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Whats New in CISEStatus Report andReflections

• Gregory R. Andrews
• Professor, Computer Science, Univ. of Arizona
• Former Division Director, Computer and Network
  Systems, National Science Foundation
• February 2005

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Outline

• NSF context
• The CISE Directorate
• Programs, trends, and plans
• Reflections and lessons learned

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National Science Foundation (NSF)

• Created in 1950
• to promote the progress of science to advance
  the national health, prosperity, and welfare to
  secure the national defense and for other
  purposes
• Roles
• Support basic research
• Train the next generation
• Educate the public
• Advise the government on science policy

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Federal Support for Research

• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Curiosity-driven basic research
• Long term
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Use-inspired basic research
• Long term
• Mission Agencies DARPA, DOE, NASA, etc.
• Applied research
• Shorter term

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Pasteurs Quadrant
Basic research (Bohr) NSF 1950 2005 Use-inspired basic research (Pasteur) NIH
Applied research (Edison) Mission Agencies
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NSF Organization
Administrative Offices
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NSF Crosscutting Initiatives for 2005

• Biocomplexity in the Environment
• Nanoscale Science and Engineering
• Mathematical Sciences
• Human and Social Dynamics
• Information Technology Research - ended as an
  initiative in 2004

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Computer and Information Science and Engineering
(CISE)

• Created in 1985 (out of MPS)
• Three research divisions
• Two infrastructure divisions supercomputing and
  networking
• Office of cross-disciplinary activities
• Minor reorganization in 1997
• 5 Divisions CCR, EIA, IIS, ACIR, ANIR
• Major reorganization in 2003
• 4 Divisions CCF, CNS, IIS, SCI

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CISE Responsibilities

• Support basic research and education in computer
  and information science and engineering
• Support a shared cyberinfrastructure for all of
  science and engineering

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New CISE Organization
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Key Concept Cluster

• Comprehensive activity in a coherent area of
  research and education
• Team of program officers and staff working
  closely with the community
• Initially group of existing programs
• By end of FY05 one program per cluster

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Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF)

• Formal and Mathematical Foundations
• Computer science theory numerical computing
  computational algebra and geometry signal
  processing and communication
• Foundations of Computing Processes and Artifacts
• Software engineering software tools for HPC
  programming languages compilers computer
  architecture graphics and visualization
• Emerging Models for Technology and Computation
• Computational biology quantum computing
  nano-scale computing biologically inspired
  computing

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CCF Competitions

• FY 2004
• Responsible for about 2030 proposals
• Heavy mortgages and NSF-wide commitments
• Decent success rates for CAREER (15) but
  terrible success rates for clusters (6)
• FY 2005
• Theoretical Foundations January 2005
• Emerging Models for Technology and Computation
  February 2005
• Foundations of Computing Processes and Artifacts
  May 2005 with awards in fall from FY 2006 budget
• FY 2006 and 2007
• Possibly no competitions in FY 2006
• Fall deadlines for all three clusters in FY 2007

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Computer and Network Systems (CNS)

• Computer Systems
• Distributed systems embedded and hybrid systems
  next-generation software parallel systems
• Network Systems
• Networking research broadly defined plus focus
  areas in programmable wireless networks and
  networks of sensor systems
• Computing Research Infrastructure
• Research infrastructure minority institutional
  infrastructure research resources
• Education and Workforce
• Curriculum development/educational innovation IT
  workforce special projects cross-directorate
  activities (e.g., REU sites)

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CNS Competitions

• FY 2004
• Responsible for about 2035 proposals
• Good success rates for CAREER and infrastructure
  (30)
• Fair success rates for research programs (18-20)
• FY 2005 One solicitation per cluster
• Computer Systems November 2004
• Network Systems January 2005
• Computing Research Infrastructure July 2005
• Education and Workforce Education with research
  programs workforce subsumed by Broadening
  Participation emphasis area
• FY 2006
• Same deadlines as in FY 2005, but Networking in
  December

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Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)

• Systems in Context
• Human computer interaction educational
  technology robotics computer-supported
  cooperative work digital government
• Understanding, Inference, and Data
• Databases artificial intelligence text, image,
  speech, and video analysis information
  retrieval knowledge systems
• Science Engineering Informatics/Information
  Integration
• Bioinformatics geoinformatics cognitive
  neuroscience data-driven science

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IIS Competitions

• FY 2004
• Responsible for about 2590 proposals
• Success rates 17 CAREER, 6 regular.
• FY 2005
• Raise success rate of 2004 to 12-15
• Science Engineering Informatics/Information
  Integration and Universal Access December 2004
• Data, Inference, and Understanding and Systems in
  Context May 2005 with awards in fall from FY
  2006 funds
• FY 2006
• Same deadlines as in FY 2005

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Shared Cyberinfrastructure (SCI)

• Cyberinfrastructure computational engines,
  storage, networking, data, sensors, software, and
  services to support advances in science and
  engineering
• Infrastructure Deployment
• Planning, construction, commissioning, and
  operations
• Infrastructure Development
• Creating, testing, and hardening next-generation
  deployed systems

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History of NSF CI Investments
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SCI Competitions

• FY 2004
• Core funding for the PACI centers and expansion
  of the Extensible Terascale Facility (ETF)
• NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI) 141 proposals
  20 awards
• International Network Connections recently
  decided
• FY 2005
• Continuing support for PACI and ETF
• Cyberinfrastructure Teaching, Education,
  Advancement, and Mentoring (CI-TEAM) Spring
  2005
• NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI) Spring 2005
• Leveraging and coordinating shared and
  domain-specific cyberinfrastructure with other
  agencies and directorates

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Key Concept Emphasis Area

• Focused area of research that cuts across
  clusters and divisions
• Addresses a scientific and/or national priority
• Has program announcement and funds

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FY 2004 Emphasis Areas

• Cyber Trust
• Develop computing systems that operate securely
  and protect sensitive information
• Received 488 proposals made 50 awards got 5M
  in co-funding from DARPA
• Information Integration
• Integrate and mine large data repositories to
  support data-driven science
• Received 238 proposals made 33 awards
• Science of Design
• Develop a body of theoretical and empirical
  knowledge to facilitate creation of a science of
  software design
• Received 182 proposals made 24 awards

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FY 2005 Emphasis Areas

• Information Integration December 2004
• Cyber Trust February 2005
• Science of Design Spring 2005
• Broadening Participation June 2005
• Support alliances and projects that have the
  potential significantly to increase the number of
  underrepresented students achieving college and
  graduate degrees
• Probably one more on High-End Computing

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CISE FY 2005 BudgetRequest (M)
CISE Budget Lines FY 2005
CCF 91.41
CNS 132.39
IIS 92.54
SCI 123.60
ITR (cross-CISE) 178.11
CISE Total 618.05
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Reflections on Being at NSF

• My Duties
• Represent CISE in NSF and Interagency settings
• Help set CISE directions and policies
• Manage the development and execution of CNS
  programs and budget
• Manage CNS staff scientific and administrative
• Program Officer Duties
• Represent their discipline within CISE and NSF
• Interact with community to get input and provide
  advice
• Help define directions for their area of research
• Manage competitions core and cross-disciplinary

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General Observations

• Science Policy and Government Agencies
• There are lots of smart, hardworking government
  employees
• Each agency, including Congress, has its own
  point of view and its own agenda
• Budget size matters
• National Science Foundation
• Widely respected throughout government, for good
  reason
• There is an institutional ethic to provide
  service to the scientific community
• Its lots more fun when the budget is rising
  (2003) than when it is falling (2004 and 2005)

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General Observations II

• CISE Directorate
• The importance of CISE is recognized within NSF
• Funding decisions truly are guided by NSFs dual
  roles
• Supporting good science
• Training the next generationthroughout the
  country
• The rapid increase in proposals has put CISE
  under tremendous pressure
• The scientific staff is overworked
• The peer review process is at the breaking point
• Despite the above, panels and program officers
  are making good recommendations
• However, few projects are adequately funded and
  lots of really good work is not getting funded

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Advice

• Attributes of winning proposals
• Address important problem and have novel idea(s)
• Well written project description, good technical
  depth, know the related work
• Address broader impacts and describe (own) prior
  work and read the proposal submission
  instructions!
• Interact with program officers
• Get feedback on proposals, ask for advice,
  provide input
• Volunteer to be a reviewer
• Consider working at NSF at some point

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Conclusion

• NSFs role is fundamental to all areas of society
  the most basic future investment
• Computer science and related disciplines are
  hugely important in their own right and essential
  to advancement in all areas of SE
• NSF and our field are facing unprecedented
  pressures that can only be overcome by concerted,
  cooperative action

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Further Information

• CISE Web site www.cise.nsf.gov
• Computing Research News bimonthly columns
  www.cra.org
• Contact greg_at_cs.arizona.edu