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Presidential Innovation Fellow Wanted

The White House and the National Science Foundation seek to recruit a Presidential Innovation Fellow (PIF) to help design and launch a "Virtual Learning at National Scale" initiative.  The ideal fellow has a background in both education and data analytics.  More......

 

CISE REU Supplement

CISE Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Supplement processing for fiscal year 2013 will occur later in the cycle than it has in previous years.  We anticipate supporting these requests at similar levels and in similar numbers as in previous years.  CISE will provide more information regarding this funding opportunity no later than March 1, 2013.  The target date for receiving REU Supplement requests will be moved to April 1 rather than March 1.  More.....

New Dear Colleague Letters

Two new Dear Colleage Letters were recently made available.

1)  SaTC EAGERs Enabling New Collaborations Between Computer and Social Scientists (NSF 13-037).  NSF expects to fund a small number of Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGERs) in Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC).  We are particularly interested in using EAGERs to encourage novel interdisciplinary research resulting from new collaborations between one or more CISE researchers and one or more SBE researchers.  More......

2)  NSF-FHWA Coordination on Cyber Physical Systems for Highway Transportation (NSF 13-034).  NSF and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) have a shared interest in advancing basic and applied research in Cyber Physical Systems (CPS), which are systems in which physical processes are tightly intertwined with networked computing.  More......   

 

CyberSEES Webinar

CyberSEES (http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504829), part of NSF's Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES; http://www.nsf.gov/sees/) portfolio, aims to advance interdisciplinary research in which the science and engineering of sustainability are enabled by new advances in computing, and where computational innovation is grounded in the context of sustainability problems. CyberSEES is open to a wide range of sustainability challenges and interdisciplinary approaches; and aims to advance computing and information sciences research and infrastructure in tandem with other disciplines. Proposals are expected to forge interdisciplinary collaborations among the computer and information sciences, social and natural sciences, mathematical sciences, engineering, and associated cyberinfrastructure to address challenging sustainability problems.

The webinar, held on 11/19/12, covered the goals of the SEES initiative, the CyberSEES program scope and requirements, and other SEES funding opportunities relevant to the CISE community. 

To review the presentation and listen to the audio, please go to Public Attachments:  http://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=125962&org=CISE

US Ignite at NSF

NSF will serve as the lead federal agency for a White House Initiative called US Ignite, which aims to promote U.S. leadership in the development and deployment of next-generation applications and services with societal impact on ultra-fast, programmable networks.  NSF will expand and leverage its investments in the Global Environment for Networking Innovation (GENI) project.  GENI, a programmable virtual laboratory or testbed for Internet-scale networking experimentation, sets the technical groundwork for US Ignite.  NSF is also encouraging the development of novel, next-generation applications and services that take advantage of these advanced testbeds and have potential for significant societal impact: see the Dear Colleague Letter (http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf12085) and Mozilla Ignite (https://mozillaignite.org) for more information.  

NSF Press Release:  http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=124472&org=NSF&from=news

Special Announcement
CISE is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. C. Suzanne (Suzi) Iacono as Deputy Assistant Director.  More...
Big Data Research Initiative
At a White House event on March 29, NSF Director, Dr. Subra Suresh, joined other federal science agency leaders to discuss cross-agency plans and announce new research efforts to extract knowledge and insights from large and complex collections of digital data.  NSF will direct its current efforts to develop new methods to derive knowledge from data; construct new infrastructure to manage, curate and serve data to communities; and forge new approaches for associated education and training. Specific announcements relevant to the CISE community include:
Core Techniques and Technologies for Advancing Big Data Science & Engineering, or Big Data, Solicitation
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship, or IGERT, CIF21 Track Dear Colleague Letter
Data-Intensive Education-Related Research Funding Opportunities Dear Colleague Letter
See the NSF press release for more information.
Biological & Computing Shared Principles
The Biological Sciences (BIO) and Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) Directorates invite proposals that advance research focused on principles shared between the two disciplines.  More....
SI2 program

The Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) has partnered with the Office of Cyberinfrastructure and the other NSF directorates to establish this crosscutting SI2 program called Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation (SI2) (http://www.nsf.gov/si2/). Participation from the CISE community is encouraged. The solicitation describes the general terms and conditions of the program. In addition, this letter gives further guidance from the CISE perspective.   More.....

Recently Announced Funding Opportunities See All

Enhancing Access to the Radio Spectrum
(NSF  13-539) Posted February 13, 2013

Future Internet Architectures -- Next Phase
(NSF  13-538) Posted February 8, 2013

Campus Cyberinfrastructure - Network Infrastructure and Engineering Program
(NSF  13-530) Posted January 4, 2013

Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation - SSE & SSI
(NSF  13-525) Posted December 19, 2012

Next-Generation National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
(NSF  13-521) Posted December 12, 2012

Upcoming Due Dates See All

Exploiting Parallelism and Scalability
(NSF  13-507) Full Proposal: February 20, 2013

Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education
(NSF  13-518) Letter of Intent: February 20, 2013, INSPIRE Track 2 Inquiries

Major Research Instrumentation Program:
(NSF  13-517) Full Proposal: February 21, 2013

Ethics Education in Science and Engineering
(NSF  11-514) Full Proposal: March 1, 2013

Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program
(NSF  12-516) Full Proposal: March 5, 2013

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News See All
computing graphic Research Could Ensure That Crowd Work Becomes a Career Option, Not a Dead End
Released February 7, 2013
News From the Field
Dr. Balakrishnan Prabhakaran and Dr. Xiaohu Guo UT Dallas Researchers Pushing the Boundaries of Virtual Reality
Released February 5, 2013
News From the Field
simulation of the p53 protein UCI Team Finds New Target for Treating Wide Spectrum of Cancers
Released January 30, 2013
News From the Field
Kelly Garrett False Beliefs Persist, Even After Instant Online Corrections
Released January 24, 2013
News From the Field
Discoveries See All
Brenda Philips, University of Massachusetts, Amherst New Radar System Provides Earlier Severe Weather Alerts
Research being done through NSF’s U.S. Ignite program connects radar systems to ultra high-speed networks
Released  February 12, 2013

Photo of Lev Gonick  during a presentation Next Generation High Definition Videoconferencing Will Provide Immediate Public Benefits
Researchers expect it to revolutionize health care delivery and STEM education
Released  January 31, 2013

comparison of low-resolution smoke flow with one using Wavelet Turbulence Computer Scientists Win Academy Award for Technical Achievement in Special Effects
Researchers developed a software algorithm that generates turbulence, and they expect it to have applications in medicine and aerospace
Released  January 25, 2013

Events Calendar See All

February 14, 2013
Next-Generation National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NG NNIN) Informational Webinar
Webcast

February 26, 2013
HPC Acquisition Webcast
Webcast

March 5, 2013
Science: Becoming the Messenger
Workshop

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