National Science Foundation Computer

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National Science Foundation Computer
Information Science Engineering (CISE)
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NSF OrganizationDirectorates

• Office of the Director
• Director Rita Colwell
• Deputy Director Joe Bordogna
• Office of Integrative Activities (OIA) - Nat
  Pitts
• Office of Polar Programs (OPP) - Karl Erb
• Biological Sciences (BIO) - Mary Clutter
• Computer and Information Science and Engineering
  (CISE)-Peter Freeman
• Education and Human Resources (EHR) - Judith
  Ramaley
• Engineering (ENG) - Esin Gulari
• Geosciences (GEO) - Margaret Leinen
• Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) - John
  Hunt, Acting
• Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) -
  Norman Bradburn

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CISE DirectorateDivisions (FY 2002 funding)

• Advanced Computational Infrastructure and
  Research (ACIR)
• Richard Hirsh, Acting Division Director - 87M
• Advanced Networking Infrastructure and Research
  (ANIR)
• Aubrey Bush, Division Director - 70M
• Computer-Communications Research (C-CR)
• S. Kamal Abdali, Division Director - 70M
• Experimental and Integrative Activities (EIA)
• Greg Andrews, Division Director - 63M
• Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)
• Michael Pazzani, Division Director - 52M
• NSF-wide ITR Coordinating Group
• Ty Znati - 174M (CISE)

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FY 2003 Appropriation

• 582 million ( 67 M over FY 2002)
• Emphasizes information technology research and
  education
• cybersecurity/homeland security
• reinvigorating core portfolio
• broadband
• support for cyberinfrastructure demonstration
  operations
• sensors and sensor networks

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CCR Computer Commmunications Research

• Programs
• Trusted Computing
• Embedded Hybrid Systems
• Distributed Systems and Compilers
• Computer Systems Architecture
• Design Automation
• Signal Processing Systems
• Graphic, Symbolic and Geometric Computation
• Theory of Computing
• Software Engineering Languages
• Communications Research

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IIS Information and Intelligent Systems

• Digital Societies and Technologies
• Human Computer Interaction
• Includes Universal Access
• Information and Data Management
• Knowledge and Cognitive Systems
• Robotics and Human Augmentation
• Digital Libraries

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ACIR Advanced Computational Infrastructure and
Research

• Advanced Computational Infrastructure
• oversees two PACI awards National Computational
  Science Alliance National Partnership for
  Advanced Computational Infrastructure
• coordinates Terascale Computing investments,
  construction of the Extensible Terascale Facility
  
• Advanced Computational Research
• data handling and visualization
• software tools
• scalable algorithms

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ANIR Advanced Networking Infrastructure and
Research

• Advanced Network Research
• high speed networking, security and
  trustworthiness
• sensor networks
• networking research testbeds
• Advanced Network Infrastructure
• network middleware infrastructure
• high performance network connections
• strategic technologies for the internet
• experimental infrastructure testbeds

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EIA Experimental and Integrative Activities

• Instrumentation and infrastructure for core CISE
  research and education
• Education and workforce programs
• Multidisciplinary research and education mainly
  at the frontiers of Bio and IT
• Special projects symposia, travel, international
  activities, studies

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ITR Information Technology Research

• Presidents IT Advisory Committee (PITAC) 1999
  Report recommended doubling support for Federal
  IT RD with an addition to annual investment of
  1.37 billion
• NSF as lead agency
• Diversify modes of support larger, more
  interdisciplinary, longer duration
• Focus Areas evolved over the years
• FY 04 solicitation under development

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Looking to the FutureCyberinfrastructure

• Cyberinfrastructure Advisory Committee charged to
  develop vision, plan for cyberinfrastructure.
  Report now available at http//www.communitytechno
  logy.org/nsf_ci_report/
• Opportunity revolutionize the conduct of science
  and engineering research and education
• Fine balance - meet todays needs, create
  opportunities for tomorrow
• Extensible Terascale Facility computing-communica
  tion-information system demonstrates potential of
  cyberinfrastructure, just as NEES will
• Stay tuned

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CISE Personnel

• 75 - 80 staff (approximately 1/2 computer
  scientists/engineers)
• Permanent, temporary, IPAs, part-timers
• Front office
• Peter Freeman, AD
• Deborah Crawford, Deputy AD
• Steve Mahaney, Senior Advisor
• Larry Landweber, Rick Adrion, Advisors
• Gracie Narcho, Business Operations
• Judy Hayden, Administrative Manager
• Doug Gatchell, Technical Support Manager

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Contact Information

• Dr. Deborah Crawford
• Phone [phone]
• Email dcrawfor_at_nsf.gov
• Visit the CISE Web site at
• http//www.nsf.gov/home/cise/