DOE 2000, March 8, 1999 The IT 2 Initiative and NSF Stephen Elbert program director NSF/CISE/ACIR/PACI.

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The IT2 Initiativeand NSF

Stephen Elbert

program director

NSF/CISE/ACIR/PACI

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Reports directly to the President's Advisor for Science and TechnologyDirector of the National Science Foundation, Director of the National Institutes of HealthUnder Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and

Technology).Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans

and AtmosphereAdministrator of NASAUnder Secretary of Energy

Senior Management Team

includes senior officials from OMB and the National Economic Council

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Working Group

Chaired by the Assistant Director of the NSF for Computer and Information Science and EngineeringRuzena Bajcsy

Members appointed by each of the six principal agencies

Charged withpreparing research plans and budgetspreparing annual reportsfacilitating coordination (NCO to assist)

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IT2 initiative to support 3 activities

Long-term information technology research

Advanced computing for science, engineering, and the Nation

Research on the economic and social implications of the Information Revolution

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Proposed FY 2000 Budget

Agency

FundamentalInformationTechnologyResearch

AdvancedComputing forScience,Engineeringand the Nation

Ethical, Legaland SocialImplicationsand WorkforcePrograms

Total

DOD $100M -- -- $100MDOE $ 6M $ 62M $ 2M $ 70MNASA $ 18M $ 19M $ 1M $ 38MNIH $ 2M $ 2M $ 2M $ 6MNOAA $ 2M $ 4M -- $ 6MNSF $100M $ 36M $10M $146M

Total $228M $123M $15M $336M

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NSF Guiding Principles

investment in long-term, high-risk activities

an interdisciplinary approach to complex information-based issues and problems

a recognition that future programs must evolve rapidly to take advantage of promising new windows of opportunity

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NSF’s Investment

$100M to CISE for research inbasic IT systems (software, high confidence sys.)human-computer interaction and IM large scale networking & scaleable infrastructurehigh-end computing

$10M for research inEthical, Legal, and Social Implications and Workforce

Programs

$36M for development of Terascale computing systems

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Basic IT Systems Research

Software development processlanguages and tools

Theoretical foundations of algorithm design High-performance processor architecture Communications systems and signal processing Billion-transistor chip design methodologies Digital Government High capacity data storage systems

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Basic Research Goals

Scalable, “no-surprise”, performance-engineered softwarefunctionality, predictability, security

Co-design of hardware/softwarevertically integrated electronic systems

Building high-confidence systemspredictability, reliability, security

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Human-Computer Interaction and Information Management

Knowledge repositories Multimodal interfaces Visualization, virtual reality, 3-D tools Collaboratories

knowledge sharing, group decision making, instrument control

Cognitive and perceptual impact Multilingual, speech and audio tools Sensor based databases and systems

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HCI & IM Goals

Multiplying individual physical and mental capabilities

Meeting, working and collaborating in cyberspace

Building a ubiquitous content infrastructure

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LSN and Scalable Infrastructure

Collaborative development of national and international networks

Network access and control research Wireless access Image and video compression Monitoring of complex networks Network design, architecture, and

management Database access and mining

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LSN and SI Goals

Broadband tetherless communications Understanding, modeling and

predicting networks Creating adaptive networks Integrating end-to-end performance

components

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High-End Computing

Terascale Opportunities for Promoting Science (TOPS)a multidisciplinary program to accelerate

advances in simulation and modeling

Large Scientific and Software Data Set Visualization

Information storage on persistent media Algorithms for models of physical

phenomena

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HEC Goals

Solve computer science-related problems to accelerate the effective use of parallel and distributed systems

Empower computational discovery across science and engineering

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Basic Research Execution Plan

Single Investigator Grants - $30M$150,000 standard grants

Team Awards - $40M$1M/year for 3-5 years to 3-5 senior PI’s

Center Awards - $30M$3M/year for 5 years as cooperative

agreements, possible extensionlocal and virtual distributed centers

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Basic Research Milestones

March – May Work with other Agencies

July Issue unified announcement

July – September Issue joint announcements

Nov. – January 2000 Proposals due

Jan. – March Review proposals

April Review Center Proposals

May - September Make awards; NSB approval ofCenters in August

March - July Determine FY01 structure

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Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications and Workforce Programs

Increase pool of workers New course and curriculum development Collaborative research opportunities for

undergraduates PACI - Education, Outreach & Training

(EOT) Learning and intelligent systems

Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic SciencesDirectorate for Education and Human Resources

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Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications and Workforce Programs Goals

Expanding understanding of the impact of social, ethical, economic, political, and legal factors

Developing a more skilled American workforce

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Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications and Workforce Programs Milestones

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Terascale System

Deploy 5 Teraop system in FY2000 Allocations will be fully merit-based

and competitive Solicitation is being developed in

coordination with DOE

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Terascale System Milestones

March – Sept. Solicitation developmentOctober Issue solicitationJanuary 2000 Proposals dueJan. – March Proposal evaluationMarch NSB review, approvalJune Begin deliveryJuly Friendly user modeSeptember Competitive use