CISE Programs and the Information Technology Research Program

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CISE Programsand the Information Technology
ResearchProgram

• Greg Monaco
• Division of Advanced Networking Infrastructure
  Research
• Computer Information Science Engineering
  Directorate

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CISE Organization
CISE
Over 45 Programs
ACIR
ANIR
C-CR
EIA
IIS
Networking Research, Middleware
Commun. Sig. Proc. Embed Sys Dsgn Aut Architecture
Advanced Computation Research
Cross-cut. Programs Edu, Divrs, Infra, Expr
Dig. Soc. HCI Info Mngt Robotics Cognitive
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CISE Goals

• Enable world leadership in computing,
  communications Information Science
• Promote understanding of principles and uses of
  advanced computing, communiations, and
  information systems in service to society
• Contribute to universal, transparent, and
  affordable participation in an information-based
  society.

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CISE Budget for Awards (millions)
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Budget is used to

• Support investigator-initiated research in all
  areas of computer and information sciences and
  engineering
• Develop and maintain cutting-edge national
  computing and information science
  infrastructure
• Contribute to the education and training of the
  next generation of computer scientists and
  engineers.

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CISE Infrastructure

• Provides the general scientific community with
• Access to advanced computing and advanced
  networking capabilities
• Extremely powerful computing resources
• National infrastructure
• Distributed research resources and systems for
  research and education

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CISE Sample Research Programs

• Advanced Networking Research
• Advanced Computation Research
• Biocomputation
• Collaborative Research on Learning Technologies
• Digital Society and Technologies
• Knowledge and Cognitive Systems
• Operating Systems and Compilers
• Signal Processing Systems Communications
• Software Engineering and Languages
• Theory of Computing

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CISE Sample Infrastructure Programs

• PACI (Partnerships in Adv. Comp. Infrastructure)
• High Performance Network Connections
• CISE Research Infrastructure
• Instrumentation Grants for Research in CISE

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CISE Research DivisionsC-CR

• Computer and Communications Research
• - Communications
• - Computer Systems Architecture
• - Design Automation
• - Embedded and Hybrid Systems
• - Numeric, Symbolic and Geometric
  Computation
• - Operating Systems and Compilers
• - Signal processing Systems
• - Software Engineering and Languages
• - Theory of Computing
• - Trusted Computing

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CISE Research DivisionsIIS

• Information and Intelligent Systems
• - Digital Society and Technologies
• - Human Computer Interaction
• - Information and Data Management
• - Knowledge and Cognitive Systems
• - Robotics and Human Augmentation
• - Digital Libraries

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CISE Infrastructure DivisionsANIR

• Advanced Networking Infrastructure Research
• - Advanced Networking Infrastructure
• - High Performance Network Connection for
  SE
• - Experimental Infrastructure Network (EIS)
• - Networking Research Testbeds (NRT)
• - Middleware Initiative (NMI)
• - Special Projects in Networking
• - Strategic Technologies for the Internet
• - Research Experience for Teachers
• - International Networking

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CISE Infrastructure DivisionsACIR

• Advanced Computational Infrastructure and
• Research
• - Advanced Computational Research
• - Distributed Terascale Facility
• - Large Scientific and Software Data Set
  Visualization
• - Next Generation Software
• - Partnerships for Advanced Computational
• Infrastructure
• - Terascale Computing System
• - Research Experience for Teachers

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CISE Infrastructure DivisionsEIA

• Experimental and Integrative Activities
• - Educational Innovation
• - Minority Institution Infrastructure
• - ADVANCE program for women
• - Combined Research-Curriculum Development
• - Research Resources and Research
  Infrastructure
• - Major Research Instrumentation
• - Science and Technology Centers
  Integrative Partnerships
• - Digital Government

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Special Programs forUndergraduate Institutions

• Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)
• limit average of 10 PhDs per year over the
  last 2-5 years
• RUI Impact Statement
• Special Note to Reviewers
• Research Opportunity Awards (ROA)
• Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
• Supplements to active NSF awards

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ITR Information Technology Research

• Result of the Presidents Info Tech Advisory
  Committee (PITAC) Report of 1999
• Resulted in the ITR Program starting in FY00
• Budget now over 240M across NSF more than the
  CISE Research budget for base programs
• Additional 35M for Terascale Computing
  Infrastructure

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PITAC

• Presidential Information Technology Advisory
  Committee (PITAC) points to Software as central
  product and problem. PITAC Report in 1999.
• Major Recommendation Make fundamental software
  research an absolute priority
• Four major research priorities
• Software
• Scalable Information Infrastructure
• High-End Computing (including software RD)
• Socio-Economic Workforce Impacts

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ITR Funding Picture
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ITR 2003 Modes of Funding

• Three sizes of grants
• 30 funding for single-PI projects (lt500K total)
• Each NSF directorate has its own budget (Dec.
  12, 2002)
• 50-60 funding to medium groups (lt1M/yr to 5
  years)
• No pre-proposals !!
  (Feb. 12, 2003)
• Review centrally coordinated by ITR Committee
• 10-20 funding to large groups (lt3M/yr to 5
  years)
• Pre-proposals in November 2002, Full proposals
  March 24,2003
• Recommendation from NSF is binding
• International and for-profit collaborations are
  encouraged

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ITR 2003Principal Research Areas

1. Communication and Networking
2. Scientific and Engineering Frontiers
3. Software and Hardware Systems
4. Information Management
5. IT Societal and Human Impact

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ITR 2003 Research Areas

• Communication and Networking
• - New paradigms for communication
• - Large-scale network infrastructure
• - Ubiquitous / pervasive computing
• - Distributed sensor networks

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ITR 2003 Research Areas

• 2. Scientific and Engineering Frontiers
• - Create methodologies and instruments with
  new
• capabilities
• - Use computation to explore new science
  and/or
• engineering concepts
• - Develop new paradigms for computing (e.g.,
  DNA
• or quantum computing)

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ITR 2003 Research Areas

• 3. Software and Hardware Systems
• Balance hardware, software, communication
• Building dependable systems
• Scaling up
• Managing networked embedded systems
• Sharing, collaborating, interacting

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ITR 2003 Research Areas

• 4. Information Management
• - Database and knowledge modeling
• - Human and computer interaction
• - Computer vision and robotics
• - Embedded intelligent systems

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ITR 2003 Research Areas

• 5. IT Societal and Human Impact
• Human-enabling physical devices and systems that
  enhance physical capability
• Better societal use of information
• Multi-lingual systems
• Changes in business, labor organizational
  processes through e-everything

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International Research Fellowship Program

• Supports young researchers to work outside the
  U.S. for from three to 24 months
• Eligibility U.S. citizens or Perm. Residents
  who are within three years of a Ph.D.
• Annual deadline of the second Tuesday in October
• 20 - 40 awards per year
• Re-entry support available
• Contact sparris_at_nsf.gov for further details

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Review Criteria

• Standard NSF Criteria
• Intellectual Merit of Proposed Activity
• Broader Impacts of Proposed Activity
• ITR Considerations
• Integration of Research and Education
• Integration of Diversity
• Innovation in IT
• NSF needs reviewers!
• Key to all peer-reviewed programs

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Review Criteria

• As of Oct. 1, 2002, NSF will RETURN WITHOUT
  REVIEW proposals that do not include in the
  Project Summary an explicit statement concerning
  the Broader Impacts of the proposed research and
  a separate statement addressing the Intellectual
  Merit of the proposed research!
• http//www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf032/032_3.htm
• http//www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf032/bicexamples.pd
  f

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Important URLs

• www.itr.nsf.gov
• www.cise.nsf.gov
• www.nsf.gov
• www.itrd.gov

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Submitting Proposals

• Select the appropriate Program www.cise.nsf.gov
• Contact the Program Director
• Check the Submission Deadline
• Indicate correct Program and Organization
• Be as explicit as possible Division, Program
• NSF may still decide to move prop to another
  program
• Only submit proposal once--NSF can have proposal
  considered by multiple programs

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Writing Effective Proposals

• Reviewers do not yet know how good you are and
  how wonderful your ideas are Educate them!
• Tell us
• What problem(s) does your work address?
• Why is this problem important?
• What will you do to contribute to a solution?
• What unique ideas/approaches do you have? Put in
  context
• Why are you the best person to do this work?
• How will you evaluate your results? (How will we
  know if you were successful or if you failed?)
• How will you assure that the work has an impact?

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Special Considerations

• Choosing among opportunities
• CAREER has high prestige, 5 years, 20-25 success
  rate
• Standing programs vary widely in size and success
  rates
• ITR can give generous grants in many areasup to
  15Mbut with extremely low success rates 8 -
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