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The National The National Science FoundationScience Foundation

CISE –ANIRCISE –ANIR

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Outline

100,000 ft - NSF 50,000 ft – CISE 10,000 ft – ANIR

– Recent History – Staffing status

Ground zero – the Programs– ANR– ANI

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What is NSF?

Is an Independent Agency of the Federal Government

Was established in 1950 to promote and advance scientific progress in the United States by sponsoring scientific research and by supporting selected activities in science and engineering (Vannevar Bush, 1945)

Does not conduct research itself

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The Presidentof the

United States

Office ofManagementand Budget

Agriculture Health &Human Services

Interior

NationalScience

Foundation

NationalAeronautic

& SpaceAdministration

EnvironmentalProtection

Agency

SmithsonianInstitution

NuclearRegulatory

Commission

OtherAgencies

Transportation Defense Energy Commerce

Science Advisor

Office ofScience &

Technology Policy

Other Boards,Councils, Etc.

Independent Agencies

Major Departments

US Agencies

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National Science Foundation

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NSF Is a Science Management Agency

Scientists and InstitutionsResponding to Broad CivilianScientific Needs of the Nation

30,000 FY 1997 Proposal Actions

60 Advisory 1,210 250,000Groups Employees Reviews

(6,000 Members) (50,000 Reviewers)

Almost 19,000 Award ActionsFor Over $3 Billion

(Academic, Industrial, Non-Profit,Governmental Recipients)

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* Includes 128 IPA staff (IPA=Intergovernmental Personnel Act)

Science Management Agency

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NSF Modes of Support

Individual projects Instrumentation Large-scale facilities Fellowships, traineeships, research

assistantships, post-doctoral funding Centers

– Research– Science and engineering education

Small Business Innovation Workshops

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NSF Key Proposal Review Criteria

What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity?

What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?

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What is CISE?

CISE DIVISIONS–ACIR advanced computational infrastructure & research–ANIR advanced networking infrastructure & research–C-CR computer-communications research–EIA experimental & integrative activities–IIS information and intelligent systems

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH

CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR CISE

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Computation

People & Training

Instrumentation(large and/ormany small)

Large DatabasesDigital Libraries

Broadband Network

Connectivity

Partnership

THE VISION –Cyber Infrastructure

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What is ANIR?CISE DIVISIONS

–ACIR -ANIR advanced networking infrastructure & research–C-CR –EIA–IIS

ANIR Division Director Aubrey Bush

Greg Monaco

Chip Cox

Alan Blatecky

Research Programs

Ty Znati

Infrastructure Programs

Tom Greene

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FY 2001 NSF REQUEST

NSF = $ 4,600M CISE = $529 M ANIR =$68.7 M I= $45.4M

R = $23.3M

(http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/fy2001/program_2.htm)

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The ANIR process

Goal = Fund proposals! Solicit proposals through program

announcements IDEAL --Fund Most? They are thoughtfully

and carefully prepared and most should be funded

REAL –limited funds –use a peer review process – choose some

______________MORE FUNDS => FUND MORE

PROPOSALS

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New Directions for New Directions for ANIRANIR

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PLANS – Oct 15 ,2000

A. Define new programs B. Find new Staff C. Retire old programs– complete

all outstanding proposal processing

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Status – A, B, C

A. --2 new program announcements released, (1 in process)

B. --3 new people (still need three more)

C. -- Catch up on proposals- in process

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Participate in the process Proposals needed Ad-hoc reviewers needed Panel member reviewers needed Fresh ideas

– Workshops– Publications– White papers– Committees

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ANR Programs– (NSF 98-164) –Networking

Research http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/nsf98164/nsf98164.htm

(NSF 98-120) –Special Projects http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/nsf98120/nsf98120.htm

(NSF 00-126) –Information Technology Research http://www.itr.nsf.gov

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New Directions in NR

Extend the reach of networking through pervasive and ubiquitous networking of heterogeneous devices

Build the scientific basis for future developments in networking

Maintain our leadership capability in networking

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Extending the Reach

Scalability: by researching networking architectures to support very large environments

Security and Privacy in the Information Infrastructure: future applications in the medical, social and commercial fields

Tools for Networked Collaboration: remote collaborations of the future

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Special Projects

Support research in areas of networking, emphasizing their importance in the emerging convergence of communications and computing– Large or multidisciplinary projects– Specialized infrastructure for networking systems

research– Mechanisms for developing research agendas

and enhancing community development

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Information Technology Research ``Information technology will be one of the

key factors driving progress in the 21st century - it will transform the way we live, learn, work, and play. Advances in computing and communications technology will create a new infrastructure for business, scientific research, and social interaction.’’

``The Committee shall provide ... advice and information on high-performance computing and communications, information technology, and the Next Generation Internet.’’

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PITAC Findings

Finding: Federal information technology R&D investment is inadequate– In constant dollars, support has been

flat or declining for ten years Finding: Federal information technology

R&D is too heavily focused on near-term problems– Priority has been given to short-term,

mission-oriented goals, over long term research

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PITAC Recommendations Create a strategic initiative in long-

term information technology– Increase funding base by $1.37 billion

per year by FY 2004.– Encourage research that is visionary

and high-risk– Diversify modes of research support

and increase the duration of projects

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The Bottom Line

CISE ITR budget Fiscal Year 2000

– $36M for Terascale Computer System– $90M for Information Technology

Research Fiscal Year 2001

– $45M for Terascale Computer System– $190M for Information Technology

Research

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ITR 2001 Research Areas 1.System Design and Implementation 2. People and Social Groups

Interacting with Computers and Infrastructure

3.Information Management 4. Applications in Science and Engineering 5. Scalable Information Infrastructure

for Pervasive Computing and Access

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ITR Modes of Funding

Three sizes of grants– 30% for small projects (up to $500K

total)– 35% medium/groups (up to 5 million

and up to 1 million/year)– 35% large projects (up to 15 million

and up to three million/year)• Some flexibility between medium and

large

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New Directions in NI

Infrastructure is a Tool for Enabling Research and Education

Stimulate and contribute to and make available to the research and education community the very latest in high performance networking capability

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ANI Programs– NSF 01-63 –MWIR - Centerpiece

program for Infrastructure & Research:– Network Centric MIDDLEWARE Services – [http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf0163/nsf0163.htm]

NSF 01-73 -HPNC - A new connections program

- focus is next tier institutions [http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf0173/nsf0173.htm]

NSF 98-104 - Internet Techs -rewrite in process

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Extending the Reach

Networked Applications

Networking for New Participants

Network and Middleware Service Capabilities

Enabling Research / Education

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When NR and NI Meet

Integrate network research and network infrastructure activities in network and middleware services development and foster partnerships between discipline-specific researchers, networkers, ...

– Development of a stable infrastructure, for the efficient utilization of the service capabilities available in backbones

– seamless high end-to-End performance, extending beyond the edge of the backbone

– identify new high performance network needs of the scientific disciplines and enable the network community to meet these needs

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ANI Programs– NSF 01-63 –MWIR - Centerpiece

program for Infrastructure & Research:– Network Centric MIDDLEWARE Services – [http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf0163/nsf0163.htm]

NSF 01-73 -HPNC - A new connections program

- focus is next tier institutions [http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf0173/nsf0173.htm]

NSF 98-104 - Internet Techs -rewrite in process

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