberengineering will
  integrate physical devices with distributed
  sensing and actuation, communications, storage,
  computation and control of complex systems
• Cyberengineered systems will enable visualizing,
  analyzing and reconfiguring of complex systems
  due to emergent behavior to develop reliable and
  agile infrastructures for domain specific
  applications

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Cyberengineering Examples

• Integrated hybrid optical and electronic systems
  for high-speed computation and communications
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• Multi-scale dynamic system integration for
  real-time monitoring and control of engineered
  complex and hybrid systems
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• Blackout-free electric power grid with integrated
  power, communication and self-organizing networks
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• Ambient intelligent systems networks for homes
  of the future
• Networked intelligent surveillance systems for
  security of critical infrastructures
• Computer integrated telemedicine and robotic
  surgical systems
• Globally interactive environment for engineering
  education

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Funding Rates
Career Awards
Research Grants
ENG
7,000
30
6,000
25
5,000
20
Proposals/Awards
4,000
Funding Rate
15
3,000
10
2,000
5
1,000
0
0
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Year
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Award Size and Budget Profile
Award Size
160
ECS Budget Profile
80
50
45
70
40
60
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Committed/Discretionary Funds
50
30
(Millions)
Discretionary
40
25
20
30
15
20
10
10
5
0
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Year
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Graduate Research Supplements

• Graduate Research Supplements (GRS) for Women
  and Underrepresented Minority Ph.D. Students
  Majoring in Electrical Engineering or Biomedical/
  Biochemical/Environmental Engineering Disciplines
• To increase numbers in academic/professional
  careers
• Supplements to existing ECS or BES grants
• Graduate student stipend and tuition consistent
  with university practices
• 25 Administrative Cost
• 12 months, renewable for two additional years
  during the grant period
• Nontransferable
• US Citizens or Nationals or Permanent Residents
• Deadline June 30, 2005

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ECS Goals and Challenges

• Develop a set of grand challenges for ECS
• Enhance appreciation for the critical nature ECS
  research
• Redress the imbalance between committed and
  discretionary funds
• Increase funding rates by limiting the number of
  proposals in one submission window
• Provide visibility to the restructured IHCS
  program for better definition within the research
  community, consistent with the research
  priorities of ENG and NSF
• Develop suitable metrics to assess program
  effectiveness