Stimulating and Supporting (Sustained) Collaborations

1. Stimulating and Supporting (Sustained) Collaborations NSF Workshop on Effective Engagement and Collaboration of US CISE - China Researchers Peter Arzberger 24 May 2011

2. Perspective • NSF • CISE • BIO • MPS • Outside of NSF • PRAGMA • PRIME • GLEON • Exchange Student

3. How to Build Sustainable and Expandable Collaborations? In an international context! • Key research areas • Mechanisms • Approaches • Resources (funding)

4. National Science Foundation • “The Government should accept new responsibilities for promoting the flow of new scientific knowledge and the development of scientific talent in our youth. These responsibilities are the proper concern of the Government, for they vitally affect our health, our jobs, and our national security.” • "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" Where Discovery Begins

5. Trends Affecting Science and Society • Data: Increasing amounts, complexity, distribution of sources • Information Technology: Pervasiveness in science and society; Changing business and social models • Education: Declining enrollments in computer science; Lack of computational thinking • Societal Impact: Increasing demands to address global society problems • Global Science: Distribution of science changing, more distributed

6. Office of the Director Directorate for Biological Sciences Directorate for Geosciences Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate for Education and Human Resources Directorate for Social, Behavioral And Economic Sciences Directorate for Engineering NSF OrganizationMulti-disciplinary OPP OISE NSB OCI OIA

7.  Algorithmic Foundations  Human-Centered Computing Communication and Information Foundations     Networking Technology and Systems Education and Workforce Computer Systems Research Software and Hardware Foundations  Information Integration and Informatics   Robust Intelligence CISE Mission Exploring the frontiers of computing Office of the Assistant Director for CISE IIS Information and Intelligent Systems CCF Computing and Communications Foundations CNS Computer and Network Systems CORE PROGRAMS ~ 70-75% of CISE Budget in Core Programs

8. NSF-Wide Activities in FY12Depend on CISE Research • Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability • Generating discoveries and building capacity to achieve an environmentally and economically sustainable future • CI Framework for the 21st Century • Developing and deploying cyberinfrastructure for 21st century science and society SI2

9. CISE Activities in FY12 Driving Economic Growth, Benefiting Society • Smart Health and Wellbeing • Improving health care knowledge, delivery, and quality of life through IT • Howard Wactlar, involves SBE, ENG • Cyberphysical Systems (CPS) • Integrating computational intelligence and physical systems that develop capabilities critical to U.S. security, healthcare, transportation, and advanced manufacturing • Keith Marzullo; involves ENG

10. CISE and IT Innovation in FY12 Exploring the frontiers of computing • Cybersecurity Research • Developing the science of cybersecurity and the market-based incentives • Keith Marzullo; involves OCI and SBE • Science and Engineering Beyond Moore’s Law • Exploring and creating new paradigms for computing, new applications in advanced manufacturing • Susanne Hambrusch; involves MPS, ENG, OCI • National Robotics Initiative • Developing next generation co-robots working alongside humans for manufacturing, healthcare, learning and security • Howard Wactlar; involves ENG and other agencies • Enhancing Access to Radio Spectrum • Using spectrum, a limited resource, more efficiently • Keith Marzullo, involves MPS, ENG, SBE

11. Creating the Next Generation • Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21) • Transforming K-14 education to create a next generation of students engaged and prepared to major in computing and computationally-intensive disciplines • Keith Marzullo, involves EHR and OCI • Cyberlearning: Transforming Education (CTE) • Designing and using technologies to aid and understand learning • Howard Wactlar, involves HER, SBE, OCI % Freshman Interested In CS Data source: HERI; Figure: NCWIT

12.  Algorithmic Foundations  Human-Centered Computing Communication and Information Foundations     Networking Technology and Systems Education and Workforce Computer Systems Research Software and Hardware Foundations  Information Integration and Informatics   Robust Intelligence CISE Mission Exploring the frontiers of computing Office of the Assistant Director for CISE IIS Information and Intelligent Systems CCF Computing and Communications Foundations CNS Computer and Network Systems CORE PROGRAMS ~ 70-75% of CISE Budget in Core Programs

13. Why collaborate internationally? • Problems inherently international • Environment, Health, … • Access to unique resources and expertise • People, Testbeds, Local Phenomena • Knowledge, Networks and Nations: Global scientific collaborations in the 21st Century (Royal Society) • Primary Driver: Access to scientists • National Driver: Enhance quality of domestic science, absorb expertise and ideas, share risks, pool resources

14. Value Proposition for International Collaboration (Proposed) • Return on investment is bigger than or equal to the amount of investment • Some values of international collaboration • Accelerates progress by working with people, ideas, infrastructure • Creates better outcomes (more efficient, more robust) • Affects a broader impact (reaches more people, more enduring) • Adds critical expertise to project • Provides unique training and research experiences for students • Provides access to and sharing of unique resources

15. International Collaboration & OISE Cofunding* • True intellectual collaboration withforeign research partner (Foreign partner's 2-pg biosketch & communication outlining project role must be included. If foreign institution will provide resources, also include an endorsement letter from the foreign institution.) • New international collaborations, as opposed to well-established ones; • Clear benefit to U.S. science/engineering community from expertise, facilities, or resources of the foreign collaborator; and • Active research engagement of U.S. students and junior researchers at the foreign site. * OISE Web Site

16. Requirements in Collaborations • All participants benefit • All collaborators have the resources to collaborate • Understand the motivation to collaborate

17. What’s Up With Culture? • Culture matters • Disagreement with an idea is not disagreement with a person • Expectations may be different • Sharing data • Developing software • Joint publications • Expectations on “collaborating” may be different • On-Line Cultural Training Resource for Study Abroad • http://www2.pacific.edu/sis/culture/

18. Research Coordination Network • Builds communities through • Opportunity to map out new research directions • Mechanism to grow participants • Long-term funding (5 years) • Almost all fields funded by NSF • Good model: Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network • International, strong student leadership, new science • Mechanism used in SEES activities • And could be used in many other areas (e.g. CPS) • Component of Dimensions of Biodiversity • NSFC a partner

19. NSF Collaboration-Mechanism Spectrum Instilling International Collaboration Creating Connections Building Collaborations Funding Burgeoning Research Collaborations EAPSI IRES REU PIRE Workshops ASI CNIC RCN PIRE CNIC EAGER Unsolicited Core International Collaboration is a responsibility of the Directorate Investments in international need to be strategic OISE is a partner to build bridges with funding partners

20. Why China? • Rate of growth of investments in research • Increasing emphasis in IT • China has already overtaken the UK as the second leading producer of research publications • A great nation – need to be part of solution to larger issues • Many other reasons

21. Challenges • Sustaining Collaborations • What are the mechanisms? • (Virtual) International Centers • What would these be able to do? How would they be “organized” and funded? • Some examples in the Nordic countries • Multilaterial agreements • IP

22. Challenges to Workshop Participants • What are strategic areas for investment? • International activities and collaboration should be embedded in national science and innovation strategies so that the domestic science base is best placed to benefit from the intellectual and financial leverage of international partnerships. (Royal Society) • What is the value (added) for collaborating internationally? What is the value proposition? • Why China? • What are the challenges (including cultural)? • What mechanisms can be used to stimulate and sustain collaborations? (think outside of the box, e.g. “Center”) • What are next steps?

23. Success and Beyond • Greater number of joint (bi-lateral, multi-lateral) activities • Interest in being program officer or division director • 谢谢