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The IT 2 Initiative and NSF

The IT 2 Initiative and NSF. Stephen Elbert program director NSF/CISE/ACIR/PACI. Senior Management Team. Reports directly to the President's Advisor for Science and Technology Director of the National Science Foundation, Director of the National Institutes of Health

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The IT 2 Initiative and NSF

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  1. The IT2 Initiativeand NSF Stephen Elbert program director NSF/CISE/ACIR/PACI

  2. Senior Management Team • Reports directly to the President's Advisor for Science and Technology • Director of the National Science Foundation, • Director of the National Institutes of Health • Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology). • Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere • Administrator of NASA • Under Secretary of Energy includes senior officials from OMB and the National Economic Council

  3. Working Group • Chaired by the Assistant Director of the NSF for Computer and Information Science and Engineering • Ruzena Bajcsy • Members appointed by each of the six principal agencies • Charged with • preparing research plans and budgets • preparing annual reports • facilitating coordination (NCO to assist)

  4. 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

  5. Proposed FY 2000 Budget

  6. 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

  7. NSF’s Investment • $100M to CISE for research in • basic IT systems (software, high confidence sys.) • human-computer interaction and IM • large scale networking & scaleable infrastructure • high-end computing • $10M for research in • Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications and Workforce Programs • $36M for development of Terascale computing systems

  8. Basic IT Systems Research • Software development process • languages 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

  9. Basic Research Goals • Scalable, “no-surprise”, performance-engineered software • functionality, predictability, security • Co-design of hardware/software • vertically integrated electronic systems • Building high-confidence systems • predictability, reliability, security

  10. 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

  11. HCI & IM Goals • Multiplying individual physical and mental capabilities • Meeting, working and collaborating in cyberspace • Building a ubiquitous content infrastructure

  12. 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

  13. LSN and SI Goals • Broadband tetherless communications • Understanding, modeling and predicting networks • Creating adaptive networks • Integrating end-to-end performance components

  14. 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

  15. HEC Goals • Solve computer science-related problems to accelerate the effective use of parallel and distributed systems • Empower computational discovery across science and engineering

  16. 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 extension • local and virtual distributed centers

  17. Basic Research Milestones

  18. 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 Sciences Directorate for Education and Human Resources

  19. 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

  20. Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications and Workforce Programs Milestones

  21. Terascale System • Deploy 5 Teraop system in FY2000 • Allocations will be fully merit-based and competitive • Solicitation is being developed in coordination with DOE

  22. Terascale System Milestones

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