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Directorate forComputer and Information Science and Engineering

(CISE)

John CozzensProgram Director

CISE/CCFjcozzens@nsf.gov

Program Overview

NSF CISE Programs

The URLs to Remember

• www.nsf.gov or• http://nsf.gov

and• http://nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=

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Presentation Outline• CISE Mission, Organization• CISE Funding Opportunities

– CISE Core– CISE Cross-cuts– Additional CISE Programs

• Research• Infrastructure• Education

– Additional Programs for CISE Community– NSF-wide Programs

• Navigating NSF Information• Concluding Remarks

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National Science Foundation

Administrative Offices

Directorate for BiologicalSciences

Directorate for Mathematical& Physical Sciences

Directorate for Computer &Information Science & Engineering

Directorate for Social, Behavioral& Economic Sciences

Directorate for Education& Human Resources

Directorate for Engineering

Office of the Director

National ScienceBoard

Office of Cyberinfrastructure

Office ofInspector General

Office of International Science & Engineering

Directorate for Geosciences Office of Polar Programs

CISE

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CISE MissionThe Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) has three goals:

1.To enable the U.S. to uphold a position of world leadership in computing, communications, and information science and engineering

2.To promote understanding of the principles and uses of advanced computing, communications and information systems in service to society

3.To contribute to universal, transparent and affordable participation in an information-based society.

To achieve these, CISE supports investigator initiated research in all areas of computer and information science and engineering, helps develop and maintain cutting-edge national computing and information infrastructure for research and education generally, and contributes to the education and training of the next generation of computer scientists and engineers.

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CISE Organization

CCFComputing and

CommunicationsFoundations

Division Director:Dr. Susanne Hambrusch

CNSComputer and

NetworkSystems

Division Director:Dr. Keith Marzullo

IISInformation and

IntelligentSystems

Division Director:Howard Wactlar

Office of Assistant Director (AD)for CISE

AD:Dr. Farnam Jahanian

Deputy AD:Dr. Cynthia Dion-Schwarz

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CISE Programs

Cross-Cutting Programs

CCFComputing and

CommunicationsFoundations

CNSComputer and

NetworkSystems

IISInformation and

IntelligentSystems

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Software and Hardware Foundations

Computer Systems Research

Networking Technology and Systems

Communications and Information Foundations

Education and workforce

• Human-Centered Computing

• Information Integration & Informatics

• Robust Intelligence• IIS-wide:

Computer Graphics & Visualization

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CISE Core Programs• Program Solicitations

– CCF: NSF 11-557– CNS: NSF 11-555– IIS: NSF 11-556

• Project Types:– Large: $1,200,001 to $3,000,000; up to 5 years duration

collaborative team projects– Medium: $500,001 to $1,200,000; up to 4 years duration

multi-investigator collaborative projects– Small: up to $500,000; up to 3 years duration

one or two investigator projects• CISE-wide Submission Windows:

– Medium: September 15 - 30, annually– Large: November 1 - 28, annually– Small: December 1 – 19, annually

• PI Limit: – participate in no more than 2 “core” proposals/year

Coordinated Solicitations

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Computer & Computing Foundations (CCF)

Algorithmic Foundations (AF)

Communications and Information Foundations (CIF)

Software and Hardware Foundations (SHF)

http://www.nsf.gov/cise/ccf/about.jsp

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Computer and Network Systems (CNS)

Computer Systems Research (CSR)

Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS)

NeTS Core vs. NetSE Cross-cuttingNeTS Core: Network Technology and SystemSupports the exploration of innovative and possibly radical network architectures, protocols, and technologies – for wired and/or environment – that are responsive to the evolving requirements of large-scale, heterogeneous networks and applicationsNetSE Cross-Cutting: Network Science and Engineering Encourages all communities to engage in integrative thinking to advance, seed and sustain the transformation of networking research to enable the socio-technical networks of the future.

http://www.nsf.gov/cise/cns/about.jsp

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Information & Intelligent Systems (IIS)http://www.nsf.gov/cise/iis/about.jsp

Human Centered Computing (HCC)Understanding of new human-computer and human-human interactions, collaboration, and competition, developing systems that are aware of their social surroundings and of the conceptualizations, values, preferences, abilities, special needs, and diverse ranges of capability of the people that use them. Role of computing in how humans communicate, work, learn, and play, dramatically transcending traditional geographical and cultural boundaries. Systems that interact with people using various and possibly multiple modalities such as innovative computer graphics, and haptic, audio, and brain-machine interfaces.

Processes and technologies involved in creating, managing, visualizing, and understanding diverse digital content in circumstances ranging from individuals through groups, organizations, and societies, and from individual devices to globally-distributed systemsInnovative information technology research that can transform all stages of the “knowledge life cycle”Advances that are driven by information-technology challenges. Multidisciplinary collaborations where fundamental III research is advancedDatabases, information retrieval, multimedia information systems, Web search, social network & media, data mining, workflows, information provenance, preservation .

Information Integration & Informatics (III)

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Information & Intelligent Systems (IIS), cont’dRobust Intelligence (RI)

All aspects of the computational understanding and modeling of intelligence in complex, realistic contexts. Scope: artificial intelligence, computer vision, human language research, robotics, machine learning, computational neuroscience, cognitive science, and related areas.Some topics: computational approaches and architectures for analyzing, understanding, generating and summarizing speech, text and other communicative forms; computational models of meaning, intent, and realization; novel approaches to longstanding language processing ; computational approaches to language processing for underrepresented groups such as minority language groups and aging and disabled population groups; functional modeling, theory, and analysis of the computational, representational, and coding strategies of neurons and neural systems; neurally-grounded computational approaches to computer vision, robotics, communication, and reasoning, and systems that combine them and embody empirically derived neural strategies.

Computer Graphics & Visualization (CGI): III Cross-cutting areaProposals are submitted to the most relevant III Core Program(s)Graphics: modeling, rendering, and display pipeline for computer graphics and closely related topics. Visualization: new visualization methods to facilitate the understanding of wide-ranging types and/or large volumes of information. NOTE: Computational geometry proposals not tightly coupled to computer graphics should be submitted to the Algorithmic Foundations (AF) core program in CCF.

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NSF 10-575Emerging areas that benefit from intellectual contributions of researchers with expertise in a number of CISE fields or sub-field. Areas change over time.* Topics

-- Network Science and Engineering-- Smart Health and Wellbeing* -- Trustworthy Computing

Project Types:Large: $1,200,001 to $3,000,000; up to 5 years duration

collaborative team projectsMedium: $500,001 to $1,200,000; up to 4 years duration

multi-investigator collaborative projectsSmall: up to $500,000; up to 3 years duration

one or two investigator projectsCISE-wide Submission Windows:

Medium: September 15 - 30, annuallyLarge: November 1 - 28, annuallySmall: December 1 – 19, annually

PI Limit: participate in no more than 2 “cross-cutting” proposals/year

CISE Cross-Cutting Programs: FY 2011

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13451&org=CNS&from=home

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Network Science and Engineering (NetSE)

• NeTSE supports research on:– Internet-scale, topologically-aware models for accessing, processing and

aggregating multiple high-volume information flows– cognitive capabilities, context-awareness, and architectures that enable the

discovery, invocation and composition of globally distributed, highly evolving services and information systems.

– the exploration of new applications that provide information based on both content and context, and the improvement of existing classes of applications, such as telemedicine, gaming, virtual worlds, augmented reality and telepresence

– network models that incorporate human values at multiple levels and scale and give coherence to the highly diverse ways users might create and access information in the future.

• NetSE also encourages research proposals focused on exploring "clean slate" approaches to innovations in network architecture and rethinking network functions, layers and abstractions in the context of a range of scientific, technical and social challenges and opportunities.

• NetSE emphasizes integrative activities focused on creating and synthesizing network components into theoretically grounded architectures that address fundamental policy and design trade-offs, support sound economic models, and promote societal benefits.

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503325

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Smart Health & Wellbeing (SHW)

Vision:

The goal of the Smart Health and Wellbeing program is to seek improvements in safe, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered health and wellness services through innovations in computer and information science and engineering. 

Doing so requires leveraging the scientific methods and knowledge bases of a broad range of computing and communication research perspectives.  

Scope:

Smart Health and Wellbeing especially encourages the research community to pursue bold ideas that go beyond and/or combine traditional areas of computer and information science and engineering.

Projects submitted to this program should be motivated by specific challenges in health and wellbeing. 

The Smart Health and Wellbeing program aims to facilitate large-scale discoveries that yield long-term, transformative impact in how we treat illness and maintain our health.

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503556

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Smart Health & Wellbeing (SHW)

Research Directions:* new security and cryptographic solutions to protect patient privacy while providing

legitimate anytime, anywhere access to health services will require* information retrieval, data mining, and decision support software systems to

support personalized medicine* remote and networked sensors and actuators, mobile platforms, novel interactive

displays, and computing and networking infrastructure that support continuous monitoring and real-time, customized  feedback on health and behavior

* anonymized and aggregated data for community-wide health awareness and maintenance

* better and more efficient delivery of health services enabled by virtual worlds, robotics, image, and natural language understanding

* safe critical care provided by software-controlled and interoperable medical devices

* healthcare systems and applications that are usable (to preclude or minimize failures due to human error) and that are useful (matching the mental model of users, from provider to patient, so people make appropriate decisions and choices)

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Trustworthy Computing (TC)http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503326&org=CISE

Currently: over 500 ongoing projects, 700 PIs and Co-PIs

TC supports all research approaches:* theoretical to experimental to human-centric* theories, models, cryptography, algorithms, methods, architectures, languages,

tools, systems and evaluation frameworks

Of particular interest are proposals that address:* foundations of trustworthy computing (e.g., "science of security" and privacy-

preserving algorithms), privacy, and usability 

TC welcomes projects that study:* tradeoffs among trustworthy computing properties, e.g., security and privacy, or

usability and privacy* the tension between security and human values such as openness and

transparency* methods to assess, reason and predict system trustworthiness* observable metrics, analytical methods, simulation, experimental deployment and,

where possible, deployment on live test-beds for experimentation at scale

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Expeditions in ComputingNSF 10-564

GOALS:• Catalyze far-reaching research explorations motivated by deep scientific questions • Inspire current and future generations of Americans, especially those from under-

represented groups• Stimulate significant research and education outcomes that promise scientific, economic

and/or other societal benefitsProject Types:• Large collaborative, interdisciplinary teams• Up to $10,000,000; up to 5 years durationLimit on Number of Proposals per PI: • participate in no more than 1 Expeditions proposal/year  

Deadlines:• Preliminary Proposal (required): 

September 10, 2010March 10, 2012September 10, 2013

• Full Proposal : May 10, 2011; December 10, 2012May 10, 2014

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Additional CISE Programs

CISE Computing Research Infrastructure (CRI) NSF 11-536DUE DATES: October 25, 2011, October 23, 2012•Institutional Infrastructure (II): planning for or creation, enhancement or operation of computing research infrastructure for use by multiple investigators and collaborating institutions.•Community Infrastructure (CI): enable world-class research and education opportunities for broadly-based communities of researchers and educators that extend well beyond the awardee institutions.

ResearchCyber-Physical Systems  (CPS)NSF 11-516DUE DATES: March 21, 2011, January 17, 2012

Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS)NSF 11-505DUE DATES (Full Proposal): November 2, 2011

Infrastructure

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Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)NSF 11-516

Three CPS Themes:Foundations – develop new scientific and engineering principles, algorithms, models, and theories for the analysis and design of cyber-physical systemsMethods and Tools – bridge the gaps between approaches to the cyber and physical elements of systems through innovations such as novel support for multiple views, new programming languages, and algorithms for reasoning about and formally verifying properties of complex integrations of cyber and physical resourcesComponents, Run-time Substrates, and Systems – new hardware and software infrastructure and platforms and engineered systems motivated by grand challenge applications

Project Types:Small – individual or small-team efforts that focus on one or more of the three defined CPS themes (up to $200,000/year for up to 3 years)Medium – span one or more CPS themes and may include one or more PIs and a research team of students and/or post-docs (up to $500,000/year for up to 3 years)Large – multi-investigator projects addressing a coherent set of research issues that cut across multiple themes or that explore a particular theme in great depth (up to $1,000,000/year for up to 5 years)

Due Dates: March 21, 2011, January 17, 2012Limit on Number of Proposals per PI: 2

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CISE Programs: Education & Workforce

Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21), NSF 10-619 Collaboration with: EHR, OCIGoals:1. Increase the number and diversity of early postsecondary students who are engaged and have

the background in computing necessary to successfully pursue degrees in computing-related and computationally-intensive fields of study.

2. Increase the number and diversity of K-14 students and teachers who develop and practice computational competencies in a variety of contexts; and

Proposal Types:Type I: activities that build the research base on the effective teaching and learning of computingType II: activities that study implementation and the sustained impact of computing teaching and learning

interventions for diverse student populations, where the interventions to be taken to scale have already proven effective in smaller-scale efficacy studies (like those supported in Type I projects)

Planning: seek to build the new partnerships and collaborations needed to design and develop Type I or Type II projects; discuss plans with the program director prior to submission

Due Dates:Type I and Type II proposals: April 27, 2011 Last Wednesday in April, Annually

Limit on Number of Proposals per PI: 2  

Target Dates: Planning proposals:February 22, 2011 Last Tuesday in February, AnnuallyJuly 28, 2011 Last Thursday in July, Annually

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Additional Programs for CISE Community:Partnerships

Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation 2012 (EFRI-2012) NSF 11-571 DUE DATES:

Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date:  November 9, 2011 Full Proposal Deadline Date:  March 30, 2012

Interface between Computer Science and Economics & Social Science (ICES) NSF 11-584 DUE DATE:

Full Proposal: December 6, 2011

Social-Computational Systems (SoCS) NSF 10-600 DUE Date:

Full Proposal: November 11, 2011

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NSF-Wide Programs: Research

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program FY 2012 Program Solicitation: NSF 11-690

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) NSF 10-580 Supplements: Full Proposal: Accepted Anytime Accepted under relevant Program Solicitation due dates

Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program (I/UCRC) NSF 10-595 DUE DATES:Letter of Intent: January 2, 2012 Full Proposal: March 6, 2012

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NSF-wide Programs: Infrastructure

Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)NSF 11-503Due Date: January 26, 2012

Community-based Data Interoperability Networks (INTEROP)FY 2012 Program Solicitation: TBA

Sustainable Digital Data Preservation and Access Network Partners (DATANET)FY 2012 Program Solicitation: TBA

Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation (SI2)FY 2012 Program Solicitation: TBA

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Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP)

Integrative Graduate Education & Research Training (IGERT)

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) , NSF 09-598Sites: A new activity for a group of students

CISE Deadline: August 22, 2012Supplements: 1 – 2 students/teachers involved in NSF-supported project

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Research Experience for Teachers (RET)CISE Target Date: Spring for the following Summer

NSF Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) NSF 09-549 – to be revised for FY 2011?

Support for graduate students to bring their research to K-12 and enrich their research$3M/5 yearsDeadlines:

Mandatory Letter of Intent: April?Full Proposal: June?

NSF-Wide Programs: Education

Very few CISE proposals!

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EAGER and RAPID Proposals• Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) –

– supports quick-response research on natural or anthropogenic disasters and similar unanticipated events

– Up to $200K and one year duration– project descriptions are expected to be brief (two to five pages) and

include clear statements as to why the proposed research is of an urgent nature

EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) – – supports high-risk, exploratory and potentially transformative research. – Up to $300K and two years duration. – project description is expected to be brief (five to eight pages) and

include clear statements as to why this project is appropriate for EAGER funding

• More details in Grant Proposal Guide (GPG 10-101)• Need to contact Program Director before submission

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Subscribe to CISE Distribution List

CISE has implemented a mail distribution list to notify the Computer and Information Science and Engineering community of items we think may be of interest. The postings will be infrequent and brief and will typically point to further information on our website. This may duplicate some of the items contained in NSF Custom News Service but will also contain items not always available there:

Announcements, vacancy notices, CISE webcasts of interest, meeting notices and news items.

To subscribe: send a message to: join-cise-announce@lists.nsf.gov with no text in the subject or message body.

If you no longer wish to be included on the distribution list, you can elect to be removed from the list at any time. Instructions for unsubscribing will be included at the end of each list message.

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Award Search

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Find Relevant Projects, Researchers, Programs, Program Directors

Type research topic keywords, e.g.:Multimedia AND retrieval

Specify program, program director, dates, …

Find recent awards, funding rates, more …

Restrict to Active Awards

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Finding relevant awards

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Found an Interesting One!

Publications resulting from this research will appear here – a great information source!

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More Options

Lots of statistics

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NSF Funding Rate Statistics:Award Search => More Options

=> Funding TrendsSummary Proposal and Award Information (Funding Rate) by State and Organization

FY 2009 CISE Funding Rate for Research GrantsCISE Web Site:http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=CISE

Advice:

Don’t spend time on trying to analyze the numbers

Don’t dwell on the numbers

Don’t blame the numbers

Best “game plan”: submit an excellent proposal addressing program’s goals

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ARRA Impact in CISE?• Increased proposal funding rate: 28% (or 31%?) in 2009• Supported new Research Infrastructure awards, including

MRI and ARI awards • Supported more postdocs, graduate students and

undergrads• Increased number of new PIs supported• Decreased level of future commitments for continuing

grants, i.e., increasing the level of funds available for new awards in future years

• Long-term impact for research community

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Your Involvement• Send your best ideas to NSF: consistent with program focus and goals• Volunteer to be a reviewer and panelist• Get to know your Program Directors

• Keep us informed of your accomplishments• Work within your institutions to support collaborative, interdisciplinary research• Call our attention to things that need improvement• Suggest transition strategies from basic research to prototyping and

production

• Participate in NSF-funded events, workshops, etc.• Organize research directions planning workshops• Consider participating in the Computing Community Consortium:

http://www.cra.org/ccc

• Plan to serve as a program officer (“rotator”) or division director

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Project Highlights:• Succinct, interesting vignettes

– Show a result, a discovery– in layperson’s language– including graphics if possible

• NSF shares Highlights publicly– Budget requests– Performance reports– Public relations

• Convince the US public that research is worth paying for!!!

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Thank you!

Questions ?

John CozzensProgram Director

CISE/CCFjcozzens@nsf.gov

703-292-8910