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FODAVA Kick-off Meeting: NSF Perspective

FODAVA Kick-off Meeting: NSF Perspective. Why a FODAVA program Why NSF How FODAVA came about The FODAVA management team What is expected from the research team. Why a FODAVA Program.

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FODAVA Kick-off Meeting: NSF Perspective

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  1. FODAVA Kick-off Meeting: NSF Perspective • Why a FODAVA program • Why NSF • How FODAVA came about • The FODAVA management team • What is expected from the research team

  2. Why a FODAVA Program • The need to perform analytics on large and diverse data sets is increasingly part of science, medicine, commerce, urban planning, national security, etc. • The need to solve underlying science problems in order to have effective analytics • Example from last week: Science of Science and Innovation Policy Workshop

  3. TODAY Mathematics Statistics Computational Science Cognitive Science Visualization & Interaction

  4. Tomorrow Mathematics Statistics Computational Science Cognitive Science Visualization & Interaction Single Framework; tightly coupled FODAVA Goal: Develop new transforms/models for dealing with large, diverse data sets (the two leftmost circles). With additional funding, add the cognitive science.

  5. Why NSF • Visual Analytics emerged as a field in response to urgent needs after 9/11 • However, the problem spans numerous functionalities, not just homeland security • Need to put science foundation under current “InfoVis” systems if we are to meet long term needs • NSF is the right agency to perform this function • Accordingly and with the agreement of DHS, FODAVA is a basic research program to develop the underlying science that will be cross-disciplinary in scope.

  6. Establishing FODAVA • Discussions with Jim Thomas resulting in agreement that such a program was needed • Encouragement from Joe Kielman (DHS) and Mike Foster (NSF/CCF) to move forward • Informal ties FY05 • Formal ties FY06 • Agreement to fund a new program FY07 • Workshop held at UC Berkeley MSRI in 2006 (Pat Hanrahan primary organizer). NSF DMS (Yang Wang) participates. • Formal MOA signed between DHS and NSF in July 2007 • Solicitation in Sept 2007 • 3rd criteria requiring development of FODAVA as a field • Review Panels winter 2008 • Awards made spring/summer 2008 • Kick-off meeting Sept. 2008

  7. The FODAVA Management Team • DHS: • Joe Kielman • Jim Thomas (PNNL; DHS Science Advisor) • NSF: • Sankar Basu (CISE/CCF) • Ephraim Glinnert (CISE/IIS) • Leland Jamison (MPS/DMS); repl. Yang Wang • Tie Luo (MPS/DMS) • Larry Rosenblum (CISE/CCF) • Maria Zemankova (CISE/IIS)

  8. FODAVA Research Team • Partners: 2-3 year grants • Lead: 5 year grant • Expectations for Partners: • Good research • Use testbed data sets to demonstrate how research can be used for FODAVA • Develop FODAVA as a community (workshops, introduce it to your community, etc.) • Lead Institution will do more; they are off to an excellent start with Sept visit to PNNL • Lead to develop testbed data sets • Will be diverse by topic; not only DHS

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